BRISTOL, R.I. – The RWU Wrestling team posted a strong 2-1 showing at the NEWA-Metro Conference Challenge Duals in Williamstown, Mass., defeating both Hunter College and NYU while falling to No. 11 The College of New Jersey. This marks the first time in seven years the Hawks have gone 2-1 in the event and the first time in eight years since defeating NYU.
RWU freshmen performed well as Philip Ernst (Succasunna, N.J.), Kaare Stokdal (Olive Bridge, N.Y.) and Jack DiBurro (Haverhill, Mass.) all posted 2-0 records. Senior Chris Nadeau (Granby, Conn.) also posted two wins on the day.
The two wins improve RWU's record to 12-6 overall this season. Next Sunday the Hawks return to Pilgrim League action, where they are 2-1, as they travel to Portland, Maine to face Rhode Island College at 11 a.m. and the University of Southern Maine at 2 p.m.
Listed below are the final results from RWU's matches today.
Roger Williams, 23 Hunter 14
125 Kaare Stokdal (RW) tech fall over Matt Suchow, 18-0
133 Jimmy Nustakis (H) over Jay Mahoney, 5-3
141 Sean Messina (H) pinned Martin Mitchell 2:53
149 Jack DiBurro (RW) by injury default over Chris Gogatz
157 Vitaly Simkin (H) over Kyle D'Urso 6-4
165 Eduardo Delgado (H) over Kyle Rodgers, 3-1
174 Chris Nadaeu (RW) over Emman Sarwari, 7-1,
184 Phil Ernst (RW) over RJ Klotz, 4-1
197 Nick Cambi (RW) over Anthony Daly, 4-2
285 Ben Kissane (RW) over Dan Heydenburg, 9-2
Roger Williams 12, #11 TCNJ 28
125 Dan Franke (TCNJ) over Jon Lemoine, 5-3
133 Dan Herr (TCNJ) over Jay Mahoney, 16-4
141 Martin Mitchell (RW) over Robert Micheliche 6-1
149 John Darling (TCNJ) over Kevin Edward, 6-1
157 Dan Dicolo (TCNJ) over Kyle D'Urso, 9-2
165 Kyle Rodgers (RW) by FORFEIT
174 Brian Broderick (TCNJ) over Chris Nadaeu, 8-2
184 Mike Denver (TCNJ) pinned Jon Manwaring, 2:05
197 Nick Cambi (RW) over Ken Amponsa 2-0
285 Ed Broderick (TCNJ) pinned Ben Kissane 4:16
Roger Williams 27, NYU 6
125-Kaare Stokdal (RW) 11-5 over Adlee Fayyaz
133-Jay Mahoney (RW) 7-6 over Steve Contino
141-Martin Mitchell (RW) 11-4 over Clement Bommier
149-Jack DiBurro (RW) 2-1 over Gabe Gleason
157-Matt Magill (NYU) 4-0 over Kyle D'urso
165-Kyle Rodgers (RW) 6-3 over Sean Connors
174-Chris Nadeau (RW) 10-7 over Steve Massey
184-Phil Ernst (RW) 7-2 over Sabino Galassi
197-Jamie Myers (NYU) 1-0 over Nick Cambi
285-Ben Kissane (RW) by forfeit
