Roger Williams Preview
Roger Williams University
Head Coach:Jon Egan
Years at School as head coach: 4
Career Record at school: 48-13, .787
Assistant Coaches: Scott Pellerin, Corey Brown, Tim Ferreira, Brian Nicoll
2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 19-1
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: David Welch (184, 7th), Collin Crowell (165, 8th), Shane Parcel (197)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: David Welch (7th)
Top returning starters:
Pat Lacroix – 133 – Regional Placer in 2014, 25-11 in 2014
Daniel Downes – 149 – 31-10 as a freshman in 2014
Francisco Colom – 165 – Regional Placer in 2014 , 20-10 in 2014
Daniel Ressler – 174, 25-7 in 2014
David Welch – 197 – All-American in 2014, 40-4 in 2014
Kyle Foster – 285 – Regional Placer in 2014, 24-15 in 2014
Top incoming wrestlers:
Nick Barbaria – 125 – 2x New York State Placer, Eastern States Champion
Nick DePierro – 125 – 6th in New Jersey State Tournament
Carter Merecki – 133 – 3rd in New York State Tournament
Tyler Hrycak – 141 – 8th in New Jersey State Tournament
Nick Vines – 149 – New York State Tournament Qualifier
Nick Romyns – 149 – 2x New Jersey State Tournament Qualifier
Dennis Ferro – 157 – 5th in New York State Tournament
Joseph Russo – 184 – 5th in New York State Tournament
Season outlook:
The Hawks return seven starters from last year’s team and are led by captains Josh Devriendt, Dan Roger, Francisco Colom and 2014 All-American David Welch. RWU is coming off the best season in program history as the team was New England Champions, Pilgrim League Champions and boasted a 19-1 dual meet record. This team will be tough to beat as currently constructed, and with the addition to some highly touted freshmen, should be very deep. In addition, RWU has added some top notch coaches to their staff in Corey Brown (4x All American for Theil at 133), Tim Ferreira (former head coach of Bridgewater State University), and Brian Nicoll (3x Regional Placer at 285). The Hawks were ranked as high as 13th in the country last year and look to crack the top 10 in the 2014-15 season.