Vespa recorded his second win by fall of the season with a pin of Bloomsburg's Matt Noble at the 4:39 mark of their 133-pound match. Vespa's win, which evened his season record at 8-8, gave the Pride a 9-0 lead after Jacob Martin's 8-4 decision win over Willy Girard at 125. Martin improved to 8-12 on the season.
Hofstra won the next two matches in the contest to build an 18-0 lead as Connor Burkert (7-9) won by forfeit at 141 and Ryan Burkert posted an 8-3 win over Nate Newberry at 149. Ryan Burkert is now 10-9 on the season.
Bloomsburg got on the board with consecutive wins at 157 and 165. Kevin Laubach defeated Jake Kaminsky (10-11) at 157, 11-4 and Reid Stanley topped Bobby Fehr (3-7) at 165, 3-1 to close the deficit to 18-6. But Hofstra's Sage Heller recorded his fifth consecutive victory with a 9-3 decision over Trevor Allard at 174, 9-3. Heller is 18-7 in his freshman season.
The Huskies notched their third and final win of the contest at 184 as Kyle Murphy edged Michael Oxley (7-11), 3-2 on the riding time point. But Nezar Haddad (6-7) won by forfeit at 197 and brother Omar Haddad (4-10) posted a takedown near the end of the sudden victory period to post a 3-1 win over Bo Spiller for the 30-9 final.
The Pride return to action on Sunday, January 8 when they compete in Long Island Wrestling Day at the LIU Post Duals in Brookville, NY. Hofstra will face Duke University at 11 a.m. and East Stroudsburg University at 12:30 p.m.
Results:
125- Jacob Martin (HU) dec. Willy Girard (BU), 8-4
133- Vinny Vespa (HU) WBF Matt Noble (BU), 4:39
141- Connor Burkert (HU) won by forfeit
149- Ryan Burkert (HU) dec. Nate Newberry (BU), 8-3
157- Kevin Laubach (BU) dec. Jake Kaminsky (HU), 11-4
165- Reid Stanley (BU) dec. Bobby Fehr (HU), 3-1
174- Sage Heller (HU) dec. Trevor Allard (BU), 9-3
184- Kyle Murphy (BU) dec. Michael Oxley (HU), 3-2
197- Nezar Haddad (HU) won by forfeit
285- Omar Haddad (HU) dec. Bo Spiller (BU), 3-1 in SV
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