WORCESTER -- The foursome of Tyler Marsh (Upper Black Eddy, PA), Chase Lind (Fairfield, CT), Dan Wensley (Wakefield, MA) and Nick Day (Northampton, MA) combined to win eight bouts on the day as WPI split two matches Saturday afternoon in a home super quad in the Sports & Recreation Center. The Crimson and Gray knocked over New England Wrestling Association foe Southern Maine 25-20 in their opener before dropping a 27-14 decision to Brockport (NY) in the nightcap.
In other action, No. 2 Johnson & Wales went 2-0 on the day, defeating NYU (32-12) and Brockport (43-7) while Southern Maine bested Brockport (21-9) and NYU dealt Southern Maine a 35-9 setback.
The Engineers found themselves down 11-0 to the Huskies after the a tech fall at 141 pounds and a forfeit at 149 before rattling off six straight wins to take home the victory. Tyler Marsh (Upper Black Eddy, PA) began the run with a 15-0 tech fall (5:55) at 157 before Brendan Marion (Norristown, PA) grinded out an 8-7 triumph at 165.
The key point in the match came in the next bout when Chase Lind (Fairfield, CT), who was trailing after two periods at 174 pounds, made a quick strike and pinned his opponent at 5:09 to put the hosts up 14-11. Dan Wensley (Wakefield, MA) and Michael Curtis (Wells, ME) then posted consecutive 14-0 major decisions at 184 and 197 pounds respectively. Day then took the mat with a chance to seal the victory for the Engineers with three bouts to do and delivered with a 4-1 victory at heavyweight.
WPI found itself down in a similar fashion against Brockport, however this time it was a pin and forfeit and the deficit was 12-0. Marsh was dominant again, collecting a 13-0 major decision at 157 pounds.
After the Golden Eagles countered with a major decision at 165, Lind used an escape in the final second of his bout to post a major decision (13-5) of his own at 174. Wensley, who is ranked eighth nationally at 184, followed with a 8-3 decision and Day blanked his opponents two bouts later at heavyweight to slice the Brockport advantage to 18-14 but the visitors collected wins in the final two match-ups to close out the 27-14 road victory.
WPI hits the road next Saturday for its final multi-team event of the regular season. The Engineers take on NYU and Bridgewater State in a super quad at Coast Guard.
Round #1
Southern Maine 21, Brockport 9 (see below)
Johnson & Wales 32, NYU 13 (see below)
Round #2
WPI 25, Southern Maine 20
Johnson & Wales 43, Brockport 7 (see below)
Round #3
Brockport 27, WPI 14
NYU 35, Southern Maine 9 (see below)
Southern Maine 21, Brockport 9
Weight Result/Time Running Score
141 Austin Shorey (USM) Dec. Zack Barker (BROCK) 9-3 3-0
149 Ryan Snow (BROCK) Dec. Brendan Weir (USM) 5-1 3-3
157 Zach Thompson (USM) Dec. Zack Brown (BROCK) 4-3 6-3
165 Jackson Bell (BROCK) Dec. Josh Smith (USM) 5-0 6-6
174 Raul Gierbolini (USM) Dec. Christopher Eames (BROCK) 10-3 9-6
184 Juan Vernaza (USM) Dec. Bryce Rowe (BROCK) 4-1 12-6
197 Joe Yanis (BROCK) Dec. Brandon Cousino (USM) 8-1 12-9
285 Mike Risti (USM) Dec. Calik Kennedy (BROCK) 6-1 15-9
125 Peter Del Gallo (USM) Dec. Matt Caccamise (BROCK) 8-2 18-9
133 Bradley Beaulieu (USM) Dec. Donald McCoy (BROCK) 9-7 21-9
Johnson & Wales 32, NYU 13
Weight Result/Time Running Score
141 Evan Drill (NYU) Dec. Joe Ferinde (JWU) 3-1 0-3
149 Da'mani Burns (JWU) Pinned Sean Lyons (NYU) 2:28 6-3
157 Thomas Grippi (JWU) Dec. Dylan Dwyer (NYU) 9-6 9-3
165 Christopher Behen (JWU) Pinned Kade Loughney (NYU) 1:52 15-3
174 Michael Gargano (JWU) Dec. Izaake Zuckernan (NYU) 4-2 18-3
184 Khamri Thomas (JWU) Dec. Jackson Kligerman (NYU) 7-2 21-3
197 Michael DiNardo (JWU) Pinned Jack LaCorte (NYU) 1:52 27-3
285 Jacob Lill (NYU) Pinned Tommy Wrzesien (JWU) 1:26 27-9
125 Jay Albis (JWU) Tech Fall Johnathan Keltz (NYU) 19-0 32-9
133 Will Crisco (NYU) Dec. Christopher Caban (JWU) 16-2 32-13
Johnson & Wales 43, Brockport 7
Weight Result/Time Running Score
141 Joe Ferinde (JWU) Dec. Zack Barker (BROCK) 7-5 3-0
149 Da'mani Burns (JWU) Pinned Kevin Marcano (BROCK) 5:36 9-0
157 Brady Rubin (JWU) Tech Fall Zack Brown (BROCK) 17-1 14-0
165 Matthew Kline (BROCK) Dec. Christopher Behen (JWU) 7-5 14-3
174 Nick Caracuppa (JWU) DQ over Christopher Eames (BROCK) 4:53 20-3
184 Khamri Thomas (JWU) Pinned Bryce Row (BROCK) 1:59 26-3
197 Michael DiNardo (JWU) Pinned Joe Yanis (BROCK) 3:35 32-3
285 Jayson Gomez (JWU) Pinned Boaz Smart (BROCK) 5:29 38-3
125 Jay Albis (JWU) Tech Fall Neiko Scarano (BROCK) 19-0 (2:19) 43-3
133 Elijah Sims (BROCK) Major Dec. Christopher Caban (JWU) 17-5 43-7
NYU 35, Southern Maine 9
Weight Result/Time Running Score
141 Evan Drill (NYU) Dec. Austin Shorey (USM) 6-2 3-0
149 Sean Lyons (NYU) Dec. Brendan Weir (USM) 5-0 6-0
157 Dylan Dwyer (NYU) Tech Fall David Kurker (USM) 22-5 (5:19) 11-0
165 Kade Loughney (NYU) Pinned Josh Smith (USM) 1:23 17-0
174 Izaake Zuckernan (NYU) Dec. Raul Gierbolini (USM) 5-0 20-0
184 Jackson Kligerman (NYU) Pinned Noah Regalado (USM) 2:32 26-0
197 Jack LaCorte (NYU Pinned Dylan Schenk (USM) 1:03 32-0
285 Jakob Peavey (USM) Inj. Def. over Jacob Lill (NYU) 0:50 32-6
125 Johnathan Keltz (NYU) Dec. Leo Amabile (USM) 4-2 35-6
133 Bradley Beaulieu (USM) Dec. Will Crisco (NYU) 7-2 35-9