Ephs still 3rd in NE/7 ranked in region/Cohen extends Eph career win mark
Ethan Cohen
For the second week in a row the Ephs are ranked behind #2 Rhode
Island College and #1 Johnson & Wales in the New England team
poll.
Williams rattled off four impressive wins this past Saturday at
Norwich, but it was not enough to lift them higher in the
rankings. The Ephs' 15 wins are the most in the region and
have come against a tough schedule, but the facts are they are
still ranked third in the region. "It's not hard to understand why
we're ranked third," commented co-head coach Dan DiCenzo. "We lost
to Rhode Island College and Johnson & Wales has been ranked
higher than us for a while, but we still have over a month to go in
the season. Our goal is not to be ranked number one in the region
now but to win the title of number one on the mat at the end of the
season."
Two-year senior captain Ethan Cohen at 125 extended his all-time
Eph record for career wins to 115 and now sports an overall mark of
115-34 in his three plus years. Cohen also owns the Eph single
season mark for wins in a season – 34.
Three times Cohen has earned All-New England honors in his career
and currently he is one of seven Eph individuals ranked this week.
Cohen is ranked second in the region.
Sophomore Ryan Malo who started the year at 184 and has now found
a home at 197 is 28-0 on the year and within striking distance of
Cohen's Eph single season mark for wins. Malo is the top ranked
197-pounder in the region.
With Malo moving to 197 senior captain Kyle Ayer and sophomore
Nathan Shippee have successfully dropped weight and are now
competing at 184. This week the Ephs are not represented at 184,
but that is likely to change in the near future.
Sophomore Corey Paulish is the other Eph who tops his weight class
at this stage of the season as he is the leader at 141.
Junior Carl Breitenstein at 157 is ranked second, while classmate
Dylan Rittenburg is ranked third at 157.
A pair of sophomores round out the Eph ranked performers this week
with Jon Foster 6th at 165 and Josh Mattana 7th at 133.
This Saturday the Ephs will be tested again as they head to Hunter
College in New York City to tangle with Hunter, NYU and The College
of New Jersey (TCNJ) in the New England/Metro Duals. TCNJ is always
ranked nationally and has had the upper hand vs. the Ephs over the
years.
