The wrestling team picked up a pair of wins on Sunday to sweep the “Grapple at the Garden” tournament in Madison Square Garden. The Tigers, now 2-0 this season, earned a 21-14 win over Drexel in the morning before defeating Army 21-15.
Underclassmen carried the Princeton squad to the victory over the Dragons, earning all six of the wins in the match victory. At 133 pounds, rookie Jordan Laster scraped by in his first match with a 4-3 victory, and sophomore Christopher Perez made a notable comeback, earning a first-period pin over his opponent in his first match back a year after an ACL injury.
Sophomore Judd Ziegler rallied to pick up a last-second victory at 165 pounds to stop Drexel from building a larger lead after the Dragons picked up two wins, and freshman Brett Harner earned a win as well to put Princeton ahead 15-11. Sophomore Scott Gibbons, who led Princeton in wins last season, won at 184 pounds in an easy 8-2, but a Tiger loss at 197 pounds put Drexel in position to make a comeback.
It was sophomore Cole Lampman, wrestling at heavyweight, who sealed the victory for Princeton, taking down his opponent in a close 4-3 win.
Against the Midshipmen, senior Dan Santoro was the lone upperclassman to earn a victory, dropping his opponent 6-4 at 197 pounds to break a 15-15 tie and put the Tigers ahead 18-15.
Santoro is also the Prox editor for the Daily Princetonian.
Laster, sophomore Kevin Moylan, freshman Matt Gancayco, Harner and Lampman all earned victories over Navy as well.
Princeton will travel to Binghamton, N.Y., on Saturday to take on the Bearcats at 1 p.m.
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