2014 East Regional
Sunday, March 2, 2014
King’s College – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Event Website
Teams
Centenary, Delaware Valley, Ferrum, Gettysburg, Hunter, Johns Hopkins, King’s, McDaniel, Merchant Marine Academy, Mount Saint Vincent, Muhlenberg, New York University, Scranton, Stevens Institute of Technology, The College of New Jersey, Ursinus, Washington & Lee, Wilkes, Yeshiva
Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2013 All-Americans in bold
125 – #1 Bewak (JHU),#2 Donaldson (Ursinus)
133 – #5 O’Boyle (McDaniel)
141 – #2 Jones (NYU)
149 – #3 Hartenstine (Wilkes), #8 Polizzi (Stevens)
157 – none ranked, Krawchuk (Wilkes), Ajagbe (Delaware Valley)
165 – #1 Burdge (Centenary), #6 Desir (King’s)
174 – #6 Zotollo (TCNJ)
184 – #4 Broderick (TCNJ)
197 – #6 Karns (Delaware Valley)
285 – #8 Roseberry (Delaware Valley)
Top 30 Teams
#17 Wilkes and Delaware Valley (tie)
#22 Centenary and TCNJ (tie)
#24 Ursinus
In 2013, the East Region was one of the toughest of the six in terms of both the difficulty of qualifying for the NCAA Championships and the region’s performance at the Championships itself. There has been a bit of a drop off this season, but there is at least a top ten wrestler at every weight but one. Wilkes and Delaware Valley head the team rankings here, but Ursinus is very balanced and expects to score well at all ten weights.
The top individual at this region is probably #1 ranked Chris Burdge of Centenary at 165. He is a 3x All-American who was upset in last year’s NCAA semifinal but bounced back to finish 3rd at 157. He is undefeated this year, but is just 13-0 thanks to missing some time in the middle of the season. He should be challenged by #6 ranked Desir of King’s, as well as Mancella of TCNJ and the talented but relatively untested Carlo of Ursinus. The other top ranked individual here is 2012 All-American Paul Bewak of Johns Hopkins at 125. He has a win in his only matchup this season with #2 Donaldson of Ursinus who defeated Bewak for the first time ever in last year’s Regional semifinal. Donaldson did lose this past weekend to Mui of Merchant Marine in the Centennial final, so that’s another name to watch for in what is becoming an interesting weight class.
Another top ten wrestler to lose since the rankings came out is Polizzi of Stevens. Derek Arnold of Ursinus continued his great freshman season with a dominating win in the Centennial finals at 149 to put himself firmly in the NCAA conversation. With #3 Hartenstine of Wilkes in the mix along with Delaware Valley’s Fava just outside the top ten, 149 will leave a very good wrestler at home after Sunday’s tournament.
i agree with ur comment about the 125lb class becoming interesting… u have flank who pinnned rea earlier bewak & donalson both have been all americans, mui is coming on strong & alberts has wrestled everyone very close & then u have corrigan from tcnj & also haines from del val with an earlier season win over camacho… so basically u have 6-7 deep.. i would add that ur front runners would have 2 b bewak,donalson & rea, but i smell an upset somewhere in there… should b very interesting come sunday… i personally believe the experience of bewak & donalson will come into play, but 1 NEVER knows 🙂
Santiago is ranked #10 right now.
Santiago 184 from Centenary
Since this is d3wrestle.com, all rankings used are the d3wrestle.com rankings.
i see santiago ranked in honorable mention… how is that top 10? and hes actually the last name on that list as well… does it really matter if his name is in ink??? only thing that matters 2 any of these wrestlers is getting on the podium… and if its not then perhaps they should have there pulse checked… (lol) 🙂 ranking dont mean jack… winning where it counts on the mat does…
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