College Wrestling
Rider at VA Duals
Old Dominion
University 25, Rider University
12
HAMPTON, VA?The Broncs lost to Colonial
Athletic Association rival Old Dominion Saturday on the second day of the 29th
Annual Virginia Duals Wrestling Tournament, held at the Hampton
Coliseum. “The most important thing is the fact that we got the guys to wrestle
hard after a match last week where we felt they did not wrestle hard,” said
Rider head coach Gary Taylor.
“I think we
got it turned around down here.”
Rider went
1-2 at the VA Duals. “We're wrestling harder and heading in the right
direction,” Taylor
said, “but we still have a lot of work to do between now and the end of the
year.”
The Broncs won
just three of 10 bouts against the sixth seed, 23rd ranked Old
Dominion
Saturday
morning.
For Rider
(2-4) junior Michael Kessler (Randallstown, MD/Owings Mills), ranked 17th
in the nation, won to get Rider on the board and went 2-1 in the Duals, his
only loss coming to the top ranked wrestler in the nation. “Mike wrestled well,”
Taylor
said. “He had a good tournament. Even
when he lost he gave the national champ a good match.”
Junior Ed
Bordas (Montgomery, NY/Valley Central) won at heavyweight for
the final score. Bordas also went 2-1 in the tournament. “Eddie wrestled real
well,” Taylor
said.
Senior Doug
Umbehauer (Shamong, NJ/Lenape), ranked fifth in the nation, won
by forfeit and was 3-0 in the tournament.
The Broncs
travel to George Mason for the CAA Duals January 17. “We've got three more
tough dual meets down there,“ Taylor said, as
the Broncs take on nationally ranked Hofstra, host George Mason and Binghamton. “We're going to have to wrestle really well
to beat these teams. Hofstra just beat Penn State.
We'll have to put it all together but we're looking forward to it.”
Old
Dominion 25, Rider 12
125 James
Nicholson-ODU major dec. Tim Trivisonno-R 18-7 4-0
133 Kyle
Hutter-ODU dec. Jimmy Kirchner-R 14-9 7-0
141 Ryan
Williams-ODU major dec. Fred Rodgers-R 11-2 11-0
149 Joey
Metzler-ODU tech fall Don Miller-R 21-4 16-0
157 Mike
Kessler-R dec. Kaylen Baxter-ODU 3-2 16-3
165 Chris
Brown-ODU dec. Jason Lapham-R 3-1 19-3
174 Eric
Decker-ODU dec. Mike Ward-R 3-0 22-3
184 Doug
Umbehauer-R won by forfeit 22-9
197 Jesse Strawn-ODU
dec. Mike Miller-R 6-2 25-9
hwt Ed
Bordas-R dec. Roy Dragon-ODU 4-2 25-12
