Bloomsburg Wrestling Competes at Northeast Duals

November 25, 2006

BLOOMSBURG- The Bloomsburg University wrestling team went 1-3 at the Journeymen/BRUTE Northeast Collegiate Duals on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies defeated Binghamton 40-10 while losing to Central Michigan 23-12, Penn 24-9 and Hofstra 27-15.

In the match against Hofstra, Jason Guffey (Muncy/Warrior Run), won in the 125 weight class, to pick up his second win of the day. Nate Shirk (Middleburg/Middleburg) also picked up a second win at the 184 weight class as well as Mike Spaid (Perkiomenville/Boyertown) in the heavyweight class.

Against Binghamton, Bloomsburg won the first six matches to take a 30-0 lead over the Bearcats. Guffey, Ricky Donald (Millville/Millville), Darren Kern (Pennsburg/Upper Perkioman), Matt Moley (Phoenixville/Spring-Ford), Dennis Bermudez (Saugerties, NY/Saugerties) and Rick Schmelyun (New Oxford/Bermudian Springs) each picked up victories. Binghamton sandwiched wins at the 174- and 197-pound weight classes around a victory by Shirk to get on the board but a forfeit at the heavyweight class gave Bloomsburg the 40-10 win.

Against Central Michigan, the Huskies got two early wins from Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy) and Donald to go up 6-0. Sees picked up an 8-1 win over Luke Smith while Donald got the 6-4 victory over CMU's Matt Steintrager. The Chippewa's Eric Kruger tied the team score at 6-6 with a pin over Tony Curto (Easton/Wilson Area) at 141-pounds.

Against Penn, Bloomsburg once again took the lead 3-0 on a 12-10 overtime victory for Sees. However, Penn won seven of the next nine matches to get the 24-9 victory.

The Huskies move to 1-4 (0-1 EWL) on the year and will next be in action on December 3rd at the Penn State Open.




Northeast Duals
November 25, 2006
Bloomsburg 40, Binghamton 10
Weight Match Score
125 Jason Guffey (BU) dec. Mike Kleeman (Bing) 3-0
133 Ricky Donald (BU) WBF Kareem Naguib (Bing)  
141 Daren Kern (BU) WBF Patrick Sandberg (Bing) 1:03
149 Matt Moley (BU) dec. Nate Patterson (Bing) 4-1
157 Dennis Bermudez (BU) WBF Brett Terry (Bing) 6:18
165 Ricky Schmelyun (BU) WBF Sam Sirota (Bing) 1:21
174 Brian Shaw (BU) WTF Michael Patterson (Bing) 15-0
184 Nate Shirk (BU) WBF Backus (Bing) 0:51
HWT Mike Spaid (BU) win by forfeit -


Northeast Duals
November 25, 2006
Bloomsburg 9, Penn 24
Weight Match Score
125 Mike Sees (BU) dec. Rollie Peterkin (Penn) 12-10 OT
133 Matt Valenti (Penn) dec. Ricky Donald (BU) 9-3
141 Cesar Grajales (Penn) dec. Tony Curto (BU) 7-4
149 Matt Moley (BU) dec. Rob Hitschler (Penn) 5-3
157 Matt Dragon (Penn) dec. Rob Hoffman (BU) 11-5
165 Zack Shanaman (Penn) dec. Ricky Schmelyun (BU) 5-2
174 Matt Herrington (Penn) WTF Brian Shaw (BU) 17-2
184 Lior Zamir (Penn) dec. Nate Shirk (BU) 7-5
197 Jack Sullivan (Penn) maj. PJ DiStefano (BU) 12-2
HWT Mike Spaid (BU) dec. Ben Reiter (Penn) 3-0


Northeast Duals
November 25, 2006
Bloomsburg 15, Hofstra 27

Weight Match Score
125 Jason Guffey (BU) win by forfeit -
133 Lou Ruggiello (HU) dec. Richard Donald (BU) 2-0
141 Charles Griffin (HU) dec. Richard Donald (BU) 8-4
149 Mike Parziale (HU) dec. Matt Moley (BU) 3-2
157 James Strouse (HU) dec. Rob Hoffman (BU) 6-2
165 Mike Patrovich (HU) WBF Jonathan Brown (BU) 3:34
174 Alton Lucas (HU) dec. Andrew Jordan (BU) 3-2
184 Nathan Shirk (BU) dec. Joe Rovelli (HU) 4-2
197 Chris Weidman (HU) WBF Eric Shaw (BU) 1:50
HWT Michael Spaid (BU) WBF Matt Pollock (HU) 4:21


Northeast Duals
November 25, 2006
Bloomsburg 12, Central Michigan 23

Weight Match Score
125 Mike Sees (BU) dec. Luke Smith (CM) 8-1
133 Rick Donald (BU) dec. Matt Steintrager (CM) 6-4
141 Eric Kruger (CM) WBF Tony Kurto (BU) 2:16
149 Matt Moley (BU) dec. Anthony D'Alie (CM) 3-1
157 Eric Neil (CM) dec. Dennis Bemudez (BU) 11-8
165 Rick Schmelyun (BU) dec. Mike Miller (CM) 11-8
174 Brandon Sinnott (CM) dec. Andrew Jordan (BU) 13-5
184 Christian Sinnott (CM) dec. Nathan Shirk (BU) 13-6
197 Wayne Michalak (CM) dec. Pete Distefano (BU) 11-3
HWT Ryan Gritter (CM) dec. Mike Spaid (BU) 3-2