WORCESTER, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Wrestling team filled nine of ten weight classes with a member in the most recent New England Wrestling Association individual rankings it was announced on Wednesday. Among that group is senior Kyle Kaiser (Paramus, N.J.) who sits at the summit of the 133-pound weight class while as a team, the Hawks are currently ranked fourth in the tournament team rankings and fifth in the duals ranks.
 
Kaiser is riding an 11-match winning streak and stands at 14-1 overall including three pins and one win by tech fall thus far this season, topping the podium at both the Roger Williams Invitational and Scott Viera Invitational along the way. He led a quartet of Hawks who rank in the top-five at their weight class.
 
Sophomore Cole Shaughnessy (Fairfield, Conn.) is not far behind Kaiser, slotting in at number-three at 184. Participating in his first collegiate season, Shaughnessy has come bursting out to the gates to a 10-3 mark piling up six falls along the way resulting in a two-spot rise from the last rankings. Junior 174-pounder Jacob Cardozo (Southington, Conn.) also saw his ranking rise, bumping up one slot to seventh. He is tied for the team lead with 19 matches so far this winter, going 14-5.
 
Roger Williams also saw seniors Travis Arata (Mahwah, N.J.) and Andy Lombard (Monroe Township, N.J.) each break into the rankings for the first time this season at the 197 and 141-pound weight classes respectively. Fresh off winning his weight class at the Scott Viera Invite, Arata slotted in at number five thanks to his 9-1 record with three pins and a tech fall thus far this winter. Lombard, meanwhile, was ranked sixth and sits at 5-1 with a pair of pins.
 
The final RWU wrestler in the top five is junior Ben Bariso (Butler, N.J.) who's 14-5 record and five falls is good to stand in the fifth slot among 149-pounders.
 
The Hawks also put members in the 125, 165, and 285-pound weight classes. In his first season wrestling at the college level, sophomore Connor Keegan (East Sandwich, Mass.) is ranked sixth at 125, seeing no change from his previous rank. He is 10-7 thus far this season. Also ranked sixth at 285 is junior Addison Boisvert (Scarborough, Maine) who is 13-6 this winter with six pins, a mark that is good for a tie for the most on the roster. Senior Jack Kelly (Wall, N.J.) rounds out the rankings, slotting at number seven at the 165-pound weight class where he is 10-9 with five pins this season.