NORTHFIELD, VT. - Norwich University continued its 2011-12 dual season with a 37-8 loss to American International Jan. 27.
The Cadets, dipping to 0-9, did get a pair of individual victories. The freshman duo of 125-pounder Alex Stewart (Ellicott City, Md.) and 157-pounder Nick Smith (Hanover, Mass.) scored the team's eight points. Stewart scored a dramatic 5-3 win with a takedown on the edge with two seconds remaining. Smith piled up 16 points in the first period due to four nearfalls, three of which were the three-point variety, to gain the technical fall win.
American International (6-7) accumulated its team score in large part due to five bonus-point wins.
Norwich returns to the mat Sunday, Feb. 5, for the 2012 All-Academy Invitational at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
AIC 37, Norwich 8
125 – Alex Stewart 5, Josh Rollins 3
First period – Rollins takedown 2:00, 2-0; Stewart reversal 2:27 2-2
Second period – Stewart chooses down – Escape Stewart 3-2, 3:10; 3-2
Third period – Neutral – Stalling pt. Rollins 3-3 – 6:50 – Stewart takedown 6:58 5-3
NU 3, AIC 0
133 – George Lishke def. Robby Zyko, inj. default
First period – Lishke takedown 1:15, 2-0; 2-0
Second period – Lishke chooses down – Reversal, 4-0 – Lishke wins by injury default
AIC 6, NU 3
141 – Aaron Smith wins by fall over Tyrell Carstarphen, 4:52
First period – Smith takedown 1:50 – 2-0
Second period – Carstarphen chooses down – Carstarphen escape 2-1 3:08; Smith takedown 4:50, 4-1; Smith wins by fall, 4:52
AIC 12, NU 3
149 – Chris Hoffman wins by fall over Josh Kernan, 3:54
First period – Hoffman takedown 1:00, 2-0; Hoffman nearfall, 1:33, 5-0; Kernan reversal, 2:25, 5-2; Hoffman reversal, 2:33, 7-2
Second period – Hoffman chooses down – Hoffman reversal 3:22, 9-2; Hoffman wins by fall 3:54
AIC 18, NU 3
157 – Nick Smith wins by tech. fall over Frederick Bruce, 3:00
First period – Smith takedown :35, 2-0; Smith nearfall 1:38, 5-0; Bruce escape 2:10, 5-1; Smith takedown 2:15, 7-1; Smith nearfall 2:25, 10-1; Smith nearfall, 2:35, 13-1; Smith nearfall 2:45 15-1, Riding pt. – Smith wins by technical fall, 3:00
AIC 18, NU 8
165 – Ronnie Tetreault dec. David Pinto, 8-1
First period – Tetrault takedown :50, 2-0; Pinto escape 2:40, 2-1; Tetreault takedown 2:55, 4-1
Second period – Tetreault chooses down – Tetreault escape 3:30, 5-1; 5-1
Third period – Pinto chooses neutral – Tetreault takedown 6:55, 7-1; Riding pt. Tetreault 8-1
AIC 21, NU 8
174 – Vladimir Bereschenko dec. Chris Schenk, 4-2
First period – Berschenko takedown 1:15, 2-0; Schenk escape, 1:47, 2-1; Bereschenko takedown 2:52, 4-1
Second period – Schenk chooses down – Schenk escape, 3:15, 4-2; 4-2
Third period – Scoreless – Bereschenko wins 4-2
AIC 24, NU 8
184 – Yaakov Bloch dec. Sam Kent, 7-2
First period – Bloch takedown 2:50, 2-0; Kent escape, 2:55, 2-1
Second period – Kent chooses down – Kent escape, 3:05 2-2; Bloch takedown, 4:55, 4-2
Third period – Bloch chooses down – Bloch escape, 5:03, 5-2; Bloch takedown, 6:40, 7-2; 7-2 Bloch
AIC 27, NU 8
197 – Illie Cojocaru maj. Dec. Tyler Brehm, 17-5
First period – Cojocaru takedown 1:10, 2-0; Brehm escape 2:40, 2-1; Cojocaru takedown 2:45, 4-1;
Second period – Cojocaru chooses down – Cojocaru reversal 3:15, 6-1; Brehm escape, 3:20, 6-2; Cojocaru takedown 3:39, 8-2; Brehm escape 3:45, 8-3; Cojocaru takedown 4:40, 10-3
Third period – Brehm chooses neutral – Cojocaru takedown 5:50, 12-3; Brehm escape, 5:54, 12-4; Cojocaru takedown 6:30, 14-4; Cojocaru two-pt. nearfall 6:45, 16-4; Brehm escape, 6:50, 16-5; Riding pt. Cojocaru 17-5
AIC 31, NU 8
HWT – Casey Hines wins by fall over Anthony Joyce, :49
First period – Hines wins by fall :49
AIC 37, NU 8