Four Pioneers Wrestle to All-Conference Honors

Four Pioneers wrestled to All-Conference honors as Alfred State competed at the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference at SUNY Oneonta on Saturday afternoon.

Kyle Fitzgerald (South Lewis) finished 3rd at 285 after a 4-1 day. He opened the day with a pin of Samuel Berger (Oneonta) in 1:11. He advanced to the semifinals with a 7-2 win over Zach Herbert (Cortland). He dropped into the consolation break after fall in the semis but was able to get to the 3rd place match by defeating teammate Jacob DeWall. In the 3rd place match, he defeated Herbert for the second time, 5-1, to register the teams highest finish.

DeWall finished 5th in the same heavyweight bracket. He was 4-2 on the day. He pinned Anthony Oca (Brockport) in 2:03 in his opening match but fell in the quarters. He pinned Mi-Andre Hughes (RIT) in 2:06 and Owen Albanese (RIT) in 6:11 to advance to the consolation semifinals. He fell to his teammate Fitzgerald in the consolation semis but earned 5th with a medical forfeit victory over Johnathan Solorzano (Oneonta).

Anthony Miraglia (Byron Bergen) was 4-2 and finished 5th at 149 lbs. He won 14-5 over Larson Larame (Oneonta) to open up the day. After falling the quarters, he won two straight, 12-9 over Michael Fronczak and 4-1 over Austin Reed (Brockport) to advance to the consolation semifinals. He fell in that round but earned 5th with a medical forfeit win over Cahal Donavan (Cortland) in the 5th place match.

Blake Ilges (Canisteo Greenwood) was 2-3 on the day at 174 lbs. and finished 6th. After falling in his first match in the quarterfinals, he pinned Nathan Parker (RIT) in 2:25 and then had a major decision, 9-0, over Corey Snyder (Brockpor). Ilges fell in his next two matches to end the day.

The ECWC Championships features wrestlers from seven NY NCAA DIII schools with wrestling. Wrestlers from Ithaca, Cortland, Oneonta, Oswego, RIT, and Brockport competed with the Pioneers.

Alfred State heads to Thiel next week to compete in the Mel Barry Duals.