York, Pa. – Joel Martsinovsky surpassed 100 career wins en route to a first-place finish at 184 pounds and Blaise Wagner joined him on top of the podium at 197 as the Stevens Institute of Technology Wrestling team wrapped the York (Pa.)-hosted New Standard Corporation Invitational on Saturday, finishing the two-day event in seventh place with a team total of 100 points, just two points back of a top-five finish.

Harrison Hinojosa (4^th Place, 174 pounds), Carmen Cortese (5^th Place, 149 pounds), and Tyler Venet (6^th Place, 157 pounds) gave the Ducks five podium finishers.

The Rundown & Top Performers

• Martsinovsky started his day with career win 99, pinning his quarterfinal opponent in 2:22. After earning his milestone win via medical forfeit while already leading his semifinal match 6-1, he capped his perfect weekend and picked up win 101 with a 10-0 major decision in the final.
• After a technical fall and a pin in 1:32 Friday, Wagner's weekend of domination continued with another pin (in 3:59) in the semifinals and an 11-3 major decision win in the final.
• Hinojosa picked up 10-3 and 8-3 decision wins during a 2-2 day on the mats, wrapping a four-win weekend.
• Cortese started the day with a pin and clinched fifth place with an 11-3 major decision win.
• Venet picked up a pin in 4:51 and a 10-9 decision win, joining the four top-five finishers with four-win weekends.
• Among other Ducks in action Saturday:
  • At 149 pounds, Tyler Roe earned his second pin of the weekend
  • At 165 pounds, Jack Bailey picked up a 21-10 major decision win
  • At 174 pounds, Branden Bulatao garnered an 11-1 major decision win

From the Mat (Head Coach Anthony Bonaventura)
"This is arguably the toughest D-III tournament during the regular season and I thought we fought hard over the two-day event. Super pumped for Blaise Wagner and Joel Martsinovsky, big weekends for them. Wagner secured his first career title and Martsinovsky hit 100 wins on his way to the 184 title. Our effort and commitment to scoring is still fantastic, need to clean up a few areas but happy with the teams progression as we get ready to close out the 2024 portion of schedule this coming week."

Up Next
The Ducks head to New London, Conn. For a dual meet with Coast Guard Wednesday at 7 pm.

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