STCC wins 2023 NCWA Massachusetts State Wrestling Championships

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Springfield Technical Community College’s wrestling program hosted the inaugural 2023 National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) Massachusetts state wrestling championships on Feb. 5 at its home gym and came out on top in team standings.

STCC went up against squads from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northeastern University.  Team standings are as follows:

1. STCC – 325.5 points

2. UMass – 119 points

3. MIT – 76 points

3. Northeast – 76 points

Head coach Alberto Nieves said the STCC team looks forward to hosting and trying to defend the Northeast conference championships on Feb. 25.

Results by weight for the men’s division:

125                                          133                                          141

1^st Dylan Beddow –STCC           1^st Michael Gonzalez-STCC        1^st Kalil Shabazz-STCC

2^nd Mark Zavatkay-STCC           2^nd Matthew Clayton-STCC        2^nd Noah Ramos-UMASS

3^rd Matt Ginz-STCC                    3^rd Beckett Hermann-STCC        3^rd Noah Faverman-UMASS

4^th Dakota Humphries-STCC                                                       4^th Jamali Masarone-STCC

5^th Liam Campbell-UMASS

6^th Harrison Broad-NE 

149                                          157                                          165

1^st Ian Darling-Northeastern     1^st James Lunt-STCC                  1^st Jolan Martori-STCC

2^nd Joe Podolak-STCC                2^nd Elias Maita-UMASS              2^nd Clay Lewis-MIT

3^rd Ryan Williams-STCC             3^rd Gabrial Smith-NE                 3^rd Reece Cakvin-NE

4^th Lucas Welling-NE                 4^th Eric Gai-MIT                         4^th Mitchell Aarons-STCC

                                                                                                5^th Jared Mayo-UMASS

                                                                                                6^th Aiden Gilchrist-NE

                                                                                                 7^th Davon Hubbard-NE

                                                                                                8^th Jayden Fuentes-UMASS

174                                          184                                          197

1^st Sam Calvert-MIT                  1^st Jason Young-UMASS            1^st Johnny Andre-STCC

2^nd Maxwell Pozner-UMASS      2^nd Trace St. Julian-MIT             2^nd Joseph Perkins-NE

3^rd Todd Chiasson-UMASS         3^rd Brandan O’neil-MIT             3^rd Davyn Peterson-STCC

4^th Dan Castalsi_UMASS              4^th Alan Van Gorder-UMASS     4^th Dylan Krauskops-UMASS

5^th Andrew Winsor-NE 

6^th William Cournoyer-STCC

235                                           285

1^st Shawn Conniff-STCC            1^st Jacob Gariepy-STCC

2^nd Joshua Kravets-UMASS        2^nd Xavier Charles-STCC

3^rd Ryan Eplite-STCC

4^th Ramell Acquah-STCC

5^th James Simon-MIT