LEXINGTON, Va. -- The Washington and Lee wrestling team finished fourth out of eight teams in the W&L Invitational held on Saturday afternoon at the Warner Center.

Waynesburg finished as the team champion with 123.0 points, followed by Washington & Jefferson (114.5), Johns Hopkins (107.5), W&L (83.0), Muhlenberg (76.0), West Virginia Tech (44.0), Scranton (34.0) and Southern Virginia (25.0). W&J first-year Zach Cecchetti (Apollo, Pa./Kiski Area) was named the tournament's outstanding wrestler after claiming the championship of the 125-pound bracket.

The Generals claimed the championship of two weight classes, had one runner-up finish, one third-place finish and one fourth-place finish.

Senior Rob Terrin (Baltimore, Md./Friends) won the 165-pound bracket, going 3-0 with a pair of wins by pin. Terrin pinned W&J's John Sabatelli (3:36) in the championship match.

Senior John Christopher (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) also went 3-0 in claiming the 285-pound title. He notched one win via pin and downed Johns Hopkins' Matt Rugani in the finals, 5-2.

First-year David Dennis (Sherman, W.Va./Ravenswood) received a first round bye at 149 pounds and pinned Waynesburg's Jesse Byerly (3:34), the top seed, but fell to Rob Kein of Muhlenberg in the finals, 3-1.

First-year Ben Ersing (Beverly, Mass./St. John's Prep) finished the day 2-1 overall at 125 pounds after dropping his opening match. He recovered to defeat Waynesburg's Josh Klimko in the third-place match by a score of 16-3.

First-year Sam Campbell (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier) completed his day 2-2 overall at 133 pounds, falling to Johns Hopkins' Michael Testa in the third-place match, 3-2.

Washington and Lee returns to action on Saturday as it travels to Stevens Institute of Technology for a tri with the host Ducks, McDaniel and the Merchant Marine Academy. Action begins at 10:00 am.

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