VESTAL, NY- The Binghamton wrestling team won 7 out of 10 bouts on Friday night and posted a work-man like 21-11 win over long time rival Hofstra. The win gives a good start to the Bearcats long weekend, where they will face two nationally ranked teams over the next two days. BU will travel to No. 19 Princeton on Saturday before heading to wrestle at No. 2 Penn State on Sunday.
Steve Schneider (17-3), currently ranked No. 13 by Intermat this week, won his match against Hofstra's Michael Oxley 10-3. The 184 pound junior had a takedown in the first period with six seconds left to give him an early 4-1 lead. Building over a minute of ride time going into the second period, Schneider tallied on three more takedowns to top Oxley and win the match, giving the Bearcats a 10 point lead with two matches left in the dual.
To start the night, Steven Bulzomi came out strong with a win in the 125 weight division. Leading 4-1 after the first period, the sophomore got a takedown over Hofstra's Jacob Martin and won by a score of 10-6, giving BU an early 3-0 lead. Hofstra answered back, but an 11-4 win by Parker Kropman at 149 got the Bearcats back in the running.
At 157, a 7-3 win by Tristan Rifanburg nudged Binghamton ahead 9-8 before twin brothers Vincent and Anthony DePrez added on back to back match wins. Vincent DePrez won his 165 match 8-2 against Hofstra's Bobby Fehr before Anthony DePrez tallied two takedowns and won 7-0 for the 174 weight class, sending the Bearcats into the end of the dual with a comfortable lead.
Heavyweight Connor Calkins sealed the deal with a 5-3 match win over Omar Haddad, giving the Bearcats their final team points to win the dual 21-11. This marks the third consecutive year that Binghamton has topped the Hofstra Pride.
The Bearcats go right back at it to face No. 19 Princeton on Saturday, December 10th at 1 p.m. before traveling to No. 2 Penn State on Sunday for a 2 p.m. start time.
125
Steven Bulzomi (BU) (10-6) dec. Jacob Martin (H) (5-10), 10-6
133
Vinny Vespa (H) (6-6) TF Carlos Aucancela (BU) (1-5), 6:19
141
Connor Burkert (H) dec. Dylan Caruana (BU) (7-7), 7-5
149
Parker Kropman (BU) (5-7) dec. Ryan Burkert (H) (5-8), 11-4
157
Tristan Rifanburg (BU) (4-3) dec. Jake Kaminsky (H) (7-8), 7-3
165
Vincent DePrez (BU) (12-4) dec. Bobby Fehr (H) (2-4), 8-2
174
Anthony DePrez (BU) (4-4) dec. Sage Heller (H) (13-7), 8-0
184
No. 13 Steve Schneider (BU) (17-3) dec. Michael Oxley (H), 10-3
197
Nezar Haddad (H) (5-5) dec. Mark Tracy (BU) (5-7), 3-2
Hwt
Connor Calkins (BU) (10-5) dec. Omar Haddad (H) (2-8), 5-3
