February 19, 2005

Bloomsburg Falls to Cornell in Wrestling

ITHACA, NY— The Bloomsburg University wrestling team lost to Cornell University, 28-9, on Saturday in collegiate wrestling action.

The Huskies got off to a good start when 141-pounder Brad Forbes earned a 6-0 decision over the Big Red's Jordan Leen. Cornell grabbed the lead for good at 149 pounds whben Mark Piermattei lost by technical fall, 16-1, to Dustin Manotti.

At 157, the Huskies' Chris Tate lost by a 6-2 score to give the home team an 8-3 lead. At 165 pounds, Bloomsburg's Jim Bertulis downed Joey Hooker, 5-4, to close the team score gap to 8-6.

Cornell's won the four bouts to push the two-point lead to a 17-point margin. Byrce Hasseman lost at 174 for Bloomsburg, 5-2, while his brother, Jesse, was pinned by Tyler Baier in 1:17. At 197 pounds, Jerry Rinaldi stopped Chad Hoare, 2-1, before Tyler Shovlin defeated Mike Spaid, 4-2.

Bloomsburg's Mike Sees got the Huskies final win of the night at 125 pounds when he defeated Mike Rodriguez, 12-7. At 133, Cornell's Travis Lee became the Big Red's all-time win leader at 135 when he stopped Tony Curto on a technical fall, 17-2.

Bloomsburg, 9-6, will end the regular season on Tuesday at East Stroudsburg.

Results (Match Started with the 141 Weight Class)

February 19, 2005 Bloomsburg vs. Cornell, Ithaca, NY

Wt. Match Result Score Match Score
141- Brad Forbes (BU) dec. Jordan Leen 6-0 3-0, BU
149- Dustin Manotti (C) WTF Mark Piermattei 16-1, 2:52 5-3, Cor
157- John Cholish (C) dec. Chris Tate 6-2 8-3, Cor
165- Jim Bertulis (BU) dec. Joey Hooker 5-4 8-6, Cor
174- Joe Mazzurco (C) dec. Bryce Hasseman 5-2 11-6, Cor
184- Tyler Baier (C) WBF Jesse Hasseman 1:17 17-6, Cor
197- Jerry Rinaldi (C) dec. Chad Hoare 2-1 20-6, Cor
HWT- Tyler Shovlin (C) dec. Mike Spaid 4-2 23-6, Cor
125- Mike Sees (BU) dec. Mike Rodriguez 12-7 23-9, Cor
133- Travis Lee (C) WTF Tony Curto 17-2 28-9, Cor

Records: Bloomsburg: 9-6 Cornell: 12-4

WTF=Won by Technical Fall; WBF=Won by Fall; F=Forfeit