AB Wrestling Competes at McDaniel Duals on Sunday

November 19, 2017

WESTMINSTER, Md. -- The Alderson Broaddus wrestling team dropped its three dual matches at McDaniel College on Sunday afternoon.

In the opening match of the day, the Battlers fell 36-21 to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Earning victories for AB in the opener was Brendan Coughlin, who pinned Nathan Abellan of UMBC in the opening match to give the Battlers a 6-0 lead. In the next match, Curtis Cox put the Battlers up 9-0 with a 12-11 decision victory before UMBC recorded back-to-back pins and then won by forfeit at 157 to take an 18-9 advantage.

At the 165-pound weight class, Nick Sulhoff put AB back on the board with a pin to cut the lead to 18-15. Senior Logan Shurina followed with a pin himself over C.J. Ashby and the Battlers took the lead back at 21-18.

Unfortunately, that was the final victory in the opening dual for the Battlers as Sam Solomon was pinned at 184 and the Battlers took forfeits at 197 and at heavyweight to fall 36-21.

Against Scranton in the second match on Sunday, Cox picked up his second win of the day at 133 as he earned an 18-2 technical fall victory over Jake Thomson , 18-2, to give AB a 5-3 lead. 

Later in the match, Gino Sita picked up AB's second victory with a 6-4 decision in overtime cutting the lead to 21-8. At 197, Alex Eaton won with a pin in the third period for the final win of the match. The Battlers fell 30-14 to Scranton in the nine matches wrestled.

To close out the day, AB fell to Gettysburg 38-9. Earning the lone victory for the Battlers in the finale was Cox in the second match with his third win of the day, as he defeated Louie Carusillo 2-0.

Sam Solomon earned the other six points for the Battlers in the dual as he picked up a forfeit victory.

Following the Thanksgiving break, the Battlers return to the mat on December 1st when they compete at the Petrofes Invitational at Messiah College.

UMBC 36, Alderson Broaddus 21
125: Brendan Coughlin (A) pinned Nathan Abellano; (0-6)
133: Curtis Cox (A) dec. Deonte Carter 12-11; (0-9)
141: Will Sadowski (U) pinned Parker Brown; (6-9)
149: Miles Franklin (U) pinned Daniel Drayton; (12-9)
157: Henrique Corte (U) won by forfeit; (18-9)
165: Nick Sulhoff (A) pinned Tim Carter; (18-15)
174: Logan Shurina (A) pinned CJ Ashby; (18-21)
184: Brandon Buckingham (U) pinned Sam Solomon; (24-21)
197: Patrick Kirby (U) won by forfeit; (30-21)
HWT: Chukwudi Kalu (U) won by forfeit. (36-21)?

Scranton 30, Alderson Broaddus 14
125: Nicholas DePierro (S) dec. Brendan Coughlin 10-9; (3-0)
133: Curtis Cox (A) tech. fell Jake Thomson 18-2; (3-5)
141: Nick Ciaccia (S) pinned Chris Sexton 4:13; (9-5)
149: William Laughlin (S) pinned Daniel Drayton 2:31; (15-5)
157: no match; 
165: Kevin Merle (S) pinned Logan Shurina 7:18; (21-5)
174: Gino Sita (A) dec. Zachary D'Apolito 6-4 (SV1); (21-8)
184: Daniel D'Agostini (S) dec. Sam Solomon 12-5; (24-8)
197: Alex Eaton (A) pinned Keegan Connelly 6:48; (24-14)
HWT: William Oxley (S) won by forfeit; (30-14)

Gettysburg 38, Alderson Broaddus 9
125: Lenny Ogozalek (G) pinned Colton Bethel 4:50; (6-0)
133: Curtis Cox (A) dec. Louie Carusillo 2-0; (6-3)
141: Sean Thompson (G) maj. dec. Chris Sexton 16-2; (10-3)
149: Jake Bracken (G) tech. fell Daniel Drayton 19-1; (15-3)
157: Quinn Merrigan (G) won by forfeit; (21-3)
165: Colin Kowalski (G) maj. dec. Nick Sulhoff 11-1; (25-3)
174: Austin Roskos (G) maj. dec. Gino Sita 14-5; (29-3)
184: Sam Solomon (A) won by forfeit; (29-9)
197: Michael Iodice (G) dec. Alex Eaton 9-4; (32-9)
HWT: Paul Triandafilou (G) won by forfeit. (38-9)



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