GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Senior Eric Falleni (157) and freshman Layton Schmick (285) notched first-place finishes at their respective weight classes to lead the East Stroudsburg University men's wrestling team to a successful day at the Nassau Open on Sunday inside the Main Gym.
Falleni captured a first-place finish for the second time in his career as the Byram, N.J. native went 4-0 while registering one major decision, fall and technical fall. Falleni improved to 16-5 on the season and 44-22 overall in his career.
The reigning PSAC Wrestling Athlete of the Week lived up to the hype as Schmick took first place in his second straight event and third time this season. The freshman went 4-0 with a fall and major decision, moving to a stellar 15-1 in his first season wearing the red and black.
Recording runner-up finishes at their weight classes for ESU were seniors Jacob Remolina (149), Sergio Cespedes (165) and Matthew Richardson (197). Remolina cruised through his first four matches with a trio of pins before falling to teammate Patrick Noonan, who was wrestling as unattached, in the finals. On his way to a second place finish at 165, Cespedes used a decision, fall, major decision and forfeit victory before dropping the finals to Hofstra's Greyson Harris. After receiving a bye in the opening round, Richardson produced a medical forfeit win and major decision before stumbling to teammate Isaiah Reinert, who was wrestling as unattached, in the championship.
Junior Luke Ciampa impressed en route to a third place finish at 165 as the junior dropped his opening match before ripping off six consecutive victories which included two tech falls, two major decisions and a pin. The Jefferson, N.J. native eclipsed the 50-win mark for his career as he improved to 53-14 overall. Ajay Hiller produced a 5-1 record using three pins and a technical fall on his way to a third place finish at 197 pounds.
At 174 pounds, Robert Burke (4-2) produced a fourth-place finish with three falls while freshman Jarrett Pantuso took fourth at 184 with a 3-2 mark.
How It Happened
125
Daniel Principe (2-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Chris Donnelly (Unattached) won in overtime over Daniel Principe (OT 17-13)
Cons. Round 1 - Daniel Principe won by fall over Derrik Horton (Camden County College) (Fall 1:10)
Cons. Round 2 - Daniel Principe won by decision over Jacob Mcdonald (Rowen College of South Jersey) (Dec 8-1)
Cons. Round 3 - John Dooley (Monmouth University) won by tech fall over Daniel Principe (TF 19-3)
133
Ben Makaritis (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Ben Makaritis received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Yanni Vines (Columbia University) won by fall over Ben Makaritis (Fall 1:16)
Cons. Round 2 - Ben Makaritis won by decision over Fransico Perez-Gonzalez (Dec 11-4)
Cons. Round 3 - Caleb Peralta (Nassau Community College) won by major decision over Ben Makaritis (Maj 16-4)
Francisco Perez-Gonzalez (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Kyle Pickard (Camden County College) won by decision over Fransico Perez-Gonzalez (Dec 12-8)
Cons. Round 1 - Fransico Perez-Gonzalez won by tech fall over Myan Batson (Unattached) (TF 16-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Ben Makaritis won by decision over Fransico Perez-Gonzalez (Dec 11-4)
141
Carlens Lapaix (0-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Spencer Miltimore (Springfield Technical Community College) won by decision over Carlens Lapaix (Dec 2-0)
Cons. Round 1 - Rahjohn Plummer (Middlesex College) won by major decision over Carlens Lapaix (Maj 15-3)
149
Jacob Remolina (4-1 – 2nd Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Jacob Remolina won by fall over Noryorky Jean (Union College of Union County) (Fall 1:16)
Champ. Round 2 - Jacob Remolina won by fall over Gavin O`Connor (Rowen College of South Jersey) (Fall 1:47)
Quarterfinal - Jacob Remolina won by decision over Ibrahim Khan (Nassau Community College) (Dec 8-7)
