NEW YORK – The Columbia wrestling team was impressive in a pair of tournaments this Sunday, when the Lions competed in both the Black Knight Invite at Army, and the New York State Championships in Ithaca.
 
A pair of first-year's took home individual titles in Matt Kazimir and Mike Kelly, while senior Dan Reed also came out victorious on the day.
 
In the 133-pound bracket at the Black Knight Invite, it only took a pair of wins for Kazimir to hoist a title. The first-year squeaked by Army's Matthew Marino, 3-2, after a reversal in the second period tied the match, and an escape in the third was the difference maker. After he moved on to the finals with a disqualification in the semis, Kazimir tacked on a riding time point in the third over Yoshito Funakoshi from Cal-Poly to preserve a 6-5 victory.
 
At the same tournament, Reed won his first two matches at 157 over Luke Weiland (Army) and Brawley Lamer (Cal-Poly) to move on to the finals. Against Lock Haven's Alex Klucker, Reed posted four takedowns to aid a 12-3 major decision in the finals.
 
Columbia also had a pair of second place performers at Army in Riley Jacops and Michael Bulkin. At 149 pounds, Jacops posted a major decision over Bloomsburg's Alex Carida and an overtime win against Noah Hanau from Army, before a loss in the finals to Buffalo's Jason Esteves, 5-3. For Bulkin, a 6-3 win over Parker McClellan of Lock Haven and a 6-2 victory against JT Brown from Army set up a finals bout against Alex Hopkins from Army, which he dropped, 4-2.
 
Also coming away with top performances at Army were Laurence Kosoy taking third at 165, Danny Fongaro finishing fourth at 141, Joe Manchio taking fifth at 125, matching the place of Max Elling at 165.
 
At the New York State Championships, Kelly dominated his way through the 125-pound bracket to take home the title. After bonus point wins over Chris Dean of RIT and Framingdale's Marc Traficante, Kelly got by Ryan Chauvin of USMAPS, 9-3. In the semifinals against Greg Quinn from Niagara, the first-year posted a first period pin in 1:11, before an amazing 15-second pin of Logan Ninos from Ithaca in the finals.
 
In the 197-pound bracket, Sam Wustefeld put up a first period pin and a major decision en route to a second place finish, while Sam Webster finished third at 149 with two pins on the day.
 
The Lions are back in action next Sunday, November 25th at Lock Haven's Mat Town Open.
 
Black Knight Invite Results
 
125 – Joe Manchio (5th)
L, 5-4 vs. Kyle Atkins (Buffalo)
W, Fall (5:30) vs. Steven Bulzomi (Binghamton)
L, 10-5 vs. Willy Girard (Bloomsburg)
W, Inj. (4:25) vs. Audrey Ashkar (Binghamton)
 
133 – Matt Kazimir (1st)
W, 3-2 vs. Matthew Marino (Army)
W, (DQ) vs. Brandon Loperfido (Lock Haven)
W, 6-5 vs. Yoshito Funakoshi (Cal-Poly)
 
141 – Danny Fongaro (4th)
W, 14-4 vs. Tim Kane (Bloomsburg)
W, 8-1 vs. Matt Swanson (Binghamton)
L, 5-2 vs. David Fehlman (Lock Haven)
W, 8-5 vs. Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton)
L, Fall (4:30) vs. Corey Shie (Army)
 
141 – Chris Scorese
L, 19-4 vs. Corey Shie (Army)
W, 9-8 vs. John Arceri (Buffalo)
L, 7-4 vs. Antohony Sparacio (Binghamton)
 
149 – Riley Jacops (2nd)
W, 10-2 vs. Alex Carida (Bloomsburg)
W, 3-1 (SV-1) vs. Noah Hanau (Army)
L, 5-3 Jason Esteves (Buffalo)
 
149 – Cole Corrigan
L, Fall (1:08) vs. Jon Ross (Lock Haven)
L, 8-5 vs. Brock Port (Lock Haven)
 
157 – Dan Reed (1st)
W, 6-5 vs. Luke Weiland (Army)
W, 8-4 vs. Brawley Lamer (Cal-Poly)
W, 12-3 vs. Alex Klucker (Lock Haven)
 
165 – Max Elling (5th)
L, 9-4 vs. Noah Grover (Buffalo)
W, 9-0 vs. Larry Brown (Lock Haven)
W, Fall (6:29) vs. Brad Laughlin (Army)
L, 4-3 vs. Aiden Monteverdi (Binghamton)
W, 18-0 vs. Noah Grover (Buffalo)
 
165 – Laurence Kosoy (3rd)
W, 2-0 vs. Brad Laughlin (Army)
L, 4-2 (SV-1) vs. Owen Brown (Army)
W, Fall (3:43) vs. Noah Grover (Buffalo)
W, 6-4 (SV-1) vs. Aiden Monteverdi (Binghamton)
 
174 – Donny Donnelly (6th)
W, 7-0 vs. Brit Simington (Lock Haven)
L, 18-1 vs. Ben Harvey (Army)
L, Fall (2:32) vs. Austin Bell (Lock Haven)
L, Inj. 3:52 vs. Graham Ratermann (Army)
 
184 – Joe Franzese
W, 10-0 vs. Jack Huber (Cal-Poly)
L, 11-1 vs. Lou Deprez (Binghamton)
W, Fall (3:00) vs. Michael Porreca (Bloomsburg)
L, 8-5 vs. Trey Rodgers (Hofstra)
 
197 – Michael Bulkin (2nd)
W, 6-3 vs. Parker McClellan (Lock Haven)
W, 6-2 vs. JT Brown (Army)
L, 4-2 vs. Alex Hopkins (Army)
 
197 – Brian Bonino
L, 4-3 vs. JT Brown (Army)
W, 6-3 vs. Tom Lane (Cal-Poly)
L, 8-4 vs. Sam Schuler (Buffalo)
 
HWT – Danny Conley
L, Fall (6:45) vs. Joe Doyle (Binghamton)
L, 7-2 vs. Nolan Terrance (Buffalo)
 
New York State Championships Results
 
125 – Spencer Good (6th)
W, 9-3 vs. Jesse Pitoni (Alfred State)
W, 9-5 vs. Tyler Skala (Oneonta State)
L, 9-5 vs. Matt Genau (Niagara CC)
W, 19-3 vs. Gavin Pasqualini (SUNY Ulster)
W, Fall (3:23) vs. Kevin Meloni (Buffalo)
L, 10-5 vs. Ryan Chauvin (USMAPS)
 
125 – Mike Kelly (1st)
W, 11-2 vs. Chris Dean (RIT)
W, 17-0 vs. Marc Traficante (Farmingdale State)
W, 9-3 vs. Ryan Chauvin (USMAPS)
W, Fall (1:11) vs. Greg Quinn (Niagara CC)
W, Fall (0:15) vs. Logan Ninos (Ithaca)
 
141 – JP Ascolese
L, Fall (6:36) vs. Marcus Robinson (Buffalo)
L, 9-5 vs. Ahken Chu (Oneonta)
 
149 – Sam Webster (3rd)
W, Fall (2:33) vs. Joshua Sanchez (Farmingdale State)
W, Fall (2:07) vs. Michael Marcy (Oneonta)
W, 6-0 vs. Gerard Angelo (Finger Lakes)
L, 10-4 vs. Chris Schoenherr (Cornell)
 
197 – Sam Wustefeld (2nd)
W, Fall (2:35) vs. Russell March (Niagara CC)
W, 9-6 vs. Sam Weinger (RIT)
W, 13-2 vs. Jeff Lombardi (SUNY-Oswego)
L, 5-4 vs. Jeremiah Imonde (Army)