ONEONTA, N.Y. – Senior Cinjin Goewey (Pittsfield, Maine/Maine Central Institute) finished second in the 141-pound bracket to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a sixth place finish at the highly competitive Oneonta State Red Dragon Invitational this Saturday in Oneonta, N.Y.
The Huskies finished sixth out of 11 teams scoring 82.5 points. SUNY-Cortland finished first with 133.5 points, followed by the Rochester Institute of Technology in second place with 111 points. Johns Hopkins University placed third with 105 points.
One of four Southern Maine grapplers to earn at least a top-four finish, Geowey entered the invitational tournament seeded-second in the 141-pound bracket. Geowey finished the tournament with a 3-1 record earning two pins and a decision. Goewey started the tourney with a pair of wins by fall putting Johns Hopkins' Duncan Crystal to the mat in 4:43 and pinning Oneonta State's Pete Cardaci in 4:10.
Freshman Zack Dipini (Franklin, N.J./Pope John XXIII) and junior Pete Gilman (Alfred, Maine/Massabesic) each earned a third place finish. Dipini rumbled through the 133-pound bracket finishing with a 5-1 record. Dipini earned two wins by fall and two win by major decision. In the third place match, Dipini earned his second pin of the tournament defeating RIT's Dan Haugton in 2:24. Gilman posted a 4-1 record at 149 pounds, winning three of his matches by fall.
Junior Travis Spencer (Waldo, Maine/Belfast Area) earned a fourth place finish in the heavyweight division. Spencer finished the tournament with a 4-2 record, picking up a pair of wins by fall.
Southern Maine hosts its annual Ted Reese Invitational on Saturday, December 3 (10:00 a.m.) at the Costello Sports Complex in Gorham, Maine.
Team Scoring: 1. Cortland, 133.5 2. Rochester Institute, 111 3. Johns Hopkins, 105 4. Wilkes, 94 5. Gettysburg, 86.5 6. Southern Maine, 82.5 7. Niagara CC, 80.5 8. Oneonta State, 67.5 T9. WPI, 24 T9. Norwich, 24 10. Scranton, 21
USM Wrestlers:
125 – Dwann Hall (Niagara) def. Jake Rasque (SM) by forfeit; Brandon Delmonte (RIT) def. Rasque (SM) by forfeit; Shin Wakabayashi (RIT) pinned Taylor Calley (SM) 2:34; Lucas Dise (Wilkes) pinned Calley (SM) 2:48; Mike Arangio (SM) dec. Matt Laux (Get) 9-4; Paul Bewak (JH) dec. Arangio (SM) 12-6; Arangio (SM) dec. Joseph Thompson (OS) 9-2; Dise (Wilkes) dec. Arangio (SM) 8-5
133 – Frank Cabibbo (OS) dec. Billy Cole (SM) 8-6; Cole (SM) major dec. Anthony Peterson (Wilkes) 12-1; Zak DiPini (SM) major dec. Billy Cole (SM) 13-4; Dipini (SM) pinned Dan Haughton (RIT) 2:53; Benjamin Mikac (OS) dec. DiPini (SM) 6-4; DiPini (SM) major dec. Cole (SM) 13-4; DiPini (SM) dec. Ray Yagloski (JH) 10-5; DiPini (SM) major dec. Frank Cabibbo (OS) 15-4; THIRD PLACE: DiPini (SM) pinned Haughton (RIT) 2:24
141 – Jake Harvey (RIT) pinned Joshua Robbins (SM) 3:44; Matthew Gaines (Wilkes) major dec. Robbins (SM) 11-2; Cinjin Goewey (SM) pinned Pete Cardaci (OS) 4:10; Goewey (SM) pinned Duncan Crystal (JH) 4:43; Goewey (SM) dec. Adam Hulett (SUNY-Cortland) 5-4; CHAMPIONSHIP – Paul Marcello (JH) dec. Goewey (SM) 6-3
149 – Austin Brais (WPI) pinned Jack Shea (SM) 4:27; Hugh Bahe (JH) dec. Shea (SM) 6-5; Logan Russell (SM) major dec. Matt Taber (WPI) 14-2; Joseph Hauser (OS) dec. Russell (SM) 4-2; Russell (SM) dec. Stephen Turner (Wilkes) 10-5; Russell (SM) dec. Christian Salera (JH) 3-2; Russell (SM) wins by forfeit Matt Eberlein (OS); THIRD PLACE – Peter Gilman (SM) pins Russell (SM) 5:53; Gilman (SM) pinned Robert Leavy (Scr) 3:34; Gilman (SM) dec. Salera (JH) 7-3; Hauser (OS) dec. Gilman (SM) 9-5; Gilman (SM) pinned Lombardi (Wilkes) 2:16; THIRD PLACE – Gilman (SM) pinned Russell (SM) 5:53
157 – none
165 – Brandon Dixon (Wilkes) dec. Ron Custer (SM) 8-3; Custer (SM) dec. David Lyons (Niagara) 1-0; Jake DiPini (SM) pinned Custer (SM) 7-2; DiPini (SM) major dec. Paul Rajan (Scr) 11-1; Zach Thomson (Get) pinned DiPini 4:40; DiPini (SM) pinned Kelly Kalbacher (WPI) 6:43; DiPini (SM) dec. Custer (SM) 7-2; James Ondris (Cort) dec. DiPini (SM) 9-7
174 – Jared Leon (Get) pinned Kyle Gallant (SM) 2:45; Adam Finkelstein (Get) pinned Gallant (SM) 1:20; Sean Fagan (SM) dec. Anthony Paratore (OS) 9-2; Louis Puca (Cort) pinned Fagan (SM) 1:40; Fagan (SM) dec. Frankie Provenzano (OS) 4-1; William Maldonado (Cort) pinned Fagan (SM) 6:59; Maldonado (Cort) pinned Christian Barrett (SM) 4:31; Barrett (SM) pinned Michael Babbin (Nor) 4;45; Barrett (SM) pinned Chase Martino (Wilkes) 2:45; Evan Johnson (JH) dec. Barrett (SM) 2-1
184 – Raymond Dungee (Wilkes) pinned Joseph Chartier (SM) 4:10; Tom Armentano (RIT) medical forfeit Joseph Chartier (SM)
197 – None
285 – Joseph Szerszunowicz (WPI) pinned Mike Frey (SM) 5:57; Luke Genovese (Scr) pinned Frey (SM) 2:28; Alex Lawrence (Nor) pinned Alex McAllister-Corbin (SM) 2:50; Nick Genovese (Scr) pinned McAllister-Corbin (SM) 4:29; Anthony Joyce (Nor) dec. Matt Bubar (SM) 2-0; Bashar Srouji (Niagara) pinned Bubar (SM) 0:42; Travis Spencer (SM) pinned Matt Ditolla (Nor) 3:17; Kevin Poplaski (Get) pinned Spencer (SM) 6:20; Spencer (SM) dec. Srouji (Niagara) 10-3; Spencer (SM) pinned Nick Stewart (RIT) 2:05; Spencer (SM) dec. Joseph Giaramita (Cort) 5-4; THIRD PLACE - Kevin Poplaski (Get) dec. Spencer (SM) 11-4
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