PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Shenandoah University men's wrestling team returned to action by competing in the Wildcat Classic hosted by Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) Saturday.
The Hornets had two place winners with Dylan Weaver placing fourth at 174 pounds and Derek Liddle sixth at 197.
Joel Martsinovsky of Stevens Tech won a 12-8 decision over Weaver to take third. At 197, Tyler Pelech of Alfred (N.Y.) State recorded a first period pin to earn the fifth place showing.
The Hornets had a total of 17 wins with eight coming by pin and three by technical fall.
SU RESULTS
141 Champ. Round 1 - Cameron Hatchett (SU) over Edwin Morales (Johnson & Wales (RI)) (Fall 5:00)
141 Champ. Round 2 - Elijah Cyr (Castleton) over Cameron Hatchett (SU) (TF 18-2 4:29)
141 Cons. Round 3 - Mason Purvis (Coast Guard) over Cameron Hatchett (SU) (Fall 1:04)
149 Champ. Round 1 - Patrick Coffron (Shenandoah University) over Gavin Priest (Manchester) (Fall 5:00)
149 Champ. Round 2 - Joseph Parsons (Springfield) over Patrick Coffron (SU) (Dec 6-4)
149 Cons. Round 2 - Patrick Coffron (SU) over Vincent DeMaria (UNH) (TF 18-0 3:50)
149 Cons. Round 3 - Victor Perlleshi (Johnson & Wales (RI)) over Patrick Coffron (SU) (Dec 13-11)
149 Champ. Round 1 - Hunter Locke (SU) over David Tufankjian (Sacred Heart) (Fall 4:02)
149 Champ. Round 2 - Thomas DiResta (Johnson & Wales (RI)) over Hunter Locke (SU) (Fall 1:31)
149 Cons. Round 3 - Hunter Locke (SU) over Tagan Welch (Roger Williams) (Dec 5-2)
149 Cons. Round 4 - Matt Laurie (Sacred Heart) over Hunter Locke (SU) (TF 16-0 2:28)
157 Champ. Round 1 - Noah Beal Hernandez (Springfield) over Jalen Cornelius (SU) (Dec 4-0)
157 Cons. Round 2 - Ryan Nugent (Alfred State) over Jalen Cornelius (SU) (Fall 3:27)
157 Champ. Round 1 - Jared Swartz (Springfield) over George Vrachnos (SU) (TF 18-3 5:57)
157 Cons. Round 2 - Noah Beal Hernandez (Springfield) over George Vrachnos (SU) (MD 10-1)
165 Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Palanca (Castleton) over Yuri Smaltz (SU) (Dec 9-5)
165 Cons. Round 2 - Yuri Smaltz (SU) over Daniel Brown (Rhode Island College) (TF 18-2 4:55)
165 Cons. Round 3 - James Snyder (Stevens Tech) over Yuri Smaltz (SU) (Fall 1:50)
174 Champ. Round 1 - Hunter Thompson (SU) over Jakai Townsend (Castleton) (Dec 10-6)
174 Champ. Round 2 - Hunter Thompson (SU) over Kenneth Koenig (Stevens Tech) (Dec 5-2)
174 Quarterfinals - Joel Martsinovsky (Stevens Tech) over Hunter Thompson (SU) (Fall 2:05)
174 Cons. Round 4 - Hunter Thompson (SU) over Dominic Pugliese (Johnson & Wales (RI)) (Dec 4-1)
174 Champ. Round 1 - Mike Galton (Alfred State) over Dylan Weaver (SU) (MD 17-7)
174 Cons. Round 2 - Dylan Weaver (SU) over Kenneth Koenig (Stevens Tech) (TF 18-1 5:34)
174 Cons. Round 3 - Dylan Weaver (SU) over Luke Wassel (Roger Williams) (Fall 4:25)
174 Cons. Round 4 - Dylan Weaver (SU) over Hunter Goodrow (Roger Williams) (MD 16-4)
174 3rd Place Match - Joel Martsinovsky (Stevens Tech) over Dylan Weaver (SU) (Dec 12-8)
184 Champ. Round 2 - Thomas Domerese (SU) over Stephen Jennings (Castleton) (Fall 4:15)
184 Quarterfinals - Edwin Morales (Bridgewater State) over Thomas Domerese (SU) (TF 19-4 7:00)
184 Cons. Round 4 - Thomas Domerese (SU) over Timothy Smale (Southern Maine) (Fall 2:27)
184 Cons. Round 5 - Kenneth Marra (Coast Guard) over Thomas Domerese (SU) (MD 12-2)
184 Champ. Round 1 - Brendan Newbury (Stevens Tech) over Troy Gibson (SU) (MD 15-3)
184 Cons. Round 2 - Stephen Jennings (Castleton) over Troy Gibson (SU) (Fall 2:48)
197 Champ. Round 1 - Haven Tatarek (Castleton) over Derek Liddle (SU) (Fall 4:29)
197 Cons. Round 1 - Derek Liddle (SU) over Roark Ryan (Southern Maine) (Fall 2:13)
197 Cons. Round 2 - Derek Liddle (SU) over Cruz Henton (Castleton) (Fall 4:34)
197 Cons. Round 3 - Derek Liddle (SU) over Maxx DeCapua (Johnson & Wales (RI)) (Dec 2-1)
197 Cons. Semis - Haven Tatarek (Castleton) over Derek Liddle (SU) (Dec 3-2)
197 5th Place Match - Tyler Pelech (Alfred State) over Derek Liddle (SU) (Fall 0:22)
QUOTE FROM COACH
"Overall we wrestled well today. Derek Liddle had a break out performance and wrestled extremely well to place sixth in a competitive bracket. Dylan Weaver placing 4th and Hunter Locke defeating a D1 wrestler from Sacred Heart to start the day off were highlights as well." -Head Coach Tim McGuire
UP NEXT
The Hornets hosts Washington & Lee University on Saturday in a 5 p.m. match in the James R. Wilkins Jr., Athletics & Events Center.
