BALTIMORE, Md. -- Western Maryland claimed four individual championships to cruise to its second Centennial Conference wrestling title in three years today at Larry Goldfarb Gymnasium on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. The Terror, which shared the league dual-meet championship with Gettysburg with 5-1 records, had winners in the 125, 157, 184, and 197-pound weight classes, and the silver medalist in the 141-pound division, on its way to 102.5 team points, outpacing the Bullets, who finished second with 68.
Gettysburg claimed individual championships at 133 and 174, and used three second-place finishes to maintain a nine-point edge over Ursinus, which had one individual champion. Muhlenberg claimed two titles and finished fourth, ahead of the host Blue Jays, who crowned their first Centennial champion since 1995. Washington & Lee and Swarthmore finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
Washington and Lee had three wrestlers finish in runner-up positions in their weight classes. Senior Chad Casto (Buckhannon, W.Va./Buckhannon Upshur) lost to Vinny Pedalino of Western Maryland in the championship of the 125-pound classification. Junior Josh Chamberlain (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) fell to Andy Faust of Muhlenberg College in the 149-pound championship, while sophomore Ezra Morse (Central Point, Ore./Crater) lost to Chris McNally of Western Maryland in the 197-pound title bout.
Washington and Lee finishes the season with a record of 7-5, 3-3 Centennial.
-- GENERALS --
125 POUNDS
Chad Casto (W&L) dec. Alok Moharir (JHU), 5-2
Vinny Pedalino (WMC) dec. Chad Casto (W&L), 8-5
133 POUNDS
Kevin Greco (UC) pinned Ben Segal (W&L), 1:24
Jon Pitonzo (WMC) tech. fall Ben Segal (W&L), 5:42, 25-8
141 POUNDS
Patrick Curry (UC) pinned John Polena (W&L), 2:55
Cory Falgowki (JHU) pinned John Polena (W&L), :39
149 POUNDS
Josh Chamberlain (W&L) dec. Joshua Moyer (UC), 11-6
Andy Faust (MC) dec. Josh Chamberlain (W&L), 8-3
157 POUNDS
Tim Scarpato (GC) pinned Alex Poor (W&L), 2:36
Bill Holsinger (MC) pinned Alex Poor (W&L), 2:11
165 POUNDS
Dan Ochoa (MC) dec. Greg Valentine (W&L), 9-7
Greg Valentine (W&L) dec. Matt Helwig (GC), 9-8
Scott Taylor (WMC) dec. Greg Valentine (W&L), 5-3
174 POUNDS
Jesse Bean (SC) tech. fall Jason Smee (W&L), 6:10, 16-0
Eric Bartezak (WMC) pinned Jason Smee (W&L), 2:38
184 POUNDS
Aaron Moak (JHU) maj. dec. Ericson Davis (W&L), 10-1
Ericson Davis (W&L) pinned Les Fox (SC), 6:56
Travis Allred (UC) maj. dec. Ericson Davis (W&L), 12-4
197 POUNDS
Ezra Morse (W&L) dec. Brandon Smith (GC), 5-2
Chris McNally (WMC) dec. Ezra Morse (W&L), 8-6
285 POUNDS
John Sensing (W&L) dec. Lou DiStefano (UC), 6-5
Shawn Greene (GC) dec. John Sensing (W&L), 3-2
Brian Jones (WMC) dec. John Sensing (W&L), 4-3
