WESTMINSTER, Md. -- The Washington and Lee wrestling team completed its 2008-09 season with a seventh place finish out of eight teams at the Centennial Conference Championships hosted by McDaniel College on Saturday afternoon.
The Merchant Marine Academy claimed the title with 116.0 points and were followed by Ursinus (66.0), McDaniel (54.0), Muhlenberg (53.5), Stevens (47.0), Gettysburg (29.0), W&L (27.0) and Johns Hopkins (19.0).

The Generals had three placewinners at the championships led by first-year Ben Ersing (Beverly, Mass./St. John's Prep), who went 3-1 to place third in the 125-pound weight class. Ersing opened with a pin of McDaniel's Sean Ensign (1:54), but was defeated by Alex Black of Ursinus with a technical fall (17-2) in 5:18. He then advanced by injury default and pinned Gettysburg's Abe Evans in 1:22 in the third-place match.

First-year Sam Campbell (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier) finished fourth at 133 pounds. Campbell fell to Muhlenberg's Billy Hall in his opener, but defeated Getttysburg's Michael Slabinski, 12-8. He then advanced past Stevens' Mark Bistis by disqualification, but was a medical forfeit in the third-place match.

First-year David Dennis (Sherman, W.Va./Ravenswood) also finished fourth in the 157-pound weight class. He opened with a 5-3 win over Scott Lowe of the Merchant Marines, but then lost to Andrew Goldstein of Gettysburg, 11-6. Dennis then pinned Keith Swanson of Muhlenberg in 2:20, before dropping a 10-8 decision to Stevens' Leo Dormann in the third-place match.

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