Pioneers Earn Seven Individual Place Winners at ECWC Championships

The Alfred State Wrestling team had the ECWC Championships today in Oswego, NY. The Pioneers had seven individual place winners. Blake Ilges finished in third place, earning All-ECWC honors for the third time in his career.

Full place winner breakdown below:

141 - Sean Peterson (Islip, NY / Islip) - 3rd (2X All-ECWC) 

• Champ. Round 2 - Sean Peterson won by decision over Greg Brach (Oneonta) (Dec 8-1)
• Quarterfinal - Sean Peterson won by major decision over Christefar Mableton (Cortland) (Maj 16-4)
• Semifinal - Luis Hernandez (Ithaca) won by decision over Sean (Dec 9-3)
• Cons. Semi - Sean Peterson won by major decision over Francis Whitehouse (Brockport) (Maj 10-1)
• 3rd Place Match - Sean Peterson won by decision over Noah Hunt (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 12-11)

149 - Anthony Miraglia (Byron, NY / Byron Bergen) - 5th (2X All-ECWC) 

• Champ. Round 2 - Anthony Miraglia won by tech fall over Colin Jens (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (TF 18-1)
• Quarterfinal - Angelo Centrone (Cortland) won by decision over Anthony Miraglia (Dec 6-3)
• Cons. Round 4 - Anthony Miraglia won by decision over Joshua Maslyn (St. John Fisher) (Dec 7-1)
• Cons. Round 5 - Anthony Miraglia won by fall over Willy Kraus (RIT) (Fall 4:59)
• Cons. Semi - Michael Blando (Oneonta) won by fall over Anthony Miraglia (Fall 0:33)
• 5th Place Match - Anthony Miraglia won by no contest over Justin Klein (Cortland) (NC)

157 - Justin Smith (Rushville, NY / Marcus Whitman) - 6th (2X All-ECWC) 

Justin Smith's place is 6th and has scored 15.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Justin Smith won by fall over Nicholas Semon (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 1:19)
• Champ. Round 2 - Justin Smith won by fall over Ayden Rice (Ithaca) (Fall 1:00)
• Quarterfinal - Wenchard Pierre-Louis (Ithaca) won by decision over Justin Smith (Dec 5-2)
• Cons. Round 4 - Justin Smith won by fall over Joe Averill (Ithaca) (Fall 1:37)
• Cons. Round 5 - Justin Smith won by fall over Logan Palmeri (St. John Fisher) (Fall 2:41)
• Cons. Semi - Logan McGloine (Oswego) won by tech fall over Justin Smith (TF 15-0)
• 5th Place Match - Kyle Klein (Cortland) won over Justin Smith (OTHR1)

184 - Sean Malenfant (Averill Park, NY / Averill Park)- 3^rd

Sean Malenfant's place is 3rd and scored 22.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 2 - Sean Malenfant won by fall over Nicholas Aliani (Oneonta) (Fall 1:53)
• Quarterfinal - Ryan Galka (Ithaca) won by decision over Sean Malenfant (Dec 9-7)
• Cons. Round 4 - Sean Malenfant won by fall over Kevin Jorgensen (Oneonta) (Fall 1:28)
• Cons. Round 5 - Sean Malenfant won by fall over Nicholas Aliani (Oneonta) (Fall 1:22)
• Cons. Semi - Sean Malenfant won by medical forfeit over Christopher Eames (Brockport) (MFF)
• 3rd Place Match - Sean Malenfant won by fall over Tyler Goodemote (Cortland) (Fall 3:59)

197 - Blake Ilges (Canisteo, NY / Canisteo Greenwood)- 3rd (3X All-ECWC) 

Blake Ilges's place is 3rd and has scored 13.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Blake Ilges won by tech fall over Nick Franco (Brockport) (TF 17-2)
• Semifinal - Chibueze Chukwuezi (Ithaca) won by tech fall over Blake Ilges (TF 22-7)
• Cons. Semi - Blake Ilges won by decision over Anthony Cascen (Oswego) (Dec 6-4)
• 3rd Place Match - Blake Ilges won by decision over Jeremy Mazzella (Ithaca) (Dec 6-3)

285 - Evan Albrecht (Patchogue, NY / Patchogue-Medford)- 3^rd

Evan Albrecht's place is 3rd and scored 13.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Evan Albrecht won by decision over Roman Jellick (Cortland) (Dec 2-1)
• Quarterfinal - Evan Albrecht won by fall over Diego Orellana (Oneonta) (Fall 1:53)
• Semifinal - Joe Yanis (Brockport) won by decision over Evan Albrecht (Dec 3-1)
• Cons. Semi - Evan Albrecht won by decision over Roman Jellick (Cortland) (Dec 7-6)
• 3rd Place Match - Evan Albrecht won by decision over Kenny Jackson (Oneonta) (Dec 5-2)

285 - Nick Barrett (Avoca, NY / Avoca) - 6th 

Nick Barrett's place is 6th and scored 6.0 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Nick Barrett won in sudden victory - 1 over Nicolas Galka (Ithaca) (SV-1 4-2)
• Semifinal - Jake Pine (Oneonta) won by decision over Nick Barrett (Dec 6-0)
• Cons. Semi - Kenny Jackson (Oneonta) won by fall over Nick Barrett (Fall 3:20)
• 5th Place Match - Roman Jellick (Cortland) won by decision over Nick Barrett (Dec 5-1)

The Pioneer team is back in action on Saturday, December 3, at the RIT Invite.