Collegeville, Pa. – Four wrestlers earned top-six finishes in their weight classes as No. 21 Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling wrapped their weekend of competition in the Racich Rumble at Ursinus College Saturday afternoon.

Following a 30-21 dual win over Delaware Valley University Friday night, Stevens sent 15 additional athletes to Ursinus, with several adding multiple victories to their season résumés.

Unseeded at 165, Jason Smith won his first three matches, eventually finishing fourth. Also unseeded at 165, Jack Bailey dropped his first match of the day, then reeled off six straight wins to finish fifth. Tyler Roe, the No. 2 seed at 149, picked up a trio of victories en route to a sixth place finish. Ian Flanagan, in his first action of the season, took sixth as the No. 6 seed at 174.
 
The Rundown & Top Performers

• Smith started his day with back-to-back major decision wins (17-6 and 11-2), advancing to the quarterfinals where he picked up a 10-3 decision win, clinching a top-four finish. Smith took top-seeded Keegan Demarest to an 8-5 decision in the semis, then, up 3-0 in the third-place match, suffered a pinfall loss at the hands of Justice Hockenberry-Folk.
• After a 6-5 decision loss to open his day, Bailey advanced to the Consolation Bracket Round of 8 with a pair of pinfalls sandwiched around a win by forfeit. Two decision wins (8-6 and 6-3) put Bailey in the Consolation Final/5^th Place Match, where the senior closed his day with a third pinfall victory.
• Roe was utterly dominant in his first two matches of the day picking up 17-1 and 20-5 technical fall wins. After suffering a 17-10 decision loss to the draw's #7 seed Levi Snyder of Messiah in the quarterfinals, Roe knocked off teammates George Pavis and Justin Ciliotta by technical fall and decision in the Consolation Round of 8 and Semis, respectively. The first-year's day concluded with a pinfall loss in the Consolation Final/5^th Place Match.
• Starting his day with an 11-7 decision loss, Flanagan advanced all the way to the first half of the Consolation Round of 8 with a bye and win by forfeit. Following 21-5 technical fall and 9-3 decision wins, Flanagan ensured a top-six finish with a 12-11 decision win in the Consolation Semis, but dropped his Consolation Final/5^th Place Match by decision, 12-7.
• Elsewhere, Ciliotta, Pavis, and Chris Piazza all had three wins; Joseph Bodnar and Branden Bulatao each had two wins.

From the Mat
"Overall great weekend of competition for the Ducks against some of the best teams in Regions 2 and 3. Our depth was on full display today and I am proud of the effort from the group that competed today. We wrestled for all seven minutes and had some amazing wins late in the match. Big week for us coming up, looking to build off the momentum that was gained over the last 2 days." -- Head Coach Anthony Bonaventura.

Up Next
The Ducks head to the Midwest for a neutral site dual against Loras College Thursday, November 14 at 7:00 pm from La Crosse, Wisconsin.


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