ITHACA, N.Y. – Blake O'Brien '24, Darius Green '24, and Caleb Tuttle '26 will each wrestle on Saturday for the Elmira College men's wrestling program after advancing through the consolation bracket at the Bomber Invitational hosted by Ithaca College.
 

JUST THE BASICS:
WHAT: Bomber Invitational hosted by Ithaca College
LOCATION: Ithaca, New York | IC Athletics and Events Center
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: Stauring (0-2), O'Brien (2-1), Berry (0-2), Roskelly (0-2), Stafford (0-2), Tuttle (0-1), Green (2-1), Lopez (0-2), Smith (0-2)


HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Competing at 149 pounds for the Purple & Gold, O'Brien dropped his first bout of the day against Anthony Colangelo from Penn College. He responded with a 6-1 decision over Thomas Krystopa, Jr. from Castleton to advance to the consolation second round. O'Brien would then record a 10-2 major decision victory against Quadir Medley from Greensboro.
• Green opened his tournament for the Soaring Eagles competing at heavyweight with a loss in the first round via a pin at the 5:00 mark against Michael Filieri from Springfield. Green would need only 51 seconds to notch his first pin of the day in the consolation first round against Zachary Brown from Norwich. He would face another Cadet in the consolation second round and delivered a pin in just 28 seconds against Shane Daly.
• Tuttle dropped an opening-round bout against Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni from Penn College at 197 pounds for the Soaring Eagles. Tuttle then received a bye to advance to the consolation second round for the Purple & Gold.
• Garrett Roskelly '27, Nicholas Lopez '26, and Kahajen Smith '25 each competed in their first matches for the Soaring Eagles at the Bomber Invitational.
• Roskelly dropped a pair of bouts at 165 pounds, while Lopez and Smith both fell in a pair of contests at heavyweight for the Purple & Gold.

 
UP NEXT: The Soaring Eagles return to the mat for day two of the Bomber Invitational hosted by Ithaca College on Saturday beginning at 9:00 A.M.