FEBRUARY 15, 2014

KING'S WRESTLERS POST 27-21 WIN OVER SCRANTON

SCRANTON — The King's College wrestling team won three of the last five bouts en route to posting a 27-21 victory over local rival University of Scranton Saturday in the John Long Center.

With the win, the injury-riddle Monarchs snapped a 12-match losing streak, improving to 2-12 on the year.

After the Monarchs dropped the first match at 141-pounds by fall, KIng's senior Chris Mazzocchi (14-7) evened the match with a pin of his own in 2:07 to knot the score at 6-6. The Monarchs then used a 19-3 technical fall by Gordon Custer at 157 before fifth-ranked Tommy Desir improved to 22-0 on the year with a 16-4 major decision at 165-pounds to push the team score to 15-6 in favor of King's.

Scranton scored a 5-1 decision at 174 but the Monarchs rebounded when Shake Stark (12-4) picked up a pin in 1:54 to give King's a 21-9 lead. King's added to the score when Cemah Tudae-Torboh (8-6) earned a 10-6 decision to up the lead to 24-9. After Scranton recorded a pin at heavyweight to trim the score to 24-15, King's Jamie Scarantino (10-10) countered with a 12-5 decision to push the King's lead to 27-15. King's forfeited the final bout t 133 to set the final score.

King's will close out its dual-meet season Thursday with a 7:00 p.m. away contest at cross-town rival Wilkes in the Marts Center.

 
King's 27, Scranton 21
141: James Kelly (S) pinned Giacomo Dinicola, 6:26, 0-6
149: Chris Mazzocchi (K) pinned Brian Walsh, 2:07, 6-6
157: Gordon Custer (K) tech. fall Robert Leavy, 19-3 (6:18), 11-6
165: Tommy Desir (K) maj. dec. William Hutchison, 16-4, 15-6
174: Shawn Flesche (S) dec. Angelo Lussi, 5-1, 15-9
184: Shane Stark (K) pinned John Riccardi, 1:54, 21-9
197: Cemah Tudae-Torboh (K) dec. Chris Silakoski, 10-6, 24-9
285: Eric Calimano (S) pinned Elijah Gresham, 3:49, 24-15
125: Jamie Scarantino (K) dec. Corey Forlenza, 12-5, 27-15
133: James Samson (S) won by forfeit, 27-21