No. 12 Princeton Wins Eight in Defeating No. 25 Rider, 32-9

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In its final dual match of 2019, 12th-ranked Princeton defeated 25th-ranked Rider Thursday night in Dillon Gym, 32-9.

The win follows Princeton's two-point victory a year ago that was the program's first over Rider since the 1981-82 season, and that win ended an 18-match Broncs streak in the series. Now, the Tigers have their first back-to-back wins over the Broncs since the 1980-81 and '81-'82 seasons, and it came by Princeton's largest margin of victory ever over the Broncs, surpassing an 11-point win in the 1979-80 season.

Quincy Monday, ranked seventh in the nation by Intermat, avenged his Princeton Open loss to sixth-ranked Jesse Dellavecchia, opening the night with a 13-7 win. That started the Tigers on a three-match run on the way to a 12-0 lead, including Grant Cuomo's fifth fall in eight matches on the season at 165 and Kevin Parker's 9-8 win at 174 over Dean Sherry.

Rider got on the board with a fall by George Walton at 184 over 18th-ranked Travis Stefanik in a match that Stefanik led 5-3 before Walton got the pin. Princeton, though, picked right back up with a run of three wins in a row, with a pair of wins from third-ranked wrestlers in Patrick Brucki at 197 and Patrick Glory at 125. Brucki's win was the second of the night between top-20 competitors, and the Tiger junior beat 17th-ranked Ethan Laird 11-6. Glory's win was his first pin of the season, coming in 1:35 over Jonathan Tropea, and in between the two No. 3 wrestlers, freshman Aidan Conner got his first collegiate win when he beat Ryan Cloud 6-3.

After taking six of the first seven matches, Princeton had a 24-6 lead with three matches to go when Ty Agaisse, limited to one match in 2018-19 after an early-season injury, made his season debut at 133. In a match that went down to a review at the final buzzer, Agaisse had a possible takedown that would have given him a 4-3 win, but Cefolo held on for a 3-2 victory following a look at the video.

Those were the final points Rider had on night, with Marshall Keller picking up five points by shutting out Chris Wright at 141 for a technical fall and 14th-ranked Mike D'Angelo closing it out with an 8-1 decision at 149 over Gino Fluri.

Following the holiday break, Princeton will head to the Midlands Invitational outside Chicago, Dec. 29-30.

#12 Princeton 32, #25 Rider 9
157: #7 Quincy Monday (Princeton) wins by decision over #6 Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider), 13-7
165: Grant Cuomo (Princeton) wins by fall over Joe Casey (Rider), 3:51
174: Kevin Parker (Princeton) wins by decision over Dean Sherry (Rider), 9-8
184: George Walton (Rider) wins by fall over #18 Travis Stefanik (Princeton), 5:45
197: #3 Patrick Brucki (Princeton) wins by decision over #17 Ethan Laird (Rider), 11-6
HWT: Aidan Conner (Princeton) wins by decision over Ryan Cloud (Rider), 6-3
125: #3 Patrick Glory (Princeton) wins by fall over Jonathan Tropea (Rider), 1:35
133: Anthony Cefolo (Rider) wins by decision over Ty Agaisse (Princeton), 3-2
141: Marshall Keller (Princeton) wins by technical fall over Chris Wright (Rider), 16-0 5:33
149: #14 Mike D'Angelo (Princeton) wins by decision over Gino Fluri (Rider), 8-1

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