Three UConn wrestlers win titles at NCWA Northeast Regional

From left, UConn’s Marcus Cavallo (133), Martial Sutton (141) and Victor Petkov (165) won individual championships at the NCWA Northeast Regional in Springfield on Sunday. (Photo courtesy UConn Wrestling Club)

UConn’s club wrestling team had three individual champions at Saturday’s National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) Northeast Regional in Springfield, Mass., and qualified 11 wrestlers to compete in the upcoming national tournament in Louisiana.

Host Springfield Technical Community College won the regional tournament for the eighth time in the last nine years. The tournament was cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UConn senior Martial Sutton of Glastonbury won at 141 pounds with a 2-0 win over Justin Drovak of Stony Brook with freshmen Marcus Cavallo of Stratford (133) and Victor Petkov of Ridgefield (285) also winning individual championships. Hayden Lewandoski of Terryville finished second at 125 pounds for the Huskies.

The top six finishers in each weight class are eligible to compete in the NCWA national championship meet on March 13-15 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

As a team UConn finished fifth in the Northeast Regional. They have finished second three times recently in 2023, 2020 and 2019.

The club is still raising money needed to travel to the national championship meet. You can make a donation through their GoFundMe fundraiser.

The UConn club team has been in existence since 2007. UConn dropped their varsity wrestling program following the 1981 season.

The NCWA was founded in 1997 to provide collegiate athletes with an opportunity to compete in wrestling at a regional and national level. The NCWA helps develop programs under the school’s athletic departments, student services department and sport club departments.

2025 NCWA Northeast Regional
At Springfield, Mass.
Team results – 1. Springfield Technical Community College 185½, 2. Albany 157½, 3. RPI 146, 4. Northeastern 132, 5. UConn 122½, 6. UMass 89½, 7. Maine Maritime Academy 80, 8. Stony Brook 71½, 9. MIT 23½, 10. Rhode Island 20½, 11. New Hampshire 0
Individual results
125 lbs
Final: Todd Sweeney (STCC) dec. Hayden Lewandoski (UConn), 8-3
3. Bavly Mikhal (UMass) pin Miguel Delgado (STCC), 2:17
5. Ryyan Rashid (UConn) pin Anthony Gaetani (Albany), 1:39
133 lbs
Final: Marcus Cavallo (UConn) tech fall Justin Muller (STCC), 17-1 3:42
3. Klue Thaw (Albany) tech fall Michael Slass (RPI), 19-3 6:58
5. Thomas Milligan (UConn) forfeit over Liam Campbell (UMass)
7. Tsegazeab Betelselassie (MIT) dec. Derek Immerman (Northeastern), 10-2
141 lbs
Final: Martial Sutton (UConn) dec. Justin Dvorak (Stony Brook), 2-0
3. Anthony Denier (RPI) dec. Patrick Reda (Northeastern), 4-2
5. Mark Zavatkay (STCC) tech fall David Argyros (Albany), 20-5 6:34
7. Chase Turpin (UMass) dec. Josh Martinez (Albany), 17-11
149 lbs
Final: Andrew Brevot (RPI) dec. Evrit Roy (MMA), 11-1
3. Sean Romanski (Albany) pin Michael Tavares (Northeastern), 2:17
5. Jack Dean (UConn) pin Aczel Reyes (STCC), 0:50
7. Djan Carbollell (RPI) dec. Chad Gothelf (UConn), 17-8
157 lbs
Final: Justin Barr (STCC) dec. Ian Darling (Northeastern), 14-5
3. Jack Frustace (Albany) dec. Arcangelo Losse (RPI), 13-8
5. James Dean (UConn) dec. Vehaan Keswani (Northeastern), 18-8
7. Ryan Sevigny (UConn) pin Jack Henry (UMass), 1:01
165 lbs
Final: Victor Petkov (UConn) dec. Sean Hass (RPI), 10-3
3. Andrew Pokalsky (STCC) dec. Shea Farrell (MMA), 13-2
5. Nick Bronzi (Albany) forfeit over Nicholas Gallina (Northeastern), 0-0
7. Jared Mayo (UMass) NC Victor Rodriguez (UMass)
174 lbs
Final: Thomas Czartoryski (Northeastern) dec. Samuel Calvert (MIT), 8-1
3. Matthew Klein (RPI) pin Ryan Williams (STCC), 5:00
5. Rodrigo Melendez (Albany) tech fall Aidan Gilchrist (Northeastern), 19-3 4:20
7. Alex Fogarty (MMA) pin Harry Conway (Albany), 1:42
184 lbs
Final: Johnny Andre (STCC) pin Ryan Fredette (MMA), 0:40
3. Hamid Faqeer (Albany) pin Tyler Lynde (Stony Brook), 4:23
5. David Czartoryski (Northeastern) pin Ethan Mayo (UMass), 4:12
7. Yaseen Nguyen (RPI) pin Carlos Thomas (UMass), 2:29
197 lbs
Final: Jaimeson Shea (Stony Brook) dec. Nathan Schobel (MMA), 14-5
3. Cole Bloch (Northeastern) dec. Rahmel Hill (STCC), 3-2
5. Joseph Peretta (Albany) pin Theodore Santos (UMass), 3:10
7. Robert Dejesus (UConn) pin Nathan Tracy (STCC), 0:56
235 lbs
Final: Parisse William-taylor (STCC) dec. Daniel Chambers (Northeastern), 10-4
3. Dom Wood (Albany) pin Thomas Ryan (RPI), 4:02
5. Ismail Mudassar (Stony Brook) forfeit over Joshua Kravets (UMass), 0-0
7. Alexander Morefield (Northeastern) forfeit over James Balderson (Unh), 0-0
285 lbs
Final: William Randall (URI) dec. Tom Kelly (RPI), 7-0
3. Brandon Ress (Albany) forfeit over Sam Oppedisano (UMass), 0-0
5. Dzevat Kolenovic (STCC) forfeit over Anthony Berruecos (UConn), 0-0
Outstanding wrestler:
2025 NCWA Northeast Regional brackets and results (FloArena)

WOMEN
Team results – 1. MIT 39, 2. Rhode Island 34, 3. SB and Springfield Technical CC 16, 5. Northeastern and RPI 12, 7. Northeastern 10, 8. UConn 0
Individual results
110: Jeryma DeJesus (STCC)
124: Final: Emily Newton (URI) forfeit over Lisa Hoang (UConn)
138: Final: Viveca Pannell (MIT) pin Sydney Wu (Northeastern), 3:33
145: Final: Veloria Pannell (MIT) pin Layla Soto (RPI), 4:43
160: Mia Marchitto (Stonybrook)
180: Vanessa Sen (Rhode Island)
2025 NCWA Northeast Regional brackets and results (FloArena)