Semifinal - Jacob Remolina won by fall over Nick Torre (Unattached) (Fall 2:57)
1st Place Match - Patrick Noonan (Unattached) won by decision over Jacob Remolina (Dec 8-2)
Zach Lewis (2-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Warsaw Ilyasov (Nassau Community College) won by decision over Zach Lewis (Dec 20-14)
Cons. Round 1 - Zach Lewis received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Zach Lewis won by decision over Jack Valentin (LIU) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 3 - Zach Lewis won by fall over Anthony Arias (Unattached) (Fall 2:05)
Cons. Round 4 - Rawson Iwanicki (Columbia University) won by tech fall over Zach Lewis (TF 19-4)
Troy Gentzel (2-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Troy Gentzel won by fall over Kyle Simpson (Rowen College of South Jersey) (Fall 1:39)
Champ. Round 2 - Patrick Noonan (Unattached) won by tech fall over Troy Gentzel (TF 16-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Troy Gentzel won by tech fall over Mohammad Mohammad (Unattached) (TF 21-6)
Cons. Round 3 - William McMullen (LIU) won by fall over Troy Gentzel (Fall 1:40)
157
Eric Falleni (4-0 – 1st Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Eric Falleni won by major decision over Evan Raposo (Maj 10-1)
Quarterfinal - Eric Falleni won by tech fall over Jensen Offerman (TF 15-0)
Semifinal - Eric Falleni won by fall over Cornelius Jones (Nassau Community College) (Fall 1:48)
1st Place Match - Eric Falleni won by medical forfeit over Thaylor Sibblies (Sussex) (MFF)
Joshua Montesino (0-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Jensen Offerman (Unattached) won by decision over Josh Montesino (Dec 9-6)
Cons. Round 1 - Evan Raposo (Lackawanna College) won by fall over Josh Montesino (Fall 6:07)
CJ Ross (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Nicholas Faldetta (Camden County College) won by fall over CJ Ross (Fall 2:47)
Cons. Round 1 - CJ Ross won by tech fall over Edison Jaramillo (Unattached) (TF 20-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Jensen Offerman (Unattached) won by decision over CJ Ross (Dec 7-2)
165
Sergio Cespedes (4-1 – 2nd Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Sergio Cespedes won by decision over Joseph Mattai (Nassau Community College) (Dec 8-4)
Champ. Round 2 - Sergio Cespedes won by fall over Eric Gai (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Fall 3:27)
Quarterfinal - Sergio Cespedes won by major decision over Luke Schirmacher (Maj 10-2)
Semifinal - Sergio Cespedes won by forfeit over Tanner Craig (Army) (FF)
1st Place Match - Greyson Harris (Hofstra University) won by fall over Sergio Cespedes (Fall 2:27)
Luke Ciampa (6-1 – 3rd Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Luke Ciampa received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Tanner Craig (Army) won by tech fall over Luke Ciampa (TF 17-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Luke Ciampa won by fall over Christian Ramos (Union College of Union County) (Fall 3:23)
Cons. Round 3 - Luke Ciampa won by major decision over Cole Pfeufer (Unattached) (Maj 17-5)
Cons. Round 4 - Luke Ciampa won by tech fall over Jack Pickersgill (LIU) (TF 17-1)
Cons. Round 5 - Luke Ciampa won by tech fall over Ty Pfeufer (Unattached) (TF 19-3)
Cons. Semi - Luke Ciampa won by medical forfeit over Tanner Craig (Army) (MFF)
3rd Place Match - Luke Ciampa won by major decision over Joseph Mattai (Nassau Community College) (Maj 20-9)
Luke Schirmacher (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Luke Schirmacher received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Luke Schirmacher won by fall over Alex Pasquale (Middlesex College) (Fall 4:42)
Quarterfinal - Sergio Cespedes won by major decision over Luke Schirmacher (Maj 10-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Gabe Thomasson (Nassau Community College) won by tech fall over Luke Schirmacher (TF 17-2)
