The action began at 165 pounds with Jon Anderson giving the Gold team an early 4-0 advantage as the Virginia Beach, Va., native turned in an 18-6 major decision triumph over freshman John Drew. Anderson sprinted out of the gates with three takedowns in the first period and cruised from there. The four-year standout produced six takedowns during the match, while Drew garnered his points on six escapes.
Army dropped the 165- and 174-pound bouts before Charles Martin tied the score, 6-6, as the Carlisle, Pa., product earned a 9-7 decision opposite Doran Heist in the 184-pound contest. The bout was tied at 6-apiece going into the third period, but Martin outscored Heist 2-1 in the final frame to secure the win.
In the second bout of the night, the Black team's Scott Ferguson nipped freshman Jon Mathias, 3-2, at 174 pounds. The match, deadlocked 0-0 after the first period, was highlighted by Ferguson's three-point flurry midway through the second period. The sophomore earned one point on an escape before producing the match's only takedown. He held off Mathias in the third stanza to earn the one-point victory.
The 184-pound match set up as a fierce battle between a pair of Army seniors in Luke Calvert and Charles Martin. The contest remained scoreless into the second period, when Calvert, who was competing for the Black team, scored a point on a well-executed takedown. The grapplers traded escape points and Calvert took a 3-1 lead into the third period. Martin opened the third period with a two-point reversal to knot the score at 3-3. Calvert responded with an escape off of the ensuing restart and the Broken Arrow, Okla., native held on for the 4-3 decision.
Calvert's win put the Black squad ahead 6-4, but the lead proved to be short-lived as junior Connor Sanders cruised past sophomore Daniel Schiering with a 12-4 major decision. Sanders used five takedowns en route to earning the four-point decision, which put the Gold team ahead 8-6 after four bouts.
The see-saw scrimmage tipped in favor of the Black team as freshman Michael Sprigg outlasted senior James Hollis in overtime, 5-2, at heavyweight. The bout, which was tied at 1-1 after regulation time, remained deadlocked at 2-2 through the first four overtime periods. In the fifth extra session, Sprigg broke through with an escape to take the lead and added a takedown to provide the final margin.
The Black team won three more matches in a row to seize the match.
In the sixth bout of the match, sophomore Fernando Martinez defeated freshman William Simpson, 8-3, at 125 pounds. A product of Highland, Ind., Martinez produced a pair of takedowns in both the first and second periods on his way to the victory. The three-point decision extended the Black team's lead to 12-8.
At 133 pounds, junior Frank Baughan kept the momentum going for the Black team as he turned back up-and-coming freshman Whitt Dunning, 6-2. Baughan jumped out a 5-0 advantage after two periods on the strength of a pair of takedowns. The third session proved to be a spirited one and Dunning averted being shutout with a nice two-point reversal late. Baughan's victory set the stage for Severo's match-securing win.
BLACK DEFEATS GOLD AT WRESTLING'S ANNUAL INTRASQUAD SCRIMMAGE
Severo, who moved up to 141 pounds after wrestling at 133 pounds last season, came away with a hard-fought 3-1 decision versus junior Lief Gilsdorf. The win gave the Black Knights an insurmountable 18-8 cushion heading to the match's final bout.
Senior team captain Patrick Simpson halted the Black team's run of four consecutive wins by decision when he pinned junior Austin Milster in 2:58 to pull the Gold team to within 18-14 with one bout remaining. Simpson's win by fall kept the Gold team in contention.
Junior Rush Williams put an end to any hopes that the Gold team had of a comeback when he downed freshman Brian Rowan, 3-1, at 157 pounds. The bout went to overtime tied at 1-1, and Williams wasted little time before he scored a takedown in the sudden victory overtime session.
The Black Knights officially lift the lid on their 2005-06 intercollegiate campaign at the SUNY Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic on Saturday, Nov. 12, in Brockport, N.Y. The action is slated to begin at 10 a.m.
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