GORHAM, Maine -  Honored prior to the start of the match, seniors Jake Craig (Norridgewock, Maine/Skowhegan) and Troy Moscatelli (Brookline, NH/Hollis Brookline) each had critical wins to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 22-19 win over the Norwich University Cadets in a wrestling match Saturday afternoon at Hill Gym.
 
Down 6-0 to the Cadets after a win by fall for Norwich at the 125-pound bout, Craig earned five points for the Huskies with a dominant 15-0 technical fall win over Carver Moyer to earn his 28^th win of the season (28-2) and start a string of four consecutive wins for the Huskies. 
 
Junior Kyle Moore (Kennebunk, Maine/Division Avenue) gave Southern Maine the lead earning win by technical fall of his own, 16-1 (3:32).  Moore controlled the match from the start scoring 13 points in the first period en route to the win and a 10-6 Husky lead.  Freshman Josiah Miller (Troy, Maine/Mt. View) battled his way to an 11-4 win by decision over Billy Burke at 149 lbs before sophomore Shane Moore (Kennebunk, Maine/Division Avenue) gave the Huskies a solid 19-6 lead with a 3:22 win by fall over Reese Bunny at 157 lbs.
 
Norwich answered with wins by decision at 165 and 174 pounds stay within striking distance of Southern Maine 19-11, but Moscatelli came through with a hard-won 10-5 win by decision against Joseph Menkello. Moscatelli wrestled up a pair of weight classes in the win at 184 lbs.  Norwich claimed the final two classes for the 22-19 final.  
 
Notes:
With today's win, Craig is 112-24 in his career and is currently sixth in all-time wins as a Husky. He is one of eight Southern Maine wrestlers to earn 100 wins in their career: 1. Dan Del Gallo (137); T2. Mike Morin (133); T2. Peter Del Gallo (133); 4. CJ Luth (120); 5. Colby Frost (115); 6. Jake Craig (112); 7. Brendan Weir (110); 8. Mike Risti (103).
 
Southern Maine vs. Norwich
February 14 – Gorham, Maine; Hill Gymnasium
 
Southern Maine 22, Norwich 19
Wt.         Result                                                                                                 Team Score
125:        Robert Lyons (Norwich) pinned Carter Noble (SM), 2:03                               N, 6-0
133:        Jake Craig (SM) tech fall Carver Moyer (Norwich), 15-0 (0:00)                       N, 6-5
141:        Kyle Moore (SM) tech fall Nicholas Berrena (Norwich), 16-1 (3:32)                  SM, 10-6
149:        Josiah Miller (SM) dec. Billy Burke (Norwich), 11-4                                      SM, 13-6
157:        Shane Moore (SM) pinned Reese Bunney (Norwich), 3:22                            SM, 19-6
165:        Gannon White (Norwich) dec. Cesar Calderin (SM), 11-6                              SM, 19-8*
174:        Jonathan Neypes (Norwich) dec. Nate Wolyniec (SM), 11-5                          SM, 19-11
184:        Troy Moscatelli (SM) dec. Joseph Menkello (Norwich), 10-5                          SM, 22-11
197:        Kevin Rodriguez (Norwich) tech fall Michael Sanchez (SM), 20-5 (6:16)           SM, 22-16
285:        Rory Nolan (Norwich) dec. Jason Canavan-Dwyer (SM), 7-3                         SM, 22-19
Norwich -1 point for unsportsmanlike conduct for SM, 22-19 final score
 
Exhibitions
133:        Vinny Keeler (SM) pinned Dante Bilskis (Norwich), 4:02
157:        Colin Sevigney (SM) pinned Caden Geanetta (Norwich), 1:45
174:        Ryker Evans (Norwich) major dec. Jalen Charles (SM), 12-2
184:        Aaron Foley-Pratt (SM) pinned Logan Goncalves (Norwich), 1:36
285:        Jon Lettre (SM) dec. Kade Crawford (Norwich), 8-2
 
 
 
 
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