Saturday, December 1, 2001

TRINITY WINS ONE OF THREE MATCHES
AT THE WILLIAMS DUALS CLASSIC

Williamstown, Mass.- Sophomore Wesley Connell (Simsbury, Conn.) won all three of his matches at 165 pounds to earn all-tournament honors as the Trinity College Bantams went 1-2 at the Williams College Dual Classic Wrestling Tournament this afternoon. Trinity, which was playing in its first dual matches of the season, is now 1-2 for the year. Williams won the tourney title with three wins.

Connell defeated his Williams and NYU opponents by a combined count of 19-5, but Trinity lost both matches, 24-16, against Williams and 24-19, against NYU. Trinity rallied to trounce Western New England College, 38-10, in its final match. Freshman 157-pounder Dave Bucco (Paramus, N.J.) also won matches against Williams and NYU for Trinity.

TEAM RESULTS

NYU 24 Trinity (Conn.) 19

Williams 24 Trinity (Conn.) 16

Trinity (Conn.) 38 Western New England 10

Roger Williams 23 NYU 21

NYU 41 Western New England 3

Williams 28 Roger Williams 16

Roger Williams 50 Trinity (Conn.) 0

MATCH RESULTS

Trinity vs. Williams

125: W- Tom Prairie d. Jeff Rhodes 11-1

133: W- Ben Halderman d. Jean Chunga 7-5

141: TC- Mark Foresi d. Dan Jacobs 5-3

149: W- Jeff Ishikuza d. Ben Sklar 16-5

157: TC- Dave Bucco d. John Weisenbeck 10-1

165: TC- Wesley Connell d. Greg Matisoff 10-4

174: TC- Oded carmi won by forfeit

184: W- Mike Cirrito won by forfeit

197: W- Conan Leary d. Matt Webster 7-3

HWT: W- Justin Sullivan d. Tim Wenson 11-3

Williams 24 Trinity (Conn.) 16

Trinity vs. NYU

125: NYU- Joe Moramarco d. Jeff Rhodes 4-3

133: NYU- Chris McNeil d. Jean Chunga pin time 6:41

141: NYU- Shad Lierley d. Mark Foresi 14-7

149: NYU- Brett Milgrim d. Ben Sklar pin time 1:36

157: TC- Dave Bucco d. Peter Johnson 7-6

165: TC- Wesley Connell d. Billy Piper 9-1

174: NYU- Jason Snow won by forfeit

184: TC- Oded Carmi d. Dan Ghitman 6-2

197: TC- Matt Webster d. John Rysieiko 6-2

HWT: TC- Tim Wenson won by forfeit

NYU 24 Trinity (Conn.) 19