READING (Pa.) – The Delaware Valley University men's wrestling team put a bow on the shortened 2021 campaign at Middle Atlantic Conference foe Alvernia University. There was no team scoring at the event, but matches counted toward individual records as 11 different Aggies took to the mat.
Junior Chris Richardson led the team with a two wins by fall and no losses. Both pins came in the first period as he got Tanner Vogel to his back with just over a minute left in the first, and he managed to pin Ian McCabe with just 20 seconds remaining.
First-year Carter Owen, went 1-3 with a 19-0 tech fall over Louis LaRocca at 141 pounds. Also at 141, sophomore Russell Benson won his first match with a pin in the waning seconds of the final period, but he suffered his first and only loss of the season when Jason Rezac earned a first period fall for the Golden Wolves. Rezac also faced Owen and defeated him with a 20-0 tech. fall.
Sophomore Mike Rubino also came away with a 1-1 record on the day as he finished on either end of a 16-0 technical fall in the two matches. His win came against Brock Drahus and the 16-0 margin of victory came at the 6:07 mark.
First-year Zach Zuckerman and sophomore Jake Nase each suffered two losses at 157 and 184 pounds, respectively. Austin Williams and Isaisah Johnson had identical losses to Tonee Ellis by 9-4 decision at 197 pounds.
At 174 pounds, Youssef Ait Boulahri finished the day 1-1 with a 14-7 decision over Ian McCabe and a first period fall in a loss to Matt Lackman.
The Aggies heavyweight, Dan Eckley was 1-1 on the day. The first-year student-athlete earned a 5-0 decision over Angelo Moore, but fell to Palmer Rodenhaber by 8-3 decision.
No Team Scoring
141 Carter Owen (Delaware Valley) over Louis LaRocca (Alvernia University) (TF 19-0 6:31)
141 Russell Benson (Delaware Valley) over Anthony Portillo (Alvernia University) (Fall 6:51)
141 Jason Rezac (Alvernia University) over Russell Benson (Delaware Valley) (Fall 1:57)
141 Mike Rubino (Delaware Valley) over Brock Drahus (Alvernia University) (TF 16-0 6:07)
141 Anthony Portillo (Alvernia University) over Carter Owen (Delaware Valley) (Fall 1:34)
149 Jason Rezac (Alvernia University) over Carter Owen (Delaware Valley) (TF 20-2 2:05)
157 Gavin Hollingsworth (Alvernia University) over Mike Rubino (Delaware Valley) (TF 16-0 2:21)
157 Gavin Hollingsworth (Alvernia University) over Zachary Zuckerman (Delaware Valley) (TF 16-0 2:43)
157 Tanner Vogel (Alvernia University) over Zachary Zuckerman (Delaware Valley) (MD 14-0)
165 Christopher Richardson (Delaware Valley) over Tanner Vogel (Alvernia University) (Fall 1:49)
174 Matt Lackman (Alvernia University) over Yousseff Ait Boulahri (Delaware Valley) (Fall 0:49)
174 Christopher Richardson (Delaware Valley) over Ian McCabe (Alvernia University) (Fall 2:40)
174 Rocky Ferrandino (Delaware Valley) over Caleb Fischer (Alvernia University) (Fall 4:57)
174 Yousseff Ait Boulahri (Delaware Valley) over Ian McCabe (Alvernia University) (Dec 14-7)
184 Isaac Kassis (Alvernia University) over Jake Nase (Delaware Valley) (MD 10-2)
184 Matt Lackman (Alvernia University) over Jake Nase (Delaware Valley) (TF 22-3 4:07)
197 Tonee Ellis (Alvernia University) over Austin Williams (Delaware Valley) (Dec 9-8)
197 Tonee Ellis (Alvernia University) over Isaiah Johnson (Delaware Valley) (Dec 9-8)
285 Palmer Rodenhaber (Alvernia University) over Daniel Eckley (Delaware Valley) (Dec 8-3)
285 Daniel Eckley (Delaware Valley) over Angelo Moore (Alvernia University) (Dec 5-0)