Sacred Heart drops two matches while No. 3 NC State remains undefeated

Sacred Heart’s Scotty Jarosz picked up two wins Saturday at Wranglemania in Bethlehem, Pa.  (Photo courtesy Kristen Jarosz)

The Sacred Heart men’s wrestling team was competitive in their season-opening matches on Saturday at WrangleMania in Bethlehem, Pa., but it wasn’t enough to secure a win.

Long Island University won six decisions, including four that were decided by four points or less as the Sharks beat Sacred Heart, 28-10. The Pioneers dropped their second match of the day against Bloomsburg University, 28-18.

Scotty Jarosz (165) and Andrew Fallon (133) each picked up a pair of victories for the Pioneers. Against Long Island, the Sharks won by two points at 125 pounds with Robert Sagrais’ 6-4 victory over Jacob Ice and by three points in Aeden Begue’s 4-1 win over Sacred Heart’s Marc Berisha.

Against Bloomsburg, Sacred Heart trailed by one after six matches, 13-12 but the Huskies won three of the final four bouts with two pins to pull away and earn the 28-18 decision.

No. 3 North Carolina State was also in the building for WrangleMania and the Wolfpack swept a pair of matches from No. 25 Purdue, 37-3 and Bloomsburg University, 45-4 to improve to 4-0 on the season.

Three former Danbury High wrestlers competed for the Wolfpack. Jakob Camacho won a pair of matches at 125. He beat Bronson Garber of Bloomsburg. 19-4 and beat No. 3 ranked Matt Ramos of Purdue, 8-5. A.J. Kovacs (165) picked up a pair of victories including a 2-0 win over Purdue’s Cooper Noehre.

Ryan Jack (141) wrestled just once against Purdue and came away with a 17-2 win by tech fall over Greyson Clark.

Devin Matthews, a graduate from Gilbert School in Winsted, wrestled twice for Long Island at 141 on Saturday and came up with a pair of victories for the Sharks. He had a 6-2 win over Sacred Heart’s Vincent Milazzo and a pin over Buffalo’s Andy Lucinsky in 2:53. Along with their 19-15 win over Sacred Heart, Long Island also beat Buffalo, 28-10 to open the season with a 2-0 record.

Sacred Heart and North Carolina State will remain in Bethlehem for Sunday’s Journeyman Collegiate Classic tournament.

2023 Wranglemania
At Bethlehem, Pa.
Long Island 19, Buffalo 15
Long Island 28, Sacred Heart 10
(3) North Carolina State 45, Bloomsburg 4
(3) North Carolina State 37. (25) Purdue 3
North Carolina 32, Buffalo 7
North Carolina 22, (13) Arizona State 16
(13) Arizona State 23, Lock Haven 18
(25) Purdue 21, Army 16
Bloomsburg 28, Sacred Heart 18
Army 33, Lock Haven 11
Long Island University 28, Sacred Heart 10

Long Island University 28, Sacred Heart 10
At Bethlehem, Pa.
125: Robert Sagrais (LI) dec. Jacob Ice, 6-4
133: Andrew Fallon (SH) dec. Chris Betancourt, 14-2
141: Devin Matthews (LI) dec. Vincent Milazzo, 6-2
149: Drew Witham (LI) dec. Michael McGhee, 7-0
157: Rhise Royster (LI) dec. Brandon Teresa, 5-1
165: Scotty Jarosz (SH) pin James Johnston, 0:33
174: Blake Bahna (LI) dec. Owen Ayotte, 9-3
184: Anthony D’Alesio (LI) dec. Hunter Perez, 16-6
197: John Dusza (LI) pin Jake Trovato, 1:45
285: Aeden Begue (LI) dec. Marc Berisha, 4-1
Records: Long Island 2-0, Sacred Heart 0-2

Bloomsburg 28, Sacred Heart 18
At Bethlehem, Pa.
125: Bronson Garber (B) dec. Mike Manta , 15-1
133: Andrew Fallon (SH) dec. Mike Cassidy, 12-3
141: Vincent Milazzo (SH) dec. Josh Mason, 14-0
149: Cade Balestrini (B) dec. Mike McGhee, 6-4
157: Will Morrow (B) tech fall  Michel Ritacco , 25-10 6:46
165: Scott Jarosz (SH) dec. Caden Dobbins, 8-0
174: Anthony Derosa (B) dec. Nicky Eboli, 4-4
184: Bruno Stolfi (B) pin. Owen Ayotte, 4:56
197: Jake Trovato (SH) pin Tanner Culver, 0:29
285: Shane Noonan (B) pin Marc Berisha, 1:32
Records: Sacred Heart 0-1

#3 NC State 45, Bloomsburg 4
At Bethlehem, Pa.
125: No. 8/11 Jakob Camacho (NCSU) tech fall Bronson Garber, 19-4
133: Jacob Cox (NCSU) dec. Michael Cassidy, 14-2
141: Koy Buesgens (NCSU) dec. Josh Mason, 17-6
149: No. 8/7 Jackson Arrington (NCSU) tech fall Cade Balestrini, 16-1
157: William Morrow dec. Aaron Faison (NCSU), 13-3
165: No. UR/32 AJ Kovacs (NCSU) dec. Macon Myers, 10-1
174: Derek Fields (NCSU) tech fall Anthony DeRosa, 19-4
184: No. UR/28 Dylan Fishback (NCSU) tech fall Tanner Culver, 16-1
197: No. 5/5 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) tech fall Kolby Flank, 21-6
285: Chase Horne (NCSU) pin Shane Noonan
*Rankings based on FloWrestling/Intermat, UR = unranked
Records: North Carolina State 3-0

#3 NC State 37, #25 Purdue 3
At Bethlehem, Pa.
125: No. 8/11 Jakob Camacho (NCSU) dec. No. 3/3 Matt Ramos, 8-5
133: No. 5/4 Kai Orine (NCSU) dec. No. 31/29 Dustin Norris, 14-1
141: No. 10/9 Ryan Jack (NCSU) tech fall Greyson Clark, 17-2
149: No. 8/7 Jackson Arrington (NCSU) tech fall Marcos Polanco, 16-0
157: Joey Blaze (P) dec. No. 5/5 Ed Scott, 4-1
165: No. UR/32 AJ Kovacs (NCSU) dec. Cooper Noehre, 2-0
174: No. 21/20 Alex Faison (NCSU) dec. Brody Baumann, 4-3
184: No. UR/28 Dylan Fishback (NCSU) dec. No. UR/33 James Rowley, 13-5
197: No. 5/5 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) tech fall Ben Vanadia, 17-2
285: No. 7/8 Owen Trephan (NCSU) tech fall Tristan Ruhlman, 19-4
Rankings based on FloWrestling/Intermat, UR = unranked