12/8/2003 - Wrestling
Navy's Brochetti & Manion Capture Individual Titles at Penn State Open

After a second-place finish last year, Navy senior Travis Manion captured the 184-pound weight class at the Penn State Open Sunday.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Navy wrestlers Adam Brochetti (So./Kittanning, Pa.) and Travis Manion (Sr./Doylestown, Pa.) each captured titles their respective weight classes at the Penn State Open Sunday afternoon.

Brochetti defeated top-seeded John Zarzycki from Maryland, 8-1, in the championship match of the 149-pound weight class. Manion put together four-straight wins on the weekend, capped by a 6-4 decision over Rider's T.J. Morrison in the finals of the 184-pound division.

"The guys competed hard and we had quite a few guys place this weekend which is good for us," Navy head coach Bruce Burnett said. "Where we're at right now, we can't afford to make the mistakes we're making. There are still some injuries we're trying to overcome, but it's all practice right now and everyone is competing hard. We head back up here next weekend to wrestle nationally-ranked Penn State, so we have to get ready."

Junior Nate Gulosh (Stow, Ohio) continued his strong wrestling with a third-place finish in the 141-pound weight class. Gulosh scored an 8-4 decision over Sacred Heart's Jason Cucolo to place third, while his younger brother Matt won the seventh-place match with a 12-5 decision against Sacred Heart's Kyle McCarthy.

Senior Michael Carbonaro (Blairstown, N.J.) scored a narrow 3-2 decision over teammate Craig Dziewatkowski (So./Aurora, Ill.) to place third at 157 pounds.

In the 125-pound weight class, freshman Alex Usztics (Dauphin, Pa.) defeated West Virginia's Troy Forte, 7-3, in the fifth-place match.

After dropping a close match in the 197-pound quarterfinals, junior Thayer Paxton (Jr./Meyersdale, Pa.) fought back in the wrestlebacks and pinned Penn State's A.J. Cummins at 1:23 in the seventh-place match.

Navy (3-0) returns to action Saturday at 7 p.m. when the Mids travel back up to State College, Pa., to take on 12th-ranked Penn State.

Championship Finals

125- Matt Valenti (Penn) dec. Mike Silengo (Penn), 8-5

133- Josh Moore (Penn St.) major dec. Matt Eveleth (Penn), 10-2

141- Frank Edgar (Clarion) dec. Scott Heckman (Bloomsburg), 13-9

149- Adam Brochetti (Navy) dec. John Zarzycki (Maryland), 8-1

157- Brett Vanderveer (Penn) dec. Nate Galloway (Penn St.), 12-6

165- George Carter (Bloomsburg) dec. Carlo Mercadante (Maryland), 12-5

174- Matt Herrington (Penn) major dec. Bryce Hasseman (Bloomsburg), 13-4

184- Travis Manion (Navy) dec. T.J. Morrison (Rider), 6-4

197- Joel Edwards (Penn St.) dec. Marcus Schontube (Penn), 6-3

HWT- Kerry McCoy (NYAC) and Pat Cummins (Penn St.), No Contest