Ithaca, NY – Hofstra junior Michael Hughes captured his second consecutive state title at 285-pounds and four other Pride wrestlers placed as Hofstra finished seventh at the 2015 New York State Collegiate Wrestling Championships at Cornell University's Barton Hall Sunday.

In addition to Hughes, who also captured the 285-lb. title at the Binghamton Open two weeks ago, Pride junior Frank Affronti placed fifth at 174 pounds, classmate Jahlani Callender finished sixth at 157 while sophomores Bryan Damon and Cory Damiana each placed seventh at 125 and 184 pounds, respectively.

As a team, the Pride finished seventh with 75.5 points while entering 10 of the allotted 12 wrestlers. Hofstra did not enter a competitor at 133 and ranked junior Jamel Hudson did not compete. Cornell won the team title with 202 points with Army second with 171 points and Binghamton third with 133.5. Buffalo was fourth with 126 points and Columbia was fifth with 123.5.

Hughes, who posted a 4-0 record in the tournament to improve to 11-2 on the year, recorded a decision, two major decisions and a win by fall for his title. He defeated Buffalo's Jake Gunning, 8-0 in the championship match for the title.

Affronti recorded a 4-2 mark in the tournament to place fifth at 174-pounds and improve to 10-5 on the season. He posted two wins by decision and two tech falls and was second on the team, behind Hughes' 23 points, with 13 team points.

Callender recorded a 3-3 slate in the tournament to place sixth at 157-pounds. He is now 11-6 on the season after posting two tech fall victories and a decision on Sunday.

Damon was 2-2 in the tournament at 125 to place seventh. He recorded a major decision in the second round of the consolations and won by injury default over Columbia's Britain Carter in the seventh-place match. Damon is 7-7 on the season. Damiana was 3-2 at 184 with a win by injury default, a win by decision and a win by major decision over NYU's Kyzen Smith in the seventh-place match. He is now 6-7 on the year.

Four Pride wrestlers posted 1-2 records in the tournament as red-shirt freshman Conor Muli at 141, red-shirt junior Cory Goshkagarian at 157, senior Jermaine John at 174 and freshman Omar Haddad at 197 all did not place.

In the Open "B" bracket of the tournament, Hofstra entered five wrestlers with freshman Jake Kaminsky leading the group with a 4-2 mark at 157 to place sixth. Sophomore Michael Oxley recorded a 3-2 mark at 197 to place sixth. Freshmen Connor Burkert at 141 and Ryan Burkert at 149 each posted a 2-2 record while red-shirt junior Alex Mirante was 1-2 at 149.

Hofstra returns to dual match action this Sunday, November 29 when they face Princeton University at 10 a.m. and the University of Maryland at noon in the Grapple at the Garden at Madison Square Garden in New York City.