Feb. 23, 2008

Staten Island, NY - In their final home matches of the season the Wagner Wrestling team dropped two head-to-heads this afternoon at the Spiro Sports Center, first to Gardner-Webb University 38-0 and then in dramatic fashion 19-18 to American International College.

Nothing much went the Seahawks' way in the first match as they failed to get a victory in any weight class, however, in their battle against AIC it was a completely different story.

A pin by freshman 165-pounder Larry Peotter (New Providence, NJ/New Providence) gave the Green & White a huge spark that followed right up to the 184 and 197-pound matches.

At 184, it was another Seahawk freshman, this time Ed Broderick (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional) who nailed down a tightly contested 3-1 decision to cut the Yellow Jackets' lead to just 17-15 with two bouts to go.

Then, senior 197-pounder Anthony Interiano (Sounch Beach, NY/Miller Place) earned a decisive 11-4 decision that put the Seahawks in the driver's seat, 18-16, with the match hanging on the 285-pound and final bout.

There, however, it wasn't to be as senior John Graeffe (Emmaus, PA/Scranton Prep) couldn't close the deal on AIC's Dan Dolle-Molle and the Yellow Jackets got away with the match by one team point, 19-18.

Gardner-Webb 38, Wagner 0
125: Thomas Bennett dec. Joe Eurell, 5-2
133: Rob Tate falls Nick Boghos, 0:49
141: Chas Franz dec. Mike Tutunjian, 9-6
149: Edward McCray dec. Patrick Larkin, 14-7
157: Austin Reece dec. Sean Quinn, 5-4 (OT)
165: Brendan Couture falls Larry Peotter, 2:35
174: Chad Davis tech. fall Peter Morano, 15-0
184: Matthias Piasecki dec. Eddie Broderick, 10-3
197: Dustin Porter dec. Anthony Interiano, 14-9
285: Windell Wilson dec. John Graeffe, 6-4 (OT)

Gardner-Webb 24, AIC 18
125: Carlos Lara dec. Thomas Bennett, 10-3
133: Jeff Haddad falls Rob Tate, 4:44
141: Chas Franz dec. Sam Gauvine, 4-3
149: AIC forfeits
157: Martin Thompson dec. Austin Reece, 5-3
165: Brendan Couture tech. fall John Mullinix, 19-5
174: Chad Davis major dec. Nick Laurino, 12-4
184: Matthias Piasecki dec. Yaakov Bloch, 8-2
197: Dustin Porter dec. Morgan Wanzer, 7-0
285: Dan Dolle-Molle falls Windell Wilson, 1:59

AIC 19, Wagner 18
125: Carlos Lara major dec. Joe Eurell, 17-5
133: Jeff Haddad dec. Nick Boghos, 3-1
141: Sam Gauvine dec. Mike Tutunjian, 12-7
149: AIC forfeits
157: Martin Thompson dec. Sean Quinn, 4-1
165: Larry Peotter falls John Mullinix, 1:05
174: Nick Laurino dec. Peter Morano, 9-5
184: Eddie Broderick dec. Yaakov Bloch, 3-1
197: Anthony Interiano dec. Morgan Wanzer, 11-4
285: Dan Dolle-Molle dec. John Graeffe, 3-1