Settembrino Wins Seventh Straight as Wrestling Splits
1/28/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Seton Hall (3-9, 2-3 ECWA) cruised past undermanned Wagner, 54-4, in the first match of the day. The Pirates received pins from sophomores Beau Bruno (Mineola, NY) at 149, Zeke Hernandez (Cliffside Park, NJ) at 165 and Carlos Panfili (Saddle Brook, NJ) at heavyweight. With only four wrestlers, the Seahawks forfeited six matches. Wagner (0-10, 0-3 ECWA) received a pair of victories from freshman Chris Ewing who recorded a 14-3 major decision over John Maiorana of Seton Hall and a 3-2 decision over Anthony Riccardi of Hofstra.
James Scanlan and Mike Eberle recorded pins at 149 and heavyweight respectively as Hofstra (5-6, 4-0 ECWA) cruised past Wagner 52-3.
In the final match of the afternoon, 12th-ranked Hofstra recorded three major decisions and a technical fall in claiming seven victories in a 26-10 win over Seton Hall. Tom Noto (22-9) and Roman Fleszar (19-9) opened the match with major decisions at 125 and 133 respectively as the Pride opened up a quick 8-0 lead.
Seton Hall received a victory at 141 pounds as senior Mike Settembrino (Lyndhurst, NJ) recorded his seventh straight win with a 2-0 upset of seventh-ranked Jason DeBruin. Settembrino remained undefeated in the ECWA as he raised his conference mark to 4-0.
Led by Eric Schmiesing's technical fall at 149 (19-4), Hofstra captured the next four matches to open up a 23-3 advantage. Dennis Papadatos also recorded a major decision (16-6) at 157.
Seton Hall added a pair of victories at 184 and 197. Junior John Garriques (Hackettstown, NJ) scored an 8-0 major decision over Ralph Everett at 184 to raise his conference record to 5-0. Senior Fikret Darzanoff (Clifton, NJ) added a narrow 3-1 decision over Matt Daddino at 197 for his third straight victory.
Seton Hall returns to action on Saturday, February 3 when it hosts Sacred Heart University in an ECWA dual meet beginning at 4 p.m.
SETON HALL 54, WAGNER 4 125 Sam Chey (SH) win by FORFEIT 6-0 133 Dave Ilaria (SH) win by FORFEIT 12-0 141 Chris Ewing (W) win by MD over John Maiorana, 14-3 12-4 149 Beau Bruno (SH) win by FALL over Paul Cozzi, 0:53 18-4 157 Leet Brady (SH) win by FORFEIT 24-4 165 Zeke Hernandez (SH) win by FALL over John Leone, 2:13 30-4 174 Terry Madden (SH) win by FORFEIT 36-4 184 John Garriques (SH) win by FORFEIT 42-4 197 Fikret Darzanoff (SH) win by FORFEIT 48-4 285 Carlos Panfili (SH) win by FALL over Bruno Finazzo, 2:59 54-4 HOFSTRA 52, WAGNER 3 125 Tom Noto (H) win by FORFEIT 6-0 133 Roman Fleszar (H) win by FORFEIT 12-0 141 Chris Ewing (W) win by DEC over Anthony Riccardi, 3-2 12-3 149 James Scanlan (H) win by FALL over Paul Cozzi, 1:50 18-3 157 Dennis Papadatos (H) win by FORFEIT 24-3 165 Noel Thompson (H) win by MD over John Leone, 19-10 28-3 174 Anthony Morbillo (H) win by FORFEIT 34-3 184 Ralph Everett (H) win by FORFEIT 40-3 197 Matt Daddino (H) win by FORFEIT 46-3 285 Mike Eberle (H) win by FALL over Bruno Finazzo, 0:46 52-3 HOFSTRA 26, SETON HALL 10 125 Tom Noto (H) win by MD over Sam Chey, 22-9 4-0 133 Roman Fleszar (H) win by MD over Dave Ilaria, 19-9 8-0 141 Mike Settembrino (SH) win by DEC over Jason DeBruin, 2-0 8-3 149 Eric Schmiesing (H) win by TF over Beau Bruno, 19-4 13-3 157 Dennis Papadatos (H) win by MD over Leet Brady, 16-6 17-3 165 Noel Thompson (H) win by DEC over Greg Ilaria, 12-6 20-3 174 Anthony Morbillo (H) win by DEC over Terry Madden, 14-11 23-3 184 John Garriques (SH) win by MD over Ralph Everett, 8-0 23-7 197 Fikret Darzanoff (SH) win by DEC over Matt Daddino, 3-1 23-10 285 Mike Eberle (H) win by DEC over Carlos Panfili, 7-1 26-10
