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Five Lions Earn All-Ivy League Honors
3/2/2022 2:00:00 PM | Wrestling
Three Columbia Wrestling grapplers earned Second Team All-Ivy honors and two earned honorable mention honors as part of the league's postseason awards.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Five Columbia Wrestling grapplers earned 2022 All-Ivy League honors as announced by the Ivy League as part of the postseason awards on Wednesday, Mar. 2.
Three Lions earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors with No. 27 Matt Kazimir (18-5, 3-0 IVY) at 141 pounds, Danny Fongaro (16-10, 2-1 IVY) at 149 pounds and No. 18 Joshua Ogunsanya (17-5, 3-1 IVY) all getting the nod. While at 133 pounds and 174 pounds Angelo Rini (18-8, 3-2 IVY) and Nick Fine (20-11, 3-2 IVY) earned honorable mention nods respectively.
Kazimr got Ivy League dual wins over Danny Coles (No. 23 Princeton), JJ Wilson (No. 11 Cornell) and Michael Jaffe (Harvard) to go undefeated in the league. While Fongaro got a pair of wins off Lukus Stricker (Harvard) and Blake Saito (Brown) and Ogunsanya got a win over No. 25 Lucas Revano (Penn) and a pair of forfeited wins over his Ivy League dual season.
Rini's league wins came over Nick Kayal (Princeton), Dillon Murphy (Harvard) and Nicky Cabanillas (Brown), while for Fine his Ivy wins came against Nate Dugan (Princeton), Joshua Kim (Harvard) and a forfeited win against Brown.
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Three Lions earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors with No. 27 Matt Kazimir (18-5, 3-0 IVY) at 141 pounds, Danny Fongaro (16-10, 2-1 IVY) at 149 pounds and No. 18 Joshua Ogunsanya (17-5, 3-1 IVY) all getting the nod. While at 133 pounds and 174 pounds Angelo Rini (18-8, 3-2 IVY) and Nick Fine (20-11, 3-2 IVY) earned honorable mention nods respectively.
Kazimr got Ivy League dual wins over Danny Coles (No. 23 Princeton), JJ Wilson (No. 11 Cornell) and Michael Jaffe (Harvard) to go undefeated in the league. While Fongaro got a pair of wins off Lukus Stricker (Harvard) and Blake Saito (Brown) and Ogunsanya got a win over No. 25 Lucas Revano (Penn) and a pair of forfeited wins over his Ivy League dual season.
Rini's league wins came over Nick Kayal (Princeton), Dillon Murphy (Harvard) and Nicky Cabanillas (Brown), while for Fine his Ivy wins came against Nate Dugan (Princeton), Joshua Kim (Harvard) and a forfeited win against Brown.
FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia Wrestling by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsWR), Instagram (@culionswr) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
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