SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Senior Chad Casto (Buckhannon, W.Va./Buckhannon Upshur) and sophomore Ezra Morse (Central Point, Ore./Crater) claimed individual championships en route to leading the Washington and Lee wrestling team to a second place finish at the Swarthmore College Invitational over the weekend in Swarthmore, Pa.

W&L had nine wrestlers compete in the event. Casto and Morse each won three consecutive matches to claim their championships. Casto claimed the title in the 125-pound category, while Morse won in the 197-pound classification. Other wrestlers making strong showings in their categories included junior Josh Chamberlain (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) finishing third among the 149-pounders, freshman Ericson Davis (Clemmons, N.C./North Davidson) finishing fourth in the 184-pound category, and junior John Sensing (Hockessin, Del./Tatnall) finishing fourth in the 286-pound classification.

In the team scoring, W&L finished second to York College, who ran away from the field with 111 points, including three champions and three second-place finishers. W&L finished in second with a total of 43 points, just edging third-place Davidson College, who finished with 39 points.

W&L will return to action on January 22, when it hosts the W&L Invitational in Lexington. The matches are set to begin at 10:30 am in the Warner Center.  
125     
Chad Casto (W&L) def. Cox (DC)             
Chad Casto (W&L) def. Barrick (YKC)
Chad Casto (W&L) def. Jacobs (SWC)
133    
Ben Segal (W&L) def. Barnas (RWU)
Waltes (APP) def. Segal (W&L)
Picard (SWC) def. Segal (W&L)
149    
Borella (SC) def. Chamberlain (W&L)
Chamberlain (W&L) def. Green (WES)
Chamberlain (W&L) def. Albert (DC)
Chamberlain (W&L) def. LeTang (SC)
157    
Reid (SC) def. Alex Poor (W&L)
165    
Zdanov (W&L) def. Bodkins (APP)
Zdanov (W&L) def. Davis (RWU)
Murray (ST) def. Ivan Zdanov (W&L)
Chan (SC) def. Ivan Zdanov (W&L)
174    
Emma (SC) def. Valentine (W&L)
184    
Wooten (DC) def. Davis (W&L)
Davis (W&L) def. McKee (SWC)
Davis (W&L) def. Eckenrode (WTR)
Wooten (DC) def. Davis (W&L)
197    
Ezra Morse (W&L) def. Bickerstaff (DC)
Ezra Morse (W&L) def. Allokian (WES)
Ezra Morse (W&L) def. Bagdon (RWU)
285
John Sensing (W&L) def. Spurgeon (VF)
Skretkowicz (LVC) def. Sensing (W&L)
Sensing (W&L) def. McDermott (LVC)
Sensing (W&L) def. Hershey (YKC)
 
SCHOOL KEY
W&L - Washington and Lee
DC - Davidson
YKC - York College
RWU - Roger Williams
APP - Apprentice
SC - Swarthmore
WES - Weseleyan
ST - Stevens Tech
WTR - Williamson Trade
VF - Valley Forge
LVC - Lebanon Valley