For Immediate Release: January 28, 2006
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

Binghamton wrestling drops pair of matches in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bearcats lose to George Mason and Duquesne

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Binghamton University wrestling dropped a pair of matches on the road Saturday, losing to George Mason, 39-6, and host Duquesne, 51-0.

Sophomore 184-pound Jim Tretter (Sanborn, N.Y.) provided the lone win of the day, pinning his opponent from George Mason in 4:54. It was Tretter's first pin of the season.

The Bearcats next compete at the Kent State Open on February 4.

George Mason 39, Binghamton 6
125 - Coughlin (GM) by forfeit (6-0)
133 - Powars (GM) 15-4 over Gurien (10-0)
141 - Cartella (GM) 8-4 over Chalewa (13-0)
149 - Henry (GM) 13-3 over Patterson (17-0)
157 - Webster (GM) 13-4 over Klucka (21-0)
165 - Tisdell (GM) 9-4 over Wade (24-0)
174 - Oates (GM) 12-3 over Sirota (28-0)
184 - Tretter (B) by fall (4:54) over Jackson (27*-6)
* One team point deduction for unsportsmanlike conduct
197 - Caruso (GM) by forfeit (33-6)
HWT - Connolly (GM) by forfeit (39-6)

Duquesne 51, Binghamton 0
125 - Bittinger (DU) by forfeit (6-0)
133 - Pavlekovsky (DU) 17-0 (6:12) over Gurien (11-0)
141 - Cipriani (DU) 9-2 over Cholewa (14-0)
149 - Baldini (DU) b y fall (1:50) over Patterson (20-0)
157 - Midlam (DU) 5-3 over Wade (23-0)
165 - Dempsey (DU) by fall (1:19) over Sirota (29-0)
174 - Ricotta (DU) by fall (1:27) over Tretter (35-0)
184 - Buczkowski (DU) by forfeit (41-0)
197 - Frank (DU) by forfeit (47-0)
HWT - D'Orsie (DU) 8-0 over Bestle (51-0)