Saturday, January 19, 2002 TRINITY WRESTLING FINISHES SEVENTH IN NEW ENGLAND DUALS TOURNAMENT Middletown, Conn.- Junior 141-pounder Mark Foresi (West Springfield, Mass.) won all four of his matches, pinning one of his opponents and outscoring the other three by a combined tally of 48-17, leading the Trinity College Bantams to a 2-2 record and a seventh place finish in the 2002 New England College Conference Wrestling Association Duals Championship Tournament this afternoon at Wesleyan University.
Trinity, seeded #8, defeated Williams in the first round, 36-12, but lost against top-seeded Johnson and Wales, 42-10, in the quarter-finals. The Bantams dropped a 22-16 decision to #4 Roger Williams to fall to the seventh-place match, but trounced Norwich, 33-12, to place seventh.
Foresi, an All-American in 2000-01, pinned his Williams opponent in 2:53 and was the only Bantam to win a match against Johnson and Wales winning by a 22-14 count. Foresi won easily in his last two bouts, 9-1, and 17-2. Trinity junior Eric Egolf (Glastonbury, Conn.) and freshman David Bucco (Foxboro, Mass.) each won three out of four matches with both posting victories in more than one weight class. TEAM RESULTS First Round #1 Johnson and Wales 52 #15 Southern Maine 0 #2 Coast Guard 44 Western New England 12 #6 Norwich 27 Rhode Island College 18 #4 Roger Williams 42 MIT 9 #8 Trinity (Conn.) 36 Williams 12 Worcester Tech 27 #7 Bridgewater State 17 #3 Wesleyan 28 Springfield 6 #5 Plymouth State received a bye
Second Round Wesleyan 22 Norwich 18 Johnson and Wales 38 Trinity (Conn.) 10 Plymouth State 22 Roger Williams 21 Coast Guard 38 Worcester Tech 15 Rhode Island College29 Springfield 12 Williams 36 Southern Maine 7 Western New England24 Bridgewater State 21 MIT received a bye
Third Round Johnson and Wales 25 Plymouth State 16 (Semi-finals) Wesleyan 24 Coast Guard 14 (Semi-finals) Rhode Island College42 Western New England 3 Williams 39 MIT 15 Worcester Tech 25 Norwich 21 Roger Williams 22 Trinity (Conn.) 16 Springfield 30 Bridgewater State 24 Southern Maine received a bye
Fourth Round Johnson and Wales 21 Wesleyan 19 (Finals) Plymouth State 24 Coast Guard 21 (Third-Place) Roger Williams 19 Worcester Tech 15 (Fifth-Place) Trinity (Conn.) 33 Norwich 12 (Seventh-Place) Rhode Island College42 Williams 10 (Ninth-Place) Western New England25 MIT 18 (11th-Place) Springfield 44 Southern Maine 10 (13th-Place) Bridgewater State (15th-Place) TRINITY MATCH RESULTS Trinity vs. Williams 125: TC- Jeff Rhoades d. Ari Crystal-Ornelas pin time (4:30) 133: W- Tom Prairie d. James Malone pin time (3:30) 141: TC- Mark Foresi d. Scott Moskowitz pin time (2:53) 149: TC- Eric Egolf d. Josh Weisenbeck 7-6 157: TC- David Bucco d. Matt Shear 6-0 165: TC- Wesley Connell d. Greg Matisoff pin time (6:35) 174: W- Gus Whyte d. Lucas McKittrick 6-3 184: TC- Michael Doros won by forfeit 197: TC- Matt Webster won by forfeit HWT: W- Tony Bletsis d. Tim Wenson 8-1 Trinity, Conn. (6-5) 36 Williams (4-9) 12 Trinity vs. Johnson and Wales 125: JW- Kevin Vees d. Jeff Rhoades pin time (1:30) 133: JW- Kevin Boyes d. Jean Chunga 15-3 141: TC- Mark Foresi d. James Festa 22-14 149: JW- John Orlsoky d. Eric Egolf 11-5 157: JW- Tim Ruberg d. David Bucco 15-13 165: JW- Nick Pajor won by forfeit 174: JW- James Gilbert d. Oded Carmi 12-2 184: JW- Ryan Lenhart won by forfeit 197: TC- Matt Webster won by forfeit HWT: JW- Jim Bob Stanley d. Tim Wenson pin time (1:40) Johnson and Wales (11-2) 38 Trinity, Conn. (6-6) 10 Trinity vs. Roger Williams 125: RW- Jon Egan d. Jeff Rhoades 10-5 133: RW- Joe Daigneault d. James Malone 10-1 141: TC- Mark Foresi d. Matt Boissonneault 9-1 149: RW- Kevin Logue d. Dan Feltsmann pin time (2:30) 157: TC- Eric Egolf d. Matt Sparacio 6-2 165: TC- David Bucco d. Paul Santamaria pin time (1:16) 174: RW- Joe Fitzsimmons d. Lucas McKittrick 2-0 184: RW- Jeff Bernard d. Oded Carmi 5-1 197: RW- Brian Bagdon d. Matt Webster 5-1 HWT: TC- Tim Wenson d. Bill Kennedy 4-3 Roger Williams (9-5) 22 Trinity, Conn. (7-6) 16 Trinity vs. Norwich 125: TC- Jean Chunga won by forfeit 133: TC- Jeff Rhoades won by forfeit 141: TC- Mark Foresi d. Brian Pitaniello 17-2 149: TC- Eric Egolf d. Matt Thurston 3-2 157: TC- David Bucco d. Dan Whelan 8-0 165: N- Jon Capen d. Ben Sklar pin time (1:04) 174: TC- Lucas McKittrick d. Josh Jensen 6-3 184: N- Silver Oghayore d. Oded Carmi 8-1 197: TC- Matt Webster d. Brian Fiorenza pin time (2:06) HWT: N- Cosmo St. John d. Tim Wenson 5-0 Trinity (7-7) 33 Norwich (5-10) 12