OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State wrestling team defeated the Oneonta Red Dragons – 19-18 – by way of tiebreaker on Wednesday evening during Senior Night. It was the first time the Lakers have earned a win against the Red Dragons since Jan. 26, 2002. Oswego improves to 5-9, while Oneonta falls to 11-6-1.

Following an 18-18 tie after the heavyweight class, the Lakers earned an extra point to secure the team win via the third tiebreaker. Both teams tied throughout the first two breakers, but Oswego secured a 55-52 advantage in total individual points and thus earned the tiebreaker point.

After Oneonta jumped out in front in the contest, 11-0, by taking the first three duals, the Lakers came storming back. Joey Bush started things off by claiming a 7-0 decision over Oneonta's Nicholas Heck. In the second period, Bush earned a near fall and then followed that up with an escape point and a takedown.

Rocco Russo kept the momentum going with an 18-3 technical fall (6:08). He was aggressive from the starting whistle, earning three takedowns and a couple of four-point near falls just in the first period. Troy Seymour (Dec. 8-2) and Trevor Hoffmier (Dec. 2-0) also earned wins during the Lakers 14-point run to reclaim the lead (14-11).

Once Oneonta got the score back to 14-14, Jordan Bushey put the Lakers in front again by earning a major decision (10-2). The No. 4 ranked 184-pounder started it off with a takedown, but then hit a stall. Bushey regathered the momentum in the final stanza, collecting a majority of his points en route to the victory.

During the evening's five exhibition matches, the Lakers earned a victory in 4-of-5 of the duals. Jon Ptacek (fall 5:45), Mark Milisci (Dec. 4-2), Jeff Lombardi (Dec. 10-4) and Vinny Darpino (Dec. 4-3) all left the mat with strong performances.

Oswego returns to action at 12 p.m. on Saturday for a tri-match at Cortland. The Lakers will take on Hunter College before battling with the host Red Dragons.

 
125: Dominic DeGraba (Oneonta) over Matt Stallone (Oswego) (Dec 6-3) 
 
133: Kevin Knox (Oneonta) over Bryan Coll (Oswego) (MD 11-2)
 
141: Richard Dennison (Oneonta) over Max Kutepov (Oswego) (MD 13-0) 
 
149: Joey Bush (Oswego) over Nicholas Heck (Oneonta) (Dec 7-0) 
 
157: Rocco Russo (Oswego) over Daniel Murphy (Oneonta) (TF 18-3 6:08) 
 
165: Troy Seymour (Oswego) over Thomas Marrone (Oneonta) (Dec 8-2) 
 
174: Trevor Hoffmier (Oswego) over Evan Wallace (Oneonta) (Dec 2-0) 
 
184: Lantze Lange (Oneonta) over Sean Maloney (Oswego) (Dec 6-4) 
 
197: Jordan Bushey (Oswego) over Peter Pjetri (Oneonta) (MD 10-2) 
 
285: James Bethel (Oneonta) over Kade Andrews (Oswego) (MD 9-1)
 
Oswego wins via tie breaker #3
 


Exhibition Results:

Austin Sisco (Oneonta) def. Anthony Ianno (Oswego) (Dec. 9-2)

Jon Ptacek (Oswego) def. Matt Marino (Oneonta) (Fall 5:45)

Mark Milisci (Oswego) def. Ralph Cazzetta (Oneonta) (Dec. 4-2)

Jeff Lombardi (Oswego) def. Zachary Peterson (Oneonta) (Dec. 10-4)

Vinny Darpino (Oswego) def. Andrew Werther (Oneonta) (Dec. 4-3)