LYCOMING, Pa. – The Oswego State wrestling team had a stellar first day at the Budd Whitehill Division III Duals, held at Lycoming College on Friday. Oswego opened the day by knocking off No. 18 Wesleyan University 21-17, slipped up 28-13 in its second matchup against The College of New Jersey before capping the day with a 28-14 triumph over Ohio Northern University. With the 2-1 afternoon, the Lakers are now 4-3 in duals on the year.

On Saturday, the Whitehill Duals will continue with Oswego facing familiar foe Cortland at 10:30 a.m. in the 5th place through 8th place bracket. On the other side of the bracket are Springfield College and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, one of which Oswego will compete against to conclude the weekend.

OSWEGO 21, No. 18 WESLEYAN 17:

Oswego used five-straight weight class wins to upset the nationally-ranked Cardinals. Rocco Russo started the streak with a 9-2 decision at 149. Joey Bush followed that with a 13-1 major decision at 157 before Alex Herringshaw earned a technical fall 16-0 at 165. The 174-pound Troy Seymour kept the Laker fortunes running with a nail-biting 5-4 finish before Jeff Lombardi wrapped the streak with a 4-2 victory at 197. Jack DelDuca was Oswego's other points in the 21-17 win, collecting at 7-4 decision in the day's first weight class (125).

125         Jack DelDuca (SUNY-Oswego) over Zack Murillo (Wesleyan) Dec 7-4
133         Tristan Stetson (Wesleyan) over Evan Corso (SUNY-Oswego) Dec 5-3
141         James Matias (Wesleyan) over Justin DeLucia (SUNY-Oswego) Dec 6-4
149         Rocco Russo (SUNY-Oswego) over Carter Armendarez (Wesleyan) Dec 9-2
157         Joey Bush (SUNY-Oswego) over Edward Pierce (Wesleyan) Maj 13-1
165         Alex Herringshaw (SUNY-Oswego) over Aaron Cranston (Wesleyan) TF 16-0
174         Troy Seymour (SUNY-Oswego) over Dominic Pirraglia (Wesleyan) Dec 5-4
184         Jeff Lombardi (SUNY-Oswego) over Simon Chee (Wesleyan) Dec 4-2
197         Devon Carrillo (Wesleyan) over Christopher Marchena (SUNY-Oswego) TF 18-2
285         Isaiah Bellamy (Wesleyan) over Ryan Kamer (SUNY-Oswego) Fall 1:43
 
TCNJ 28, OSWEGO 13:

In the Lakers' second meeting of the day, Russo, Herringshaw and Lombardi all picked up their second wins. Russo registered a 5-3 decision, Herringshaw picked up four team points with a major decision (14-3) and Lombardi had the highlight in the loss, a pin in 4:03.

125         Dan Ortega (The College of New Jersey) over Jack DelDuca (SUNY-Oswego) Dec 3-0
133         James Goldschmidt (The College of New Jersey) over Evan Corso (SUNY-Oswego) Dec 6-4
141         Robert Dinger (The College of New Jersey) over Bryan Coll (SUNY-Oswego) Fall 2:35
149         Rocco Russo (SUNY-Oswego) over Eric Friedman (The College of New Jersey) Dec 5-3
157         Anthony Gagliano (The College of New Jersey) over Joey Bush (SUNY-Oswego) Maj 12-4
165         Alex Herringshaw (SUNY-Oswego) over Dominic Fano (The College of New Jersey) Maj 11-3
174         Daniel Kilroy (The College of New Jersey) over Troy Seymour (SUNY-Oswego) Maj 9-0
184         Thom Anderson (The College of New Jersey) over Michael Southwick (SUNY-Oswego) Dec 3-1
197         Jeff Lombardi (SUNY-Oswego) over Patrick Schinder (The College of New Jersey) Fall 4:03
285         Kyle Cocozza (The College of New Jersey) over Kade Andrews (SUNY-Oswego) TF 15-0
 
OSWEGO 28, ONU 17:

Oswego bounced right back into the win column in its final bouts, capitalized by Evan Corso's pin in just 31 seconds in the 133-weight class. Herringshaw and Russo made it three for the day, with the former winning by 6-2 decision and the later scoring a major, 14-3. Seymour made it multiple victories on the day as well, allowing just one point in a 5-1 decision at 174.

125         Jack DelDuca (SUNY-Oswego) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
133         Evan Corso (SUNY-Oswego) over Avory Winans (Ohio Northern) Fall 0:31               
141         Justin DeLucia (SUNY-Oswego) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
149         Rocco Russo (SUNY-Oswego) over Schuyler Caprella (Ohio Northern) Maj 14-3
157         Alex Kowal (Ohio Northern) over Joey Bush (SUNY-Oswego) Dec 3-0
165         Alex Herringshaw (SUNY-Oswego) over Seth Meyer (Ohio Northern) Dec 6-2
174         Troy Seymour (SUNY-Oswego) over Jacob Thompson (Ohio Northern) Dec 5-1
184         Alex Bair (Ohio Northern) over Jeff Lombardi (SUNY-Oswego) TF 19-4
197         Austin Windle (Ohio Northern) over Christopher Marchena (SUNY-Oswego) Fall 2:17
285         Nathan Barcaskey (Ohio Northern) over Kade Andrews (SUNY-Oswego) Dec 5-2