Diplomats Fall at Kutztown
KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown tied a program record for dual meet wins in a season with a 41-6 victory over Franklin & Marshall Thursday evening. The Golden Bears (15-3) captured six of the eight bouts contested and collected a dozen points on Diplomats’ (0-9-1) forfeits at 125 and 174.
133-pounder Jake Bucha and 174-pounder Anthony Bongarzone accounted for F&M’s points on the board. Bucha managed two takedowns in a 5-0 decision of Austin Williams. The win was his second in as many matches since returning to the lineup. Bucha improved to 16-4.
Bongarzone used a reversal just before the first period buzzer to claim a lead. He rode out Ricky Pena through the third period to seal the win. Bongarzone gets back to .500 on the season, moving to 8-8 on the year.
Bucha’s victory halved the six-point hole from the void at 125, but the Bears, winners of seven consecutive duals, rallied with a technical fall and consecutive pins to jump out to a 23-3 lead. The latter half of the pins took the match out of reach for F&M.
The Diplomats return to action next Wednesday for the 67th meeting with Gettysburg.
Kutztown 41, Franklin & Marshall 6
125 pounds – Clayton Youtz (KU) wins by forfeit 6-0
KU
133 pounds – Jacob Bucha (F&M) dec. Austin Williams
(KU), 5-0 6-3 KU
141 pounds – John Paukovits (KU) tech. fall Matt Murray
(F&M), (2:40, 15-0) 11-3 KU
149 pounds – Brett Martinez (KU) pinned Eric Norgard
(F&M), 6:20 17-3 KU
157 pounds – Derek Schmelyun (KU) pinned Matthew Gittleman
(F&M), 2:45 23-3 KU
164 pounds –Anthony Bongarzone (F&M) dec. Ricky Pena
(KU), 5-2 23-6 KU
174 pounds – Alex Depew (KU) wins by forfeit 29-6 KU
184 pounds – Tim Darling (KU) pinned Matt Latessa (F&M),
1:46 35-6 KU
197 pounds – Tyler Stambaugh (KU) dec. Colin Ely (F&M),
8-7 38-6 KU
285 pounds – Kevin Bolinsky (KU) dec. Daniel Canfield
(F&M), 8-3 41-6 KU