BRISTOL, R.I. – The RWU Wrestling team won its season-opener Saturday in decisive fashion, defeating the visiting Norwich Cadets 30-9. The Hawks took eight of the 10 bouts on the day.

Norwich jumped out to a 6-0 lead after Jonathan Lemoine (Trumbull, Conn.) lost by fall at 5:52 of the 125 bout, but RWU responded by winning the next seven-straight matches.

Freshman James Higgins (Sewell, N.J.) began the win streak at 133, taking a 5-2 victory before freshman Conor Hayes (Old Bridge, N.J.) earned a 6-1 win at 141. Hayes was one of four Hawks to hold his opponent to just one point or less as junior Kyle D'Urso (Londonderry, N.H.) earned a tight 3-1 win at 157 and sophomore Michael Monson (Southington, Conn.) won 11-1 at 165. Senior Nick Cambi (Cohasset, Mass.) put an exclamation mark on the victory, shuting out his opponent 16-0 in the heavyweight match.

Senior Nicholas Herrick (Paramus, N.J.) and freshman Johann Roebelen (Windsor, Conn.) also earned wins for RWU by the scores of 11-3 and 5-3, respectively.

The Hawks return to action Saturday in the Monarch Invitational Tournament, hosted by Kings College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The tournament begins at 10 a.m.

Listed below are the final results from today's match.

Roger Williams U. 30  Norwich U. 9

125-Robby Zyko (N) pinned Jon Lemoine 5:52

133-James Higgins (RW) 5-2 over John DaSilva

141-Conor Hayes (RW) 6-1 over Tyler Carstarphen

149-Nick Herrick (RW) 11-3 over Evan Poole

157-Kyle D'Urso (RW) 3-1 over Joe Eon

165-Mike Monson (RW) 11-1 over Michael Babbin

174-Johann Roebelen (RW) 5-3 over Chris Schenk

184-Phil Ernst (RW) by injury default over Ray Gauthier

197-Henry Marley (N) 5-0 over JP Garlasco

285-Nick Cambi 16-0 over Matt Ditolla