Sunday, November 15, 2009

HOFSTRA WRESTLING SETTLES FOR TIE IN SEASON OPENER

Hempstead, NY-- The Hofstra wrestling team was about 15 seconds away from a season-opening victory against Buffalo before Andrew Schutt's victory in the final match allowed the Bulls to escape with a 16-16 tie Sunday afternoon at the Mack Sports Complex.

Both the Pride (0-0-1) and the Bulls (1-0-1) won five matches. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, P.J. Gillespie, Ryan Patrovich, Ben Clymer and Jamie Franco recorded wins for Hofstra, which entered ranked 25th nationally.

Click here to read the full match recap.

Click here for full results and check out the video below for the postmatch interview with Hofstra
head wrestling coach Tom Shifflet (with daughter Elouise).