Wrestlers to compete for spot at NCAA Division III national championships

Stratford’s Michael Ross is 31-0 and the top seed at 174 pounds in this weekend’s NCAA DIvision III Northeast Regional tournament in Springfield. (Photo courtesy J&W Sports Information)

Three Connecticut wrestlers have earned No. 1 seeds for this weekend’s NCAA Division III Northeast Regional championship meet at Springfield College along four wrestlers from No. 5 Coast Guard.

Seventeen teams will be in the event with the top three finishers in each of the 10 weight classes earning a berth to the NCAA Division III national championship meet on March 11-12 in Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

Berlin’s Nick Arborio, a senior at Western New England University, has earned a No. 1 seed at 125 pounds, Glastonbury’s Joseph Rossetti, a senior at Williams College, is the top seed at 141 pounds while senior Michael Ross of Stratford and Foran High, is the No. 1 seed at 174 pounds for defending regional champion Johnson & Wales.

No. 12 Johnson & Wales have won the last four Northeast Regional championships. The 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coast Guard’s Tony Ulasak (149 pounds, 13-0), Phil Rogers (165, 5-0), Paul Detwiler (184, 15-0) and Coy Spooner (197, 19-0) earned top seeds in the tournament. Coast Guard is trying to claim their first Northeast Region title. The Bears finished second behind Johnson & Wales in 2019 and 2020.

Arborio won a Northeast Regional championship in 2020 for Western New England and is 14-2 on the year with three pins. Ross is undefeated at 31-0 this year for Johnson & Wales with two pins. Ross leads the entire nation (Division I, II and III) in tech falls with 19.

Results and brackets (TrackWrestling)
2022 tournament schedule

NCAA Division III Northeast Regional
Previous results
2021: Cancelled, COVID-19 pandemic
2020: 1. Johnson & Wales 168, 2. Coast Guard 122½, 3. New York University 122, 4. Springfield 112, 5. Roger Williams 86
2019: 1. Johnson & Wales 187, 2. Coast Guard 120, 3. Roger Williams 117, 4. WPI 84, 5. Castleton State 83½
2018: 1. Johnson & Wales 156½, 2. WPI 92½, 3. Wesleyan 91½, 4. New York University 89, 5. Southern Maine 88
2017: 1. Johnson & Wales 171½, 2. Ithaca College 139½, 3. Cortland (NY) State 111½, 4. Roger Williams 95, 5. Oneonta (NY) State 72½
2016: 1. Itacha 144, 2. Roger Williams 136½, 3. Cortland (NY) State 119, 4. Johnson & Wales 104½, 5. Williams 99½
2015: 1. Ithaca 128½; 2. Johnson and Wales 106; 3. Williams 101; 4. Roger Williams and Cortland State (State University of New York at Cortland) 96
2014: 1. Cortland State 128; 2. Ithaca 126; 3. Johnson & Wales 105½; 4. Roger Williams 97½; 5. Williams 78½
2013: 1. Cortland State 133½, 2. Springfield 123, 3. Itacha 96, 4. Wesleyan 91, 5. Johnson & Wales 78