Hempstead, NY – The Hofstra Pride Wrestling Team rallied back from an early 14-0 after three weight classes to win six of the next seven weights and post a 22-17 victory over the Bulls of Buffalo in a non-conference match at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex Saturday afternoon.
Hofstra, which recorded its fifth dual victory in the last eight outings, improved to 8-7 on the season. Buffalo fell to 5-8 on the year with their third consecutive loss.
After trailing by 14 points after three weights, the Pride rallied with three wins by decision by junior
Ryan Burkert at 149, and red-shirt freshmen
Chris Mauriello at 157 and
Ricky Stamm at 165 and win by fall by sophomore
Sage Heller at 174 to take a 15-14 lead. It was Mauriello's first win in a Hofstra singlet and Heller's sixth win by fall on the season.
Buffalo regained the lead at 17-15 with 6-5 decision at 184. But Hofstra junior
Nezar Haddad gave the Pride the lead for good with a 10-5 decision at 197 and 10
th-ranked senior
Michael Hughes sealed the victory with an 8-0 major decision at 285.
Hofstra will return to action on Saturday, February 3 when the Pride return to EIWA action against the Dragons of Drexel at the David S. Mack Physical Education Center. Match time is 1 p.m.
Notes
- With
Sage Heller's pin at 174, Hofstra has now recorded at least one pin in nine consecutive dual matches.
- Red-shirt freshman
Chris Mauriello earned his first win as a member of the Pride after four losses.
- Senior
Michael Hughes recorded his seventh consecutive victory to improve to 26-2 on the season.
- Hofstra's eight dual match victories this season are the most since 12 in 2011-12.
Hofstra 22, Buffalo 17
125: Kyle Akins (BUFF) over
Jacob Martin (HOFS) (Dec 6-4)
133: Bryan Lantry (BUFF) over
Garrett Lambert (HOFS) (Fall 5:36)
141: Jason Estevez (BUFF) over
Charlie Kane (HOFS) (TF 25-10 7:00)
149:
Ryan Burkert (HOFS) over Nicholas Palumbo (BUFF) (Dec 7-3)
157:
Chris Mauriello (HOFS) over Kobe Garrehy (BUFF) (Dec 7-6)
165:
Ricky Stamm (HOFS) over Noah Grover (BUFF) (Dec 5-3)
174:
Sage Heller (HOFS) over Ryan Kromer (BUFF) (Fall 6:00)
184: Brett Perry (BUFF) over
Cory Damiana (HOFS) (Dec 6-5)
197:
Nezar Haddad (HOFS) over Joe Ariola (BUFF) (Dec 10-5)
285: Mike Hughes (HOFS) over Nolan Terrance (BUFF) (MD 8-0)
