Wrestling | 11/21/2021 12:07:00 AM

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Bloomsburg University wrestling team finished 10^th overall at the Navy Classic, Saturday. Shane Noonan (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton Area) took fourth in the 285-pound bracket while Cade Balestrini (Sunbury, PA/Shikellamy) finished sixth in the 149-pound bracket.
 
Noonan opened the Classic with a 4-3 decision over Max Harar of Bucknell before falling to Michael McAleavey in the second round. Noonan moved to the consolation bracket and earned 13-3 major decision over Luke Niemeyer. He then pinned Alex Esposito of Rutgers at 3:15 to move on to the fourth-place match. Noonan defeated Max Millin before falling to Grady Griess for the fourth-place finish.
 
Belistrini earned a bye in the first round of his bracket before beating Joseph Eisho of Michigan State 4-0 to move to the third round. After a medical forfeit gave Balestrini a spot in the final four of the brackets, a 3-1 decision in favor of Kody Komara sent Balestrini to the consolation bracket. He faced Patrick Ryan of American and dropped an 8-1 decision to capture sixth place.
 
Junior Bronson Garber (Millersburg, Pa./Upper Dauphin) dropped his opening round match at 125 pounds before getting a 12-1 major decision win over Jordan White of the Citadel he earned his second win of the afternoon with a 9-3 decision over Grant Treaster of Navy.
 
Josh Mason (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) went 2-1 on the day in the 141-pound bracket after a fall in the second round sent him to the consolation bracket. Mason earned a bye through his first round in the bottom bracket before he earned a major decision, 8-0, over Louis Fegley of VMI. Mason then pinned Michael Cetta at 6:20 for his second win of the day.
 
Tanner Culver (Hartland, Mich./Hartland) pinned Joel Diaz of VMI at 1:16 in the 174-pound bracket and Bruno Stolfi (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) got a fall in the first round of the 184-pound bracket at 3:34 over Isaiah Reinert of Lock Haven.
 
The Huskies will take a short break for the Thanksgiving holiday before traveling to Clarion University for their first Mid-American Conference (MAC) dual of the season on December 1 at 7:00 pm.