OSWEGO, N.Y. – Behind pins from senior William Hardin II, freshman Colby Harblin and junior Aidan Mathews, the Oswego State wrestling team defeated Cortland in a back-and-forth dual match on Saturday afternoon, 28-18.

THE BASICS

• Final Score:  Oswego 28, Cortland 18
• Location:  Max Ziel Gymnasium, Laker Hall – Oswego, N.Y.
• Records:  Oswego 6-9 | Cortland 7-8

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Cortland grabbed the early lead with a fall at the heavyweight bout as Trentyn Rupert defeated Toryan Jones.
• Freshman John DeConno took a 6-5 decision at 125 and Hardin followed him with a win by fall to put the Lakers up 9-6.

 

• Cortland retook the lead at 15-9 with a technical fall at 141 and major-decision victory at 149.
• Junior Christian Gramuglia got Oswego back on track with a 4-2 decision over Ben Bivar at 157.
• At 165, Charlie Grygas improved his season mark to 27-5 with a 17-5 major decision to put Oswego back on top at 16-15.
• Isaac Mathews wrestled well in a decision-loss (0-6) against Cortland's Demitreus Henry, who appears in D3Wrestle.com's national rankings.
• Freshman Colby Harblin was in control from the start and finished Abby Luperon at 5:50 to move Oswego to 22-18.

• After an initial takedown, junior Aidan Mathews escaped and then scored a takedown of his own before finishing Odean Gray with a fall (1:32) and clinched the victory for the Lakers.

FULL RESULTS

285:       Trentyn Rupert (Cort.) def. Toryan Jones (Osw.) (Fall, 1:03)                                                     
125:       John DeConno (Osw.) def. Benjamin Lloyd (Cort.) (Dec., 6-5)                                               
133:        William Hardin II (Osw.) def. Pat Owens (Cort.) (Fall, 4:00)                                                      
141:        Chandler Merwin (Cort.) def. Kian Pacheco (Osw.) (Tech. Fall, 15-0, 7:00)                             
149:        Cahal Donovan (Cort.) def. Josh Bressette (Osw.) (Major Dec., 13-5)                                      
157:        Christian Gramuglia (Osw.) def. Ben Bivar (Cort.) (Dec., 4-2)                                                   
165:        Charlie Grygas (Osw.) def. Ryan Burgbacher (Cort.) (Major Dec. 17-5)                                  
174:        Demitreus Henry (Cort.) def. Isaac Mathews (Osw.) (Dec., 6-0)                                              
184:        Colby Harblin (Osw.) def. Abby Luperon (Cort.) (Fall, 5:50)                                                     
197:        Aidan Mathews Osw.) def. Odean Gray (Cort.) (Fall, 1:32)                                                    
                                                           
 Exh.1:    Jeremy Pond def. Kaleb Carreon (Major Dec. 14-4)

WHAT'S NEXT
Wrestling gets a week to heal any injuries before competing in the NCAA MidEast Regionals where the top three wrestlers will advance to the NCAA Championships.