BRISTOL, R.I.- The RWU wrestling team dropped its home match Wednesday to No. 20 Johnson & Wales University, 35-10. The Wildcats posted wins in seven of the 10 bouts.
The Hawks jumped out to a 10-0 lead to start the match, beginning with a major decision win by Kenneth Ford (Meriden, Conn.) in the 174 weight class. Back-to-back decisions by James Woods (Demarest, N.J.) and Dan Woods (Demarest, N.J.)would prove to be the final points for the Hawks.
A Wildcat pin in the 285 match followed by a major decision win at 125 and the score was quickly evened-up at 10-10. The Wildcats pulled away from RWU with two pins and a major decision after earning three points in the 133 bout. A DQ in the final match gave the Wildcats their 11th win of the season and third in the Pilgrim League. RWU falls to 8-3 and 1-1 in the same conference.
RWU next travels to Cambridge, Mass., to face both MIT and Bridgewater State, Weds., Jan. 28, at 5 p.m.
Listed below are the final results from tonight's match. The archived broadcast can be heard by clicking here.
174 Kenneth Ford RWU Major Dec. over Skylar Engelken JWU 14 - 6
184 James Woods RWU Dec. over Jordan Serating-Ware JWU 11 - 4
197 Daniel Woods RWU Dec. over Patrick McCrohan JWU 5 - 3
285 Jon Flegel JWU pins Philip Kelly RWU 3:24
125 James Soprano JWU Major Dec. over Michael Trayser RWU 11 - 2
133 Mitchell Cohen JWU Dec. over Andrew Jackson RWU 6 - 4
141 Andrew Van Dyk JWU pins Andrew Hawley RWU 2:36
149 Vincent Egloff JWU Major Dec. over Nicholas Herrick RWU 13 - 4
157 Christopher Giannios JWU pins Nicholas Allegretta RWU 2:48
165 Jordan Corona JWU DQ Daniel Zotollo RWU 3OT :18