In his first collegiate bout, Winston fell to OU's Chad Terry 4-1. The freshman was able to reach the consolation championship with consecutive victories, including a defeat of fellow Scarlet Knight Greg Zannetti (Edison, N.J.). In the third-place contest, Winston faced a rematch with Terry and came out on top by a final score of 4-3.
Redshirt senior Mike Whalen (Lake Hiawatha, N.J.) took fourth at 174, reaching the semifinals before falling to eventual champion and No. 6 ranked Alton Lucas of Hofstra, 8-2. Whalen defeated Kent State's Chris Estep 5-2 in the consolation bracket and then fell in the third-place match to No. 7 Mike Miller of Central Michigan, 13-5.
Newcomer David Greenwald (Union, N.J.) reached the semifinals of the 141-pound bracket, falling to eventual champion and No. 15 ranked Zach Bailey of Oklahoma 6-3. In the consolation bracket, Greenwald fell to Hofstra's Justrin Accordino 4-2. He then pinned Tony D'Alie of Central Michigan in 1:26 to take fifth.
RU also had a pair of sixth-place finishers in senior Matt Pletcher (Eastampton, N.J.) and junior Karim Mahmoud (Wallington, N.J.). Pletcher fell in the first round of the 165-pound bracket but then reached the semifinals of the consolation round. He dropped consecutive bouts, first to Hofstra's Ryan Patrovich and then to Oklahoma's Ryan Smith, to finish sixth. Mahmoud fell to eventual champion Eric Lapotsky in the semifinals of 197. In the consolation bracket, the junior fell to Oklahoma's Kyle Bergstedt 7-2 and Kent State's Eric Chine 4-2 to take sixth.
Several other Scarlet Knights competed in the tournament. Freshman Matt Fusco (Belleville, N.J.) andsophomore Mike Demarco (Lyndhurst, N.J.) eachcompeted at 125. Fusco reached the consolation-bracket quarterfinals before elimination. At 133, redshirt freshman Brian Bollette (Newton, N.J.) defeated fellow classmate Tyler Milonas (Oak Ridge, N.J.) by way of forfeit to reach the quarterfinals of the consolation bracket before falling to eventual sixth-place winner David Armstrong of Oklahoma.
Freshman Zac Coulas (Ocean, N.J.) competed at 141-pounds. Redshirt-junior Jack Barrett (Metuchen, N.J.) reached the quarterfinals of the championship and the consolation brackets at 149 before elimination. Also at 149, freshman David Seidenberg (Red Bank, N.J.) joined his teammate in the quarterfinals of the consolation bracket, falling to eventual sixth-place winner PJ Gillespie of Oklahoma.
Junior Matt Rigoglioso (Wayne, N.J.) and sophomore Mike Cucinotta (Gibbstown, N.J.) were each eliminated in the quarterfinals of their consolation brackets, at 165-pounds and 174-pounds, respectively. Junior Keith Dobish (Lodi, N.J.) and sophomore Chris Orzechowski (Old Bridge, N.J.) both fell in the quarterfinals of the 184-pound consolation bracket, while redshirt sophomore DJ Russo (Netcong, N.J.) dropped a tough 2-1 bout to eventual sixth-place winner Jordan Enck of Hofstra in the consolation quarterfinals of the heavyweight class.
Rutgers returns to the mat on Nov. 15 to compete in the Binghamton Open in Binghamton, N.Y.
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