Springfield, Mass. – January 30, 2026 - The No. 21 ranked Springfield College wrestling program defeated Trinity College (Conn.), 42-3, in a senior night dual meet on Friday inside Blake Arena. Tonight's dual between the Pride and the Bantams was the first meeting since February of 2008.
Springfield improved to 9-1 this season, while Trinity fell to 2-8. In 11 total meetings between the two sides, Springfield holds an 8-3 advantage in the series. Tonight's dual as also the first one between the programs in Western Massachusetts since February of 2000.
Springfield used back-to-back decisions by
Jack Callahan (Tewksbury, Mass.) at 125 and
Esuar Ordonez (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) at 133 for an early 6-0 lead before a forfeit by Trinity at 141 made the team score 12-0. Callahan won his match 6-0 after using a third period take down, while Ordonez took a 6-3 decision in his bout.
Trinity got three points back at 149 as Andrew Pratt earned a 5-1 decision for the Bantams, but an immediate answer at 157 as
Ryan Kozdra (Mahwah, N.J.) defeated Durkin Stankevich by major decision, 12-0, as the Pride extended the lead to 16-3 midway through the dual.
Gabriel Thomasson (Norton, Mass.) earned a 14-3 major decision over Chase Ledbury at 165 before
Jacob Deguire (Schenectady, N.Y.) and
Myles Leonard (Waldwick, N.J.) used back-to-back pins – both coming in under 30 seconds putting Springfield's team score at 32.
Springfield capped the dual with duplicate 17-1 technical falls by
Nick Rogers (Watertown, N.Y.) at 197 and
Ben Katz (Medford, N.Y.) at 285 resulting in the 42-3 final team score on Friday night.
Springfield will travel to Hartford for the Trinity quad tomorrow and take on Hunter College and the University of Bridgeport beginning at noon.
125 –
Jack Callahan (SC) def. Alexander Schaeublin (TRIN), Dec. 6-0 – SC 3, TRIN 0
133 –
Esuar Ordonez (SC) def. Matthew Carrozza (TRIN), Dec. 6-3 – SC 6, TRIN 0
141 –
Isaac Quiles (SC) win by forfeit – SC 12, TRIN 0
149 – Andrew Pratt (TRIN) def.
Ty Stewart (SC), Dec. 5-1 – SC 12, TRIN 3
157 –
Ryan Kozdra (SC) def. Durkin Stankevich (TRIN), MD 12-0 – SC 16, TRIN 3
165 –
Gabriel Thomasson (SC) def. Chase Ledbury (TRIN), MD 14-3 – SC 20, TRIN 3
174 –
Jacob Deguire (SC) def. William Meeker (TRIN), Pin 0:23 – SC 26, TRIN 3
184 –
Myles Leonard (SC) def. Tucker Vician (TRIN), Pin 0:19 – SC 32, TRIN 3
197 –
Nick Rogers (SC) def. Sebastian Hiller (TRIN), TF 17-1 – SC 37, TRIN 3
285 –
Ben Katz (SC) def. Emre Sensoy (TRIN), TF 17-1- SC 42, TRIN 3
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