Wrestling | 11/12/2016 2:50:00 PM

OSWEGO, NY – The RIT (2-0) wrestling team rallied and then held on to beat SUNY Oswego 22-18 in Empire College Wrestling Conference action on Saturday. The Tigers won six matches, including a pinfall by John Donohue (Smithtown, NY/Hauppauge) at 165 lbs.

Isaiah Ocasio (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) (133 lbs.) and Jake Sepor (Stafford, NY/Pavilion) (141 lbs.) picked up wins, while Donohue, Dempsey King (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) (157 lbs.)  and Joe Lupisella (Webster, NY) (174 lbs.) also tallied victories for the Tigers. Weinger picked up a win at 285 lbs. for the Tigers.

Ocasio got RIT on the board with a 13-2 major decision over James Ronca at 133 lbs. Sepor kept the momentum going for RIT with his 11-7 win over Evan Corso at 141 lbs. 

After a loss at 149 lbs., the Tigers rattled off three straight wins to take the lead. King defeated Troy Seymour, 6-0, and Donohue picked up six crucial points with a pin over Jeff Lombardi at 1:47. Lupisella completed the sweep with his 4-3 win over Mark Milisci.

The Lakers answered back with a forfeit win at 184 lbs., and Daniel Smith defeated Joe Messare (Ballston Lake, NY/Burnt Hills) with technical fall at 5:18. The left the match up to the heavyweights. Weinger came through for the Tigers with a 7-2 win over Kade Andrews to give RIT the win.

RIT returns to action on Sunday, Nov. 20 at the New York State Championships hosted by Cornell University. Matches get underway at 10 a.m.

 RIT 22, SUNY Oswego 18:
125: Jack Del Duca (OSWEGO) over Connor Wilkins (Livonia, NY/Livonia) (RIT) (Dec 7-3)  
133: Isaiah Ocasio (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) (RIT) over James Ronca (OSWEGO) (MD 13-2)  
141: Jake Sepor (Stafford, NY/Pavilion) (RIT) over Evan Corso (OSWEGO) (Dec 11-7)
149: Joey Bush (OSWEGO) over Austin Prince (Nunda, NY/Keshequa) (RIT) (MD 8-0) 
157: Dempsey King (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) (RIT) over Troy Seymour (OSWEGO) (Dec 6-0)  
165: John Donohue (Smithtown, NY/Hauppauge) (RIT) over Jeff Lombardi (OSWEGO) (Fall 1:47) 
174: Joe Lupisella (Webster, NY) (RIT) over Mark Milisci (OSWEGO) (Dec 4-3) 
184: Jordan Bushey (OSWEGO) over (RIT) (For.) 
197: Daniel Smith (OSWEGO) over Joe Messare (Ballston Lake, NY/Burnt Hills) (RIT) (TF 15-0 5:18) 
285: Sam Weinger (Blooming Grove, NY/Washingtonville) (RIT) over Kade Andrews (OSWEGO) (Dec 7-2)