Kosco, Viruet, LaFragola Pace Wrestling on Day One at Midlands

Saturday, December 29

Hoffman Estates, IL

All Day

Brown University

Midlands Championships

Kosco, Viruet, LaFragola Pace Wrestling on Day One at Midlands

12/29/2018 10:52:00 PM | Wrestling

Day 1 Results

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Sophomore Hunter Kosco and seniors Jon Viruet and CJ LaFragola each tallied three wins to pace Brown University wrestling on the first day of the 56^th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Saturday at Sears Centre Arena.

Kosco (Canal Fulton, Ohio) and Viruet (Springfield, Mass.) both opened the day with three straight victories to reach the quarterfinals at 133 and 165 pounds respectively while LaFragola (Little Egg Harbor, N.J.) registered a trio of wins at 184 pounds, including a victory over a seeded opponent in his last match, to remain in contention for placing on Sunday.

Kosco charted a pair of victories via decision over foes from Old Dominion and Penn to start the day before advancing past No. 1 seed Nathan Tomasello via injury default. Kosco dropped a decision to Paul Glynn of Iowa in the quarterfinals and will meet No. 10 seed Jens Lantz of Wisconsin in the consolation on Sunday.

Viruet – the No. 7 seed and ranked No. 19 nationally at 165 according to Intermat – recorded three straight wins to begin the day, topping opponents from Central Michigan, South Dakota State, and Northern Illinois. After dropping a decision in sudden victory to No. 2 seed Alex Marinelli of Iowa, he will face Buffalo's Troy Keller in the consolation on Sunday.

LaFragola – the No. 5 seed at 185 – opened the day with a 12-3 major decision over Northern Illinois' Michael Aldrich. Following a setback in the next round, he defeated teammate AJ Pedro and No. 7 seed Jordan Atienza of Central Michigan to proceed to Sunday's competition. He will wrestle No. 3 seed Kevin Parker of Princeton in the consolation tomorrow.

Junior Jimmy Pawelski (Park Ridge, Ill.) and senior Christian LaBrie (Exeter, R.I.) each earned two wins apiece at 141 and 157 pounds respectively. LaBrie notched the Bears' only two pins of the day. Junior Trey Keeley (Washington, Ill.), sophomore AJ Pedro (Methuen, Mass.), and senior Ian Butterbrodt (North Andover, Mass.) all picked up one win.

In the team standings, Brown stood in a tie for 16^th place out of 67 teams with 24.0 points at the end of its competition for the day. Iowa led the field with 114.5 points at the end of day one. Competition at the event includes four of the top 10, eight of the top 15, and 11 of the top 25 teams in the nation.

Next, Brown will conclude competition at Midlands tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 30.

Brown Results

125 Pounds
Trey Keeley (1-2)
No. 13 Jay Albis (Johnson & Wales) def. Keeley in Second Round, Dec. 4-1
Keeley def. Jeremy Trinh (Fresno State) in Consolation, Dec. 4-0
Kyle Biscolglia (Northern Iowa) def. Keeley in consolation, Dec. 6-0

133 Pounds
Hunter Kosco
Day 1, Saturday (3-1)
Kosco def. Killian Cardinale (Old Dominion) in First Round, Dec. 9-7
Kosco def. Tristin DeVincenzo (Penn) in Second Round, Dec. 13-8
Kosco def. No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (TMWC/Ohio RT) in Third Round, Injury
Paul Glynn (Iowa) def. Kosco in Quarterfinals, Dec. 4-0
Day 2, Sunday
Vs. No. 10 Jens Lantz (Wisconsin) in Consolation

141 Pounds
Jimmy Pawelski (2-2)
Pawelski def. Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) in First Round, Dec. 8-6
No. 2 Max Murin (Iowa) def. Pawelski in Second Round, Fall 2:56
Pawelski def. Conner Noonan (Oregon State) in Consolation, Dec. 4-1
Cory Crooks (Arizona State) def. Pawelski in Consolation, Dec 8-2

Colin Realbuto (0-2)
No. 5 Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) def. Realbuto in Second Round, Dec. 7-4
Wilfredo Gil (Franklin & Marshall) def. Realbuto in Consolation, Dec. 9-6

157 Pounds
Christian LaBrie (2-2)
LaBrie def. Jason Crary (University of Chicago) in First Round, Fall 2:38
No. 3 John Vanbrill (Rutgers) def. LaBrie in Second Round, Fall 4:05
LaBrie def. Aaron Kruk (Harvard) in Consolation, Fall 4:05
Kendall Coleman (Purdue) def. LaBrie in Consolation, Dec. 15-10

165 Pounds
No. 7 Seed, No. 19 Ranked Jon Viruet
Day 1, Saturday (3-1)
Viruet def. Blake Montrie (Central Michigan) in First Round, MD 15-3
Viruet def. Logan Peterson (South Dakota State) in Second Round, Dec. 5-2
Viruet def. Kenny Moore (Northern Illinois) in Third Round, MD 8-0
No. 2 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) def. Viruet in Quarterfinals, Dec. 8-6 SV-1
Day 2, Sunday
Vs. Troy Keller (Buffalo) in Consolation

184 Pounds
No. 5 Seed CJ LaFragola
Day 1, Saturday (3-1)
LaFragola def. Michael Aldrich (Northern Illinois) in Second Round, MD 12-3
Jackson Hemauer (Fresno State) def. LaFragola in Third Round, Dec. 10-7
LaFragola def. AJ Pedro (Brown) in Consolation, Dec. 6-5
LaFragola def. No. 7 Jordan Atienza (Central Michigan) in Consolation, Dec. 9-7
Day 2, Sunday
Vs. No. 3 Kevin Parker (Princeton) in Consolation

AJ Pedro (1-2)
No. 2 Cash Wilcke (Iowa) def. Pedro in Second Round, Dec. 5-0
Pedro def. Robert Ng (Penn) in Consolation, MD 12-3
No. 5 Christian LaFragola (Brown) def. Pedro in Consolation, Dec. 6-5

197 Pounds
Andrew LaBrie (0-2)
No. 5 Andrew Davison (Michigan) def. LaBrie in Second Round, Dec. 11-4
No. 12 Brett Perry (Buffalo) def. LaBrie in Consolation, Dec. 4-1

Tucker Ziegler (0-2)
No. 3 Joe Rau (Chicago RTC) def. Ziegler in First Round, Dec. 10-5
Garrett Joles (Minnesota) def. Ziegler in Consolation, Fall 3:49

285 Pounds
Ian Butterbrodt (1-2)
No. 2 Jere Heino (Campbell) def. Butterbrodt in Second Round, Dec. 7-5
Butterbrodt def. Evan Callahan (Harvard) in Consolation, MD 12-0
Aaron Costello (Iowa) def. Butterbrodt in Consolation, Dec. 4-1

James Valentino (0-2)
Aaron Costello (Iowa) def. Valentino in Second Round, Disqualification
Arthur Grubba (Omega Training Center) def. Valentino in Consolation, Fall 1:29