KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The LIU Post wrestling team split two matches on day one of the Kutztown University duals Friday, taking down Minot State before coming up just short to Shippensburg University Jan. 26.
 
Round One – LIU Post 22, Minot State 18
 
In the day's opening match, the Pioneers took down Minot State by a four-point margin, 22-18. After dropping the first two bouts by decision at 125 and 133, senior Joe Calderone pinned Jeseb Mogen two minutes into the match to level the scoring, 6-6. Junior Peter DeTore put the Green and Gold ahead at 149 with a 14-7 decision to earn three points. The Beavers leveled the scoring, 9-9, with a slight 3-2 decision at 157, but the Pioneers quickly responded when senior Jackson Mordente dominated Carlos Toledano, 16-0, earning five points by technical fall at 165 to put LIU Post ahead for good.
 
Junior Dan Arkow earned three points at 174 with a 10-3 decision against Tyler Sharron, putting LIU Post ahead 17-9 with three bouts remaining. The Beavers stayed alive with a decision victory at 184, but sophomore Bobby Pease secured the victory for the Green and Gold with a dominating performance of his own, taking down Bryce Broome, 16-1 for a five-point technical fall.
 

	Match Summary	LIU	MSU
125	Dean Arevalo (Minot State) over Nick Conetta (LIU Post) (Dec 5-3)	0	3
133	Michael Rangel (Minot State) over Bryan Romero (LIU Post) (Dec 7-1)	0	3
141	Joe Calderone (LIU Post) over Jeseb Mogen (Minot State) (Fall 2:11)	6	0
149	Peter DeTore (LIU Post) over Briley Crissler (Minot State) (Dec 14-7)	3	0
157	Zach Berry (Minot State) over T.J. Fabian (LIU Post) (Dec 3-2)	0	3
165	Jackson Mordente (LIU Post) over Carlos Toledano (Minot State) (Tech Fall 16-0)	5	0
174	Dan Arkow (LIU Post) over Tyler Sharron (Minot State) (Dec 10-3)	3	0
184	Keegan Berry (Minot State) over Dan McClure (LIU Post) (Dec 3-2)	0	3
197	Bobby Pease (LIU Post) over Bryce Broome (Minot State) (Tech Fall 16-1)	5	0
285	Mitchell Eull (Minot State) over Damien Caffrey (LIU Post) (Fall)	0	6
	Dual Meet Score	22	18

Round Two – Shippensburg 25, LIU Post 20
 
 
Another close matchup ensued in round two, when the Pioneers were upended on the matches' final two bouts, falling 25-20. The Raiders set the tone in the opening bout, earning six points with a pin five minutes in during the 125 matchup. The Pioneers leveled the scoring immediately however when freshman Bryan Romero earned six points by forfeit to make it 6-6 after two bouts.
 
Calderone put together another dominating performance in his second matchup of the day at 141, taking down Jared Leonetti, 16-0 to win by technical fall and put the Pioneers up 11-6. Again the match was leveled immediately however, as Shippensburg erased the five-point deficit with a technical fall of their own at 149.  The Raiders used the momentum to take a four-point lead after a major decision victory at 157. Three straight victories for the Pioneers kept the teeter-totter match going, when Mordente, Arkow, and sophomore Dan McClure earned decision victories to put LIU Post ahead, 20-15.
 
It was the last points of the day for the Pioneers however, as the Raiders earned a major decision victory at 197 and a pin at 285 to come from behind and steal the match, 25-20.

 

	Match Summary	LIU	SHIP
125	David Reagan (SHIP) over Nick Conetta (LIU) (Fall 5:00)	0	6
133	Bryan Romero (LIU) won by forfeit	6	6
141	Joe Calderone (LIU) over Jared Leonetti (SHIP) (Tech Fall 16-0)	11	6
149	Cody Blankenship (SHIP) over Daniel Espineira (LIU) (Tech Fall 5:41)	11	11
157	Mike Springer (SHIP) over T.J. Fabian (LIU) (Maj Dec 13-4)	11	15
165	Jackson Mordente (LIU) over Chris Miller (SHIP) (Dec 5-2)	14	15
174	Dan Arkow (LIU) over Ryan Narber (SHIP) (Dec 4-1)	17	15
184	Dan McClure (LIU) over Logan Fisher (SHIP) (Dec 6-0)	20	15
197	#3 Evan Ramos (SHIP) over Bobby Pease (LIU) (Maj Dec 12-3)	20	19
285	Derek Berberick (SHIP) over Damien Caffrey (LIU) (Fall 3:31)	20	25
	Dual Match Score	20	25

The Pioneers return to the mat tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. when they battle American International College and UNC-Pembroke in the final two rounds of the meet.