KUTZTOWN, Pa. – No. 18 Kutztown University picked up six bonus wins and a forfeit to roll past visiting American International 40-6 at Keystone Arena.
Complete Results
The Golden Bears (1-1) benefitted from pins by
Tony Farace (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) and
Joe Bickelman (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville) in their first career dual matches and the other five KU wins came by a combined 65-13.
Ricky Pena (Reading, PA/Reading) clinched the team win with an 11-0 major decision in his bout at 174 over Michael Schulze.
Nick Lamoreaux (Bethesda, MD/Milton Hershey) accepted a forfeit at 125 to put Kutztown ahead 6-0 before anyone took the mat. Farace followed by pinning AIC's Cody Candelaria in 2:59 to make it 12-0.
At 141,
Brandon Davis (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) scored an 11-6 victory against George Lishke for a 15-0 advantage.
The Yellow Jackets' only win of the afternoon came at 149, where nationally ranked Christopher Hoffman was awarded a pin at the 5:25 mark, cutting the KU lead to 15-6.
From there, it was all Kutztown.
Matt Martoccio (Kintnersville, Pa./Council Rock South) notched a major decision with a 15-6 win over Brandon Walsh. At 165, Bickelman needed just 1:17 to dispatch Zach Van Ess.
The last four bouts all went to the Golden Bears, as well, as Pena,
Giovanni Ortiz (Reading, PA/Reading),
Vinny Campanile (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) and
Ziad Haddad (Orefield, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic (North Carolina)) combined to outscore their opponents 39-1.
After Pena clinched the team scoring, Ortiz picked up his first win of the year with a 12-0 major decision against Sheldon Rhoden at 184.
Vinny Campanile (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) outlasted Iarik Loshchinin at 197, scoring the bout's only point via riding time as KU led 36-6 entering the final match of the afternoon.
Haddad improved to 7-0 on the year after dismantling Andrew Paredes during a 15-1 major decision.
The match was KU's final tune up before hosting the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships on December 8.