Accordino, Nicholson And Vinson Named CAA Wrestlers Of The Week
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (Jan. 24, 2012) - With all of
the accomplishments taking place at the annual CAA Duals, there are plenty of
awards to go around this week.
Justin Accordino of Hofstra
University, John Nicholson of Old Dominion University and Donnie Vinson of
Binghamton University are the Colonial Athletic Association Wrestlers of the
Week for all competition January 17-23.
Binghamton freshmen Nick
Gwiazdowski and Joe Bonaldi share the CAA Rookie of the Week award.
Accordino, a junior 149 from
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., went 4-0 last week, 3-0 at the CAA Duals. Unranked in the CAA prior to the duals,
Accordino defeated the fourth ranked CAA wrestler and also picked up a pin and
a tech fall to improve to 7-1 in duals.
Nicholson, a sophomore 157
from Des Moines, Iowa went 4-0 at the CAA Duals with a
pair of tech falls. Ranked fourth in the CAA, Nicholson defeated the third
ranked CAA 157 from Hofstra to improve to 19-5 overall.
Vinson, a junior 149 from
Marathon, N.Y., went 3-0 at the CAA Duals with a first period pin
and a pair of second period tech falls. Vinson improved to 25-3 overall and is ranked
fourth by InterMat and by Amateur Wrestling News and eighth by W.I.M. magazine.
Gwiazdowski and Bonaldi both went 3-0 at the CAA duals and both
defeated the top ranked CAA wrestler in their weight class. Gwiazdowski
improved to 19-4 overall and is ranked 17
th in the nation among
heavyweights. Bonaldi was not ranked
among the top four 141s in the CAA but improved to 4-0 in the CAA.