College Wrestling
Rider at Nittany Lion Open
STATE COLLEGE, PA-The Broncs took a skeleton crew to Penn State Sunday for the Nittany Lion Open. "We sent a handful of guys out there to get some experience," said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. "That's what they need to do."
Sophomore 125 Alex Moritz (Riverton, N.J./Palmyra) went 2-2. Moritz defeated Max Soria of Buffalo 6-2 before losing to Nate Morgan of Penn State 6-2. In the consolations Moritz defeated Colton Dalberth of Lock Haven 10-6 before losing 7-3 to Jenkins Monzey of Maryland.
Freshman heavyweight Tim Gecaj (Cross River, N.Y./John Jay) defeated Ryan Gray of Maryland 6-5 in the first round before losing to Cameron Wade of Penn State by fall (2:41) in the second round.
Freshman 157 Joe Benedetti (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert) lost 10-2 to Jeffrey Brigham of Edinboro in the pigtails.
Wrestling unattached, freshman 141 Nick Papa (Edgemont, Pa./Penncrest) lost 9-4 to Dan Manley of Hofstra in the pigtails.
Freshman 184 Clint Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) lost in the pigtails to Antonio Giorgio of North Carolina 6-2.
"We still have some wrestlers banged up so we kept them home to get healthy for the dual meets," Taylor said.
Rider hosts Army Friday. "Army has a nice team," Taylor said. "They are going to be good and it will take a hard effort on our part to beat them. We'll need our 10 starters to do that."
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