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
TBA
NEWA Rookie Wrestler of Week
TBA
Key results
No team scores
College of New Jersey 44, Trinity 3
College of New Jersey 22, Hunter 19
Stevens Institute of Tech. 28, Hunter 17
Stevens 40, Trinity 14
Williams College 36, Plymouth State 12
At Williamstown, Mass.
HWT: Kevin Ell (P) dec. Ben Wertz (W): 2-1 OT ; 125: Matt Morris (W) pin Alex Otis (P) in 1:43 ; 133: Jacob Cytrybaum (W) forfeit; 141: Gabriel Corrochano (W) maj. dec. Tristan Leek: 13-4 ; 149: Jake Savoca (W) tech. fall Alex Gerhold (P) 16-0 ; 157: Austin Cyr (P) forfeit ; 165: Tim Garripoli (W) dec. Clay Callahan (P) 4-1 ; 174: Martin Strenk (W) forfeit ; 184: Chris Chorzepa (W) pin Chris Perreault (P) in 6:50 ; 197: Cody Carrillo dec. Anthony Brooks, 4-3
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 I roundup
Five Hearts place at Wilkes Open
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Dec. 30 -- Five Sacred Heart wrestlers placed at the 82nd annual Wilkes Open, held on the campus of Wilkes University.
In his debut as a Pioneer, Patrick Skinner placed third at 125 pounds. He opened the day with a 5-1 victory over Josh Patrick of Rutgers and a 20-1 technical fall of Wilkes' Dustin Zuzulock. After a loss to North Carolina's Tyrone Klump, Skinner reached the third place match which he won 6-5 over Zack Valcarce of Rider. In all, Skinner was 6-1 in the tournament.
Casey Mitchell of South Windsor (157) continued his strong sophomore season with a third place finish. Mitchell pinned his first two opponents before losing to Bloomsburg's Josh Ortman in the quarterfinals. He responded to the loss with a pin and two more wins to take third with a 2-0 win against NYU's Raymond Jazzikoff, capping off a 5-1 tournament.
Conan Schuster (174) won four straight consolation round bouts to finish third. In the wrestlebacks, Schuster pinned his next two opponents before avenging an earlier loss to Mike Fagg-Daves of Rider with a 6-4 win to advance to the third place match. Schuster pinned Buffalo's Jake Weber less than a minute into the match to take third. Both Johnny Vrasidas (165) and Elliott Antler (184) were 3-2 and finished fifth.
"Our guys fought so hard in the wrestlebacks, which speaks volumes to their character and pride," said head coach Andy Lausier. "Some competitive breakthroughs took place today and we'll look to capitalize on these moments and make progress each week". No team scoring was held at the event.
Division III notebook
Trinity drops three bouts
In Hoboken, N.J., Trinity dropped three bouts, losing to No. 19 Stevens Institute of Technology, 40-14; No. 24 Hunter College, 44-9 and the College of New Jersey, 44-3. The Bantams (0-5) received three wins from Thomas Hamilton (Boston, Mass.), a first-year wrestler at 133 pounds.
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In Williamstown, Mass., Newington’s Chris Chorzepa and Hand’s Jake Savoca won individual matches at Williams beat Plymouth State, 36-12 in the home opener for the Ephs, now 2-0. Chorzepa trailed for most of the match, battling back and posting a pin with 10 seconds remaining over Chris Perreault in 6:50.
"At 184 the Plymouth kid is tough and sometimes if you are not wrestling your best match it really takes a lot of heart to pull it out,” Williams coach Scott Honecker said. “I'm really pleased that when things were not going Chris's way he mapped out a way to victory."
Savoca, a freshman, won by technical fall at 149 pounds over Alex Gerhold. "Jake Savoca has a huge tool box of skills and he's competing at as high a level as we could expect out of a freshman," Honecker said.
