UTICA, NY - Utica University's men's wrestling team closed out its 2025 calendar schedule with the squad's home-opening event, a dual meet with the Keystone College Giants. The Pioneers maintained complete control throughout the entire event, winning the meet by a score of 55-0. Utica claimed four bouts via forfeit, but of the six bouts that saw action, all but one ended in Utica's favor via tech fall or via fall within the first two minutes. The Pioneers will now look ahead to mid-January, when they return to action in a road dual meet.

Utica opened the dual by earning points at 125 and 141 pounds due to forfeits before quickly building momentum in the lower weights. At 133 pounds, Rian Kirker (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook) recorded a fall just 53 seconds into his bout, while Sean Aldrich (Syracuse, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) followed with a pin at 1:51 at 149 pounds. Matt Bonato (Syracuse, NY/Liverpool) continued the surge at 157 pounds, earning a 16-0 technical fall in just 1:28.

In the middle weights, Hunter Morton (Hillsdale, NJ/Pascack Hills) picked up a 13-8 decision at 165 pounds, while Seth Richardson (Fort Plain, NY/Fort Plain) added five more points with a 16-1 technical fall at 184 pounds. Nuallan King (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl Area High School) capped the night's contested action with a first-period fall at 197 pounds, ending his match in 1:15. Additional forfeits at 174 and 285 pounds sealed the shutout, with Jiovanni Chambers (Ronkonkoma, NY/Holy Trinity Diocese) and Lukas Charles (Nyack, NY/Nyack) collecting victories by forfeit.

The men's wrestling squad will now take just over a month off before returning to action. On Saturday, January 10th, 2026, the Pioneers will travel to take on Penn State-Altoona in a dual meet. Action is set to begin at 10:00 am in Altoona's Adler Arena.