College Wrestling
Rider University 25, Purdue University 10
Rider University 38, North Carolina Greensboro 9
Old Dominion University 19, Rider University 15
NORFOLK, VA-The Broncs defeated Purdue and UNC Greensboro before losing a Colonial Athletic Association dual with host ODU at the Old Dominion Quad Sunday. "This was a good sign," said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. "It shows that we are moving in the right direction."
Rider (5-4) won seven bouts in the victory over Purdue (7-2). Purdue recently finished 11th at Midlands, while Rider placed 24th of the 53 teams. "Any time you beat a Big 10 team it's a nice win," Taylor said. "What makes it nicer is how well Purdue recently did at Midlands. That's a very good team we just beat."
Against ODU, ranked 24th in the nation, the Broncs won five of 10 bouts. "We're closing the gap with ODU, the top team in the conference," Taylor said.
Rider won seven matches against UNC Greensboro.
Senior Ed Bordas (Montgomery, NY/Valley Central), ranked 17th in the nation, freshman Zac Cibula (Luxenburg, Wis./Casco), senior Michael Kessler (Randallstown, MD/Owings Mills), ranked 20th in the nation and sophomore Jimmy Kirchner (Somerville) all went 3-0 on the day.
"Jimmy is getting much more relaxed and much more competitive," Taylor said of Kirchner, who won three matches at Midlands last week and is now 9-8 on the season.
"Kessler had a good day," Taylor said. "He's heading in the right direction. Zach fought real hard and had some nice wins. We forget sometimes that he's only a red-shirt freshman. He's got some nice wins under his belt." Cibula improved to 8-1 in duals.
Kessler improved to 8-1 in duals. Bordas improved to a team-best 19-6 overall, 6-2 in duals. "Eddie had a good day," Taylor said.
Sophomore Tyler Smith (Phillipsburg, N.J./Belvidere), ranked 19th in the nation, was 2-1 Sunday, defeating the top ranked 197 in the CAA, 13th ranked Jesse Strawn of ODU 7-4. Smith's only loss Sunday was to the 12th ranked wrestler from Purdue, 3-1. "Tyler had a real nice win against ODU," Taylor said. "He keeps getting better. Tyler is confident right now and really wanted to face Strawn. He wrestled the ranked kid from Purdue very well also." Smith improved to 15-9.
Sophomore Aaron Nestor (Transfer, PA/Reynolds) and junior Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) also won twice. Nestor improved to 5-2 in duals.
Senior Mike Ward (Mayfield, Ohio/Mayfield Village) was 1-1 on the day. "Mike had a nice win against Purdue," Taylor said.
Rider hosts Princeton Friday.
Rider 25, Purdue 10
125: Matt Fields (Purdue) win by decision Ilyass Elmsaouri (Rider), 6-0
133: Jimmy Kirchner (Rider) win by major decision Cashe Quiroga (Purdue), 16-4
141: Aaron Nestor (Rider) Injury Jake Fleckenstein (Purdue)
149: #20 Michael Kessler (Rider) won by decision Nick Bertucci (Purdue), 8-5
157: Zac Cibula (Rider) won by decision Sam Patacsil (Purdue), 2-1
165: Rob Morrison (Rider) won by decision Jason Martin (Purdue), 6-3
174: #7 Luke Manuel (Purdue) won by major decision Jim Resnick (Rider), 9-0
184: Mike Ward (Rider) won by decision Nick Corpe (Purdue), 5-4
197: #12 Logan Brown (Purdue) won by decision #19 Tyler Smith (Rider), 3-1
HWT: #17 Ed Bordas (Rider) won by decision Adam Walls (Purdue), 2-0
Rider 38, UNC Greensboro 9
125: Eric Chandler (UNCG) win by decision Ilyass Elmsaouri (Rider), 7-2
133: Jimmy Kirchner (Rider) fall Manny Ramirez (UNCG), 1:32
141: Aaron Nestor (Rider) fall Casey Boyle (UNCG), 3:55
149: #20 Michael Kessler (Rider) win by major decision Matt Barbo (UNCG), 13-2
157: Zac Cibula (Rider) fall Alejandro Soto-Perez (UNCG), 4:04
165: Rob Morrison (Rider) fall Victor Hojilla (UNCG), 2:51
174: Byron Sigmon (UNCG) win by decision Jim Resnick (Rider), 8-6
184: Andrew Saunders (UNCG) win by decision Joe Ferber (Rider), 6-3
197: #19 Tyler Smith (Rider) fall Ryan Sughrue (UNCG), 1:51
HWT: #17 Ed Bordas (Rider) win by major decision Peter Sturgeon (UNCG), 8-0
ODU 19, Rider 15
125: #4 James Nicholson (ODU) win by technical fall Ilyass Elmsaouri (Rider), 17-1 (2:21 RT)
133: Jimmy Kirchner (Rider) win by decision Justin LaValle (ODU), 7-3 (2:58 RT)
141: Craig Wilson (ODU) win by decision Aaron Nestor (Rider), 3-2
149: #20 Michael Kessler (Rider) win by decision John Nicholson (ODU), 3-1
157: Zac Cibula (Rider) win by decision Joey Sheridan (ODU), 4-0
165: #10 Chris Brown (ODU) win by major decision Rob Morrison (Rider), 13-5 (1:58 RT)
174: Eric Decker (ODU) win by decision Jim Resnick (Rider), 5-0 (1:51 RT)
184: Joe Budi (ODU) win by major decision Mike Ward (Rider), 13-2 (4:37 RT)
197: #19 Tyler Smith (Rider) win by decision #13 Jesse Strawn (ODU), 7-4 (1:17 RT)
HWT: #17 Ed Bordas (Rider) win by decision Grant Chapman (ODU), 4-1
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