Springfield, MA – Williams Wrestling sent five representatives down to Springfield on Saturday to compete in the 2023 NEWA Futures meet hosted by Western New England University.
First year
Max Hall led the way for the Ephs with a fourth-place finish in a deep field at 174 which he earned through stringing together three consecutive wins to start the day, including a 14-12 sudden victory nail-biter in his first bout.
Jack Murphy delivered a strong showing to begin the day at 157, with back-to-back dominant wins by pin and major decision respectively. Unfortunately, his day was cut short due to injury in the next round.
At 125,
Lucas Johnson pinned his first-round opponent before facing a setback in the next round. He responded well, delivering a major decision victory in his first consolation bracket match but was unable to add another tally to the win column on the day.
The Ephs return to action this coming weekend in Portland, Maine for the NCAA Northeast Regional. The stakes will be at all all-time high with each wrestler competing for a ticket to the NCAA Championship in Roanoke, Virginia.
The full results from the Ephs who were in action are below.
Lucas Johnson (125)
- Round of 16: Win by 2:40 fall over Nick Faraci (WNE)
- Quarterfinal: Loss by 9-2 decision to Charlie Pavis (WPI)
- Consolation Second Round: Win by 12-4 major decision over Carlos Arango (Springfield)
- Consolation Third Round: Loss by 1:39 fall to Robert Stone (RIC)
Noe Romero (133)
- Round of 16: Loss by 2:06 fall to Ayden Robles (Castleton)
- Consolation Second Round: Loss by 8-6 sudden victory to Jacob Duval (RIC)
Jack Murphy (157)
- Round of 32: Win by 4:11 fall over Gabriel Case (JWU)
- Round of 16: Win by 16-7 major decision over Akiva Lind (Wesleyan)
- Quarterfinal: Loss by forfeit to Taylor Stearns (Castleton)
- Consolation Fourth Round: Loss by forfeit to Hiyuma Nagai (Springfield)
Max Hall (174)
- Round of 32: Win by 14-12 sudden victory over Tommy Howell (Norwich)
- Round of 16: Win by 3:57 fall over Christian Diaz Herrera (Wesleyan)
- Quarterfinal: Win by forfeit over Lenny Breit (Roger Williams)
- Semifinal: Loss by 4-2 decision to Christian Murphy (JWU)
- Third Place Match: Loss by 16-1 tech fall to Bailey O'Brien (JWU)
Tim Brown (285)
- Round of 16: Loss by 1:18 fall to Abbas Abdulrahman (Castleton)
- Consolation Second Round: Loss by 2:39 fall to Roark Ryan (Southern Maine)
