Results
(in pdf format)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Franklin & Marshall's wrestling team
produced a pair of place winners at the Navy Classic Saturday
afternoon. Al Gianforti placed fourth at 149 pounds, while Justin
Herbert placed fifth at 174 pounds. Herbert's fifth place finish
marks the second-consecutive season in which he placed at Navy. The
Diplomats' senior finished third at 174 a year ago. Their efforts
led F&M to a ninth place finish amongst the tournament's 12
teams.
"Overall, I think we wrestled a great tournament," said
Diplomats' head coach, Pete Schuyler. "The guys battled hard to
earn their places, and we picked up wins up and down the lineup. It
was a good day for our wrestling team."
Gianforti added wrestled his way through the consolation bracket
with five wins before falling 19-6 in the consolation final at the
hands of Virginia Tech's Peter Gates. Virginia Tech's Matt Rosen
had bumped Gianforti from the championship bracket in his first
bout of the day. In between, Gianforti won four matches, two by
technical fall, one via fall, and one by decision.
Gianforti posted back-to-back tech falls in his first two
consolation matches, dropping Joel Caudell of Campbell and
Bucknell's Gavin Johnston. He followed that with an 8-5 decision of
Navy's Bernie Crandley to earn his way into the consolation
semifinals where he pinned Duke's Mike Bell 47 seconds into the
first period.
Herbert made his way into the semifinals of the championship
bracket with wins over Navy's Anthony Laurita and Virginia Tech's
Anthony Trongone before being bumped by Navy's Luke Reberfus.
Herbert fell to eventual third place finisher, Shane Riccio of
Bucknell, the defeated Navy's Mike Billings 19-10 for fifth
place.
Colin Ely, picked up his first win in an F&M singlet
defeating West Virginia's Ryan Fell 12-5 in the 197-pound bracket.
Ely was knocked out of the championship bracket by the second seed,
Virginia Tech's D.J. Bruce. Bruce went onto second place while Ely
went on to defeat Greensboro's Peter Sturgeon and then dropped to
Odie Delaney to end the day at 2-2.
Anthony Bongarzone also went 2-2 on the day working in the
165-pound bracket, while Jimmy Schulz went 2-2 at 184-pounds.
The Diplomats return to action next Saturday at Delaware State.
