WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Nine different wrestlers finished in the top six in their respective weight classes as the Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling team took third place out of 12 teams at the season-opening Ned McGinley Invitational on Saturday.

Vincent Principe was the Ducks' highest finisher, taking third at 133 pounds. Charlie Piccione (125) and George Pavis (149) both took fourth in their respective weight classes, with Piccione competing in his first collegiate event. Noah MacIlroy, also in his first collegiate event, finished fifth at 184. Raffaele Fonte (141), Tyler Roe (165), Sawyer Pugh and Ian Flanagan (both 174), and Noah Berlin-Langston (HWT) all took sixth in their classes for the Ducks, who sent 28 men to the mats Saturday.

Stevens finished behind NYU (160.5) and Rochester (151.5), who totaled five first-place finishers between them.
 
The Rundown

• Principe started his day with a 15-0 technical fall and two decisions, moving to the semifinals. After being pinned by the top seed in the draw, Principe earned the three-spot via forfeit in the consolation match.
• Pavis advanced to the 149-pound semifinals with three straight decision victories, including a 2-0 win over class' the No. 1 seed. In the semifinals and consolation, Pavis dropped a pair of decisions.
• Piccione's day began with two technical falls, picking up 32 points without conceding any. After a decision win put him in the semifinals, the first-year fell via technical fall in the semifinals to the top seed, then by decision in the consolation match.
• After dropping his first match of the day, MacIlroy responded with force, reeling off two technical fall wins, then a fall in less than a minute, then another technical fall, then capped his day with a major decision, falling one point shy of a fourth technical fall.
• Roe opened his slate with a decision win, then a fall. After dropping a match via major decision, Roe picked up a commanding 23-7 technical fall win in his final action of the day.
• Pugh opened against the No. 1 seed at 174, dropping a major decision, but finished with five straight victories, two by fall, one by technical fall, and two by major decision.
• Fonte sandwiched two decision wins around a technical fall loss, caping his day with a third decision win.
• Berlin-Langston, the No. 7 seed at heavyweight, earned a win by default in his first action of the day, then added a major decision win. After being pinned by the class' No. 3 seed, Langston responded with back-to-back wins by pin, before suffering a pin against the bracket's No. 5 seed in the fifth-place match.
• Elsewhere, Anthony Bistany and Cole Grenier had four wins; Sidney Dillon had three; Adam Ramadan, Brendan Schuler, Dom Marinilli, Justin Ciliotta, Kristian Koroveshi, Logan Levine, and Naci Robinson all had two

NOTES OF NOTE

• The event marked the collegiate debuts for Ramadan, Schuler, Piccione, Grenier, Marinilli, Koroveshi, Levine, Berlin-Langston, MacIlroy, Fonte, Pugh, Dillon, Terrence Thomas, Michael O'Connor,  KJ Honnig, Gabriel Hargrove, and Andrew O'Reilly

Up Next
Ryan Smith will compete in the Princeton Open tomorrow, then dual season for the Ducks begins next Thursday, November 6 at 7PM at home against Arcadia.
 
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