NEW LONDON, Conn. --

The Coast Guard Bears swept the day earning victories over #19 NYU(29-11) and Bridgewater State(47-0). Prior to the meet, the Bears honored their five seniors: Agustus Edwards(Glenpool, OK), Charlie Gruen(Cary, IL), Kenny Marra(Salem, OH), Truman Noble(Plant City, FL), and Chase Randall(Spokane, WA). Unfortunately due to injury, Noble was unable to compete on senior day but the four other Bears each won their matches.

After the victories, #14 Coast Guard improves to 11-1 on the year. They will travel to Kings Point, NY on Wednesday February 12th at 7:00 PM to compete in the historic battle vs rival Merchant Marine.

The first meet of the day for CGA was vs #19 ranked New York University. Beyond the aforementioned seniors DiGiorgio, Marra, and Randall, four other Bears were victorious over the Violets of NYU. Owen Woolcott(State College, PA) won by sudden victory at 141. Nathan Fitt(Branchville, NJ) continued his stellar junior campaign with a major decision victory at 149. At 165, Landon Kearns(East Brunswick, NJ) won 10-0 by major decision. Lastly, 174 Caden Stout won 18-9 by major decision.

The NYU Violets, 13-6 on the season, will next travel to the University Athletic Association(UAA) Championship on February 15th at 11:00 AM.

In the last meet of the day, Coast Guard defeated Bridgewater State 47-0. Seniors Edwards(149), Gruen(141), and Randall(133) each won their matches. 125 Nikko Beato(San Diego, CA) started the meet with a victory by fall at 3:38. 157 Joey Miranda(South Harrison, NJ), 165 Tye Barker(Las Cruces, NM), 174 Ryan Boyer(Little Silver, NJ), and Thomas Rhodes(Last Forest Park, WA) each won their bouts by technical fall with 197 Kevin Pandorf(Elmer, NJ) winning 4-2 by decision. 

Bridgewater State will next host a quad-meet with Rhode Island College, AIC, and Trinity College on February 14th at 6:00 PM.