Feb. 16, 2007

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LANCASTER, Pa. - A seven hour bus ride didn't slow down Binghamton's wrestling team as it took a 24-15 win at Franklin & Marshall Friday evening. The late arrival did bump the start time back, and resulted in matches being wrestled in a non-linear fashion with the 141, 171, and 184-pound bouts closing the meet.

Stacked in correct order, the Bearcats (10-9) won five bouts in the middle of the lineup, one by way of forfeit. The Diplomats (7-7) were winners in five of the nine contested bouts, but three decisive Binghamton victories, including a pair by brothers Nate and Josh Patterson, conspired with the forfeit to leave F&M on the wrong side of the scoreboard.

The Bearcats' Kyle Fried (11-6) rolled to a 14-2 major decision to give Binghamton it's first points of the night. Nate Patterson (14-5) followed that with a second period pin of Andrew Smith (9-10) to make it 10-6 in favor of the guests. It was Patterson's eighth win by fall this season. His brother, Josh (16-3), added a 20-3, third period technical fall at 174, winning 20-3 over James Schulz (4-5)

Sam Sirota (9-9) continued Binghamton's run on the scoreboard in the most intriguing bout of the night, an 8-6 sudden victory over Justin Herbert (5-7) at 165. Herbert trailed 4-3 after two periods, but an escape and takedown in the last minute gave him a 6-4 lead. Sirota reversed control with 40 ticks, and managed a takedown early in the overtime period.

The night started with a pair of decisions for the Diplomats with Jake Bucha (10-4) using five takedowns at 125 for a 10-3 decision. Austin Reed (8-2) followed that performance by building a 4-1 lead through two periods. He hung on for an 8-5 decision.

Al Gianforti, Shawn Logue and Nico Somers each picked up decisions for the Diplomats. Somers improved to a team best 18-3. Logue is now 8-4 at 197, and Ginaforti 17-7 at 141.

The loss drops F&M to .500 at 7-7. Binghamton climbed back above .500 at 10-9. Franklin & Marshall closes out the dual meet portion of its schedule next Friday night at Millersville.

Binghamton 24, Franklin & Marshall 15
125- Jake Bucha (F) dec. Mike Kleeman, 10-3
133- Austin Reed (F) dec. Rob Slavin, 8-5
141- Al Gianforti (F) dec. Brandon Toro-Segarra, 5-2
149- Kyle Fried (B) maj. dec. Steven Gregory, 14-2
157- Nate Patterson (B) pinned Andrew Smith, 3:48
165- Sam Sirota (B) dec. Justin Herbert, 8-6 SV
174- Josh Patterson (B) James Schulz, 20-3, 5:25
184- Corey Waite (B) won by forfeit
197- Shawn Logue (F) dec. Ed Backus, 7-5
285- Nico Somers (F) dec. Mike Patterson, 8-3