Viruet, LaFragola Win, Wrestling Falls to Army West Point, 32-6

Thursday, January 17

Providence, RI

6:30 PM

Brown University

Army

Viruet, LaFragola Win, Wrestling Falls to Army West Point, 32-6

1/17/2019 8:30:00 PM | Wrestling

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Seniors Jon Viruet and CJ LaFragola won at 165 and 184 pounds respectively, but Brown University wrestling fell to Army West Point, 32-6, on Thursday night at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

In their home opener, the Bears (2-2, 0-1 EIWA) won two of three bouts to open the second half of the dual meet but could not come back from a 20-0 deficit after the visiting Black Knights (4-2, 4-0 EIWA) won the meet's first five bouts, remaining undefeated in conference duals.

"Army is a very good, well-disciplined program," Brown head coach Todd Beckerman said. "We are a little banged up, but Army deserves all the credit for the way they performed tonight. We have two more big conference duals this weekend and will make some adjustments to get ready for F&M and Bucknell on Saturday."

Viruet (Springfield, Mass.) earned his team-best 18^th win of the year, improving to 18-5, while LaFragola (Little Egg Harbor, N.J.) tallied his 13^th win of the year and bettered his record to 13-5.

At 165 pounds, Viruet – ranked No. 18 in the NCAA at 165 according to Intermat – registered a 5-4 win over Cael McCormick. Viruet tallied the only points of the first period with a takedown and added two escapes in the second stanza to remain ahead 4-2. After McCormick tied the score, 4-4, Viruet gained the decisive point with an escape.

LaFragola captured a 5-2 decision at 184 pounds over C.J. Morgan. After a scoreless first period, LaFragola pulled ahead 3-0 at the end of the second stanza with an escape and a takedown. He added another takedown in the third frame for the final score.

At 125 pounds junior Trey Keeley (Washington, Ill.) held a 1-0 lead entering the third period before dropping a 4-1 decision, at 149 pounds Jack Bokina (Mattituck, N.Y.) battled in an 8-4 setback, and at 197 pounds senior Tucker Ziegler (Myersville, Md.) remained within 3-1 of No. 4 ranked Rocco Caywood entering the third period before dropping an 11-1 major decision.

Next, Brown hosts a pair of EIWA duals on Saturday, Jan. 19 against Franklin & Marshall at 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+) and Bucknell at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

Army West Point 32, Brown 6 (Jan. 17, 2019 | Pizzitola Sports Center)
125: Trey Chalifoux (A) def. Trey Keeley (B), Dec. 4-1 (Army 3-0)
133: Lane Peters (A) def. Reese Fry (B), TF 16-0 (Army 8-0)
141: Corey Shie (A) def. Colin Realbuto (B), MD 14-2 (Army 12-0)
149: Noah Hanau (A) def. Jack Bokina (B), Dec. 8-4 (Army 15-0)
157: Lucas Weiland (A) def. Christian LaBrie (B), TF 18-0 (Army 20-0)
165: No. 18 Jon Viruet (B) def. Cael McCormick (A), Dec. 5-4 (Army 20-3)
174: Ben Harvey (A) def. Cade Wilson (B), MD 11-2 (Army 24-3)
184: CJ LaFragola (B) def. C.J. Morgan (A), Dec. 5-2 (Army 24-6)
197: No. 4 Rocco Caywood (A) def. Tucker Ziegler (B), MD 11-1 (Army 28-6)
285: Ben Sullivan (A) def. James Valentino (B), MD 9-0 (Army 32-6)