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    Washington & Jefferson tops Scranton

    CRANTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College held off a late rally to defeat The University of Scranton, 18-13, in non-conference wrestling action Thursday evening at the Long Center.

    The Royals won three of four bouts to cut a 16-7 deficit down to 15-13 heading into the final bout of the match. The Presidents' Ty Sampsell then sealed the win by posting a 3-0 decision over junior Joe Williams (Florham Park, N.J./Hanover Park) in the 285-pound weight class.

    Scranton, now 2-7, got wins from freshman Vinny Signoriello (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) at 133, senior Mike Guenther (Pittstown, N.J./Delaware Valley Regional) at 157, sophomore Matthew Terry (East Northport, N.Y./St. Anthony's) at 174, and senior Kevin DiGiulio (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic).

    Signoriello was in control from start to finish in his 8-0 major decision over Brandon Sansom. He posted take-downs in each of the three periods and picked up two more points on an escape and with 2:52 in riding time to improve his season record to 7-2.

    Guenther, who earned his team-leading 10th win of the season, overcame a 1-0 third period deficit by posting an escape and two take-downs to pull out a 5-2 decision against Brandon Roshon.

    Terry got the Royals to within six points with a 5-1 decision over Eric Kohr before Kevin DiGiulio picked up a point on an escape and another on a penalty to squeeze out a 2-1 decision. DiGiulio's win, coupled with a point deduction against the Presidents for unsportsmanlike conduct, cut the deficit to two, 15-13, entering the final match. Sampsell used a take-down in the first period and picked up a point for an escape in the third and held on for the match-deciding victory at 285.

    With the wins, Terry and DiGiulio improved to 4-8 and 3-6 on the season, respectively.

    The Royals will return to action this Saturday, November 21, at the Red Dragon Invitational on the campus of Oneonta State University in Oneonta, New York.

    The results of tonight's match are as follow:

    Results:
    125 Zach Cecchetti (W) pinned Josh Javitz (2:53) 6 0
    133 Vinny Signoriello (S) maj. dec. Brandon Sansom, 8-0 6 4
    141 Tyler Berger (W) dec. Mike Ebert, 3-1 9 4
    149 Brett Jeffries (W) dec. Tom Manning, 7-2 12 4
    157 Mike Guenther (S) dec. Brandon Roshon, 5-2 12 7
    165 Dominick Demor (W) maj. dec. Steve Glickman, 14-4 16 7
    174 Matt Terry (S) dec. Eric Kohr, 5-1 16 10
    184 Kevin DiGiulio (S) dec. Justin Herder, 2-1 *15 13
    197 No contest
    285 Ty Sampsell (W) dec. Joe Williams, 3-0 18 13

    Exhibition bouts
    141 James Roth (S) dec. Nicholas Sewell, 11-6
    141 Andrew Greco (S) dec. Braden Fyffe, 3-2

    *Point deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct

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