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ESU Wrestling/Montclair Quad
UPPER MONTCLAIR, N.J. - East Stroudsburg University standout lightweight Jeremy Sluyter has taken on many Bills, Bobs and Johns during his wrestling career, but for the first time ever Sunday, he was matched against a Betsy.
Sluyter's opponent in a dual match at Montclair State was Betsy Montanez - not a name-challenged man but rather a woman.
The match didn't take long as Sluyter shot in for a double leg takedown and then sank in a cradle for a pin in 23 seconds.
"Jeremy did what he had to do," said ESU Coach Angelo Borzio. "It was just another victory for him."
Borzio admitted that he kidded his star wrestler that he should let Betsy take him down a couple of times to make the match interesting, but Jeremy emphatically said, 'no.'
Montanez, a junior from Linden, N.J., had wrestled one previous dual match, but against woman from Kings Point. She took two forfeits for Montclair State earlier in the day against Coppin State and Howard.
"Just having her at the weight gave Montclair 12 points. We weren't going to forfeit to her," Borzio said.
Sluyter's pin raised his record to 13-4 and was his third pin of the season. It wasn't his fastest as he pinned Kevin Gettlemen of Cortland State in 22 seconds in December.
Actually, Montclair State didn't need points from Betsy in an easy 32-14 win over ESU. The Warriors had beaten Coppin State, 34-12, and Howard, 39-12, and are now
6-3 on the season.
ESU had three wrestlers, Sluyter, Dan Madonna and Rich Koehler, go 3-0. Sluyter had two previous forfeits before his pin.
Madonna pinned Thomas Matthews of Coppin State in 1:20 of their 197-pound match and then moved down to 184 to edge Carmen Mercandante of Montclair, 8-6. He had a forfeit win over Howard.
Koehler also won by forfeit over Howard and then scored a major decision over Robert Bailey of Coppin State in 15-6 and a technical fall over Dave Webb of Montclair State, 20-5 in 5:15. He is undefeated in duals at 9-0 and is 13-2 overall.
ESU 34, Coppin State 12
125 - Jeremy Sluyter (ES) won by forfeit
133 - Kevin Jeffress (Cop) won by technical fall over Carlos Oliveira, 21-5
141 - Brad Kleckner (ES) won by forfeit
149 - Cairo Moorman (Cop) dec. Louie DeLauro, 4-0
157 - Salieman Mumin (Cop) won by major over Dan Forgione, 17-9
165 - Anthony Petrock (ES) dec. Vincent Harris, 7-0
174 - Dan Roy (ES) won by forfeit
184 - Brian McTigue (ES) dec. Tim Turner, 2-1
#197 - Dan Madonna (ES) pinned Thomas Matthews, 1:20
285 - Rich Koehler (ES) won by major decision over Robert Bailey, 15-6
ESU 39, Howard 12
125 - Jeremy Sluyter (ES) won by forfeit
133 - Derek Butts (H) pinned Carlos Oliveira, 4:40
141 - Brad Kleckner (ES) dec. Aron Dorsey, 8-7
149 - Jesse Oberto (ES) won by technical fall over Geri Miller, 15-0
157 - Dan Forgione (ES) won by technical fall over Steve Carter, 17-2
165 - Steve Fidler (ES) dec. Epharim Walker, 7-6
174 - Dan Roy (ES) won by technical fall over James Blanton, 17-2
184 - Dan Madonna (ES) won by forfeit
#197 - Ken Stewart (H) pinned Brian McTigue, 0:55
285 - Rich Koehler (ES) won by forfeit
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Montclair State 32, ESU 14
125 - Jeremy Sluyter (ES) pinned Betsy Montanez, 0:23
133 - Uri Bussi (MS) pinned Carlos Oliveria, 3:03
141 - Florian Ghinea (MS) pinned Brad Kleckner, 3:28
149 - Rami Ratel (MS) won by technical fall over Jesse Oberto, 16-1
157 - Joe Immersi (MS) dec. Dan Forgione, 4-1
165 - Dominic Dellagatta (MS) dec. Steve Fidler, 6-2
174 - Brad Christie (MS) dec. Dan Roy, 8-3
184 - Dan Madonna (ES) dec. Carmen Mercandante, 8-6
#197 - Kyle Good (MS) pinned Andy Sheaffer, 3:01
285 - Rich Koehler (ES) won by technical fall over Dave Webb, 20-5 (5:15)
Team Records: ESU 6-3, Montclair State 5-1
#All matches started at 197.