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CORTLAND, N.Y. (Nov. 20, 2020) – The USMMA wrestling team opened up the 2021-22 season on Saturday at the New York State Championships hosted by SUNY Cortland. The Mariners came in fifth place out of the 19 teams that competed at the event.
 
A total of 10 wrestlers placed in the top-six at the event, including one who came in second place – freshman Connor Brown (Hanover, Pa.) at 149, and two in third place – freshman Draygan Colonese (Colorado Springs, Colo.) in the 174-pound bracket and senior Billy Sims (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) at 184.
 
Brown won his first four bouts of the day, the first two by decisions and then a quarterfinal victory via a major decision. He moved on to the first-place match thanks to a medical forfeit, before falling to the #2-seed in the bracket.
 
Colonese lost his first bout of the day to the top-seed in the bracket, but then won the following six matchups, including one via a pin and three by way of technical falls.
 
Sims won his first two matches, including the first two by falls over the fourth- and fifth-seeded wrestlers in the 184-pound bracket. After losing a decision to the top-seed, Sims won the next two in the wrestlebacks to claim third.
 
The other Mariners to place at the event are listed below. 

• Sophomore Jimmy Dunagan (Boulder City, Nev.) placed fourth in the heavyweight bracket with a 5-1 record with four-straight pins in the wrestlebacks
• Freshman Logan Green (Perkasie, Pa.) placed fourth in the 184-pound bracket with a 4-2 record with three pins.
• Freshman Austin Manning (Virginia Beach, Va.) placed fifth in the 149-pound bracket with a 4-2 record with two technical falls.
• Senior Dominick Esposito (Marlboro, N.J.) placed fifth in the 174-pound bracket with a 4-2 record with three pins and a major decision.
• Senior Max Sims (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) placed fifth in the 197-pound bracket with a 3-2 record with one major decision.
• Freshman Cameron Pleninger (Havre, Mont.) placed sixth in the 141-pound bracket with a 3-3 record with one major decision.
• Freshman Michael Emerick (Damascus, Md.) placed sixth in the 165-pound bracket with a 2-3 record.

The view the complete results from the meet on TrackWrestle, click here. For USMMA-only results, follow this link.
 
The Mariners are back in action the first weekend of December, when they travel to York, Pa., to take part in the annual York New Standard Corp. Invitational on Friday-Saturday, Dec. 3-4. Any live links for the event will be posted on the USMMA Wrestling Schedule Page before it begins.
 
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