Boston University
Keystone Classic
Hall, Innis Claim Titles at Keystone Classic
November 20, 2011 | Men's Wrestling
Nov. 20, 2011
Complete Brackets | Team Results
PHILADELPHIA - Senior John Hall (197) and sophomore Kevin Innis (285) claimed titles at the Keystone Classic to help the Boston University wrestling team place seventh on Sunday at The Palestra.
Junior Nestor Taffur placed second at 149 and classmate Kyle Czarnecki was fifth at 165. Sophomore Nick Tourville made it five placewinners for the Terriers with a sixth-place finish at 157.
In the 285-pound final, Innis upset top-seeded Michael McMullan of Northwestern by a score of 3-2 to earn his first collegiate tournament title. Hall earned a 9-5 win over Brown's Sterling Hecox to claim the 197-pound crown. Both grapplers went 3-0 on the day en route to their championships.
Taffur reeled off three wins to reach the 149-pound final, where he fell, 3-1, to Penn's Stephen Robertson. Czarnecki picked up four victories on the day, including a fall in his opening match and a major decision in the wrestlebacks. After dropping his opening match, Tourville won three straight bouts, including a 16-6 major decision of Brown's Max Lewin to reach the fifth-place match.
In all, 11 Terriers earned at least one win in the tournament. Sophomores Bubba McGinley (125) and Mike Wrin (184) picked up two victories each and freshmen Tyler Scotton (149) and Mitchell Wightman (157) each picked up his first collegiate victory.
Northwestern finished first in the team standings with 140 points to safely distance itself from second-place Appalachian State (97 points). Rider (92.5), Princeton (90.5) and Harvard (90) rounded out the top five. Tournament host Penn was sixth with 84.5 points and the Terriers' 76.5 points narrowly edged American (75) for seventh in the 11-team field.
The Terriers will return to action on Sunday, Dec. 4, when they wrap up their first-semester schedule at the Nittany Lion Open.
125 Bubba McGinley Defeated Tony Gravely (Appalachian State), 8-0 (md) Lost to Garrett Frey (Princeton), 4-1 Defeated Billy Waterson (Brown), 8-4 Pinned by Thomas Williams (American), 2:59
Ryan Dowd Defeated Chris Brienza (American), 10-5 Pinned by Levi Mele (Northwestern), 6:47 Lost to Peter Terrezza (Duke), 8-4
Mike Mayo Lost to Chuck Zeisloft (Rider), TF: 15-0 (4:11) Lost to Peter Terrezza (Duke), TF: 16-0 (5:08)
141 Tyler Scotton Defeated Zack Rees (Brown), 15-3 (md) Lost to Colin Shober (Northwestern), 7-6 Lost to Robert Shepherd (Princeton), 9-5
Peter Ishiguro Lost to Shay Warren (Harvard), 12-6 Defeated Zachary Ellis (Penn), 12-2 (md) Lost to Acton Pifer (Appalachian State), 13-5 (md)
149 Nestor Taffur (2nd Place) Defeated Ken Staub (Brown), 14-2 (md) Defeated Aaron Nestor (Rider), 9-4 Defeated Kevin Tao (American), 5-4 Championship: Lost to Stephen Robertson (Penn), 3-1
Andrew Maksimovic Lost to Stephen Robertson (Penn), 13-5 (md) Lost to Russ Benner (Appalachian State), 6-4
157 Nick Tourville (6th Place) Lost to Frank Crocco (Rider), 5-3 Defeated Kyle Roddy (Princeton), 9-2 Pinned Troy Hernandez (Penn), 3:38 Defeated Max Lewin (Brown), 16-6 (md) Lost to Chip Powell (Appalachian State), 10-7
Mitchell Wightman Lost to Troy Hernandez (Penn), 12-10 Defeated Joseph Marion (Harvard), 14-7 Pinned by Frank Crocco (Rider), 5:10
Matt Rubin Lost to John Blakely (Appalachian State), TF: 17-2 (5:16) Lost to Dylan Marriott (Northwestern), TF: 20-2 (5:51)
165 Kyle Czarnecki (5th place) Pinned Hardy Hendren (VMI), 4:14 Lost to Kevin Bialka (Northwestern), 5-3 Defeated Richard Eva (Princeton), 8-0 (md) Defeated Brandon Lintner (Rider), 2-0 Lost to Pierce Harger (Northwestern), 5-2 (sv2) Defeated Kevin Bialka (Northwestern), med. forf.
184 Mike Wrin Defeated Chris Spagnola (Rider), 8-3 Lost to Austin Trotman (Appalachian State), 16-5 (md) Defeated Brandon Vorrius (Brown), med. forf. Lost to Tom Barreiro (American), 12-3 (md)
197 John Hall (1st Place) Defeated Brian Self (Duke), 6-0 Defeated Alex Polizzi (Northwestern), 8-2 Championship: Defeated Sterling Hecox (Brown), 9-5
285 Kevin Innis (1st Place) Defeated Steven Graziano (Penn), 9-2 Defeated Blake Herrin (American), 3-1 (sv1) Championship: Defeated Michael McMullan (Northwestern), 3-2
Brad Castronovo Lost to Michael McMullan (Northwestern), TF: 17-0 (3:00) Lost to Charles Fox (Princeton), 9-3
