PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Seven TCNJ wrestlers claimed individual championships and seven more finished runner-up as the Lions ran away with the team title at the Rhode Island College Invitational on Saturday.
 
Aidan Carmody (125), Noah Doi (141), Nick DiFrancescantonio (149), Jordan Ayyash (174), Michael Damerjian (184), D.J. Henry (197), and Alejandro Camarena (285) all captured individual titles for the Lions, who racked up 220.5 points to outdistance second-place WPI by a full 80 points in the team standings.
 
Luke Reitter (141), Ethan Dalling (165), Luke Theis (174), Isaiah Ruiz (184) and Henry Saxon (197) all placed second alongside Christian Hoopes and Andrew Mucciolo, who did not go head-to-head after both reached the 133-pound title bout.
 
Jackson Bush (165), Olivier Paul (184), and Nick Duarte (285) finished third in their respective brackets, while Dylan Hetzel (125), Dean Meissner (141), and Ethan Kerlin (149) all took fourth for the Lions.
 
THE CHAMPS
Carmody dominated the 125-pound bracket, pinning his first three opponents on the way to the final, where he blanked RIC's Dominick Sousa in an 8-0 major decision.
 
Doi, a transfer from Division I Campbell, shined in his TCNJ debut. Doi began his Lions career with a 35-second pin and a tech fall that barely lasted past the first period before posting major decisions over teammates Meissner in the semifinals (11-1) and Reitter in the final (16-5).
 
DiFrancescantonio ran away with a crown in his collegiate debut, pinning his first foe in 38 seconds before scoring a tech fall in the semifinals and another first-period pin against Trevor Cortright of Oneonta in the title match.
 
Ayyash produced pins in each of his first three matches to reach the final, where he outscored his teammate Theis by an 11-3 major decision.
 
Damerjian reached another al-Lion title match with a pair of pins and a major decision, ultimately edging past Ruiz, 4-2, with a takedown in the closing seconds.
 
Henry, ranked No. 6 in Division III, showed his dominance with a trio of tech falls, only one of which – his 20-5 victory over Saxon in the final – lasted beyond the first period.
 
Camarena cruised into the semifinals with a pair of bonus-point wins, including a tech fall, but received a stiff challenge from RIC's Jaden Tesher in the semifinal round. Trailing 6-2 after one period, Camarena rallied with a pair of takedowns in the second, ultimately walking off with a 13-10 win on a takedown 1:17 into overtime. Camarena then handled NEC's Brandon Lavasta, 7-2, in the final.
 
THE RUNNER-UPS
Hoopes posted a pin and a major decision to reach the final at 133, where Mucciolo was waiting after a 5-4 thriller in the first round and a tech fall in the semifinal.
Reitter routed his first opponent, 17-1, via technical fall before pinning his quarterfinal rival from WPI in just over a minute. Reitter registered a 13-2 major decision in the semifinals, ultimately conceding the title match to Doi.
 
Dalling pinned his first foe and reached the 165-pound final with a 9-0 major decision. He gave Oneonta's Ryley Monica, the nation's No. 15-ranked wrestler, a stern challenge before succumbing to a 6-2 decision.
 
Ruiz rolled into the final at 184 with a pair of pins and a technical fall, coming up against his teammate, Damerjian, with the title on the line. The pair went late into the third period in a deadlock before Damerjian clinched it with his last-second takedown.
 
Before running into star teammate Henry in the final, Saxon notched a pin in the quarterfinals at 197 as well as an 11-0 major decision in the semifinals.
 
THE REST
Bush lost by major decision to Monica in the quarterfinals at 165, but bounced back with three technical falls sandwiched around a medical forfeit on his way to placing third.
 
Paul conceded an 18-14 thriller in the opening round but rebounded in a big way, running his way through the consolations to claim third with three pins and a technical fall.
 
Duarte did the same as Paul, dropping his debut bout before reeling off three consecutive pins – two of them in under 30 seconds – and claiming third with an 8-5 victory over RIC's Jadon Tesher.
 
Hetzel nearly made the final at 125, posting a first-period pin and a first-period tech fall before losing, 3-2, to Sousa on a last-minute takedown in the semifinals. He picked up another pin in the consolation semifinals before settling for fourth.
 
Meissner made the 141-pound semifinals thanks to a sudden victory against WPI's Mason Medina. He knocked off teammate Joey Rizzuto in the consolation semifinals.
 
Kerlin lost in the semifinals at 149, winning one more bout before placing fourth.
 
Ahmed Hussain (157) joined Rizzuto (141) and Gabe Jang (285) in finishing fifth.