LEXINGTON, VA -- The Washington and Lee University wrestling team placed sixth of eight teams in the W&L Invitational on Saturday afternoon in the Warner Center.
Leading the way individually for the Generals was junior Chad Casto (Buckhannon, W.Va./Buckhannon-Upsur), who was the runner-up in the 133-pound bracket. After a first round bye, Casto defeated Davidson's Dan Carman 13-5 in the second round before losing to Scranton's John Cavey in the finals, 5-1.
Sophomore Jeff Paul (Towson, md./Towson) also produced a second place finish, his coming in the 197-pound bracket. Paul began by defeating Judah Keenan of Pensacola Christian, 10-3, then pinned Doug Norris of Longwood in just 29 seconds. In the finals, Tony Booth of Washington and Jefferson emerged victorious, downing Paul, 10-5.
Freshman Ezra Morse (Central Point, Ore./Crater) took home third place in the 174-pound bracket for the Generals. Morse defeated Davidson's Jeff Bender 12-0 in the first round before suffering an 8-3 defeat to Longwood's Kamel Chantal in the second round . Morse then advanced by sophomore teammate John Valentine (Pittsburgh, Pa./Woodland Hills) by default and then defeated Davidson's Justin Perkinson 3-2 in the consolation round to earn the third place finish.
Washington and Jefferson took home top team honors and Scranton's Mike Grandchamp was named Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament. W&L will be in action again on Sat., Jan. 30 at 11:00 am when it travels to Swarthmore for the Swarthmore Quadrangular.
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133 lbs.
Chad Casto d. Dan Carman (Davidson), 13-5
John Carvey (Scranton) d. Chad Casto, 5-1
149 lbs.
Josh Chamberlain d. Justin Bellman (Valley Forge), Fall 3:28
Anthony Albert (Davidson) d. Josh Chamberlain, 5-4
Josh Chamberlain d. Russ LeFrance (Scranton), Fall 1:30
Justin Bellman (Valley Forge) d. Josh Chamberlain, 5-0
157 lbs.
Ian Kaplan (Davidson) d. James McKnight, Fall 0:25
Kevin Murray (Scranton) d. James McKnight, Fall 1:04
Mike Lynch (Scranton) d. Ivan Zdanov, Inj. Def.
Ryan Phelps (Pensacola Christian) d. Ivan Zdanov, Inj. Def.
165 lbs.
Mike Grandchamp (Scranton) d. Greg Valentine, Fall 0:51
Greg Valentine d. Dennis James (Valley Forge), 4-2
Beau Dickerson (Longwood) d. Greg Valentine, 9-3
Dusty Werner (Pensacola Christian) d. Dan Comer, Tech. Fall 6:02
Dan Comer d. Rayson Ashton (Gallaudet), 14-8
Alan Roe (Davidson) d. Dan Comer, DQ
174 lbs.
Mike Mason (W&J) d. John Valentine, Fall 2:05
John Valentine d. Max Ivankov, Fall 4:21
Ezra Morse d. Ezra Morse, Def.
Justin Perkinson (Davidson) d. Max Ivankov, Fall 5:38
Ezra Morse d. Jeff Bender (Davidson), 12-0
Kamel Chantal (Longwood) d. Ezra Morse, 8-3
Ezra Morse def. Justin Perkinson (Davidson), 3-2
184 lbs.
Alex McManimen d. Bill Ayrnes (Valley Forge), Fall 0:47
Wes Koteski (W&J) d. Alex McManimen, Fall 2:52
James Shackleford (Longwood) d. Alex McManimen, Def.
197 lbs.
Jeff Paul d. Judah Keenan (Pensacola Christian), 10-3
Jeff Paul d. Doug Norris (Longwood), Fall 0:29
Tony Boone (W&J) d. Jeff Paul, 10-5
Hwt.
Aaron Drabkin (W&J) d. Marshall Sutton, 6-4
Vernon McNece (Gallaudet) d. Marshall Sutton, Fall 1:51
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