Men’s Club Wrestling Sees First Intercollegiate Action

NEW YORK, NY – The St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) men’s club wrestling team competed in their first collegiate dual, dropping a 35-12 decision to Yeshiva University on Sunday afternoon at the Max Stern Athletic Center.

Freshman Iqbal Husain opened the dual with a win by fall in his 125 pound bout, pinning his opponent in under two minutes, giving the Bears a 6-0 lead. Yeshiva would come back to take the next six bouts, four by pin, to take a decisive 35-6 lead.

In the final bout of the dual, junior Rashid Hall went the distance with his heavyweight counterpart, before earning the only other victory for the Bears by decision.

St. Joseph’s (0-1), who is competing as a club team, will announce their next match at a later date.

Yeshiva 35, St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) 12
125 – Iqbal Husain (SJC) def. Gedalia Romanoff (YU) by FALL (6-0 St. Joseph’s)
133 – Amichai Levy (YU) def. Anthony Cerullo (SJC) by FALL (6-6)
149 – Aryeh Genet (YU) def. Simon Diaz (SJC) by FALL (12-6 Yeshiva)
157 – Ron Simchi (YU) def. Trevor Beirne (SJC) by TECH FALL (17-6 Yeshiva)
165 – Michael Lunzer (YU) won by FORFEIT (23-6 Yeshiva)
174 – Eli Fuld (YU) def. Jessie Iozzio (SJC) by FALL (29-6 Yeshiva)
184 – Michael Alpert (YU) def. Vincent Vazzana (SJC) by FALL (35-6 Yeshiva)
HWT (285) – Rashid Hall (SJC) def. Jacob Novikov (YU) by DECISION (35-12 Yeshiva)