2015 Northeast Regional Preview
2015 Northeast Regional
Saturday & Sunday, February 28-March 1, 2015
Roger Williams University – Bristol, Rhode Island – Event Website
February 18th d3wrestle.com Rankings
Teams
Bridgewater State, Coast Guard, Cortland, Daniel Webster, Ithaca, Johnson & Wales, Norwich, Oneonta, Plymouth State, Rhode Island, Roger Williams, Springfield, Trinity, University of Southern Maine, Wesleyan, Williams, Western New England, WPI
Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2014 All-Americans in bold
125 – #10 Kaishian (Ithaca)
133 – #1 Giorgio (Coast Guard), #4 Gomez (Ithaca)
141 – #10 Ferinde (JWU)
149 – none
157 – #4 Lopez (Williams), #7 Hamrick (Springfield)
165 – #5 Foley (Springfield), #10 Colom (Roger Williams)
174 – none
184 – #2 Chorzepa (Williams), #3 Beckwith (Cortland), #5 Deupree (Southern Maine)
197 – #4 Giaramita (Cortland), #5 Welch (Roger Williams)
285 – #4 Jean-Jacques (Rhode Island), #9 Bethel (Oneonta)
Top 30 Teams (d3wrestle.com list)
#11 Williams
#12 Cortland, Ithaca (tie)
#23 Springfield
#27 Roger Williams
The Northeast region surprised some last year with a very strong performance at the NCAA Championships. The teams here will try to do so again, though they will be doing it without a number of last year’s All-Americans who still have eligibility but did not compete this year for one reason or another. Williams is the only team with more than one returning All-American, while Ithaca has a strong top to bottom lineup that should score well here. Roger Williams won the NEWA Duals earlier this season and should also put a good number into the placing rounds.
Coast Guard’s top ranked Nathaniel Giorgio looks to put a cap on a career that has seen him qualify three times and become an All-American twice. He is undefeated this year at 133 with wins in multiple tournaments and an 11-5 victory over returning NCAA runner-up and likely #2 seed Alex Gomez of Ithaca. Giorgio and Gomez, along with Jorge Lopez of Williams at 157, will all be looking for their third All-American awards, though Lopez did take a loss in his last regular season match against Springfield’s Hamrick. 184 and 197 are notable weights at the region with three top ten wrestlers at 184 (along with Ithaca’s Toribio who just beat #3 Beckwith of Cortland) and a pair of returning All-American’s at 197.
Also of note here is the Williams duo of Savoca and Garripoli who recently dropped to 141 and 149 from 149 and 165 and could make an impact at those weights this weekend. Heavyweight will be interesting thanks to a pair of newcomers. #4 ranked Terrance Jean-Jacque of Rhode Island transferred in from the University of Iowa and has had a dominant season without taking a loss. His closest match of the year so far was during his first competition against Oneonta freshman #9 James Bethel. These two will also have to contend with 2014 NCAA qualifier Lance Moore of Cortland. Bethel and Moore have split, while Jean-Jacques has yet to face Moore.