Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)

VESTAL, N.Y. -- Binghamton wrestling dropped three matches at the 10th Annual Journeymen/ASICS Northeast Duals, held Saturday at the Edward F. McDonough Sports Complex at Hudson Valley Community College.

The Bearcats (0-5) lost to Army (16-15), RV Rutgers (30-9) and No. 6 Illinois (39-10).

Binghamton's nationally-ranked senior duo of 149-pound Donnie Vinson and 197-pound Nate Schiedel each went 3-0 to highlight BU's performance.

Vinson, 10-0 and ranked No. 1 in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News, collected two major decisions and a decision. He opened with a narrow 1-0 win over 20th-ranked Daniel Young of Army. Vinson then posted a 10-2 major decision against Rutgers and finished his day with an 8-0 win against Illinois.

Schiedel also remained unbeaten (9-0) with three wins and in the process, reached the 100-win plateau. Ranked No. 7 in both AWN and Intermat polls, Schiedel recorded a pin, technical fall and a decision. He opened with a 9-4 decision against Army and then scored a third-period technical fall against Rutgers. Schiedel closed out his day with a first-period pin against Illinois.

The Bearcats' closest match came in the opener against Army as each team won five bouts but the Black Knights were awarded the win on the fifth tiebreak critieria (37-36 in total points scored). In addition to Vinson and Schiedel, BU received wins from senior 133-pound Derek Steeley (7-2), sophomore 141-poiund Joe Bonaldi (3-1) and sophomore heavyweight Tyler Deuel (3-0).

Binghamton next heads to Oklahoma for a Dec. 2 match against the 10th-ranked Sooners.


ARMY 16, BINGHAMTON 15
125 Wood (ARMY) DEC Sardo (BING) 8-2
133 Steeley (BING) DEC Thome (ARMY) 7-2
141 Bonaldi (BING) DEC Hanafee (ARMY) 3-1
149 Vinson (BING) DEC Young (ARMY) 1-0
157 Harvey (ARMY) DEC Conrad (BING) 7-6
165 Hancock (ARMY) DEC Grella (BING) 8-2
174 Tompkins (ARMY) DEC Wallace (BING) 5-3
184 Wittmeyer (ARMY) DEC Reed (BING) 2-0
197 Schiedel (BING) DEC Barnes (ARMY) 9-4
285 Deuel (BING) DEC Snyder (ARMY) 3-0

RV RUTGERS 30, BINGHAMTON 9
125 Langel (RUTG) MAJ Sardo (BING) 13-2
133 Dellefave (RUTG) DEC Steeley (BING) 9-4
141 Melde (RUTG) DEC Bonaldi (BING) 2-0
149 Vinson (BING) MAJ Mason (RUTG) 10-2
157 Winston (RUTG) DEF Conrad (BING) 4:37
165 (RUTG) DEC Lepkowsky (BING) 5-2
174 Zannetti (RUTG) MAJ Paris (BING) 11-3
184 Rinaldi (RUTG) DEC Reed (BING) 4-2
197 Schiedel (BING) TF Hrymack (RUTG) 5:23
285 Smith (RUTG) MAJ Deuel (BING) 9-1

NO. 6 ILLINOIS 39, BINGHAMTON 10
125 Delgado (ILL) WBF Sardo (BING) 1:52
133 (ILL) DEC Steeley (BING) 12-8
141 Futrell (ILL) WBF Bonaldi (BING) 1:45
149 Vinson (BING) MAJ Ervin (ILL) 8-0
157 Nora (ILL) BY FORFEIT 6 0 21-4
165 Polz (ILL) MAJ Grella (BING) 12-1
174 Blanton (ILL) TF Paris (BING) 5:00
184 Dallago (ILL) DEC Reed (BING) 8-5
197 Schiedel (BING) WBF (ILL) 2:17
285 Walker (ILL) WBF Deuel (BING) 2:32