WILKES-BARRE, PA. – The Roger Williams University Wrestling team took home first place out of 13 teams in the Ned McGinley Invitational yesterday.
 
Hawk Highlights
Jack Kelly (Sea Girt, N.J.) and Anthony Malfitano (Pearl River, N.Y.) both were announced champions in their respective weight classes.
Taylor Shay (New Fairfield, Conn.), Tyler Gazaway (New Providence, N.J.), and Nick Wagner (Wall, N.J.) placed second to help RWU win the entire Invitational.
 
Match Results
125 Nick Schutzenhofer (RWU) defeated his first opponent P. Lockwood (NYU) by a Technical Fall 18-1 at 4:19 but lost in the quarterfinals to G. Petruske IV (Kings) 5-5 with a fall at 5:16.
 
133 Sean Wieck (RWU) defeated A. Rivera (Cortland) 13-2 in a major decision but then lost to G. Manginelli (Springfield) 4-15. Tristan Haviland (RWU) also won his match in round 16 to W. Hardin (Oswego) with a 7-3 decision but then lost in a close match during quarterfinals to A. DeSousa (SUNY Oneonta) 5-2.
 
141 Nick Wagner (RWU) defeated J. Harry (Springfield) in his first match by a 12-4 major decision. He then moved on to the round of 16 beating R. Zelinski (Kings) 15-6. During quarterfinals, he overcame C. Jens (Penn.) by a pin at 1:14. During the semifinals, Wagner defeated B. Shalbert (York) with a 45 second fall. In the championship round, he fell to A. Chu (SUNY Oneonta) 13-4 by major decision.   
 
149 Jack Wrobel (RWU) also competed in the 149 and made it to the semifinals as well. He started out with a 10-3 decision against D. Harris (Cortland) and moved on to C. Dix (Wilkes) where he defeated him by major decision 14-3. In quarterfinals, Wrobel beat K. Wills (SUNY Oneonta) with a 13-4 major decision and advanced to the semifinal round against T. Brazinski (SUNY Oneonta) where he lost 7-4. Jack Kelly (RWU) defeated K. Tino (Wilkes) 12-3 by major decision in the round of 16. He beat his next opponent J. Walker (Penn.) 7-1 and advanced to the semifinals against M. Vietri (Springfield) where he defeated a Springfield opponent 6-1 by decision. In the finals round, he took it all against T. Brazinski (SUNY Oneonta) 7-4 by decision.
 
157 Tyler Gazaway (RWU) recorded a technical fall 15-0 at 3:06 in the round of 16. He scored another TF 16-0 against N. Secor (York) to advance to the semifinals. Michael Mirmina (RWU) also competed in the 157 and faced teammate Gazaway in the semifinals in which he lost only by one point in a 2-1 decision. Before that he pinned E. Emmendorpher (NYU) at 1:11 in the first round and moved on to beating T. Crowley (Penn.) 17-9 in a major decision. In the quarterfinals, he defeated L. Flaherty (Wilkes) with a fall at 2:27. Gazaway lost in the finals round 12-3 by major decision.
 
 165 Taylor Shay (RWU) won both of his matches with a technical fall 16-1 at 2:34 and by decision 4-2. He defeated D. Schwartz (Muhlenberg) 7-6 in the semifinals and forfeited the championship round due to injury.
 
174 Brett Leonard (RWU) earned a technical fall 16-0 at 7:00 and a pin at 1:22 to advance to the semifinals. In the next round, he lost to opponent D. Henry (Cortland) 10-7 by decision.
 
184 Eli Wilson (RWU) defeated B. Mitchell (Wilkes) in the round of 16 by a pin at 48 seconds. He then lost in the quarterfinals to J. Fratantoni (Muhlenberg) 4-0 by decision. Anthony Malfitano (RWU) was victorious over his first two opponents scoring an 8-1 decision and 10-0 major decision. In the semifinals he overcame D. Galasso (Penn.) 10-1 by a major decision. Malfitano ended the tournament with a win against J. Fratantoni (Muhlenberg) by a 6-2 decision. ­
 
197 Jack Rogers (RWU) pinned his first opponent at 3:11 but then lost in the quarterfinals from a technical fall 3-19. After that, he came in 5th place by winning two more of his matches in the consolation round. 
 
285 Addison Boisvert (RWU) lost in the round of 16 to opponent Z. Herbert (Cortland) but then came from behind in three of his four matches and earned himself a 4th place finish. 
 
What's Next
RWU will compete in their own Roger Williams Invitational from November 15-16.