Coaches poll, week 5
Roger Williams a close 2nd to Johnson & Wales in weekly poll
New England Division III college wrestling poll for week 4, ending Dec. 15. First place votes in parentheses.
Week 5, Dec. 15, 2014
Rec. Pts LW
1. Johnson & Wales (9) 4-1 141 1
2. Roger Williams (4) 5-1 140 2
3. Coast Guard 2-1 110 t3
4. Rhode Island Coll. (1) 3-1 105 t3
5. Williams 1-0 97 5
6. Springfield 0-0 68 6
7. Wesleyan 0-0 65 7
8. WPI 3-2 48 8
9. Southern Maine 7-3 33 9
10. Plymouth State 1-2 14 10
Others receiving votes: Norwich University, Western New England
NEWA Wrestler of Week
Chris Perreault, junior, Plymouth State, 184 pounds (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.)
Perreault had a big win over the weekend beating Jon Deupree from the University of Southern Maine, 11-6. Deupree is currently ranked in the country and is the defending NCAA Division III regional champion at 184. Perrault is having another strong year. He is now 9-2 and has made the finals of both the Doug Parker and Ted Reese Tournaments.
NEWA Rookie Wrestler of Week
Dan DeCarlo, freshman, Southern Maine, 165 pounds (Port Jervis, NY)
DeCarlo went 2-0 this past weekend and helped the Huskies split with Rhode Island College and Plymouth State. He beat Clay Callahan of PSU 4-2 and then beat Vincent Drago of RIC 7-5. DeCarlo is now 10-4 on the season.
Key results
Mariner Duals
At King’s Point, N.Y.
Baldwin Wallace 24, Johnson & Wales 18
Baldwin Wallace 24, Roger Williams 15
Baldwin Wallace 26, U.S. Merchant Marines 9
Johnson & Wales 35, WPI 6
Johnson & Wales 34, U.S. Merchant Marines 13
Johnson & Wales 27, LIU-C.W. Post 17
Hunter 24, WPI 18
Hunter 26, U.S. Merchant Marines 14
Roger Williams 33, LIU-C.W. Post 7
Roger Williams 35, U.S. Mechant Marines 9
WPI 20, LIU-C.W. Post 19
New England Wrestling Association (NEWA)
Individual rankings
Dec. 15, 2014
125 Pounds:
1. Brian Amato - WPI
2. Bobby Jordan - Johnson & Wales
3. Zach Bridson - Springield College-
4. Mike Arangio - Southern Maine
5. Nick Barbaria - Roger Williams
6. Matt Morris - Williams
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133 Pounds:
1. Nate Giorgio – Coast Guard
2. Joao Vicente - Johnson & Wales
3. Paul Sughrue - Bridgewater State
4. Dan Evangelakos - Williams
5. Carter Merecki - Roger Williams
6. James Hamilton - Wesleyan y
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141 Pounds:
1. Mike Ferinde - Johnson & Wales
2. Ricando Cole - Rhode Island Coll
3. Greg McCrystal - WNEU
4. Justin Cochran - Roger Williams
5. Jack Nigro - WPI-
6. Matt Pelton - Wesleyan
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149 Pounds:
1. Joey Gaccione - Johnson & Wales
2. Dan Del Gallo - Southern Maine
3. Shawn Giblin - RI College
4. Jake Savoca - Williams
5. Dan Downes - Roger Williams
6. Ed Pierce - Wesleyan
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157 Pounds:
1. Jorge Lopez - Williams
2. Ty Herzog - Roger Williams
3. Tanner Burke - WPI
4. Ray Welch - Plymouth State
5. CJ Luth - Southern Maine
6. Chris Sullivan - Coast Guard
165 Pounds:-
1. Eric Hamrick - Springfield
2. Francisco Colom - Roger Williams
3. Tim Garripoli - Williams
4. Mike Palomba - Coast Guard
5. Andrew Tanner - WPI
6. Sean Prell - Johnson & Wales
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174 Pounds:-
1. Will Burns - Norwich University
2. Danny Ressler - Roger Williams
3. Mike Labell - Johnson & Wales
4. Ryan Sblendorio - Wesleyan
5. Dan Fiorvanti - Coast Guard
6. Justin Marsh - WPI
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184 Pounds:-
1. Chris Chorzepa - Williams
2. Chris Perreault - Plymouth State
3. Jon Deupree - Southern Maine
4. Joe Albina - Roger Williams
5. Simon Levin - Wesleyan University
6. Kenny Dougherty - Johnson & Wales
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197 Pounds:-
1. David Welch - Roger Williams
2. Isaiah Bellamy - Wesleyan University
3. Philip Azzari - Coast Guard
4. Anthony Brooks - Williams
5. John Georges - RIC
6. Sean Fagan - Southern Maine
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285 Pounds:-
1. Terrance Jean-Jacques - Rhode Island College
2. Kyle Foster - Roger Williams
3. Kyle McGuire - Trinity
4. Marc Howard – Coast Guard
5. Steven Dwight - Daniel Webster
6. Irakli Kakauridze - Springfield
NCAA Division III roundup
Two former Newington wrestlers still ranked No. 1 in New England
New England Wrestling Association
Chris Perrault, a junior from Plymouth State, is the New England Wrestling Association’s wrestler of the week. He improved to 9-2 on the season and a key win over Jon Deupree of Southern Maine.
