West Point, NY – Army West Point men’s wrestling dominated from the opening whistle, rolling past Hofstra 35–9 in a Senior Day dual that featured three pins and a technical fall.
The Black Knights won eight of 10 bouts, then honored their seniors following the match.
Frable: a room-wide effort
“It was awesome. I mean, everybody in the room gives their best effort every single day. It’s not like a ten-guy effort for us to, you know, do great things. It’s fifty-five guys or however many we got on the team.”
Seniors honored
The Army Black Knights recognized the following seniors after the dual:
- Shane Percelay (149)
- Ryan Alvarado (165)
- Ethan Berginc (133)
- Joseph Couch (133)
- Charlie Farmer (125)
- Wolfgang Frable (197)
- Cole Stone (149)
- Eli Park (197)
- Ryan Franco (149)
- Cole Karpinski (184)
- Austin Khosravy (165)
- Kent McCombs (174)
- Trae McDaniel (149)
- Nain Vazquez (133)
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Nickerson: aggressive mindset + Senior Day meaning
“Yeah, I think we wrestled well tonight. Right. We were aggressive. I mean, that was my challenge to the guys before. Go out, try to score points. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. I think we did that tonight. And, uh, being able to honor these seniors here, um, these guys put in a ton of work. Um, getting a lot of them in the lineup tonight was great. Um, getting some big wins from them. I mean, it was really exciting to see that’s the culture we’re continuing to try to build here.”
How the team points piled up
Army’s biggest swings came via bonus points:
- 125: Charlie Farmer pinned Teague Strobel (4:52)
- 174: Andrew Christie pinned Matt Waddell (1:29)
- 285: Austin Kohlhofer pinned Adrian Sans (3:35)
- 157: Joe Antonio teched Zach Reilley, 21–4 (4:30)
Hofstra’s points came at:
- 133: Gauge Shipp def. Nain Vazquez (TF 17–0, 2:54)
- 165: Jake Slotnick def. Ryan Alvarado (MD 17–3)
Black Knight News:
- Army Men’s Gymnastics Falls to Navy in Star Meet, 308.200–303.000
- Army Softball Splits Saturday at FAU Paradise Classic, Falls to Ohio State 11–0
- Army Women’s Tennis Concludes Third Straight 3-0 Weekend
- Army Women’s Basketball Drains 10 Threes in 62–50 Road Win at Lafayette
Everything else belonged to Army.
Bout-by-bout results
- 125: Charlie Farmer (Army) over Teague Strobel (Hofstra) — Fall (4:52)
- 133: Gauge Shipp (Hofstra) over Nain Vazquez (Army) — TF 17–0 (2:54)
- 141: Braden Basile (Army) over Chase Liardi (Hofstra) — Dec 9–4
- 149: Ryan Franco (Army) over Alex Turley (Hofstra) — Dec 4–1
- 157: Joe Antonio (Army) over Zach Reilley (Hofstra) — TF 21–4 (4:30)
- 165: Jake Slotnick (Hofstra) over Ryan Alvarado (Army) — MD 17–3
- 174: Andrew Christie (Army) over Matt Waddell (Hofstra) — Fall (1:29)
- 184: Cole Karpinski (Army) over Josh Jorgge (Hofstra) — Dec 9–6
- 197: Wolfgang Frable (Army) over Will Conlon (Hofstra) — Dec 4–1
- 285: Austin Kohlhofer (Army) over Adrian Sans (Hofstra) — Fall (3:35)
What stood out
Army’s path to 35 points was simple: win early, win often, and turn wins into bonus points. The Black Knights stacked decisions in the middle weights, then slammed the door with falls at 174 and 285.
Up next
Army faces LIU Brooklyn next, following the Senior Day ceremony.
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