HARTFORD, Conn.—The Roger Williams Wrestling team placed second out of 14 teams at the NEWA Futures Tournament on a Sunday afternoon.
Tristian Haviland (Trumbull, Conn.),
Jon Mejia (Roselle Park, N.J.), and
Seth Frohnheiser (Allentown, Pa.) all competed in the 133 pound bracket. Haviland won four straight matches and defeated finalist Christophe Caban (Lodi, N.J.) from JWU to win the championship. He recorded three decisions (8-4, 9-2, 9-1) and a pin at 54 seconds.
Noah Tandy (West Orange, N.J.) dominated in the 197 pound bracket coming in first with three victories on the day beating his opponent Joseph Galusha (Schenectady, N.Y.) from Castleton University by decision 12-7.
In the 149 pound bracket,
Luke Bokina (Mattituck, N.Y.) won two matches including a pin (1:31) and a decision 8-4 to make it to the finals but lost to Darius Joyce (Easton, Pa.) from JWU.
Travis Arata (Mahwah, N.J.) competed in the 174 pound bracket and also won two matches by a fall and a decision 3-2 to put himself in the finals as well.
Coach Egan states, "Today we left Trinity with 22 Hawks completing their season, two of which ended their four year journeys at RWU. We asked them all to fight and they all fulfilled that request. We were very proud of how these guys performed. "
The Hawks get ready for the Northeast Regional Championships hosted by JWU February 23
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