Louisville, Ky. – The Roger Williams University Wrestling team won one out of three matches at the NWCA National Dual Meet Championships this past weekend where head coach Jon Egan recorded his 150^th win. The team also competed in the Jim Aguiar Invitational at Plymouth State University in which they finished third out of 12 teams.
 
Hawk Highlights
Brett Leonard (New Milford, Conn.) went 3-0 on the entire day.
No. 7 Taylor Shay (New Fairfield, Conn.) pinned No. 5 B. Birt (Milliken) at 0:17 to earn the win.
Peter Tringali (Chester, N.J.) and Ryan Grebe (Sound Beach, N.Y.) both finished second in their weight classes.
 
NWCA National Duals Meet Championships Results
Match #1 Champ. Round 1
Olivet defeated Roger Williams 27-16
125 - Cameron Mahlich (Olivet) over Nick Schutzenhofer (Roger Williams) Fall 6:33
133 - Reese Wallis (Olivet) over Andy Lombard (Roger Williams) Dec 7-3
141 - Nick Wagner (Roger Williams) over Andrew Castaneda (Olivet) Fall 3:56
149 - Tyler Gazaway (Roger Williams) over Zachary Wells (Olivet) Dec 8-3
157 - Cole Hersch (Olivet) over Taylor Shay (Roger Williams) Dec 3-2
165 - Owen Guilford (Olivet) over Jack Kelly (Roger Williams) Fall 0:56
174 - Brett Leonard (Roger Williams) over Haydn Kinjorski (Olivet) Dec 7-2
184 - Anthony Malfitano (Roger Williams) over Kamyab Kamali (Olivet) Maj 12-0
197 - Trevor Piggott (Olivet) over Travis Arata (Roger Williams) Dec 7-4
285 - Owen Miller (Olivet) over Addison Boisvert (Roger Williams) Fall 2:47
Match #2 Cons. Round 1
 
Roger Williams received a Bye
 
Match #3 Cons. Round 2
Millikin defeated Roger Williams 30-17
125 - Joey Rivera (Millikin) over Ben Dubois (Roger Williams) Dec 4-2
133 - Sean Wieck (Roger Williams) over Nick Sablan (Millikin) TB-1 6-5
141 - Sean McKenna (Millikin) over Nick Wagner (Roger Williams) Dec 10-6
149 - Tyler Gazaway (Roger Williams) over Maxx Fritz (Millikin) TF 18-2
157 - Taylor Shay (Roger Williams) over Tristan Birt (Millikin) Fall 0:17
165 - Bradan Birt (Millikin) over Michael Mirmina (Roger Williams) Fall 0:13
174 - Brett Leonard (Roger Williams) over Jake Tisza (Millikin) Dec 6-0
184 - Taylor McGiffen (Millikin) over Anthony Malfitano (Roger Williams) Fall 1:40
197 - Logan Hagerbaumer (Millikin) over Noah Tandy (Roger Williams) Fall 6:25
285 - Frank Tomaskovic (Millikin) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
Extra_DIII - Roger Williams
Guaranteed 1st place
 
Match #1 1st Place Match
Roger Williams defeated Westminister 28-22
125 - Brock Davis (Westminister) over Ben Dubois (Roger Williams) Maj 13-1
133 - Dalton Landreth (Westminister) over Sean Wieck (Roger Williams) Fall 5:52
141 - Nick Wagner (Roger Williams) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
149 - Sean Sax (Westminister) over Tyler Gazaway (Roger Williams) Dec 6-5
157 - Taylor Shay (Roger Williams) over Jacob Warren (Westminister) Maj 11-3
165 - Jack Kelly (Roger Williams) over Cody Rachatellelle (Westminister) Fall 1:26
174 - Brett Leonard (Roger Williams) over Brandon Carbray (Westminister) Fall 1:35
184 - Anthony Malfitano (Roger Williams) over Will Harper (Westminister) Fall 1:31
197 - Daryl VanNosrand (Westminister) over Noah Tandy (Roger Williams) Fall 5:26
285 - Kobe Kominski (Westminister) over Addison Boisvert (Roger Williams) Dec 11-4
 
Plymouth State Invitational Results
133: Peter Tringali (RWU) finished second in his weight class recording three wins including three decisions.
141: Tommy Gallagher (RWU) won four matches all by decisions but lost in the consi-semi round to opponent M. Mercado (STCC) 0-6.
149: Jacob Cardozo (RWU) won his first two matches from pins at 0:29 and 1:48 and his third by decision 9-4.
157: Nathaniel Lindsay (RWU) took three of his opponents down by technical fall, a pin, and a decision.
165: Ryan Grebe (RWU) finished as the runner up recording two pins and one 5-3 decision.
184: Eli Wilson (RWU) won two matches by a decision and technical fall at 2:36 18-0.
 
What's Next
The Hawks move on to the New England Duals on Sunday, January 19^th.