In the weekly New England Division III coaches poll, Johnson & Wales continues to be the top ranked team in New England but Roger Williams is moved within a point of the top spot. NEWA also released their individual weight class rankings, which can be found on this page.
Former Newington High wrestlers Brian Amato (125, WPI) and Chris Chorzepa (188, Williams) are ranked No. 1 in their respective weight classes. Coast Guard's Nate Giorgio (133) is also ranked No. 1.
Around the region: Rhode Island College, Southern Maine and Plymouth State had a tri-meet in Maine over the weekend. RIC went 2-0 and USM was 1-1.
Rhode Island College was again led by Ricondo Cole (141) and Terrance Jean-Jacques (285). Cole went 2-0 with 2 pins. Jean-Jacques had a first period pin against USM and won by tech fall over Zack Stewart from PSU, 25-10. John Georges also had a big win over Sean Fagan of USM at 197. Georges won in double overtime by riding time advantage…USM went 1-1, losing to RIC but beating PSU. The Huskies were led by Michael Arangio, Carl Luth, Dan DeCarlo, and Daniel Del Gallo all who went 2-0. Del Gallo picked up a first period pin over Alex Gerhold of PSU and then beat returning national qualifier from two years ago, Shawn Giblin of RIC 5-1. Carl Luth had a big 9-3 win over Joe Slane of RIC and Arangio had two first period pins at 125. USM and RIC both won five matches but bonus points were the difference for RIC in the dual meet…PSU was led by Chris Perreault this week’s wrestler of the week. They also got nice wins from Moises Diaz at 174 and Nick Pacheco of 184 over RIC.
Johnson and Wales, WPI and Roger Williams all competed in duals tournament down at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy over the weekend.
Roger Williams went 2-1 beating USMMA, 35-9 and LIU-Post, 33-9, but Roger Williams dropped the dual to Baldwin Wallace currently ranked No. 23 in the country, 24-15. Several Hawks went 3-0 on the afternoon including Danny Downes at 149, David Welch at 197, and Kyle Foster at 285. Welch and Foster both had two pins. Welch also beat Andrew Shackelford of BW, 15-7 and Foster won by tech fall over Andrew Sierawski of BW, 17-1. Downes had more a workingman’s day winning all three matches by decision. He had a good 7-4 win over Nathan Twito of Merchant Marine, 7-4. Joe Albina of RWU beat Gabriel Mahaney of BW 4-1 in his only match of the day. Albina has had a great season so he must have been a little banged up since he was only on the mat once for the Hawks
WPI went 1-2, beating LIU 20-19 before dropping duals to Hunter and JWU. WPI was 3-0 at 125 with Stephen Jendritz and Brian Amato. In every dual they had to bump up one of them to 133 and they went 0-3 at that weight on the weekend giving up weight. Jendritz had a big 7-0 win over Cody Beadette of JWU to start that dual and Amato, the top wrestler in New England at 125, beat Kenny Albert of Hunter, 8-3. At 165, Andrew Tanner went 2-1 and had a good win over Sean Prell of JWU, 7-2. Justin Marsh and Lucas Muntz at 174 and 184 both went 2-1. Muntz had a first period pin over Hunter and Marsh had two pins on the day.
Johnson & Wales University went 3-1 on the day with convincing wins over Merchant Marine Academy, LIU, and WPI, but came up short at what looks to be a very good Baldwin Wallace team. Michael Ferinde at 141, Joey Gaccione at 149, and Phil Kelly at 285 all went 4-0. Kelly had four first period pins. With a pin Wednesday against BSU, Kelly was 5-0 on the week with 5 pins. Joey Gaccione had 3 pins on the weekend as did Michael Labell at 174 who went 3-1 with 3 first period pins. Against Baldwin Wallace, Bobby Jordan at 125 lost a tough 10-9 decision to Jesse Gunter ranked in the country. JWU then lost tight decision at 157-197 after pins by Ferinde and Gaccione. JWU also beat Bridgewater State University 50-0 on Wednesday and is now 4-1 in duals this season.
