Wrestling Tallies Four Champions, Nine Place-Winners at Wildcat Open

Sunday, January 27

Providence, RI

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Brown University

JWU Wildcat Open

Wrestling Tallies Four Champions, Nine Place-Winners at Wildcat Open

1/27/2019 6:45:00 PM | Wrestling

Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior Tucker Ziegler, sophomore Nino Bastianelli, and freshmen Reese Fry and Jack Bokina all earned tournament titles as Brown University wrestling tallied four champions and nine place-winners at the Johnson & Wales Wildcat Open on Sunday at the Wildcat Center.

All nine Bears that competed on the day placed at the event as Brown compiled four first-place finishes, two second-place showings, a third-place finish, fourth-place finish, and sixth-place finish.

"Today was a great day for our guys to get another opportunity to wrestle, and they competed really well," Brown head coach Todd Beckerman said. "It was a chance to be able to build some confidence, win matches, and come home with some titles."

Fry (Manchester, Michigan) won the 125-pound weight class, Bokina (Mattituck, N.Y.) took the 149-pound title, Bastianelli (Maysville, Mich.) captured the 184-pound weight class, and Ziegler (Myersville, Md.) claimed first at 197 pounds. All four wrestlers went undefeated on the day, combining for a 14-0 record.

Junior Theo Powers (Mexico, N.Y.) went 3-1 to place second at 141 pounds, winning his first three bouts, and freshman Samuel Lynch (Foster, R.I.) finished 3-1 and came in second at 149 pounds. The first-place match at 149 featured a pair of Bears in Bokina and Lynch.

Freshman Cade Wilson (Nazareth, Pa.) placed third at 174 pounds behind a 5-1 record, including four straight wins to close the day. Freshman David Heath (North Canton, Ohio) finished fourth at 197 pounds with a 3-2 mark, and classmate Ryan O'Grady (Nazareth, Pa.) came in sixth at 141 pounds with a 4-2 record.

Next, Brown will compete in a pair of Ivy League and EIWA road duals on Saturday, February 2 at Penn (1:00 p.m.) and at Princeton (5:00 p.m.).

Brown Results

125 Pounds
Reese Fry (3-0, First Place)
Fry def. Lucas Purpora (Bridgewater State) in Quarterfinals, Fall 0:41
Fry def. Kyle Randall (Sacred Heart) in Semifinals, Dec. 5-1
Fry def. Robert Hartling (Springfield) in First-Place Match, Fall 3:50

141 Pounds
Ryan O'Grady (4-2, Sixth Place)
Logan Brown (USMAPS) def. O'Grady in First Round, Fall 2:55
O'Grady def. Donny Albach (New York U.) in Consolation, Fall 1:55
O'Grady def. Andrew Valdina (Bridgewater State) in Consolation, Fall 0:56
O'Grady def. Andy Lombard (Roger Williams) in Consolation, MD 12-3
O'Grady def. Watna Cunha (Johnson & Wales) in Consolation, MD 18-5
Logan Brown (USMAPS) def. O'Grady in Consolation, Dec. 3-2
Noah Caskey (USNAPS) def. O'Grady in Fifth-Place Match, Rule

Theo Powers (3-1, Second Place)
Powers def. Craig Sampson (Johnson & Wales) in Second Round, Dec. 6-3
Powers def. Andy Lombard (Roger Williams) in Quarterfinals, Dec. 8-2
Powers def. Mike Vietri (Springfield) in Semifinals, Dec. 3-2
Joseph Calderone (LIU Post) def. Powers in First-Place Match, Dec. 4-2

149 Pounds
Jack Bokina (4-0, First Place)
Bokina def. Calvin Call (Sacred Heart) in Second Round, MD 13-1
Bokina def. Jordan Robinson (Unattached) in Quarterfinals, Dec. 1-0
Bokina def. Caden Mareno (USNAPS) in Semifinals, Fall 5;26
Bokina def. Samuel Lynch (Brown) in First-Place Match, Dec. 6-0

Samuel Lynch (3-1, Second Place)
Lynch def. Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart) in Second Round, TF 19-4
Lynch def. Paul Crane (USNAPS) in Quarterfinals, Dec. 4-3
Lynch def. Marco Dominguez (Coast Guard) in Semifinals, Dec. 3-2
Jack Bokina (Brown) def. Lynch in First-Place Match, Dec. 6-0

174 Pounds
Cade Wilson (5-1, Third Place)
Wilson def. Gabriel Rodriguez (New York U.) in Second Round, MD 14-5
Michael Gargano (Johnson & Wales) def. Wilson in Quarterfinals, Dec. 8-4
Wilson def. Nick Caracappa (Johnson & Wales) in Consolation, Fall 6:30
Wilson def. Ryan DeVico (Johnson & Wales) in Consolation, Forfeit
Wilson def. Sahm Abdulrazzaq (USMAPS) in Consolation, Dec. 5-3
Wilson def. Scott Dupont (New York U.) in Third-Place Match, Dec. 6-3

184 Pounds
Nino Bastianelli (4-0, First Place)
Bastianelli def. Robert Fryar II (Bridgewater State) in First Round, Fall 1:12
Bastianelli def. Izzy Fox (New York U.) in Quarterfinals, Fall 0:54
Bastianelli def. Jackson Kligerman (New York U.) in Semifinals, Dec. 7-4
Bastianelli def. Dan McClure (LIU Post) in First-Place Match, Dec. 9-4

197 Pounds
David Heath (3-2, Fourth Place)
Heath def. Matt Froio (Plymouth State) in First Round, Dec. 4-2
Heath def. Jessup Pawelczyk (Coast Guard) in Quarterfinals, Dec. 7-0
Jake Koser (USNAPS) def. Heath in Semifinals, Fall 2:11
Heath def. Matt Froio (Plymouth State) in Consolation, Dec. 7-0
Joseph Miller (USMAPS) def. Heath in Third-Place Match, Dec. 2-0

Tucker Ziegler (3-0, First Place)
Ziegler def. George McBurney (Coast Guard) in Quarterfinals, MD 16-4
Ziegler def. Joseph Miller (USMAPS) in Semifinals, Dec. 7-5
Ziegler def. Jake Koser (USNAPS) in First-Place Match, Forfeit