Kazimir Wins Title At 141 Pounds; Lions Place Five At The Patriot Open

Saturday, December 7

Fairfax, Va.

10:00 a.m.

Columbia University

Patriot Open

Kazimir Wins Title At 141 Pounds; Lions Place Five At The Patriot Open

12/7/2019 7:41:00 PM | Wrestling

Results

Columbia Wrestling collected 98.5 team points to finish second overall.

FAIRFAX, Va. – For the second time in the first month of the 2019-20 season, No. 19 Matt Kazimir can call himself champion at 141 pounds as the Columbia Wrestling (0-1) sophomore captured the 141-pound title at the Patriot Open to lead the Lions, who placed five on their way to a second place team finish (98.5 points) in Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday, Dec. 7.

Sophomore No. 16 Joe Manchio (third place/125 pounds), first-year Trent Svingala (fourth place/133 pounds), sophomore Joe Franzese (fifth place/184 pounds) and first-year Angelo Rini (sixth place/133 pounds) all joined Kazimir with giving the Lions top place finishes across several weight classes. The five Columbia placers helped power the Lions to a second-place overall finish at the tournament, finishing only behind Army on the day.

NO. 19 POWERS HIS WAY TO THE 'SHIP: Kazimir took five matches on the day, improving his season record to 14-1 on the season, and his championship day at 141 pounds started with a major decision (12-3) over Bryan Miraglia (Rider) to get rolling. Kazimir followed up his opening win with back-to-back dominate results, first recording a technical fall score of 15-0 over Dominic Carone (Army), and he next stuck Brandon Bright (Gardner-Webb) in 4:42 to move into the semifinals.

The next two matches would be battles for Kazimir, but the Lion 141-pounder was up to the challenge, taking down Corey Shie (Army) in a close 3-2 decision to punch his ticket to the finals. In the finals, Kazimir faced Salvatore Profaci (American) and a solid 5-2 decision over Profaci gave Kazimir the 141-pound title and his second title of 2019-20, having taken the title at 141 pounds in the season opener at the Princeton Open (Nov. 3).

PLACING LIONS: Along with Kazimir, the Lions placed five on the day, as Manchio worked his way to a third place finish, collecting three wins along the way to improve his season record to 14-2 and his 8-2 decision over Trey Chalifoux (Army) in the third place match locked up his top three finish at 125 pounds. At 133 pounds, Svingala collected a pair of major decision wins over Jacob Lehman (Millersville), 12-0, and Josh Jones (George Mason), 8-0, on his way to a fourth-place finish.

In the 184-pound bracket, Franzese racked up four wins to bounce back from an early major decision (4-12) loss to Brian Bonino (NYC RTC), to collect a fifth place finish and on his way to the top five finish Franzese collected his first fall of the season with a pin at 5:45 against Bryan Martin (Rider). Columbia's final wrestler to place was Rini, who, thanks to three hard fought wins, worked his way onto the podium to finish sixth at 133 pounds.

COLUMBIA RESULTS
Patriot Open
(Dec. 7, 2019 – Field House – Fairfax, Va.)

125 POUNDS
No. 16 Joe Manchio – W, maj. 8-0 over Hunter Graff (Virginia Tech); W, dec. 8-2 over Geo Barzona (Bucknell); L, dec. 2-3 against Gage Curry; W, dec. 8-2 over Trey Chalifoux (Army)

133 POUNDS
Angelo Rini – L, dec. 4-6 against Shane Metzler (Rutgers); W, 6-1 over Ryan Hetrick (Army); W, MF over Josh Jones (George Mason); W, dec. 10-8 over Orion Anderson (Maryland); L, 1-4 against Steven Simpson (Old Dominion)

Spencer Good – L, maj. 4-12 against Josh Jones (George Mason); W, dec. 13-8 over Jacob Lehman (Millersville); L, maj. 0-8 against Steven Simpson (Old Dominion)

Trent Svingala – W, maj. 12-0 over Jacob Lehman (Millersville); W, maj. 8-0 over Josh Jones (George Mason); L, dec. 2-8 against Lane Peters (Army); L, maj. 2-10 against Shane Metzler (Rutgers)

141 POUNDS
No. 19 Matt Kazimir – W, maj. 12-3 over Bryan Miraglia (Rider); W, TF 15-0 over Dominic Carone (Army); W, fall (4:42) over Brandon Bright (Gardner-Webb); W, dec. 3-2 over Corey Shie (Army); W, dec. 5-2 over Salvatore Profaci (American)

Chris Scorese – L, dec. 5-7 against Ty Mills (Blue Blood Wrestling Club); L, fall (3:54) against Michael Mcateer (Army); L, 8-10 against Jack Darling (Virginia Tech)

Gunnar Fuss – L, dec. 7-9 against Michael Cassidy (Edinboro); L, dec. 6-12 against Alex Urquiza (NC State)

149 POUNDS
Andrew Garr – W, TF 16-0 over Connor Trowbridge (Drexel); W, fall (1:20) over Patrick Rowland (Blue Blood Wrestling Club); L, dec. 4-7 against Kenan Carter (Old Dominion); W, fall (1:35) over Patrick Ryan (American); L, 1-3 dec. against Daniel Fongaro (NYCRTC)

157 POUNDS
Riley Jacops – L, dec. 3-10 against Robert Kanniard (Rutgers); W, maj. 13-5 over Evan Schenk (Garnder-Webb); W, dec. 7-6 over Cam Connor (Penn); W, dec. 4-2 over Christian Hunt (Army); W, dec. 10-5 over Michael North (Maryland); L, dec. 5-6 against Ethan Karsten (American)

165 POUNDS
Kyle Mosher – L, dec. 4-11 against Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb); W, fall (2:50) against Anthony Wokasch (American); W, maj. 10-0 over Evan Vazquez (Rider); W, maj. 17-5 over Mason Brestle (Maryland); L, maj. 2-10 against Kellen Ekern (Old Dominion)

174 POUNDS
Lennox Wolak – W, MF over Jeremy Seymour (George Mason); L, dec. 6-12 against Joshua Kim (Boston RTC); W, dec. 10-5 over Samuel Mora (Gardner-Webb); L, dec. 9-11 against Jason Montgomery (Penn); W, dec. 16-14 over Corey Connolly (Rider); L, maj. 2-10 against Jack Conway (Penn)

184 POUNDS
Joe Franzese – W, maj. 12-2 over Ray Bernot (Lock Haven); L, maj. 4-12 against Brian Bonino (NYC RTC); W, TF 17-1 over Donovan Ball (Penn State); W, fall (5:45) over Bryan Martin (Rider); W, dec. 9-2 over Dean Drugac (Old Dominion)

Michael Baker – L, fall (2:27) against Colin Fegley (Lock Haven); L, dec. 3-5 against Bryan Martin (Rider)

194 POUNDS
Sam Wustefeld – W, fall (1:14) over Bryan Bowes (Maryland); L, dec. 3-9 against J.T. Brown (Army); W, maj. 16-4 over Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell); L, dec. 7-9 against Gunnar Larson (Army)

285 POUNDS
Danny Conley – L, dec. 2-8 against Andy Smith (SERTC-VT); W, fall (3:07) over Eldon Davis-Picou (Army); L, maj. 1-9 against Nick Camacho (American)

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