WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Roger Williams University Wrestling team finished sixth overall at the Ned McGinley Invitational hosted by King's on Saturday.
The Hawks tallied 83.5 points, finishing behind NYU, RIT, Wilkes and Stevens. The Hawks saw
Spencer Fetrow (Holliston, Mass.)
finish second at 197-pounds, with Matt Castillo (Port Washington, N.Y.) and
Matt Lucas (Danbury, Conn.)
finishing fourth at 141-pounds and 165-pounds respectively.
Jayden Toppan placed sixth at 285-pounds.
Fetrow opened his day with a win over Quincy Boville, by tech fall, 17-2. Fetrow then earned his second win of the season, and first of the year by pinfall, with a pin in 2:29. Another tech fall victory over Luke Dupont at 197 pounds, led to Fetrow earning his fourth straight win to open the season with a semifinals win 17-2, by tech fall. In his final match of the day, the top two seeds met, but Fetrow eventually fell 7-2 by decision.
At 141 pounds, Castillo took down his opening opponent, 6-4. A pinfall victory over Corey Haney of Merchant Marine, then put him into the semifinals, where he would fall in an 11-8 decision to the second seeded Hunter Swedish of Washington & Jefferson. Castillo then dropped his final bout to Nick Kruczynski.
Lucas opened his day with a tech fall win as the top seed in the tournament, 17-2, but then followed with a pinfall win over Mitchell Sutter in 41 seconds. A major decision win, 11-2, set up Lucas for a semifinals matchup with Arvin Khosravy, who defeated him, before Lucas Dropped his match in the third place match by a tight 5-3 decision.
A first-year, Toppan battled his way to a 2-2 record on the day droping his opening match before recovering for his second match of the day for an 8-4 decision. Toppan earned a major decision victory before falling in his final match 16-1, by tech fall to round out the day.
Roger Williams will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 9:00 am at the RWU Invitational. The Hawks will then travel to Williams for their first Dual Meet of the season on Saturday, Nov. 16.
