PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Binghamton wrestling team kicked off the 2021-22 season Sunday afternoon with a quad meet against Cleveland State, New Jersey City University and Rutgers. The Bearcats had one win on the afternoon, a 53-0 defeat of NJCU, but fell to Cleveland State 22-18 and Rutgers 34-9. 

"We didn't have the team results that we were hoping for today," head coach Kyle Borshoff said. "There were individual performances to be happy about. It was nice to see Logan (Gumble) and Mike (Tyrrell) get their first career wins. Sobotker, Zarif, and Nolan had great days. There's plenty of things for us to be working on as we move forward to our next few matches."

Anthony Sobotker had a career day for Binghamton, registering three pins in as many matches. His final pin of the day came against No. 11 Sammy Alvarez of Rutgers. 

"Sobotker looked outstanding today," Borshoff said. "He brought a lot of excitement to the day for our team. His pin over a very good Rutgers opponent was the obvious highlight of the day. Doing what he did in that match, in this environment takes a lot of heart, and he should be excited to build off this weekend performance."

Jacob Nolan also went 3-0 on the afternoon, picking up two decisions and a technical fall. Michael Zarif won all two of his matches, including a pin. True freshman Logan Gumble and Redshirt freshman Mike Tyrrell each picked their first career wins, with bonus points.

The Bearcats return home next weekend for the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open. Tournament begins at 9:30 a.m.
 

Cleveland State 22, Binghamton 18

125: Logan Heil (CSU) over Micah Roes (BU) by fall (2:10); CSU leads, 6-0  

133: Anthony Sobotker (BU) over Jake Manley (CSU) by fall (5:29); match tie, 6-6 

141: Michael Zarif (BU) over Caleb Graber (CSU) decision, 9-7; BU leads, 9-6 

149: Marcus Robinson (CSU) over Nick Lombard (BU) by decision, 5-3; CSU leads 12-6 

157: Daniel Patten (CSU) over Logan Gumble (BU) by decision, 5-3; CSU leads 15-6 

165: Riley Smucker (CSU) over Brevin Cassella (BU) by decision, 2-0; CSU leads 18-6 

174: 29/NR Jacob Nolan (BU) over Anthony Rice (CSU) by decision, 5-2; CSU leads 18-9 

184: 30/HM DeAndre Nassar (CSU) over Sam DePrez (BU) by decision, 5-2; CSU leads 21-9   

197: 25/22 Ben Smith (CSU) over Matt Kelly (BU) by MD, 10-2; CSU leads 25-9 

HWT: 28/NR Joe Doyle (BU) over Daniel Bucknavich (CSU) by fall (2:23); CSU wins 25-15 

Binghamton 53, NJCU 0  

125: Micah Roes (BU) over Damienlee Torres (NJCU) by fall (2:52); BU leads, 6-0  

133: Anthony Sobotker (BU) over Andre Ruiz (NJCU) by fall (4:46); BU leads, 12-0 

141: Michael Zarif(BU) over Dom Merola (NJCU) by fall (2:15); BU leads, 18-0 

149: Nick Lombard (BU) over Abdul Ibraheem (NJCU) by tech fall, 21-5; BU leads 23-0 

157: Logan Gumble (BU) over Michael Cross (NJCU) by tech fall, 18-0; BU leads 28-0 

165: Brevin Cassella (BU) over Ty Bailey (NJCU) by fall (2:31); BU leads 34-0 

174: 29/NR Jacob Nolan (BU) over Matthew Aramento (NJCU) by tech fall, 17-0; BU leads 39-0 

184: Sam DePrez(BU) over Mason Bayer (NJCU) by tech fall, 16-1; BU leads 44-0   

197: Matt Kelly (BU) over Kyle Hillermeier (NJCU) by tech fall, 18-2; BU leads 49-0 

HWT: Mike Tyrell(BU) over Jace Macfie (NJCU) by MD,12-1; BU wins 53-0 

Rutgers 34, Binghamton 9 

125: 30/HM Dylan Shawver (RU) over Micah Roes (BU) by MD, 13-2; RU leads, 4-0 

133: Anthony Sobotker (BU) over 11/15 Sammy Alvarez (RU) by fall (2:05); BU leads, 6-4 

141: 4/4 Sebastian Rivera (RU) over Ryan Anderson (BU) by MD, 9-1; RU leads 8-6 

149: 27/HM Michael VanBrill (RU) over Nick Lombard (BU) by decision, 3-1 (SV1); RU leads, 11-6 

157: 32/HM Robert Kanniard (RU) over Logan Gumble (BU) by MD, 15-6; RU leads, 15-6 

165: Andrew Clark (RU) over Brevin Cassella (BU) by decision, 6-3; RU leads, 18-6 

174: 29/NR Jacob Nolan (BU) over Connor O'Neill (RU) by decision, 5-1; RU leads, 18-9 

184: 5/5 John Poznanski (RU) over Sam DePrez (BU) by MD, 10-1; RU leads, 22-9 

197: 15/18 Greg Bulsak (RU) over Matt Kelly (BU) by fall (1:23); RU leads, 28-9