Newark, NJ - From inside the Prudential Center, the Hofstra wrestling team saw wins from a variety of weight classes as the Pride kicked off the dual meet season with losses to Rutgers and Wisconsin at the Garden State Grapple. The Pride suffered defeats of 35-6 by Rutgers and 38-12 against Wisconsin.

The best collective performance by Hofstra came against the Badgers, ranked No. 19 in the most recent NWCA poll. Joe McGinty caught Garrett Model in a cradle, and then locked it in to win by fall at 4:14 of the 157-pound match, while Charles Small got a takedown on Chris Weiler in the third period of the match at 184, and Small stuffed a late takedown attempt from Weiler to secure a 3-2 win over Weiler, the No. 14 wrestler in the country at 184 pounds in the InterMat rankings.

Trey Rogers followed up that Hofstra win with an upset of his own over InterMat's No. 16 wrestler Braxton Amos in sudden victory overtime. Following an escape by Rogers and a penalty assessed to Amos in the third period, Rogers scored two points for a single-leg takedown with 10 seconds left in the period, sending the match to sudden victory overtime. In the extra period, Rogers was successful with another single-leg takedown attempt, and he got the two points with 43 seconds remaining for the win.

In the Garden State Grapple opener against No. 15 Rutgers, Hofstra won two matches by decision. Ricky Stamm earned a 4-3 decision win over Andrew Clark with a three-point third period off an escape with one minute to go, and a takedown with 17 seconds left. At 285, Zachary Knighton-Ward made easy work of Boone McDermott with a 6-1 decision win.

Hofstra continues its dual meet schedule with a tri-meet in Washington, D.C. on December 5. The Pride will first wrestle Duke at 10 a.m., followed by a 1 p.m. dual against American in the EIWA-opener.

Rutgers 35, Hofstra 6
125: Jacob Shawver (Rutgers) dec. Jacob Moon (Hofstra), 8-1
133: Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) WBF Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra), 0:52
141: Sebastion Rivera (Rutgers) WBF Justin Hoyle (Hofstra), 2:37
149: Michael Vanbrill (Rutgers) tech fall Michael Leandrou (Hofstra), 17-0 (3:40)
157: Al DeSantis (Rutgers) dec. Joe McGinty (Hofstra), 8-2
165: Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) dec. Andrew Clark (Rutgers), 4-3
174: Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) WBF Ericson Velasquez (Hofstra), 0:58
184: John Pozanski (Rutgers) dec. Charles Small, 8-2
197: Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) dec.Trey Rogers (Hofstra), 8-3
285: Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) dec. Boone McDermott (Rutgers), 6-1
 
Wisconsin 38, Hofstra 12
125: Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) WBF Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra), 3:34
133: Ethan Rotondo (Wisconsin) WBF Jacob Moon (Hofstra), 6:02
141: Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) maj. dec. Justin Hoyle (Hofstra), 22-6
149: Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) tech fall Michael Leandrou (Hofstra), 16-1 (1:38)
157: Joe McGinty (Hofstra) WBF Garrett Model (Wisconsin), 4:14
165: DJ Hamitti (Wisconsin) tech fall Ricky Stamm (Hofstra), 16-0 (5:00)
174: Andrew McNally (Wisconsin) WBF Corey Langner (Hofstra), 3:18
184: Charles Small (Hofstra) dec. Chris Weiler (Wisconsin), 3-2
197: Trey Rogers (Hofstra) dec. Braxton Amos (Wisconsin), 6-4 SV-1
285: Trent Hillger WBF Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra), 6:56