Wrestling Falls to Rutgers, 32-9
1/18/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Rutgers (5-2) won the first seven matches, and eight out of ten to capture the victory. Seton Hall slipped to 1-7 overall with four losses coming to nationally ranked foes.
Ilaria, last week's East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) Co-Wrestler of the Week, turned in another impressive outing at 133 pounds when he pinned Jon Rodriguez in 3:42. It was his third straight victory and second pin in three matches.
Settembrino notched his fourth straight victory at 141 with a hard-fought 4-3 decision over Rutgers senior Tom Wysocki.
Rutgers jumped ahead from the opening as junior Shane Engel-Folks rallied for a 7-6 victory over Seton Hall freshman Leet Brady (Tulsa, OK) at 157 pounds. Engel-Folks trailed for much of the match, but used a reversal late in the third period to overtake Brady.
The Scarlet Knights also received consecutive pins from Tom Tanis at 184 pounds and Rick Romero at 197 to quickly build their lead.
Seton Hall returns to action on Saturday, January 20 when it travels to Boston, Massachusetts for a 5 p.m. ECWA dual meet against Boston University.
RUTGERS 32, SETON HALL 9 157 Shane Engel-Folks (R) win by DEC over Leet Brady, 7-6 3-0 165 Bryon Lauer (R) win by DEC over Terry Madden, 10-6 6-0 174 Justin Haskins (R) win by DEC over Larry Smashey, 8-1 9-0 184 Tom Tanis (R) win by FALL over John Garriques, 4:01 15-0 197 Rick Romero (R) win by FALL over Fikret Darzanoff, 1:37 21-0 285 Tom Petko (R) win by DEC over Carlos Panfili, 7-2 24-0 125 Andrew Uhrlass (R) win by MD over Tom Becker, 13-3 28-0 133 Dave Ilaria (SH) win by FALL over Jon Rodriguez, 3:42 28-6 141 Mike Settembrino (SH) win DEC by over Tom Wysocki, 4-3 28-9 149 Jon Forster (R) win by MD over Beau Bruno, 11-1 32-9
