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Columbia Wrestle Offs


Flowrestling
November 3, 2007

NEW YORK -- Close, competitive matches were commonplace as the
Columbia Wrestling team opened the 2007-08 season with its annual
Blue-White Match before hundreds of fans and alumni at University Gym.

There were seven matches in all, as the Blue team emerged with six
victories for an 18-3 win.

While Columbia wrestlers still had to face teammates, this was the
first time this season that the team saw a referee, and a crowd
cheering behind them, creating a competitive atmosphere.

All seven matches were decided by six points or less, including a
triple-overtime thriller between senior Anthony Constantino and Matt
Dunn.

In that bout, Constantino earned a 2-1 victory, as the only points
scored were by escapes. Constantino's win was also the only victory
for the White team.

After a scoreless first period, Dunn started on the bottom to start
the second and quickly escaped to take a 1-0 lead. Constantino tied
the score with a similar escape in the third period. Neither wrestler
could score a move in the first or second extra sessions. Finally,
Constantino was on the bottom position in the third overtime, and
again escaped to earn the win.

"Dunn and Constantino are always competitive when they face each
other," said Andrew F. Barth Head Coach of Wrestling, Brendan Buckley.
"They had a very close wrestle-off last year, and make each other
better when they wrestle. Matt made the NCAAs last year, and Anthony
made nationals in 2006, so they are both great to have on our team."

The evening opened with a match between seniors Brandon Kinney and
Jerome Greco. Greco scored the first point of the match on an escape,
but Kinney earned two points on a takedown in the second period. Each
wrestler scored escapes later in the match, as Kinney held on for a
3-2 victory.

Veteran Sal Tirico defeated first-year Nick Standish, 9-3, in the
match two, as Tirico earned three takedowns, and a reversal. Tirico
also amassed exactly three minutes in riding time in the win.

In another close bout, Andy Geving earned a takedown against Mike
Wolfer in the first period, and held on for a 3-1 victory. Geving
missed having another point, as he only had 59 seconds of riding time.

Junior Kenji Porter fell behind, 5-0, against Ray Resnick, after
Resnick scored a takedown and the evening's only near fall. Porter
had two takedowns and an escape to pull within 6-5. Resnick, a
senior, took Porter down again in the third period and won the bout,
9-6.

In other matches, Derek Sickles earned a 9-4 decision over Joe
Kushnerick and Nick Sommerfeld beat Mike Bossetta, 8-3.

"Sommerfeld looked really good tonight," Buckley said. "He used great
technique and was more aggressive. He set a good example of the
physical style of wrestling we are trying to teach at Columbia."

Several alumni served as honorary coaches at the Blue-White event, as
Dave Barry '87 and Matt Palmer coached the Blue team and Mike Barry
'89 and Ricky Turk '07 coached on the White squad.

The Lions open the regular season on November 17 at the East
Stroudsburg Open, and then travel to Mat Town USA for a tournament in
Lock Haven, Pa. on November 24.

The results:

Columbia Blue Team 18, Columbia White Team 3

Match 1 - Brandon Kinney (Blue) dec. Jerome Greco, 3-2
Match 2 - Sal Tirico (Blue) dec. Nick Standish, 9-3
Match 3 - Anthony Constantino (White) dec. Matt Dunn, 2-1 sv (3 OT)
Match 4 - Derek Sickles (Blue) dec. Joe Kushnerick, 9-4
Match 5 - Andy Geving (Blue) dec. Mike Wolfer, 3-1
Match 6 - Ray Resnick (Blue) dec. Kenji Porter, 9-6
Match 7 - Nick Sommerfeld (Blue) dec. Mike Bossetta, 8-3
Saturday, November 3, 2007, University Gym, New York, N.Y.

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