From NYU Athletics

The New York University wrestling team won a pair of matches at the fifth annual Grapple at the Garden on Sunday, November 27, at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. NYU first defeated Johns Hopkins University 27-13, before defeating Muhlenberg University 37-12.

"You're not going to find a better atmosphere for college wrestling in our area," said NYU Senior Assistant Coach Corey Luce. "The competition is great, but its great to give our guys the opportunity to wrestle at MSG."

Three different grapplers won both their bouts for NYU to help the squad improve to 6-0 in dual meets this season.

Leading the way were senior captains John Messinger and Matthew Coppola, who each won a pair of bouts.

"We got a nice talk from our coaches between matches and I thought we came out re-focused in the second match and wrestled better," said Coppola. "It was awesome to get the opportunity to wrestle on the floor of MSG.

Other Highlights:

- Wayne Yuan earned two forfeit victories at 125 pounds. 

- Anthony Calvano and Austin Day each recorded a victory at 133 pounds. Day's win came by technical fall. 

- Will Crisco and Evan Drill swept their opponents at 141 pounds. Crisco earned the win against the Blue Jays, while Drill won his bout against the Mules. 

- Raymond Jazikoff won his lone bout of the day by recording a technical fall at 157 pounds. The junior captain is now 14-3 on the season.

- NYU also got two victories by fall from its heavyweights, Santino Pelusi and Kyle Paterson. 

"We have two very tough heavyweights," added Luce. "They make each other better every day and it was good to see them both come out and perform well."