BRISTOL, R.I. – The New England College men's wrestling team dropped two dual meets at Roger Williams University on Saturday at the Roger Williams Field House in Bristol, Rhode Island, losing 25-20 to King's College before falling short to the host Hawks, 33-14.
TOP 'GRIMS
- · NEC senior Trevion Atallah (Reading, Mass.) dropped his lone match of the day in a technical fall to Michael Toppan of Roger Williams in 4:40.
- · NEC junior Josh Bean (Londonderry, N.H.) was pinned by Jake Bobersky in his first match against King's College and lost due to a technical fall to Michael Forte in his match against Roger Williams.
- · NEC senior Boburjon Berdiyorov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) went 2-0 on the day with a technical fall over King's College's Nick Germano and a pin over RWU's Trey Kaupp.
- · NEC freshman Joseph Bolduc (Methuen, Mass.) went 1-1 with a major decision over King's Jacob Hachtmann and a pinfall loss to Jayden Curley.
- · NEC freshman Dominic DeMaio (Methuen, Mass.) was pinned by King's Nick Costello in his lone match of the day.
- · NEC sophomore Michael Follo (Derry, N.H.) took down Cole Anderson by technical fall in his match against King's College and lost 8-2 to RWU's Shaun McLaughlin.
- · NEC freshman Dominic Gangi (Methuen, Mass.) took down King's Patrick Horvath by decision and Roger Williams' Jayden Toppan by pin.
- · NEC junior Joseph Gangi (Methuen, Mass.) went 0-2 with a decision loss to King's Shane Kibler and RWU's Nick Fatone.
- · NEC freshman Rocco Hayden (Oxford, Maine) lost by major decision to MJ Turi of King's College and was pinned by Gordon Murray of Roger Williams.
- · NEC sophomore Brandon Lavasta (Lawrence, Mass.) went 2-0 with decision wins over King's Nick Valenzano and RWU's Jayden Toppan.
- · NEC sophomore Andrew Piedrahita (Westford, Mass.) lost his lone match against Roger Williams' Matt Lucas by technical fall.
Dual Match Results
King's: 25, NEC: 20
125: D. Gangi (NEC) defeats Horvath (KC) by decision, 5-0
133: Follo (NEC) defeats Anderson (KC) by tech fall, 20-5
141: Berdiyorov (NEC) defeats Germano (KC) by tech fall, 19-4
149: Kibler (KC) defeats J. Gangi (NEC) by decision, 5-1
157: Turi (KC) defeats Hayden (NEC) by major decision, 12-4
165: Costello (KC) defeats DeMaio (NEC) by pin, 1:32
174: Bolduc (NEC) defeats Hatchman (KC) by major decision, 9-1
184: Theroux (KC) wins by forfeit
197: Bobursky (KC) defeats Bean (NEC) by pin, 4:24
285: Lavasta (NEC) defeats Valanzano (KC) by decision, 10-3
Roger Williams: 33, NEC: 14
125: Gangi (NEC) defeats Toppan (RWU) by pin, 1:33
133: McLaughlin (RWU) defeats Follo (NEC) by decision, 8-2
141: Berdiyorov (NEC) defeats Kaupp (RWU) by pin, 1:41
149: Fatone (RWU) defeats J. Gangi (NEC) by pin, 1:50
157: Murray (RWU) defeats Hayden (NEC) by pin, 3:27
165: Lucas (RWU) defeats Piedahrita (NEC) by tech fall, 19-4
174: Curley (RWU) defeats Bolduc (NEC) by decision, 5-2
184: Forte (RWU) defeats Bean (NEC) by tech fall
197: M. Toppman (RWU) defeats Atallah (NEC) by tech fall
285: Lavasta (NEC) defeats J. Toppman (RWU) by decision, 6-3
UP NEXT
NEC is back on the mats on January 11th when they travel to Collegeville, Pennsylvania to compete in the Manganaro Duals hosted by Ursinus College. For continuing coverage of New England College Athletics, visit athletics.nec.edu and follow the Pilgrims on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
