LEXINGTON, Va. – McDaniel had a pair of wrestlers win their respective weight classes at the NCAA Div. III East Regional hosted by Washington and Lee in wrestling action on Saturday and Sunday.
As a team, McDaniel finished 10th with 45 points. Stevens won the 19-team regional with 137 points.
Ryan O'Boyle (North Reading, Mass./Central Catholic) and Alvontae Drummond (Lincoln, Del./Milford) each went 4-0 to win their weight classes. O'Boyle won the 133 title for the second time in his career to earn his third bid to the national championship meet. Drummond won his first crown at 141 to earn a second straight bid to the national meet.
O'Boyle opened his day with a 50-second pin over King's Jake Daniel before advancing to the semifinals and Sunday's competition with a 13-6 win over College of New Jersey's James Goldschmidt.
In the semifinals, O'Boyle recorded his second pin of the day, topping Zach Bylybashi (Washington and Lee) in 1:58. In the title tilt, he defeated top-seeded Nathan Pike, 3-1.
With his day, O'Boyle was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the regional.
Drummond's day started with a 17-0 technical fall win before notching an 15-3 win over Anthony Calvano (NYU) to move to Sunday and into the semifinals.
In the semifinals, Drummond pinned Delaware Valley's Tim Ambacher 42 seconds into the final period. In the final, Drummond defeated Ryan Budzek (College of New Jersey) 3-0 to earn the title.
Wade Bishop (Greensboro, Md./North Caroline) and Nick Cross (Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's County) each went 2-2 on their day.
Bishop (165) opened his day with a 13-4 win over Muhlenberg's Will Lamb before falling 16-6 to drop to the consolation bracket. Bishop topped Johns Hopkins' Alex McLaughlin 8-4 before falling to NYU's Dylan Lojac, 6-3.
Cross topped Johns Hopkins' Jared Forman 9-2 in the opening match before Corey Markovitch (Ursinus) recorded a 3-minute, 30-second fall to send Cross to the consolation bracket. Cross defeated Jake Gordon (Muhlenberg) 9-4 before falling 5-1 to Brandon LaFore (Washington and Lee).
Jake Rendelman (Owings Mills, Md./Owings Mills) won one match at 125. He dropped his opening match by technical fall before notching a 14-8 win over Centenary's Joey Zargo in his first match of the consolation bracket. Luis Rivera (TCNJ) pinned Rendelman midway through the second period.
The NCAA Div. III championship will be held at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Mar. 11-12.
Team Scores: 1. Stevens (S) 137, 2. College of New Jersey (CNJ) 98, 3. Urisnus (U) 88, 4. Delaware Valley (DV) 87.5, 5. Ferrum (F) 84.5, 6. New York Univ. (N) 77.5, 7. Merchant Marine (MM) 69.5, 8. Gettysburg (G) 54.5, 9. Centenary (N.J.) 49, 10. McDaniel 45, 11. Washington and Lee (WL) 40, 12. Hunter (H) 37.5, 13. Johns Hopkins (J) 19, 14. Muhlenberg (Mu) 8.5, 16. Hampden-Sydney (HS) 2.5, 17. Greensboro (Gr) 2, 18. Mount St. Vincent (MSV) 0.
125: Chris Tan (U) tech. fell Jake Rendelman 26-4 (5:00), Rendelman dec. Joey Zargo (CC) 14-8, Luis Rivera (CNJ) pinned Rendelman 3:48; 133: Ryan O`Boyle pinned Jake Daniel (K) 0:50, O`Boyle dec. James Goldschmidt (CNJ) 13-6, O'Boyle pinned Zach Bylykbashi (WL) 1:58, O'Boyle dec. Nathan Pike (N) 3-1; 141: Alvontae Drummond tech. fell Daniel May (MM) 17-0 (4:29), Drummond maj. dec. Anthony Calvano (N) 15-3, Drummond pinned Tim Ambacher (DV) 5:42, Drummond dec. Ryan Budzek (CNJ) 3-0; 149: Paul Biggs (F) tech. fell Trey Mitchell 18-0 (2:51), Quinn Merrigan (G) pinned Mitchell 0:48; 157: Alex Kramer (U) maj. dec. Erik Meyer 11-3, Sekou Harris (DV) dec. Erik Meyers 6-4; 165: Wade Bishop maj. dec. Will Lamb (Mu) 13-4, Colin Navickas (S) maj. dec. Bishop 16-6, Bishop dec. Alex Mclaughin (J) 8-4, Dylan Lojac (N) dec. Bishop 6-3; 174: Nick Cross dec. Jared Forman (J) 9-2, Corey Markovitch (U) pinned Cross 3:30, Cross dec. Jake Gordon (Mu) 9-4, Brandon LeFore (WL) dec. Cross 5-1; 184: Isaac Morales (J) dec. Ronnie Wuest 5-2, Donald Wagner (CC) dec. Wuest 3-2; 197: Dennis Melendez (H) dec. Jake Pooton 7-0, Josh Richardson (DV) dec. Pooton; HWT: - Stephen Boncimino (CNJ) pinned Taylor Avino 4:52, Ralph Bernardo (K) dec. Avino 3-1.
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