BALTIMORE, Md. -- The Washington and Lee wrestling team finished eighth out of eight teams at the Centennial Conference Championships on Saturday afternoon at Johns Hopkins University.
Ursinus College claimed the title with 98.5 points, followed by McDaniel (68), Muhlenberg (67.5), Johns Hopkins (55), Gettysburg (36.5), Stevens Tech (34), King's Point (30.5) and W&L (14).
The Generals were paced by freshman heavyweight John Christopher (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons), who finished third overall. Christopher was pinned by McDaniel's Keith English (2:45) in the opening match, but recovered to defeated Chris Swensen of Muhlenberg (6-0) and John Brunetti of King's Point (7-2), setting up a rematch with English in the third place match. This time, Christopher knocked off English by pinning him in 3:30.
Freshman Tom Hosford (Stewart Manor, N.Y./Garden City) was the only other General to place, finishing fourth at 125 pounds. Hosford was pinned by Michael Sumner of Johns Hopkins (2:30) in his opening match then received a pair of byes to the third place match where he fell to Mike Tenenhaus of Muhlenberg, 7-1.
The Generals' season is now complete. W&L finished with a 5-5 overall record and a 3-4 mark in the Centennial Conference.
-- GENERALS --
W&L RESULTS
125 Pounds
Michael Sumner (JHU) d. Tom Hosford (W&L); 2:30
Mike Tenenhaus (Muhlenberg) d. Tom Hosford (W&L); 7-1
133 Pounds
David Shubick (W&L) d. Mark Bistis (Stevens); 3-1
Billy Hall (Muhlenberg) d. David Shubick (W&L); 8-0
Arthur Kaehler (McDaniel) d. David Shubick (W&L); 10-4
141 Pounds
Rob Klein (Muhlenberg) d. Rob Terrin (W&L); 11-1
Rob Terrin (W&L) d. R.J. Neaton (McDaniel); 7-1
Chris Spangler (UC) d. Rob Terrin (W&L); 7-3
149 Pounds
No entry
157 Pounds
Ryan Bennick (Stevens) d. Tim Manson (W&L); 12-0
Zach Hetrick (McDaniel) d. Tim Manson (W&L); 9-4
165 Pounds
Brandon Macwhinnie (Stevens ) d. Anthony Boniello (W&L); 16-1 (4:29)
Chris Floyd (JHU) d. Anthony Boniello (W&L); 6-4
174 Pounds
Andrew Winfield (McDaniel) d. Erick Gagne (W&L); 0:36
Colin McAuliffe (Stevens ) d. Erick Gagne (W&L); 7-4
184 Pounds
Matt Horn (Muhlenberg) d. Max Courtney (W&L); 7-5
Ben Sanders (King's Point) d. Max Courtney (W&L); 2-1
197 Pounds
Cory Beall (McDaniel) d. Kirk Adamson (W&L); 11-8
Kirk Adamson (W&L) d. Chris Teffa (Stevens); 11-4
Tyler Schmidt (JHU) d. Kirk Adamson (W&L); 3-1
285 Pounds
Keith English (McDaniel) d. John Christopher (W&L); 2:45
John Christopher (W&L) d. Chris Swensen (Muhlenberg); 6-0
John Christopher (W&L) d. John Brusetti (King's Point); 7-2
John Christopher (W&L) d. Keith English (McDaniel); 3:30
