Oswego State built an 18-5 lead through the first five weight classes, but Oneonta State rallied to win the remaining five matches, which featured a pair of major decisions and a key overtime win at 285 pounds, to come away with a 24-18 victory in an Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference dual match on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Max Ziel Gymnasium.

The Lakers (2-8) opened the match winning four of the first five weight classes. Freshman Scott McGregor (Tonawanda) started things off with a 4-2 overtime decision at 125 pounds.

The Red Dragons (7-8-1) won at 133 pounds on a 16-0 technical fall from Erik Johanson, but Oswego answered with three straight wins. Senior Derrick Smith (Mexico) registered a fall at 141 pounds in 4:57, followed by freshman Blake Fisher (Seaford) with a 2-1 decision at 149 pounds. Sophomore Tony DeFranco (Adams/South Jefferson) scored the third fall of the match with his victory at 157 pounds in 6:17.

Jimmy Neal led off Oneonta's rally in the second half of the match with an 8-2 decision at 165 pounds. Josh Wake and Kris Stafford followed with major decisions at 174 pounds (15-3) and 184 pounds (13-4), respectively, worth four team points each. To cut Oswego's lead to 18-15.

With the Lakers forfeiting the 197 pound weight class, giving the Red Dragons a three-point lead, the match came down to the 285 pound weight class between Oswego's Eric Leusch (Rochester/Irondequoit) and James Lamonica of Oneonta, with Oswego needing at least a decision to force a tie.

Both wrestlers went through regulation and the first two overtime periods tied 1-1 before Lamonica scored a reversal with 15 seconds left in the third period to take a one-point lead. Leusch managed an escape with ten seconds remaining to pull to within a point, but could not get the takedown as time expires.

EMPIRE COLLEGIATE WRESTLING CONFERENCE DUAL
 Oneonta State (7-8-1) 24, Oswego State (2-8-0) 18

125 pounds: Scott McGregor (Osw) dec. Derek Conant (One), 4-2, ot  (3-0, Osw)
133 pounds: Erik Johanson (One) wbtf over Paul Slaver (Osw), 16-0, 6:27 (5-3, One)
141 pounds: Derrick Smith (Osw) wbf. Over Justin Davy (One), 4:57 (9-4*, Osw)
   (*note: Oneonta had one team point deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct)
149 pounds: Blake Fisher (Osw) dec. Devan Whitman (One), 2-1 (12-4, Osw)
157 pounds: Tony DeFranco (Osw) wbf over Sam VanBuskirk (One), 6:17 (18-4, Osw)
165 pounds: Jimmy Neal (One) dec. Andrew Greenlaw (Osw), 8-2 (18-7, Osw)
174 pounds: Josh Wake (One) major dec. Ethan Phillips (Osw), 15-3 (18-11, Osw)
184 pounds: Kris Stafford (One) major dec. Tom Lester (Osw), 13-4 (18-15, Osw)
197 pounds: Brian Kramer (One) won by forfeit (21-18, One)
285 pounds: James Lamonica (One) dec. Eric Leusch (Osw), 3-2, ot (24-18, One)