WORCESTER, Mass. - David Turner and Clayton
Brittingham each pinned their opponents, and five other Cadets won
bouts as the Norwich University wrestling team picked up a 37-18
victory over Rensselaer on Saturday afternoon.
The Cadets (1-2) took a quick 6-0 lead as Ray Gauthier won by
forfeit at 174 pounds. Jake Ferguson followed with an 18-6 major
decision victory over Brendan Smith at 184 pounds to put the Cadets
on top, 10-0. Another win by forfeit at 197 pounds gave NU a
commanding 16-0 lead after three weights.
Following an RPI pin in the heavyweight bout, John DaSilva
earned an 8-5 decision at 125 and Norwich led 19-6 at the midway
point of the match. Another RPI pin in the 133-pound bout drew the
Engineers to within 19-12. The Cadets put the match away though
with another forfeit at 141 pounds, and Turner's pin of Donald
Gillespie at 149 pounds.
RPI earned another pin in the 157-pound match, but Brittingham's
pin of Aaron Asch in the 165-pound bout put it away.
Norwich will return to the mats on Sunday, Jan. 4, when the
Cadets travel to Bristol, R.I., to compete in the Scott Viera
Invitational.
Norwich 37, Rensselaer 18
Weight
Result
Score/Time Running Score
174
Ray Gauthier (NOR) Won by
Forfeit
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6-0
184
Jake Ferguson (NOR) Major Dec Brendan Smith
(RPI)
8-6
10-0
197
Cody Rideout (NOR) Won by Forfeit
-----
16-0
285
Brian Jennings (RPI) Pinned Matt DeTola (NOR)
5:31
16-6
125
John DaSilva (NOR) Dec. Jeffrey Streu
(RPI) 8-5
19-6
133
Timothy Shields (RPI) Pinned Scott MacLean
(NOR)
4:06
19-12
141
Sean Scales (NOR) Won by Forfeit
-----
25-12
149
David Turner (NOR) Pinned Donald Gillespie
(RPI)
2:01
31-12
157
Ryan Michaels (RPI) Pinned Zach Wetzel
(NOR)
1:06
31-18
165
Clayton Brittingham (NOR) Pinned Aaron Asch
(RPI)
2:59
37-18
