Williamsport, PA – Competing in their third match at the Bud Whitehill Duals, the Hawks had a couple of nice victories, but in the end, it would be Rhode Island who just edge out the Hawks by seven points, 25-18 in both team's first match on Saturday.
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Freshman
Greg Pollock continued his dominance this weekend with a 7-4 decision over Jared Rhodes to improve to 8-2 on the year.
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After dropping his first two matches of the season, freshman
Sean Messina recovered with an 11-7 over Scott Legacy. Messina now stands at 8-2 on the year.
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Sophomore
James Mustakis, who made his debut for the Hawks this week, fell to Travis Drappi in 6:21.
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After missing a large chunk of the season with an injury, senior
Billy Calvacca return to action this weekend and earned a nice win against Rhode Island, pinning Trevor McKenzie in 40 seconds.
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Rhode Island grappler Nick Logan picked up an easy six points for his team with a forfeit as the Hawks have been without an 184 pounder the whole weekend.
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Senior
Brian Scher continues to be unstoppable on the mat, earning his third victory of the weekend and his 11th overall on the year with a 5-1 decision over Steve Saba.
Heavyweight
Senior
Arkadiy Levitin returned to action for the Hawks this weekend, his first since competing at the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and on Saturday he picked up his first victory with a 6-0 decision over Devon Callahan.
Hunter will now close out the weekend with their fourth and final match of the weekend against Norwich University.
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