After Bloomsburg forfeited at 125, Rider won six-straight matches to build an unsurmountable 30-0 lead. Included in the wins were a tech fall from Tyson Dippery (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin [Rutgers]), a major decision from B.J. Clagon (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South) and Chad Walsh's (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic) eighth pin of the season.
Bloomsburg's lone points came on a forfeit at 184, after which Ethan Laird (Waterford, PA/General McLane) and Ryan Cloud (Brookville, OH/Northmont) wrapped up the win with decisions at 197 and 285, respectively. Anthony Cefolo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park Regional) and Gino Fluri (Blairstown, NJ/North Warren Regional) also picked up victories at 133 and 149, respectively.
Quotes and Notes
"Coming after that match last night, we had to turn around real quick. So they're mentally ready. They know what the drill is and they get a day off tomorrow for their reward."
"We've got a good team. Our kids have a lot of experience and the culture's right right now. It's those guys coming together. It's those guys pushing each other. It's those guys doing their job when it matters. We still have one more to finish it out. And it's been a goal of ours and I think it's been a goal of Chad's, too, personally, because we've never done that since he's been here. And he's done a lot of wonderful things for our program. And the kids around him have done the same thing. It's good for the younger guys like Gino to partake in that so that they understand what's expected moving forward. But it's nice to hopefully start a new tradition that way." – Rider Head Coach John Hangey
"To get my loss out of the way now feels good. To be able to work harder because of it and keep grinding and keep trusting the process feels good."
"It's good to have a guy who's pushing me in the conference and have someone to train for and be working hard for before Nationals even starts. So that'll be a goal to set and keep going from there. I learned a lot from last night's match and I'm just going to keep trying to lead this team and keep getting ready for newer and bigger challenges." – Redshirt senior Chad Walsh
"It felt good. I haven't wrestled in a while, but I'm training every day in the room with guys like Chad. Our room is really competitive so I was ready to go. I was a little overweight going in, but we train hard and it felt good to be on the mat for the first time at Rider." – Junior Gino Fluri
- Rider is now 5-0 in EWL matches this season with one left to wrestle (Feb. 2 at Clarion).
- Every other team in the EWL has at least one loss, including one-loss teams Edinboro and Lock Haven's only losses coming to the Broncs. Clarion also has one loss in conference (to Edinboro).
- The Broncs improved to 12-6 all-time against Bloomsburg, including wins in each of the last five duals dating back to the Broncs' inaugural season in EWL (2013-14).
- With the pin, Walsh extended his program record to 37 wins by fall.
- Dippery, Sherry and Laird are all an undefeated 5-0 in EWL matches.
Results:
125: J.R. Wert (Rider) wins by forfeit; Rider leads, 6-0
133: Anthony Cefolo (Rider) dec. Andy Schutz (Bloomsburg), 3-2; Rider leads, 9-0
141: Tyson Dippery (Rider) tech Shawn Orem (Bloomsburg), 17-0 1:19; Rider leads, 14-0
149: Gino Fluri (Rider) dec. Evan Campbell (Bloomsburg), 10-3; Rider leads, 17-0
157: B.J. Clagon (Rider) maj. dec. Kevin Laubach (Bloomsburg), 15-5; Rider leads, 21-0
165: Chad Walsh (Rider) WBF Nate Newberry (Bloomsburg), 6:12; Rider leads, 27-0
174: Dean Sherry (Rider) dec. Kyle Murphy (Bloomsburg), 9-5; Rider leads, 30-0
184: Trevor Allard (Bloomsburg) wins by forfeit; Rider leads, 30-6
197: Ethan Laird (Rider) dec. Logan Womelsdorf (Bloomsburg), 10-4; Rider leads, 33-6
285: Ryan Cloud (Rider) dec. Bruce Graeber (Bloomsburg), 2-1; Rider wins, 36-6
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