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    Norwich pulls out victory over Plymouth State in final bout

    PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- The Norwich University wrestling team won six of the 10 wrestling bouts over Plymouth State University Wednesday night but needed a victory in the final match to pull out a 21-20 victory over the Panthers in the season opener at Foley Gymnasium.

    Plymouth State opened the night with three points in the 125 bracket before the Cadets responded with three straight wins, all in decisions, for the 9-3 lead. Freshman Sean Randles (Las Vegas, Nev.) picked up a 12-5 decision over Greg Zaw at the 133 pound showing before classmates Zach Morris (South Glen Falls, N.Y.) and Dakota Lewis (Rockdale, Ga.) defeated their opponents in the 141 and 149 pound class, respectively.

    Norwich would pick up six points on a Plymouth forfeit at the 157 pound bracket before the Panthers picked up six points of their own in the 165 class when Clay Callahan pinned Norwich's Dylan Gifford (Sidney, N.Y.) to trail by just six points.

    Freshman Steve Briganti (Trumbull, Conn.) would pick up a 7-2 decision over Justin Montgomery in the 174 bracket before Plymouth picked up 11 points on back-to-back wins on a pin and a technical fall for the 20-18 lead.

    With the meet down to the final match of the night, the heavyweight 285 pound bracket, featuring Plymouth's Travis Hughes and Norwich's Frank Girolamo (Stoughton, Mass.). After three periods, Girolamo would pick up the 7-3 decision to give the Cadets' the three team points for the 21-20 final score of the night.

    Norwich will compete in the Roger Williams Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 14. The first match is set for 10:00 a.m.

    Results:
    125: Joey Aumann (PLST) over Jacob Forsman (NORW) (Dec 12-8)
    133: Sean Randles (NORW) over Greg Zaw (PLST) (Dec 12-5)
    141: Zach Morris (NORW) over Zac Cassidy (PLST) (Dec 14-11)
    149: Dakota Lewis (NORW) over Nick Simeti (PLST) (Dec 8-6)
    157: Taylor Jacobs (NORW) over (PLST) (For.)
    165: Clay Callahan (PLST) over Dylan Gifford (NORW) (Fall 2:19)
    174: Stephen Birganti (NORW) over Justin Montgomery (PLST) (Dec 7-2)
    184: Bruce Mclee (PLST) over David Rogers (NORW) (Fall 2:51)
    197: Christopher Perreault (PLST) over Bryan Giblin (NORW) (TF 18-3 5:21)
    285: Frank Girolamo (NORW) over Travis Hughes (PLST) (Dec 7-3)

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