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Diplomats Wrestle at Pentagon Duals

ARLINGTON, Va. – Franklin & Marshall's wrestling team traveled to the nation's capital to compete in the first ever wrestling meet in the Pentagon. The Diplomats fell 33-10 to No. 20 American and lost 26-15 to Army on Saturday at the Pentagon Duals.

Jake Bucha and Colin Ely each earned a pair of decisions in the duals to highlight F&M's performance.

Bucha's 13-6 decision over Glenn Donatelli evened the Diplomats (0-2) with American, 3-3, after two bouts.  The Eagles (2-0) won the next four bouts to up 24-3 before Matt Fullowan knocked off Tanner Shaff, 9-3, at 174. Ely earned bonus points with his 10-1 major decision over Kenny Clessas at 197.

Bucha earned his second decision with a 7-4 win over Army's Glenn Donatelli to give F&M its first points of the match, trailing 6-3. Army went ahead, 17-3, with a fall and tech fall before Eric Norgard decked Rudy Chelednik, in 4:11, at 157 to make it 17-9.

Army earned nine points with three straight decisions before the Diplomats picked up two decisions to end the match with Ely's 8-4 win over Patrick Smith at 197 and Dan Canfield's 6-3 victory against Christian Botero at heavyweight.

F&M returns to the mat Nov. 20 at the Navy Classic.

#20 American 33, Franklin & Marshall 10
125: Corey Borshoff (AU) dec. Matt Murray (F&M), 6-0 (3-0)
133: Jake Bucha (F&M) dec. Glenn Donatelli (AU), 13-6 (3-3)
141: Matt Mariacher (AU) win by forfeit (9-3)
149: Ganbayar Sanjaa (AU) tech. fall Andrew Murano (F&M), 18-3 (14-3)
157: #2 Steve Fittery (AU) fall Eric Norgard (F&M), 2:43 (20-3)
165: Patrick Graham (AU) major dec. Anthony Bongarzone (F&M), 17-7 (24-3)
174: Matt Fullowan (F&M) dec. Tanner Shaff (AU), 9-3 (24-6)
184: Thomas Barreiro (AU) dec. Matt Latessa (F&M), 9-5 (27-6)
197: Colin Ely (F&M) major dec. Kenny Clessas (AU), 10-1 (27-10)
HWT: #8 Ryan Flores (AU) fall Dan Canfield (F&M), 1:04 (33-10)
Army 26, Franklin & Marshall 15
125: Travis Coffey (A) pinned Matt Murray, 4:34 (6-0)
133: Jake Bucha (F) dec. Jordan Thome, 7-4 (6-3)
141: Casey Thome (A) pinned Kenny Knapp, 1:35 (12-3)
149: Daniel Young (A) tech. fall Andrew Murano, 15-0 (17-3)
157: Eric Norgard (F) pinned Rudy Chelednik, 4:11 (17-9)
165: Jake Vetter (A) dec. Anthony Bongarzone, 4-0 (20-9)
174: Collin Wittmeyer (A) dec. Matt Fullowan, 2-0 (23-9)
184: Wil Brown (A) dec. Matt Latessa, 8-4 (26-9)
197: Colin Ely (F) dec. Patrick Smith, 8-4 (26-12)
285: Dan Canfield (F) dec. Christian Botero, 6-3 (26-15


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Players Mentioned

Kenny Knapp

Kenny Knapp

133/141
Sophomore
Anthony Bongarzone

Anthony Bongarzone

165
Senior
Jake Bucha

Jake Bucha

133
Senior
Dan Canfield

Dan Canfield

HWT
Senior
Colin Ely

Colin Ely

197
Junior
Matt Fullowan

Matt Fullowan

174
Junior
Matt Latessa

Matt Latessa

184
Junior
Andrew Murano

Andrew Murano

149/157
First-Year
Matt Murray

Matt Murray

141
Junior
Eric Norgard

Eric Norgard

149/157
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Kenny Knapp

Kenny Knapp

Sophomore
133/141
Anthony Bongarzone

Anthony Bongarzone

Senior
165
Jake Bucha

Jake Bucha

Senior
133
Dan Canfield

Dan Canfield

Senior
HWT
Colin Ely

Colin Ely

Junior
197
Matt Fullowan

Matt Fullowan

Junior
174
Matt Latessa

Matt Latessa

Junior
184
Andrew Murano

Andrew Murano

First-Year
149/157
Matt Murray

Matt Murray

Junior
141
Eric Norgard

Eric Norgard

Sophomore
149/157