WORCESTER --- Seniors Tyler Marsh (Upper Back Eddy, PA) and Ronan Ball (Maynard, MA) and freshman Tyler Riggs (North Scituate, RI) highlighted the Engineers 2019-2020 home debut, as WPI wrestling won its opening match against Norwich.
The Engineers opened the day with a 33-15 victory over the Cadets of Norwich. Chris Cook (Mount Kisco, NY) drew a technical fall against Cameron Woodridge 4:28 into the 133 bout. He was followed by a quartet of wins at the subsequent weight classes. Carter Lewis (Duxbury, MA) fought for an 11-5 decision against his Norwich opponent.
Ball pinned his opponent in the first minute of the second period at 149. Chase Lind (Fairfield, CT) earned a 5-2 decision over his opponent sandwiched by another pin by Marsh in 1:34. Riggs added to the strong start with the major decision 9-1 to solidify the Engineers 33-15 victory over the Cadets.
In the Engineers second dual of the day, Marsh started the scoring at 165 with a 4-1 decision. Marsh was joined by Riggs in the scoring column who earned himself a 13-3 major decision at 285. To end the day Marsh and Ball repeated their result from the first match with pins at 1:19 and 2:01 respectively. Marsh's first period win by fall was over the eighth-ranked wrestler in the most recent NWCA national rankings.
In other matches, Castleton knocked off No.8 Stevens 26-23 and Roger Williams 20-16, Roger Williams defeated Norwich 33-11 and Stevens bested Roger Williams 37-12.
All five teams are off until early December. WPI (0-2) and Norwich (0-2) head to the RIT Invitational on Saturday, December 7th, Stevens (0-1) and Roger Williams (1-0) compete in the two-day Standard Corporation Invitational at York (PA) on Friday, December 6th and Saturday December 7th. Castleton (2-2) and select members from Roger Williams take part in the Ted Reese Invitational at Southern Maine on Saturday, December 7th.
Results
Round 1
Roger Williams 33, Norwich 11 (see below)
Castleton 26, Stevens 23
Round 2
WPI 33, Norwich 15
Castleton 20, Roger Williams 16
Round 3
Castleton 34, WPI 7
Stevens 37, Roger Williams 12 (see below)
Round 4
Stevens 33, WPI 12
Roger Williams 33, Norwich 11
Weight Result Score/Time Running Score
125 Nick Schutzenhofer (RWU) Won by Forfeit ---------- 6-0
133 Andy Lombard (RWU) Major Dec. Cameron Woodridge (NU) 16-7 10-0
141 Connor Meytrott (RWU) Dec. Drake Troyer (NU) 6-0 13-0
149 Owen Bachalder (RWU) Dec. Ben Forsman (NU) 6-3 16-0
157 Jack Kelly (RWU) Major Dec. Tyler Barker (NU) 6-0 16-0
165 Luke Boking (RWU) Major Dec. Nick Stehl (NU) 12-3 23-0
174 Brent Leonard (RWU) Dec. Nico Chity (NU) 9-0 27-0
184 Daniel Curran (NU) (NU) Tech Fall Anthony Malfitano (RWU) 17-1 27-6
197 Eli Wilson (RWU) Pinned Jeromy Henning (NU) 6:30 33-6
285 Mike Wagner (NU) Won by Forfeit ---------- 35-11
Stevens 37, Roger Williams 12
Weight Result Score/Time Running Score
125 Akhil Vega (SIT) Tech Fall Ben Dubois (RWU) 16-0 5-0
133 Hunter Guit (SIT) Pinned Sean Weick (RWU) 1:30 11-0
141 Connor Meytrott (RWU) Dec. Trevor Mastorio (SIT) 4-2 11-3
149 Brett Kaliner (SIT) Pinned Jack Wroble (RWU) 2:52 17-3
157 Dylan Van Sickell (SIT) Major Dec. Tyler Gazaway (RWU) 9-0 21-3
165 Thomas Poklikuha (SIT) Pinned Luke Bokina (RWU) 3:24 27-3
174 Brent Leonard (RWU) Dec. Nico Zicardi (SIT) 9-3 27-6
184 Robert Gennat (SIT) Major Dec. Eli Wilson (RWU) 15-7 31-6
197 Michael Dooley (SIT) Pinned Travis Arata (RWU) 5:00 37-6
285 Addison Boisvert (RWU) Won by Forfeit ---------- 37-12