Wrestling | 1/14/2023 7:34:00 AM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Seniors Cole Rhone (Benton, Pa./Benton Area) and Bruno Stolfi (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) each earned a hard-fought decision but the Bloomsburg wrestling team fell to Rider University, 31-6, in Mid-American Conference action Friday night.
 
Rhone evened the match at 3-3 with an 8-2 decision over Richie Koehler at 133 pounds. Rhone opened the match with a quick takedown in the first period to take a 2-0 lead. After deferring the choice at the beginning of the second period, Rhone got an escape to take a 3-0 lead before another take down gave the senior a 5-0 advantage heading into the final period. Koehler took bottom to open the third period and got an escape to get on the board, 5-1. Rhone quickly got another takedown and built up his riding time for the extra point and the 8-2 win.
 
Stolfi and Ray Weed battled through a scoreless first period before Stolfi chose bottom to start the second. He quickly got an escape and a take down to take a 3-0 lead at 184 pounds. Weed escaped to cut the lead to 3-1 to end the second and chose bottom to start the third. Another escape by Weed cut Stolfi's advantage to 3-2. Stolfi got a takedown to push his lead to 5-2 and continue to build his riding time. After Weed got an escape, Stolfi held off Weed to get the riding time point and the 6-3 win.
 
Redshirt senior Josh Mason (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) had battled #31 McKenszie Ball at 141 pounds but fell in overtime 14-12. Mason struck first with a takedown early in the first but an escape by Bell cut the lead to 2-1. Mason got another takedown and a four-point near fall to push his lead to 8-1 but Bell ended the period with a reversal to trim Mason's lead to 8-3. Bell chose bottom to start the second period and scored another reversal to cut Mason's lead to 8-5. Mason worked out of Bell's hold for an escape and a 9-5 lead at the end of the second period. After picking bottom to start the third, he quickly escaped for the 10-5 lead. Bell got a takedown before Mason escaped for the 11-7 lead. Another Bell takedown and stall cut Mason's lead to 11-10 but Mason got the escape for the 12-10 lead. Bell tied the match with a takedown as time wound down to send the match to overtime and got a takedown less than a minute into the extra period for the 14-12 SV win.
 

			BLOOM	RIDER
	125	Tyler Klinsky (Rider) over Bronson Garber (Millersburg, Pa./Upper Dauphin) (Bloomsburg) (Dec 7-2)	0	3
	133	Cole Rhone (Benton, Pa./Benton Area) (Bloomsburg) over Richie Koehler (Rider) (Dec 8-1)	3	0
	141	McKenzie Bell (Rider) over Josh Mason (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) (Bloomsburg) (SV-1 14-12)	0	3
	149	Quinn Kinner (Rider) over Cade Balestrini (Sunbury, PA/Shikellamy) (Bloomsburg) (MD 13-2)	0	4
	157	Colton Washleski (Rider) over John Reho (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) (Bloomsburg) (Fall 4:26)	0	6
	165	Hunter Mays (Rider) over Trenton Harder (Gardners, Pa./Bermudian Springs) (Bloomsburg) (MD 13-4)	0	4
	174	Michael Wilson (Rider) over Anthony DeRosa (Milford, N.J./Bethlehem Catholic) (Bloomsburg) (Dec 6-0)	0	3
	184	Bruno Stolfi (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) (Bloomsburg) over Ray Weed (Rider) (Dec 6-3)	3	0
	197	Ethan Laird (Rider) over Tanner Culver (Hartland, Mich./Hartland) (Bloomsburg) (TF 18-3 5:43)	0	5
	285	David Szuba (Rider) over Shane Noonan (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton Area) (Bloomsburg) (MD 16-4)	0	4
Misconduct			0	-1
Team Score:			6	31

The Huskies return to the mat on January 28 against LIU at Nelson Field House for a 4:00 p.m. Alumni match.