DOYLESTOWN (Pa.) – Ithaca College came into Doylestown as the sixth ranked team in Division III and rolled to a 38-0 shutout over Delaware Valley University on Saturday.
Despite battling to an even score after the first period, Steve Rice eventually kicked off the Bomber's (6-4) string of 10 consecutive wins with a 9-3 decision over the Aggies (1-4)
Kyle Hillermeier at 174 pounds.
Russel Benson did all that he could to get the Aggies on the board and was winning 2-1 after the first, and held a 3-2 lead after an escape in the third. Tito Colom took the lead with a takedown, but Benson escaped again to tie the score at 4-4. However, Colom got a take down late in the final stanza to take the match, 6-4.
Rob Duxbury was able to fight back in the third period after an early 6-0 deficit in the 141-pound match, but could not quite overcome and ended fell, 8-4.
Chris Richardson of DelVal was able to pick up five points in the 157-pound match, but Jawan Jones closed out the bout with a reversal and riding time for a final of 9-5.
Anthony Snyder closed out the day against the Bomber's Austin Whitney at 165 pounds. Despite Snyder's best effort to prevent the team shutout, Whitney was able to roll to a 13-6 major decision to secure the 38-0 triumph for Ithaca.
ITHACA COLLEGE 38, DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY 0
125 – Ferdinand Mase (ITHACA) by forfeit (20-0 ITHACA)
133 – Tito Colom (ITHACA) by dec. over Russel Benson; 6-4 (23-0 ITHACA)
141 – Chris Wymer (ITHACA) by dec.
Rob Duxbury; 8-4 (26-0 ITHACA)
149 – Demitri D'Oraneo (ITHACA) by forfeit (32-0 ITHACA)
157 – Jawan Jones (ITHACA) by dec. over
Chris Richardson; 9-5 (35-0 ITHACA)
165 – Austin Whitney (ITHACA) by
Anthony Snyder; 14-6 (38-0 ITHACA)
174 – Steven Rice (ITHACA) by dec. over
Kyle Hillermeier; 9-3 (3-0 ITHACA)
184 – Jake Ashcraft (ITHACA) by dec. over
Anthony Costanza; 12-9 (6-0 ITHACA)
197 – Dalton Elias (ITHACA) by maj. dec. over
Steve Horvath; 13-3 (10-0 ITHACA)
HWT – Jake O'Brien (ITHACA) by maj. dec. over
Oscar Daniels; 14-4 (14-0 ITHACA)