WORCESTER -- 125 pounder Charlie Pavis (Bethlehem, PA) and 197-pounder Joseph Bernard (Stratham, NH) each went undefeated in three bouts Saturday as WPI won two of three matches in a home wrestling quad inside the WPI Sports & Recreation Center.  The Engineers opened the day by rolling over New England College, 41-8, then fell to Southern Maine, 25-19, in the middle match before defeating Brockport, 22-22, to conclude the day.

Both Brockport and Southern Maine also finished 2-1 with the Eagles knocking off USM, 40-10, and besting New England College, 51-5 while Southern Maine vanquished NEC 42-8.  After Saturday's action, WPI is 8-7 on the season, Brockport 4-2, Southern Maine 4-9 and New England 1-14.  
 
Pavis and Joel Puri (Milford, MA) put WPI ahead right out of the gate in the opener as Pavis collected a pin just 53 seconds in at 125 pounds and Puri has his hand raised after a forfeit a 133 pounds to put the Crimson and Gray ahead 12-0.    After NEC got on the board with a major decision at 141 pounds, it was for more wins for the Engineers as Mason Basara (Bethlehem, PA) began the run at 149 with a 16-1 tech fall at 2:34 before Lucas Marchese (Branchburg, NJ) and Joey Baisley (Charlotte, NC) delivered back-to-back decisions at 157 (8-2) and 165 (5-4).
 
Following a Pilgram victory at 174 pounds, WPI closed out the win with three straight first period pins.  Joseph Tully (Carver, MA) kicked off the pin parade at 184 with a fall at 1:24.  Bernard then added a pin just 1:02 in his match at 197 before heavyweight Trevor Bowen (Frenchtown, NJ) closed out the 40-8 team win with a pin at 1:29.
 
Pavis, the fifth ranked 125-pound grappler from Region 1, started the middle match with Southern Maine with his second straight first period fall (1:51) to propel the Boynton Hillers to a quick 6-0 edge but the Huskies cobbled together five straight victories - three by regionally-ranked wrestlers - to surge ahead 22-6.  Theo Sawyers (Boston, MA) got WPI back on track with a 12-4 major decision at 174 pounds and then Tully, ranked fourth in Region 1 at 184, quickly gave the host six points with a fall just 23 seconds in.  Bernard pulled the Engineers to within three points at 22-19 with at 14-8 decision only to see USM heavyweight Jason Canavan (Keene, NH) produce a tight 3-2 victory to give the Huskies a 25-19 triumph.  

The final matchup of the day with the Eagles saw WPI jump out to a 15-0 bulge as Pavis was an 11-6 victor at 125 pounds over the second-ranked wrestler from Region 2 before Peri registered a fall at 1:25 and Mason Medina (Orlando, FL) a pin at 4:38.  It was Brockport then next recorded three consecutive wins (Dec, Pin, Tech Fall) to close within a point with four bouts to go before Sawyers gave WPI a much needed 15-3 major decision at 174.  After a Brockport win in a matchup of regionally-ranked grapplers at 184, Bernard grinded out a 9-7 triumph at 197 to put the Engineers ahead 22-17 with just one bout left.  The host needed avoid a disaster at 285 pounds as Brockport's   3-2 win at heavyweight was not able to flip the team result and WPI won 22-20.

After a weekend off next week, the Engineers return for a busy stretch of events beginning on Friday, February 13th, traveling to Springfield for a 6pm tri-match versus Western New England. The three other programs are back on the mat next Saturday, February 7th.  New England College is at Rhode Island College for a dual meet, Southern Maine hosts a home quad and Brockport is at Castleton for a quad.

Round 1
WPI 41, New England College 8
Brockport 40, Southern Maine 10
             
Round 2                    
Southern Maine 25, WPI 19
Brockport 51, New England College 3

Round 3
WPI 22, Brockport 20
Southern Maine 42, New England College 5
Wt.        Result                                                                                               Team Score
125:       Dominic Gangi (NEC) dec. Carter Noble, 4-0                                   N, 3-0
133:       Jake Craig won by forfeit                                                                  SM, 6-3
141:       Kyle Moore major dec. Michael Follo (NEC), 14-2                           SM, 10-3
149:       Shane Moore pinned Tanner Kamuda (NEC), 1:40                          SM, 16-3
157:       Cesar Calderin pinned Joseph Gangi (NEC), 4:06                            SM, 21-3
165:       Nate Wolyniec major dec. Dominic DeMaio (NEC), 15-3                SM, 25-3
174:       Joseph Bolduc (NEC) tech fall Jalen Charles, 21-5 (3:00)                 SM, 25-8
184:       Troy Moscatelli tech fall Trevion Atallah (NEC), 16-1 (4:20)            SM, 30-8
197:       Michael Sanchez pinned Braydon Sohn (NEC), 3:31                        SM, 36-8
285:       Jason Canavan-Dwyer pinned Dylan Panas (NEC), 1:52                  SM, 42-8