Williamstown, MA – The Williams College Ephs played host to wrestlers from seven programs from New England and New York, along with a few unattached competitors, today in Lasell Gymnasium for the Williams Open. It was a good day for the home squad which picked up a pair of first, second, and third place finishes, with three of these podiums coming courtesy of first years.
Seniors
David Yeh and
Jack Murphy set the tone, each reaching the final bout for their respective weight classes. At 125, Yeh narrowly fell short of the top spot as Isaic Paulino of Springfield was able to pick up a 4-3 victory. Up at 165, Murphy took the top spot as his competitor Sean Monteiro of Western New England was disqualified.
Following the lead of their exceptional seniors, first years
Peter Kane,
Max Hall, and
Wyatt Moyer all earned top-three finishes. Kane, at 157, delivered a dominant performance, winning all four of his matches, the first two by pins, and the last two by 8-0 major decisions. Up at 174,
Max Hall rebounded exceptionally well after dropping his second bout of the day, stringing together three consecutive victories en route to the third-place match. In his final bout of the day, he secured third with a nail-biting 9-7 decision over Jolan Martori of Springfield Tech. Like Hall, Moyer had to work his way through the consolation bracket to the third-place match after losing in the heavyweight quarterfinal. After dishing out two pins and taking a win by medical forfeit, Moyer finished the job with a thrilling win over Nick Rogers of Springfield by 3-2 decision.
Also earning a podium place was junior
William Smith, who after receiving a first-round bye came out on top of a tightly contested, back and forth affair with an 8-6 win by decision in the quarterfinal. Following this big win, Smith pinned his semifinal opponent in 2:35 to book a place in the championship bout. Unfortunately, unattached wrestler Nate Taylor came out firing and was able to prevail in the 184 final.
The Ephs will look to build on this positive momentum when they are back in action on Friday at the Budd Whitehall Duals hosted by Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA.
Below are the full results for the Ephs.
David Yeh (125), 2nd Place
- Win over Jabari Pinkney of Norwich University by 14-3 major decision
- Win over Nick Savariego of Plymouth State by 2:19 fall
- Win over Dylan Beddow of Springfield Tech by 2:28 fall
- Loss to Isiac Paulino of Springfield by 4-3 decision
Donnie Morton (141)
- Win over Connor DeVega of Western New England by 8-3 decision
- Loss to Matt Castillo of Roger Williams by 10-2 major decision
- Win over Quinton Frampton by 7-3 decision
- Loss to Tommy Gallagher of Roger Williams by 5-2 decision
Peter Kane (157), 1st Place
- Win over Ethan Tanner of Norwich by 0:39 pin
- Win over Hiyuma Nagai of Springfield by 1:00 pin
- Win over Jeremy Scutellaro by 8-0 major decision
- Win over Myles Leonard of Springfield by 8-0 major decision
Eamon Garrity-Rokous (165)
- Win over Kayo Torres of Springfield by 6-4 decision
- Loss to Joshua Ducharme of Norwich by 8-2 decision
- Loss to Tristan Julian of Western New England by 11-4 decision
Jack Murphy (165), 1st Place
- Win over Evan Kramich of Plymouth State by 1:00 fall
- Win over David Lisk of Western New England by 15-4 major decision
- Win over Anthony Ostrander of Roger Williams by 2:00 fall
- Win over Sean Monteiro of Western New England by DQ
Max Hall (174), 3rd Place
- Win over Colin Hile of Plymouth State by 11-0 major decision
- Loss to James Spellman of Norwich by 1:30 fall
- Win over DJ Willard by 1:00 fall
- Win over Leonard Breit of Roger Williams by 3:00 fall
- Win over Mark Thomas of Springfield by medical forfeit
- Win over Jolan Martori of Springfield Tech by 9-7 decision
Will Smith (184), 2nd Place
- Win over Johnny Harwood of Western New England by 8-6 decision
- Win over Cole Shaughness of Roger Williams by 2:35 fall
- Loss to Nate Taylor by 17-2 tech fall
Elias Chen (197)
- Loss to Christian Kuechler of Plymouth State by 4:00 fall
- Win over Stephano Magny of Springfield Tech by medical forfeit
- Win over Ethan Volpe of Western New England by 2:00 fall
- Loss to Christian Kuechler of Plymouth State by 4:00 fall
Tommy Goodwin (197)
- Loss to Hunter Rasmussen of Roger Williams by 6-4 decision
- Win over Colin Riley of Western New England by 2:00 fall
- Loss to Myles Brown by 2:31 fall
Tim Brown (285)
- Loss to Nick Rogers of Springfield by 1:00 fall
- Win over Thomas Barfield of Norwich by medical forfeit
- Win over Alex Menendez of Roger Williams by 2:08 fall
- Loss to Wyatt Moyer by 2:00 fall
Wyatt Moyer (285), 3rd Place
- Win over Zachary Brown of Norwich by 1:00 fall
- Loss to Michael Filieri of Springfield by 7-3 decision
- Win over Lucas Reason of Norwich by 2:15 fall
- Win over Tim Brown by 2:00 fall
- Win over Addison Boisvert of Roger Williams by medical forfeit
- Win over Nick Rogers of Springfield by 3-2 decision
