Wrestling Falls At Drexel, 22-14
January 31, 2003 | Men's Wrestling
PHILADELPHIA—The Boston University wrestling team lost five of its last six matches at Drexel, dropping a 22-14 decision to the Dragons in a Colonial Athletic Association match on Friday, Jan. 31 at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.
B. U. (11-2, 7-2 CAA) went up, 7-0, as Rayes Gonzales won a major decision, 24-11, over Drexel's Brendan Mance at 157 and Leighton Brady, wrestling at 165, defeated Matt Brienza, 7-5.
Drexel's (11-7, 6-0 CAA) Carl Schmidt scored a fall over Ben Schilens at 174 to put the Dragons on the board. After Ed Strauss won a 14-5 decision over Pat Shufelt at 184, Drexel's Chris Jones, ranked #10 in the nation by Amateur Wresting News at 197 pounds, scored a takedown over the Terriers' Chad Grant with just over a minute left and hung on for a 9-7 decision to pull Drexel within two at 11-9.
Heavyweight Mike Carroll and freshman 125-pounder Zach Makovsky then scored decisions to give the Dragons a 15-11 advantage. A major decision loss by Jason Slutsky at 133 to Joe Cristaldi put Drexel up 19-11. Joey Rivera gave the Terriers a chance with a decision at 141 to make it 19-14, but Zac Johns fell, 4-0, to Mark Cartella at 149 to close out the victory for Drexel.
Carroll is the top-ranked heavyweight in the CAA and is now 100-41 for his career.
The Terriers next wrestle at Rutgers in Piscataway, N. J. on Saturday, Feb. 1. Match time is 12 p.m.
157: Rayes Gonzales (BU) MAJ Brendan Mance, 24-11 0-4 165: Leighton Brady (BU) DEC Matt Brienza, 7-5 0-7 174: Carl Schmidt (Drexel) WBF Ben Schilens, 2:07 6-7 184: Ed Strauss (BU) MAJ Pat Shufelt, 14-5 6-11 197: Chris Jones (Drexel) DEC Chad Grant, 9-7 9-11 HWT: Mike Carroll (Drexel) DEC Courtney Howard, 6-5 12-11 125: Zach Makovsky (Drexel) DEC Mike Galorenzo, 10-5 15-11 133: Joe Cristaldi (Drexel) MAJ Jason Slutsky, 14-4 19-11 141: Joey Rivera (BU) DEC Chris Lazartic, 7-1 19-14 149: Mark Cartella (Drexel) DEC Zachary Johns, 4-0 22-14
