Wrestling | 11/9/2011 9:36:00 PM

ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT wrestling team (1-0) defeated SUNY Oneonta (0-1), 22-15, in its first dual match of the season at Clark Gym on Wednesday evening.  Five different wrestlers picked up wins for the TIgers on the evening, including two by pins which proved to be the difference.

Freshman #Rory Bruce (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda)# defeated Alex Pugh of Oneonta at 125 lbs. on a fall as Pugh was pinned at 5:37.  Freshman #Jake Harvey (LeRoy, NY/LeRoy)# defeated James Ferall of Oneonta at 141 lbs. by decision, 9-4.  Classmate #Tory Cain (Ontario, NY/Wayne)# defeated JP Sala of Oneonta at 165 lbs. by a close decision, 4-3.

Junior #Nick Fuschino (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts)# defeated Jimmy Neal of Oneonta at 174 lbs. by a major decision, 14-2.  Senior #Tom Armentano (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner)# defeated Frankie Provenzano at 184 lbs. on a fall as Provenzano was pinned at 4:59.

The Tigers return to action on Saturday, Nov. 11, as they host SUNY Oswego at RIT's Clark Gym.  The dual meet will begin at 1 p.m.

Final Score: RIT 22, Oneonta 15
125: Rory Bruce (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) (RIT) fall Alex Pugh (O) 5:37 (RIT 6, Oneonta 0)
133: Ben Mikac (O) dec. Dan Haughton (RIT) 11-8 (RIT 6, Oneonta 3)
141: Jake Harvey (LeRoy, NY/LeRoy) (RIT) dec. James Ferall (O) 9-4 (RIT 9, Oneonta 3)
149: Joey Hauser (O) dec. Phil Czapla (East Aurora, NY) (RIT) 12-5 (RIT 9, Oneonta 6)
157: Dan Graff (O) dec. Sean Secru (RIT) 6-5 (RIT 9, Oneonta 9)
165: Tory Cain (Ontario, NY/Wayne) (RIT) dec. JP Sala (O) 4-3 (RIT 12, Oneonta 9)
174: Nick Fuschino (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) (RIT) major dec. Jimmy Neal (O) 14-2 (RIT 16, Oneonta 9)
184: Tom Armentano (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner) (RIT) fall Frankie Provenzano (O) 4:59 (RIT 22, Oneonta 9)
197: Matt Kurey (O) dec. Dave Sickler (Belle Vernon, PA/Belle Vernon) (RIT) 5-3 (RIT 22, Oneonta 12)
285: Mike Almaviva (O) dec. Nick Stewart (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) (RIT) 4-1 (RIT 22, Oneonta 15)