Sebastian Adler (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Sebastian Adler received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Greyson Harris (Hofstra University) won by fall over Sebastian Adler (Fall 1:06)
Cons. Round 2 - Sebastian Adler won by decision over Tyrun Kamenitzer (Northeastern University) (Dec 14-13)
Cons. Round 3 - Gabe Thomasson (Nassau Community College) won by tech fall over Sebastian Adler (TF 20-2)
Justin Halbert (0-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Justin Halbert received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Jack Pickersgill (LIU) won by fall over Justin Halbert (Fall 3:42)
Cons. Round 2 - Justin Halbert received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Joseph Mattai (Nassau Community College) won by tech fall over Justin Halbert (TF 16-0)
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Robert Burke (4-2 – 4th Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Robert Burke won by injury default over Jalin Badillo (Unattached) (Inj. 1:00)
Quarterfinal - Stephen Dickerson (Nassau Community College) won by fall over Robert Burke (Fall 0:39)
Cons. Round 2 - Robert Burke won by fall over Rishikesh Cherodath (Northeastern University) (Fall 0:48)
Cons. Round 3 - Robert Burke won by fall over Diego Viera (Unattached) (Fall 1:22)
Cons. Semi - Robert Burke won by fall over Shawn Pawlowski (Sussex) (Fall 2:07)
3rd Place Match - Matt Romanelli (Columbia University) won by fall over Robert Burke (Fall 0:56)
Kasim Bahar (1-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Kasim Bahar won by fall over Landon Angel (Rowen College of South Jersey) (Fall 2:09)
Quarterfinal - Luke Petaccia (Monmouth University) won in sudden victory - 1 over Kasim Bahar (SV-1 9-6)
Cons. Round 2 - Matt Romanelli (Columbia University) won by fall over Kasim Bahar (Fall 2:02)
184
Jarrett Pantuso (3-2 – 4th Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Jarett Pantuso won by fall over Kairat Zharycon (Unattached) (Fall 1:58)
Quarterfinal - Jarett Pantuso won by fall over Kassaym Domond (Sussex) (Fall 1:53)
Semifinal - Joe Curtis (Columbia University) won by fall over Jarett Pantuso (Fall 2:39)
Cons. Semi - Jarett Pantuso won by fall over Jordan Diab (Unattached) (Fall 1:15)
3rd Place Match - Joe Lopresti (Unattached) won by decision over Jarett Pantuso (Dec 10-5)
197
Matthew Richardson (2-1 – 2nd Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Matthew Richardson received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Matthew Richardson won by medical forfeit over Connor Bauman (Camden County College) (MFF)
Semifinal - Matthew Richardson won by major decision over Joseph Perkins (Northeastern University) (Maj 14-3)
1st Place Match - Isaiah Reinert (Unattached) won by major decision over Matthew Richardson (Maj 9-0)
Ajay Hiller (5-1 – 3rd Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Ajay Hiller won by fall over Bevly Nash (Unattached) (Fall 2:37)
Quarterfinal - Isaiah Reinert (Unattached) won by fall over Ajay Hiller (Fall 1:22)
Cons. Round 2 - Ajay Hiller won by fall over Tamir Jones (Union College of Union County) (Fall 0:32)
Cons. Round 3 - Ajay Hiller won by fall over Simeon Hunte (Lackawanna College) (Fall 4:27)
Cons. Semi - Ajay Hiller won by tech fall over Joseph Perkins (Northeastern University) (TF 20-4)
3rd Place Match - Ajay Hiller won by forfeit over Johnny Andre (Springfield Technical Community College) (FF)
285
Layton Schmick (4-0 - 1st Place)
Champ. Round 1 - Layton Schmick received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Layton Schmick won by fall over Bobby Meister (Rowen College of South Jersey) (Fall 0:34)
Quarterfinal - Layton Schmick won by decision over Jacob Maiorano (Nassau Community College) (Dec 6-2)
Semifinal - Layton Schmick won by decision over Christopher Powell (Unattached) (Dec 4-2)
1st Place Match - Layton Schmick won by major decision over Tom Grlic (Unattached) (Maj 18-8)
Up Next
The Warriors close out the 2023 calendar year next Saturday and Sunday, December 16 & 17 at the 44th Midwest Classic, hosted by UIndy, inside Nicoson Hall
