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Men's wrestler Seth Richardson has been named the Empire 8's Wrestler of the Week for the third time this season. Richardson placed second in the 174lb bracket at the Rennie Rodarmel Allstate Invitational to earn the honors. #FearTheMoose #GoPioneers pic.twitter.com/L3VKW5LOGt
UTICA, NY - The Empire 8 has announced their athletes of the week, honoring Utica men's wrestler Seth Richardson (Fort Plain, NY/Fort Plain) as its Wrestler of the Week for his third time this season. In addition, this becomes the fourth time a Utica wrestler has achieved the honors this season. Richardson and the Pioneers will look ahead to a tri-meet at Lackawanna College this upcoming Saturday.
Richardson continued his strong presence for the Pioneers with a second-place finish in the 174-pound bracket of Lycoming College's Rennie Rodarmel Allstate Invitational. En route to his silver-medal placement, Richardson defeated King's College's Alex Ballantyne and Scranton's Jake Rudy. The victory over Ballantyne came via fall after 6:05, with Richardson up 5-3 in the scoring at the time. The following match, an 8-5 decision victory in favor of Utica, sent Richardson to the first-place match, where he was defeated by Lycoming's Nolen Zeigler via fall after 2:12.
Utica men's wrestling returns to action this Saturday, February 7th, in a tri-meet hosted by Lackawanna College at their Student Union. Action is set to begin at 12:00 pm.