ALFRED, N.Y. - The Oswego State wrestling team defeated Alfred State 36-9 on the road Wednesday evening. The win improves the team's dual meet record to 4-10 on the year while the Pioneers move to 2-7.

James Ronca got the scoring going for Oswego, winning the 133-pound weight class by technical fall (17-1). He was followed by Jonathan Ptacek who was victorious at 141 pounds, defeating Alfred State's Austin Parker 14-3.

Oswego won the next two matches by fall, increasing the Laker lead to 21-3 with five wrestlers to go. Steve Culbert collected six points, pinning his counterpart in 3:49 at 149 pounds. Tyler Silverthorn bettered that at the 157-pound weight class, touching the Pioneer's Jacob Willis' shoulders to the mat in 2:45. Oswego ended the bout with a fall as well, as Kade Andrews pinned his opponent in 5:57.

The remaining Laker points were secured by Troy Seymour (174) who posted 6-0 win over his opponent and Daniel Smith (197) who won by forfeit.

Wrestling will hit the mats again at 12 p.m. on Saturday as the team hosts the nationally-ranked Cortland Red Dragons in Lee Hall.

RESULTS
125 Ryan Thierman (A) 2-0 over Jacob Yankloski (O) Alfred 3-0
133 James Ronca (O) 17-1 over Hans Schmieder (A) Oswego 5-3
141 Jonathan Ptacek (O) 14-3 over Austin Parker (A) Oswego 9-3
149 Steve Culbert (O) pin 3:49 of Satchel Holder (A) Oswego 15-3
157 Tyler Silverthorn (O) pin 2:45 of Jacob Willis (A) Oswego 21-3
165 Konnor Kremer (A) 5-4 over Mark Milisci (O) Oswego 21-6
174 Troy Seymour (O) 6-0 over George VanValen (A) Oswego 24-6
184 Brad Haggerty (A) 7-3 over Jeff Lombardi (O) Oswego 24-9
197 Daniel Smith (O) win via forfeit Oswego 30-9
HWT Kade Andrews (O) pin 5:57 of Riley Andrews (A) Oswego 36-9