Philadelphia, PA | The LIU Post wrestling team opened the 2017-18 season in the Dragon Duals on Sunday as they suffered a pair of losses to Pitt-Johnstown and Drexel University. The Pioneers and Mountain Cats faced off in the day's first dual, in which Pitt-Johnstown defeated LIU Post, 37-3. In the second dual Drexel bested LIU Post, 40-3.
In the first dual against No. 6 Pitt-Johnstown, Sam Holandez opened with a 10-6 decision at 125 lbs. as the Mountain Cats picked up back-to-back wins with a 9-0 win over Joe Paterno at 133 lbs., and pinning Danny Espiniera at 6:04 to give Pitt-Johnstown a 12-0 advantage.
LIU Post got its lone win at 149 lbs. with ninth-ranked
Joe Calderone's 5-3 decision over Dorey Falleroni.
However, Pitt-Johnstown answered back by winning the final six bouts. Cody Law outlasted T.J. Fabian, 5-3, at 157 lbs. and
Jackson Mordente was bested by Devin Austin, 4-1 at 165 lbs.
Pitt-Johnstown increased its lead to 21 (24-3) Tyler Reinhart pinned Dan Akrow at 1:31 in the 174-lb. bout.
At 184 lbs., Dan McClure fell to Steve Edwards 11-1, and Levi Niebauer defeated Bobby Pease, 9-2, to make it 31-3 with one match remaining.
Pitt-Johnstown closed it out 37-3 victory pinning Gregg Hodulick at the 2:50 mark.
In LIU Post's second dual of the day the Pioneers fell quickly lost the first three matches via pin-fall.
Joe Calderone earned what would be the Pioneers' only points of the dual as he edged Nick Widmann at 149, 5-4. The Dragons answered back with an 8-1 win over Fabian before earning a major decision win over Mordente at 165. Drexel finished things off with a 4-1 decision over Gregg Hodulick in the heavyweight match to down the Pioneers 40-3.
Pitt-Johnstown 37, LIU Post 3
125: Sam Holandez (Pitt-Johnstown) DEC Nick Conetta (LIU Post), 10-6
133: Noah Burkhart (Pitt-Johnstown) DEC Joe Paterno (LIU Post), 7-0
141: Chris Eddins (Pitt-Johnstown) WBF Danny Espiniera (LIU Post) @ 6:04
149: Joe Calderone (LIU Post) DEC Corey Falleroni (Pitt-Johnstown), 10-5
157: Cody Law (Pitt-Johnstown) DEC TJ Fabian (LIU Post), 5-3
165: Devin Austin (Pitt-Johnstown) DEC
Jackson Mordente (LIU Post), 4-1
174: Tyler Reinhart (Pitt-Johnstown) WBF Dan Arkow (LIU Post) @ 1:31
184: Steve Edwards (Pitt-Johnstown) MAJ Dan McClure (LIU Post), 11-1
197: Levi Niebauer (Pitt-Johnstown) DEC Bobby Pease (LIU Post), 9-2
285: D.J. Sims (Pitt-Johnstown) WBF Gregg Hodulick (LIU Post) WBF @ 2:50
Drexel 40, LIU Post 3
125: Zack Fuentes (DU) WBF Nick Conetta (LIU Post) @ 0:46
133: Austin DeSanto (DU) WBF Joe Paterno (LIU Post) @ 1:16
141: Julian Flores (DU) WBF Danny Espiniera (LIU Post) @ 1:39
149: Joe Calderone (LIU Post) DEC Nick Widmann (DU), 5-4
157: Evan Barczak (DU) DEC TJ Fabian (LIU Post), 8-1
165: Ebed Jarrell (DU) MAJ
Jackson Mordente (LIU Post), 11-3
174: Austin Rose (DU) DEC Dan Arkow (LIU Post), 11-6
184: Owen Brooks (DU) MAJ Dan McClure (LIU Post), 17-5
197: Stephen Loiseau (DU) TF Logan McGinn (LIU Post), 16-0 @ 2:18
285: Sean O'Malley (DU) DEC Gregg Hodulick (LIU Post), 4-1
The Pioneers will next travel to Bristol, R.I for the Roger Williams invitational on Saturday November 11 at 10 AM.