Wrestling Cruises Past Sacred Heart, 25-6
2/3/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Seton Hall (4-9, 3-3 ECWA) captured the first four matches and eight of ten on the afternoon. The loss was the first in conference action for Sacred Heart (7-4, 3-1 ECWA).
After Bell opened the match with a major decision over Steve Forrest at 174 pounds, junior John Garriques (Hackettstown, NJ) followed with a 5-3 decision over Anthony Reynolds at 184. Garriques improved to a perfect 6-0 in conference action. Reynolds, who was ranked second in the ECWA at 184, suffered his first conference loss of the season (3-1).
Senior Fikret Darzanoff (Clifton, NJ) and sophomore Carlos Panfili (Saddle Brook, NJ) earned decisions at 197 and heavyweight respectively as the Pirates jumped out to a 13-0 advantage.
Sacred Heart received victories from Phil Kalil at 125 and Rob Belville at 149.
Also recording victories for Seton Hall were junior Dave Ilaria (Belleville, NJ) at 133, senior Mike Settembrino (Lyndhurst, NJ) at 141, sophomore Greg Ilaria (Belleville, NJ) at 157 and freshman Terry Madden (Bloomingburgh, NY) at 165.
With his 7-3 decision over Greg Ruggiero, Settembrino extended his winning streak to eight straight matches dating back to January 2. He is the conference's top-ranked wrestler at 141 pounds.
Seton Hall returns to action on Sunday, February 4 when it hosts Rider University in an ECWA match at 3 p.m. at Walsh Gym.
SETON HALL 25, SACRED HEART 6
174 Everett Bell (SET) win by MD over Steve Forrest, 8-0 4-0
184 John Garriques (SET) win by DEC over Anthony Reynolds, 5-3 7-0
197 Fikret Darzanoff (SET) win DEC over Derek Venne, 9-6 10-0
285 Carlos Panfili (SET) win by DEC over John Miller, 7-4 13-0
125 Phil Kalil (SAC) win by DEC over Sam Chey, 4-1 13-3
133 Dave Ilaria (SET) win DEC over Jason Cucolo, 5-0 16-3
141 Mike Settembrino (SET) win DEC by over Greg Ruggiero, 7-3 19-3
149 Rob Belville (SAC) win by DEC over Beau Bruno, 6-3 19-6
157 Greg Ilaria (SET) win by DEC over Shawn Reynolds, 3-2 22-6
165 Terry Madden (SET) win by DEC over James Monroe, 7-3
