Results
LOUISVILLE, K.Y.—The Roger Williams Wrestling team competed in the NCWA Multi-Divisional National Duals where they placed in the top 16 on a Friday afternoon.
The Hawks won their first match against #22 UNC Greensboro 42-9 with wins from
Kyle Kaiser (Paramus, N.J.) (125),
Nick Wagner (Wall, N.J.) (141),
Tyler Gazaway (New Providence, N.J.) (149),
Jack Kelly (Wall, N.J.) (157), #4
Taylor Shay (New Fairfield, Conn.) (165),
Brett Leonard (New Milford, Conn.) (174), and
Travis Arata (Mahwah, N.J.) (184).
Kaiser had an impressive 16 second pin while Gazaway pinned down his opponent at 2:34.
Shay had a technical fall 18-2, Leonard and Arata each had pins, and
Tristan Haviland (Trumbull, Conn.) won by forfeit.
Wagner won by major decision 8-0 asthe Hawks won the first round of the tournament to go on and face Mount Union.
The Raiders defeated the Hawks 31-10 in the second round with only Kaiser, Gazaway, and Shay being victorious against their opponents.
Going into the consolation bracket, the Hawks defeated Luther in a close match 18-15.
Wagner, Gazaway, Kelly, and Shay all won by decisions and Kaiser defeated his opponent from a forfeit.
Wagner defeated Kyle Clough (Deerfield, IL) 7-5, Gazaway over Gilbert Valadez (Turlock, Calif.) 4-1, Kelly over Michael Petersen (Crystal, IL) 6-2, and Shay over Michael Suarez (La Quinta, Calif.) 5-1.
Match #4 and the final match of the Hawks in the tournament was against #19 Milliken and resulted in a 33-12 loss.
Kaiser had his second pin of the day over Elijah Diaz (Fontana, Calif.) at 1:40 while Gazaway defeated opponent Tristan Birt (Dubuque, Iowa) by decision 6-4.
Shay was the only other Hawk to win during the Milliken match by decision 8-4.
The Hawks come back to Bristol, R.I. to host the Scott Viera Open Tournament Sunday featuring Plymouth St., JWU, AIC, LIU, Navy Prep, Wesleyan, Bridgewater St., Mount SV, and WPI.
