Four Hofstra Wrestlers Remain In Contention After Day One Of EIWA Championships

3/4/2023 9:01:00 PM

By: Len Skoros

Philadelphia, PA - Justin Hoyle, Ross McFarland, Jacob Ferreira, and Trey Rogers each advanced to the consolation quarterfinals following day one of the 2023 EIWA Championships at The Palestra. Hofstra is in 12th-place out of 17 teams with 22 points.

Hoyle, the ninth seed at 141 pounds, won his opening round of 16 match over Jordan Soriano of Drexel, 8-1, before losing to top-seeded Vince Cornella (Cornell) by fall in 4:32. In his consolation round match, Hoyle got past Raymond Lopez of American, 9-6. Hoyle will face No. 5 Malyke Hines of Lehigh Sunday.

McFarland, seeded 10th at 174 pounds, picked up a round of 16 win over the defending champion and seventh seed Philip Conigliaro of Harvard, 3-1, before falling in a close quarterfinals match to No. 2 Nick Incontera of Penn. He won his consolation match against Brown's Drew Clearie, 8-3, to advance to face No. 6 Sammy Starr of Navy.

Ferreira, the No. 4 seed at 184 pounds, won by decision over No. 13 Mason McCready of Bucknell, 6-2, in the round of 16. He suffered an 8-3 loss to the No. 5 seed, Nate Dugan of Princeton in the quarterfinals. Ferreira rebounded for an exciting 4-2 sudden victory decision over No. 10 Leo Tarantino of Harvard. Ferreira will face No. 11 James Conway of Franklin & Marshall in the consolation quarterfinals Sunday.

Rogers, the five seed at 197 pounds, started his day with a round of 16 win over No. 12 John Dusza of LIU, 10-4. He dropped a 9-7 decision to No. 4 Jacob Koser of Navy in the quarters before coming back strong with an 11-2 major decision over Bucknell's Nolan Springer. Rogers will face No. 9 Sean O'Malley of Drexel on Sunday.

Action gets underway Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Full results from day one of the Championships are below:

No. 12 Jacob Moon (125 Pounds)
Round of 16: Lost by decision to No. 5 Nick Babin (Columbia), 7-0
Consolation Round of 8 #1: Lost by fall to No. 13 Robert Sagaris (LIU), 4:26

No. 13 Chase Liardi (133 Pounds)
Round of 16: Lost by fall to Connor McGonagle (Lehigh), 4:32
Consolation Round of 8 #1: Lost by decision to No. 12 Jack Maida, 3-1 (sv)

No. 9 Justin Hoyle (141 Pounds)
Round of 16: Won by decision over No. 8 Jordan Soriano (Drexel), 8-1
Quarterfinals: Lost by fall to No. 1 Vince Cornella (Cornell), 2:07
Consolation Round of 8 #2: Won by decision over No. 11 Raymond Lopez (American), 9-6

No. 17 Michael Leandrou (149 Pounds)
Round of 32: Lost by default to No. 16 Patrick Ryan (American), 3:47
Consolation Round of 16 #2: Won by decision over No. 15 Michael McGee (Sacred Heart), 3-1
Consolation Round of 8 #1: Lost by major decision to No. 10 Kaemen Smith (Navy), 15-3

No. 16 Matt Rogers (165 Pounds)
Round of 32: Won by decision over No. 17 Noah Bash (F&M), 14-13
Round of 16: Lost by fall to No. 1 Julian Ramirez (Cornell), 2:26
Consolation Round of 8 #1: Lost by tech fall to Val Park (Navy), 15-0 (4:12)

No. 10 Ross McFarland (174 Pounds)
Round of 16: Won by decision over No. 7 Philip Conigliaro (Harvard), 3-1
Quarterfinals: Lost by decision to No. 2 Nick Incontrera (Penn), 4-3
Consolation Round of 8 #2: Won by decision over No. 13 Drew Clearie (Brown), 8-3

No. 4 Jacob Ferreira (184 Pounds)
Round of 16: Won by decision over No. 13 Mason McCready (Bucknell), 6-2
Quarterfinals: Lost by decision to No. 5 Nate Dugan (Princeton), 8-3
Consolation Round of 8 #2: Won by decision over No. 10 Leo Tarantino (Harvard), 4-2 (sv)

No. 5 Trey Rogers (197 Pounds)
Round of 16: Won by decision over No. 12 John Dusza (LIU), 10-4
Quarterfinals: Lost by decision to No. 4 Jacob Koser (Navy), 9-7
Consolation Round of 8 #2: Won by major decision over Nolan Springer (Bucknell), 11-2

No. 8 Zachary Knighton-Ward (285 Pounds)
Round of 16: Lost by decision to No. 9 Brendan Furman (Cornell), 8-3
Consolation Round of 8 #1: Won by fall over No. 16 Alex Semenenko (Brown), 1:22
Consolation Round of 8 #2: Lost by decision to No. 6 Dorian Crosby (Bucknell), 11-9 (sv)

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