Worcester, MA --- Will Henson's (Barnstable, MA) 9-7 sudden victory win at 184 pounds started a run that saw Springfield win the final three bouts en route to defeating host WPI 23-13 in a New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) match-up on Wednesday evening. 

With his team clinging to a 14-13 advantage after seven bouts, Henson notched the victory after WPI's Joe Pizzuto (Liverpool, NY) had rallied from a 6-1 defect to force the extra session.  The Pride followed with decision wins by Hunter Ayen (Gouvemeur, NY) and Eugenio Garcia (Framingham, MA) at 197 and heavyweight. 

WPI had jumped out to a 9-3 advantage with a forfeit from Brian Amato (Newington, CT) at 125 pounds and a 6-3 victory by Tyler Tilbe (Woodbury, CT) at 141 sandwiched between a Tyler Keane (Glastonbury, CT) 5-2 win for Springfield at 133. 

From there the Pride embarked on their first of two three-bout winning streaks of the match.  Zach Joseph (Clifton Park, NJ) got it started with a late tech fall at 149 pounds before Luke Balina (Long Branch, NJ) and Devin Biscaha (Jackson, NJ) posted back-back-back win by decision at 157 (12-0) and 165 (6-0) respectively.  Justin Marsh (Upper Black Eddy, PA) stopped the run with 15-3 major decision for WPI at 174. 

Both teams have their final tune-ups on Saturday before the NCAA Regionals at the end of the month.  WPI heads to Western New England at 1pm for a quad match that also sees the Engineers competing against Brockport State while Springfield hosts Williams at 3:30pm.