NEW YORK, NY --

In a key dual day for the Bears, they defeated both Bridgewater State and #20 New York University. Bridgewater State will get back on the mat Friday February 13th at Rhode Island College with duals vs RIC and Trinity(CT). NYU will host the UAA Championship on Saturday February 14th. 

The day started for the Bears with a dominating 34-6 win over Bridgewater State. It was a pair of freshmen with the highlight reel moments for CGA with 125 Kekoa Madayag(Rohnert Park, CA) and 184 Chase Mayes(Nolensville, TN) with pins to win their bouts. While Madayag and Mayes recorded falls, three other men had technical fall victories. 165 Joey Miranda(South Harrison, NJ) with a 18-3 win, 174 Thomas Rhodes(Last Forest Park, WA) had a 19-4 finish, and heavyweight Carl DiGiorgio(Doylestown, PA) capped off the early window with a 16-4 win.

The other Bears with wins vs BSU were 141 Robert Rerras(Herndon, VA) with a 15-1 major decision, 149 Nicholas Sanders(Fredericksburg, VA) with a 7-2 decision, and 157 Mike Edwards(Glenpool, OK) with a 12-6 decision. 

After cruising to victory in the early dual, the Bears grand finale was a nailbiter. It was a battle of ranked powerhouses with the NYU Violets and Coast Guard Bears, two perennial national contenders. The Violets struck first with a tech fall to start the day and take a 5-0 lead, but starving for a win, 133 Marvin Armistead(Reading, PA) tied the score at five a piece with an 18-3 tech fall of his own. NYU took the lead back over at 8-5 with a James Carlock 8-5 grueling decision over Bears 141 Christian Belford(Edmond, OK). 

Coast Guard took control in the middleweights with Nathan Fitt(Branchville, NJ), Jacob Woodburn(Greensboro, NC), and Landon Kearns(East Brunswick, NJ) notching back-to-back-to-back wins. Fitt continued his dominant streak with an early pin while Woodburn and Kearns won by major decision. With CGA leading 18-8, the Violet showed their fight and got themselves right back into the dual with a decision win at 174 by Ty Finn and major at 184 by Justin Mayes. The penultimate bout of the day; a Mo Talebi major decision, set up a heavyweight grand finale that you couldn't have scripted any better. With CGA down 19-18, Carl DiGiorgio would face off against Nathan Faxon with the winner giving their team the win. Despite the dramatic setup, DiGiorgio made sure the dramatics would not continue with a convincing 33-16 tech fall to send the Bears home victors by a score of 23-19. 

Coast Guard is now 9-4 on the season. Next Sunday they will host the NEWA Futures with a start time of 11:00 AM.