Two Connecticut wrestlers earned spots for the upcoming National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) tournament in Louisiana by finishing in the top four of their respective weight class at the Northeast Regional championship tournament at RPI in Troy, N.Y., on March 2.
Torrington’s Mark Zavatkay won the 125-pound weight class and New Britain’s Shendell James finished fourth at 285 to help Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) win their seventh consecutive Northeast Region championship since 2017. STCC beat UMass, 181-130 with Northeastern finishing third in the field of 10 teams. Yale took ninth.
Including Zavatkay, five STCC wrestlers won their respective weight class including Matthew Clayton (133) of Plymouth, Mass., Spencer Multimore (141) of West Springfield, Mass., Justin Barr (149) of West Orange, N.J., and Jolan Matori (165) of Springfield, Mass.
Justin Perez (165) of Holyoke, Mass., and Johnny Andre (184) of Highstown, N.J. each finished second for STCC.
2024 NWCA Northeast Regional
At Troy, N.Y.
Top six in each weight class qualify for the NWCA nationals in Louisiana
Team results – 1. Springfield Technical Community College 181, 2. UMass 130, 3. Northeastern 108, 4. RPI 101, 5. Maine Maritime Academy 86, 6. Stony Brook College 83½, 7. Rhode Island 59, 8. Maine 56½, 9. Yale 49½, 10. MIT 26
Individual results
MEN
125 LBS
Final: Mark Zavatkay (STCC) pin Liam Campbell (UMass), 1:41
133 LBS
Final: Matthew Clayton (STCC) pin Beckett Herman (UMass), 3:41
3. Arnav Bhakta (Yale) tech fall Justin Muller (STCC), 17-2 7:00
141 LBS
Final: Spencer Miltimore (STCC) pin Sam Luzzi (URI), 6:31
3. Matthew Chalmers (Maine) pin Athony Denier (RPI), 0:29
5. Tyler Stroup (RPI) tech fall Michael Tavares (Northeastern), 16-0 4:00
149 LBS
Final: Justin Barr (STCC) dec. Andrew Brevot (RPI), 8-1
3. Evrit Roy (Maine Maritime) pin Vehaan Keswani (Northeastern), 0:47
5. Ezekiel Gunnison (Northeastern) dec. Victor Rodriguez (UMass), 9-7
7. Djan Carbonell (RPI) M FOR Christopher Espitia-Alvarez (MIT), 0-0 0:00
157 LBS
Final: Maxwell Wise (Stony Brook) pin Ian Darling (Northeastern), 4:30
3. Nicholas Noack (Northeastern) pin Gabriel Kelley (Maine), 2:55
5. Samuel Charles (Mass. Maritime) tech fall Jeffery Steinert (RPI), 15-0 1:58
7. Jacob Albright (URI) pin Hlib Kuzmenko (Maine), 3:37
165 LBS
Final: Jolan Martori (STCC) dec. Justin Perez (STCC), 2-1
3. Colin Loria (Yale) pin Reece Calvin (Northeastern), 2:19
5. Jason Goldstein (RPI) pin Jack Fortin (URI), 6:23
7. Aidan Gilchrist (Northeastern) pin Jared Mayo (UMass), 4:56
174 LBS
Final: Wayne Lamont (Stony Brook) tech fall Sean Haas (RPI), 20-4 6:49
3. Xzander Chapman (STCC) dec. Matthew Klein (RPI), 8-5
5. Todd Chiasson (UMass) pin Thomas Kelly (Maine), 1:57
7. Nicholas Gallina (Northeastern) dec. Nathan Fernandes (URI), 22-16
184 LBS
Final: Samuel Calvert (MIT) dec. Johnny Andre (STCC), 10-4
3. Jaimeson Shea (Stony Brook) M FOR Nathan Schobel (Maine Maritime), 9-1 3:00
5. Tyler Lynde (Stony Brook) FOR Ethan Mayo (UMass)
7. Theodore Lourie (Northeastern) MD Sabastian Gomez (RPI), 23-13
197 LBS
Final: Dillion Worster (Mass. Maritime) dec. Joseph Perkins (Northeastern), 11-3
3. Rich Conte (Yale) pin Joshua Kravets (UMass), 0:59
5. Michael Kafoury (RPI) pin Rohan Heron (STCC), 1:30
7. Eric Chin (URI) pin Matan Stern (Northeastern), 3:47
235 LBS
Final: Jakob Menichini (UMass) pin Daniel Chambers (Northeastern), 2:50
3. Mohammad Mudassar (Stony Brook) pin Nick Dishart (Maine), 2:06
5. Jorge Acevedo (STCC) M FOR William Randall (URI)
285 LBS
Final: Sam Oppedisano (UMass) pin Jeffery Worster (Maine Maritime), 1:02
3. Jacob Gariepy (STCC) pin Shendell James (STCC), 1:28
Women
Team results – 1. MIT 34, 2. Northeastern 32, 3. Maine 28, 4. RPI 16
Individual results
116: Maria Leyba (Northeastern)
123: Mai Discala (RPI)
130: Viveca Pannelli (MIT)
136: Linh Ho (Northeastern)
143 pounds: Final: Veloria Pannell (MIT) pin Morgan Fonger (Maine), 4:55
155: Emma Fonger (Maine)
2024 NWCA Northeast Regional results and brackets (FloArena)
