Steve Schneider (17-3), currently ranked No. 13 by Intermat this week, won his match against Hofstra's Michael Oxley 10-3. The 184 pound junior had a takedown in the first period with six seconds left to give him an early 4-1 lead. Building over a minute of ride time going into the second period, Schneider tallied on three more takedowns to top Oxley and win the match, giving the Bearcats a 10 point lead with two matches left in the dual.
To start the night, Steven Bulzomi came out strong with a win in the 125 weight division. Leading 4-1 after the first period, the sophomore got a takedown over Hofstra's Jacob Martin and won by a score of 10-6, giving BU an early 3-0 lead. Hofstra answered back, but an 11-4 win by Parker Kropman at 149 got the Bearcats back in the running.
At 157, a 7-3 win by Tristan Rifanburg nudged Binghamton ahead 9-8 before twin brothers Vincent and Anthony DePrez added on back to back match wins. Vincent DePrez won his 165 match 8-2 against Hofstra's Bobby Fehr before Anthony DePrez tallied two takedowns and won 7-0 for the 174 weight class, sending the Bearcats into the end of the dual with a comfortable lead.
Heavyweight Connor Calkins sealed the deal with a 5-3 match win over Omar Haddad, giving the Bearcats their final team points to win the dual 21-11. This marks the third consecutive year that Binghamton has topped the Hofstra Pride.
The Bearcats go right back at it to face No. 19 Princeton on Saturday, December 10th at 1 p.m. before traveling to No. 2 Penn State on Sunday for a 2 p.m. start time.
Results:
125: Steven Bulzomi (BU) (10-6) dec. Jacob Martin (H) (5-10), 10-6
133: Vinny Vespa (H) (6-6) TF Carlos Aucancela (BU) (1-5), 6:19
141: Connor Burkert (H) dec. Dylan Caruana (BU) (7-7), 7-5
149: Parker Kropman (BU) (5-7) dec. Ryan Burkert (H) (5-8), 11-4
157: Tristan Rifanburg (BU) (4-3) dec. Jake Kaminsky (H) (7-8), 7-3
165: Vincent DePrez (BU) (12-4) dec. Bobby Fehr (H) (2-4), 8-2
174: Anthony DePrez (BU) (4-4) dec. Sage Heller (H) (13-7), 8-0
184No. 13 Steve Schneider (BU) (17-3) dec. Michael Oxley (H), 10-3
197: Nezar Haddad (H) (5-5) dec. Mark Tracy (BU) (5-7), 3-2
Hwt: Connor Calkins (BU) (10-5) dec. Omar Haddad (H) (2-8), 5-3
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