Wrestling | 2/8/2019 4:14:00 PM

 
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• Rider Broncs: Schedule | Roster | Statistics

STORYLINE
• The Bloomsburg University wrestling team heads to Franklin & Marshall on Saturday night before returning home on Sunday afternoon to host Rider in the team's final EWL contest of the regular season. The Huskies have dropped four straight to fall to 2-8 overall on the season while the Diplomats have dropped six consecutive matches after a 2-0 start. The Broncs, meanwhile, are 7-3 overall and have won three straight and six of their last seven. Franklin & Marshall will wrestle Virginia Military Institute on Friday night while Rider competes at Lock Haven, also on Friday.
 
PROJECTED BLOOMSBURG STARTERS
• 125: Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) | Jr | 15-10
• 133: Lewis Williams (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) | R-Jr | 8-12
• OR: Shawn Orem (Pasadena, Md./Mount Saint Joseph) | So | 3-10
• 141: Aaron Coleman (Iselin, N.J./John F. Kennedy Memorial) | Fr | 6-16
• OR: Lewis Williams (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) | R-Jr | 8-12
• 149: Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) | R-Jr | 12-7
• 157: Nate Newberry (Biglerville, Pa./Biglerville) | Jr | 12-11
• 165: Alex Carida (Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown) | Fr | 7-14
• 174: Anthony Vetrano (Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) | R-So | 8-15
• 184: #28 Trevor Allard (Mexico, N.Y./Mexico) | R-Jr | 19-10
• 197: Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) | Jr | 8-15
• 285: Bruce Graeber (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy) | Jr | 9-13
• OR: Jarrett Walters (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) | R-Fr | 2-6

ALL-TIME SERIES
• Bloomsburg leads the all-time series against Franklin & Marshall, 7-1. The Huskies have won seven straight against the Diplomats but the schools have not wrestled each other since November 6, 2011 when Bloomsburg posted a 27-10 victory. Franklin & Marshall's only win in the series came in 1943.

• Rider leads the all-time series against Bloomsburg, 12-6. The Broncs have won the last five meetings against the Huskies dating back to Bloomsburg's last win over Rider during the 2008-09 campaign.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
• The Huskies are looking to snap a four-match losing skid entering the weekend as they battle Franklin & Marshall on Saturday before hosting Rider University on Sunday. Bloomsburg won back-to-back duals against Hofstra and Edinboro on January 4 and 11 but has since lost four straight including a pair against Michigan State and Northern Illinois last weekend.

• Redshirt junior Trevor Allard (Mexico, N.Y./Mexico) leads the Huskies with a 19-10 overall record while competing at 184 pounds. Allard is ranked 28th in the country according to the first NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings released back on January 24. He is the first Bloomsburg wrestler to be ranked since 2014. Allard had a streak of five straight wins snapped last Saturday against Michigan State's Cameron Caffey but still has won 15 of his last 19 matches after a 4-6 start to the season. Allard also leads the Huskies with six major decisions and seven total bonus point victories.

• Junior Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) is 15-10 overall while competing at 125 pounds. He has five bonus point wins on the year which is tied for third on the team. Girard is 6-4 in duals and joins Allard (7-2) as the only Huskies with winning records in duals this season. Also in double figures in victories are redshirt junior Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) and junior Nate Newberry (Biglerville, Pa./Biglerville) who each have 12 wins on the year. Bond, competing at 149 pounds, leads the Huskies with four falls but has dropped three straight to fall to 12-7. Newberry secured one of Bloomsburg's two wins last weekend and sports a 12-11 overall record at 157 pounds. He has won seven of his last ten bouts. Junior Bruce Graeber (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy) had the other Huskies' victory last weekend at heavyweight to improve to 9-13 on the year.

SCOUTING FRANKLIN & MARSHALL
• The Diplomats have dropped six straight after a 2-0 start to the season and enter the weekend with a 2-6 overall record and an 0-5 mark in the EIWA.

• Senior Antonio Pelusi leads Franklin & Marshall with a 20-5 overall record and is ranked 32nd in the country at heavyweight according to the NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings. He is 8-0 in duals and 11-1 against opponents from the EIWA this season. Pelusi is ranked ninth on the school's all-time wins list with 78. Sophomore Wil Gil paces the Diplomats in wins as he sports a 24-9 overall mark. Emmett LiCastri (19-11), Philip Robilotto (17-10), Paddy Quinlan (15-9), and Cole Aaron (10-10) are also in double figures.

• Robilotto leads the Diplomats with seven falls on the year while Quinlan and LiCastri have five each.

• The Diplomats' 35-4 dual win over Davidson on January 4 marked the team's largest margin of victory over an opponent since a 41-3 victory over Millersville in February of 2014. Franklin & Marshall also had an historic day at their home tournament - the David H. Lehman Franklin & Marshall Open on January 5 - as they posted the most ever placewinners in program history at the meet. Quinlan (141) and Pelusi (285) led the way with second-place showings while Gil claimed sixth at 141 and LiCastri secured fourth at 157.

PROJECTED FRANKLIN & MARSHALL STARTERS
• 125: Jose Diaz | Fr | 9-12
• 133: Mike Simonetti | So | 5-13
• 141: Wil Gil | So | 24-9
• 149: Cole Aaron | Jr | 10-10
• OR: Paddy Quinlan | Sr | 15-9
• 157: Emmett LiCastri | Jr | 19-11
• 165: Crew Fullerton | Fr | 9-14
• 174: Jacob Conners | Sr | 6-12
• 184: Reid Robilotto | Jr | 3-13
• 197: Philip Robilotto | Sr | 17-10
• 285: Antonio Pelusi | Sr | 20-5

SCOUTING RIDER
• Junior Jesse Dellavechia (165) has a team-high 19 wins this season while going a perfect 9-0 in dual meets. Junior Jonathan Tropea (125) has recorded a 14-7 record on the season while finishing as the runner-up in the Princeton Open and winning the Keystone Classic to start the 2018-2019 campaign. He is 6-4 in duals including perfect 4-0 mark against EWL foes.

• Two Broncs are ranked in the first NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings released back on January 24. Dellavechia is ranked 14th in the nation at 165 pounds while redshirt junior Anthony Cefolo is ranked 27th at 133 pounds. Cefolo has been on a tear winning his last seven matches, with the last five being won with bonus points. He sports a 12-3 overall record and is 8-1 in duals. Cefolo also leads the team with six wins by fall.

• Second-year head coach John Hangey has received strong results from his crop of starters in EWL action this season. Dellavechia, Cefolo, Tropea,  sophomore Travis Layton (141), senior Gino Fluri (157), and redshirt senior Michale Fagg-Daves (184) have each won all four of their bouts against EWL opponents this year.

PROJECTED RIDER STARTERS
• 125: Jonathan Tropea | Jr | 14-7
• 133: Anthony Cefolo | Sr | 12-3
• 141: Travis Layton | So | 14-10
• 149: Evan Fidelibus | Jr | 7-11
• OR: Gary Dinmore | R-Jr | 3-8
• 157: Gino Fluri | Sr | 14-9
• 165: Jesse Dellavecchia | Jr | 19-3
• 174: George Walton | Fr | 11-11
• OR: Dean Sherry | Sr | 8-7
• 184: Michale Fagg-Daves | R-Sr | 13-7
• 197: Ethan Laird | So | 14-11
• 285: Ryan Cloud | Sr | 7-6

UP NEXT
• Bloomsburg returns to action on Friday, February 15, when it returns to the Nelson Field House to host Ohio University. Start time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.