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ESU Wrestling
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - East Stroudsburg University's wrestling team is off to its best start in 23 years after beating American International, 29-13; Cortland State, 46-0, and Springfield, 35-8, Saturday.
The Warriors are 4-0 for the first time since the 1976-77 season when they won their first six matches under long-time coach Clyde 'Red' Witman.
New ESU coach Angelo Borzio has yet to taste defeat as his team followed Thursday's impressive 20-18 win over Army with three easy victories. Springfield had beaten ESU last season, 25-9.
Six ESU wrestlers were undefeated for the day including nationally-ranked 125-pounder Jeremy Sluyter, who wrestled for less than three minutes. Sluyter had a forfeit win over AIC, then pinned Kevin Gettleman of Cortland in 22 seconds and decked Nick Zaneto of Springfield in 2:18. He raised his record to 11-1.
Justin Hoff (133), Brad Kleckner (141), Steve Fidler (165) and Rich Koehler (285) all went 3-0 while Tony Vitale (157) was 2-0. Koehler had a pair of pins.
ESU 29, AIC 13
125 - Jeremy Sluyter (ES) won by forfeit
#133 - Justin Hoff (ES) won by major decision over.David Cruz, 11-2
141 - Brad Kleckner (ES) dec. Rafael Calixto, 13-6
149 - Melvin Floyd (AIC) dec. Jesse Oberto, 7-6
157 - Tony Vitale (ES) pinned Shawn Sandoval, 3:49
165 - Steve Fidler (ES) won by major decision over Asnage Castelly, 11-0
174 - Mike Mitchell (AIC) won by major decision over Dan Roy, 11-2
184 - Ben McCrillis (AIC) dec. Dan Madonna, 8-4
197 - Joe Pistone (AIC) dec. Brian McTigue, 10-4
285 - Rich Koehler (ES) pinned Edward Carson, 2:47
ESU 46, Cortland 0
125 - Jeremy Sluyter (ES) pinned Kevin Gettlemen, 0:22
#133 - Justin Hoff (ES) dec. Tom Llewellyn, 9-4
141 - Brad Kleckner (ES) won by forfeit
149 - Jesse Oberto (ES) won by forfeit
157 - Tony Vitale (ES) won by major decision over Don Baker, 14-5
165 - Steve Fidler (ES) dec. Jake Roe, 5-3
174 - Dan Roy (ES) dec. Tony Stewart, 10-3
184 - Dan Madonna (ES) pinned Jake Armstrong, 4:14
194 - Brian McTigue (ES) won by forfeit
285 - Rich Koehler (ES) dec. Victor Favero, 17-10
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ESU 35, Springfield 8
125 - Jeremy Sluyter (ES) pinned Nick Zaneto, 2:18
#133 - Justin Hoff (ES) won by technical fall over Jay Jenkins, 6:30
141 - Brad Kleckner (ES) dec. Keith Poloskey, 16-9
149 - Jesse Oberto (ES) dec. William Ivatts, 6-4 OT
157 - Mike Bena (S) dec. Jarret Hoff, 3-2
165 - Steve Fidler (ES) pinned Matt Bielo, 4:57
174 - John Roden (S) dec. Dan Roy, 3-1
184 - Craig Angermeier (S) dec. Dan Madonna, 5-0
197 - Brian McTigue (ES) pinned Tyler Olosek, 6:45
285 - Rich Koehler (ES) pinned Carl Mintken, 1:58
(Springfield penalized one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct at 141)
#all matches started at 133
Records: ESU 4-0, AIC 4-1, Springfield 2-2, Cortland 1-4