SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Freshman
Caden Frost (Steep Falls, Maine/Bonny Eagle) and junior
Nick Beebe (Brentwood, N.H./Exeter) each placed third in their respective weight classes to highlight a full day of competition at the 2023 New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Futures tournament to Sunday afternoon at Western New England University.
The Huskies had 12 wrestlers competing in the event and finished eighth out of 14 teams, improving three spots from 2022. The Huskies scored 39.5 points for their eighth place finish.
Frost opened his tournament with a win by fall putting Western New England's Ayden Cheng to the mat in 4:15. Frost then earned a 6-4 decision over Springfield's Brayan Mendez Membreno 6-4 to earn a spot in the championship semifinal. Falling 9-6 by decision in the semifinal to Roger Williams' Matt Castillo, Frost bounced back for a decisive 8-1 win over Springfield's Ryan Kozdra to claim third. Frost is now 27-6 in his rookie season.
Beebe steamrolled his first two competitors earning consecutive wins by fall. Beebe opened with a 3:29 pin over Castleton's Cruz Henton and then downed Wesleyan's Pablo Sanchez in 1:22 to earn a spot in the championship semifinal. Beebe dropped a 6-0 decision to Johnson & Wales Tommy Wrezesien but was able to take third with a medical forfeit in his next match.
Southern Maine returns to action on Saturday and Sunday, February 25-26 at the NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Championship. The Huskies will serve as the host site of the regional championship. More information on the
NCAA regional is found here.
2023 NEWA FUTURES TEAM SCORES
| |
Team |
Abbr |
Score |
| 1 |
Johnson & Wales |
JWU |
185 |
| 2 |
Castleton |
CU |
145 |
| 3 |
Spring?eld |
SPRI |
101.5 |
| 4 |
Roger Williams |
ROWI |
73.5 |
| 5 |
Western New England |
WNEU |
56 |
| 6 |
Worcester Polytechnic |
WPI |
50 |
| 7 |
Wesleyan |
Wes |
46.5 |
| 8 |
Southern Maine |
SM |
39.5 |
| 9 |
Rhode Island College |
RIC |
29.5 |
| 10 |
Norwich |
Nor |
25.5 |
| 11 |
Williams |
Will |
23.5 |
| 12 |
Trinity |
Trin |
22 |
| 13 |
Bridgewater |
BSU |
13 |
| 14 |
New England College |
NEC |
5.5 |
NEWA FUTURES Results for Southern Maine
141 Zepherin Leppanen
Kevin Sevigny (Spr) dec. Leppanen (SM), 8-6
Leppanen (SM) dec. Mohammadali Zalid (trin), 11-5
Ayden Cheng (WNEU) major dec. Leppanen (SM), 20-6
141 Caden Frost – 3rd Place
Frost (SM) pinned Ayden Cheng (WNEU), 4:15
Frost (SM) dec. Brayan Mendez Membreno (Spr), 6-4
Matt Castillo (RWU) dec. Frost (SM), 9-6
Frost (SM) dec. Ryan Kozdra (Spr), 8-1
149 Elijah Holbrook
Holbrook (SM) dec. Andy Grabinski (WNEU), 11-6
Luke temple (Spr) major dec. Holbrook (SM), 13-1
Jensen Offerman (RIC) dec. Holbrook (SM), 5-3
149 Justin Beiler
Edwin Morales (JWU) tech fall Beiler (SM), 16-1
Beiler (SM) pinned Wil Hunt (RIC), 6:23
Jensen Offerman (RIC) pinned Beiler (SM), 4:15
174 Henri Kuntz
Christian Murphy (JWU) pinned Kuntz (SM), 4:41
Nick Crotty (trin) pinned Kuntz (SM), 1:23
174 timothy Smale
Bialey O'Brien (JWU) major dec. Smale (SM), 13-4
Caleb Rojas (Castleton) pinned Smale (SM), 4:37
197 Owen Bufagna
Bufagna (SM) pinned Nick Blitz (Spr), 4;48
Hunter Rasmussen (RWU) pinned Bufagna (SM), 3;34
Colton Deleo (SM) dec. Bufagna (SM), 17-15
197 Colton Deleo
Tommy Wrzesien (JWU) tech fall Deleo (SM), 16-0
Deleo (SM) pinned Ethan Cobbold (RWU), 2:02
Deleo (SM) dec.
Owen Bufagna (SM), 17-15
Cruz Henton (Castleton) pinned Deleo (SM), 0:36
197 Nick Beebe – 3rd Place
Beebe (SM) pinned Cruz Henton (Castleton) 3:29
Beebe (SM) pinned Pablo Sanchez (Wesleyan), 1:22
tommy Wrzesien (JWU)dec. Beebe (SM), 6-0
Beebe (SM) won by medical forfeit Jake Edwards (Wes).
285 Herve Durocher
Colton Perkins (Castleton) dec. Durocher (SM), 7-1
Durocher (SM) pinned Zach Brown (Nor), 1:45
AJ Menendez (RWU) pinned Durocher (SM), 0:59
285 Ian Leonard
AJ Menendez (RWU) pinned Leonard (SM), 1:30
Nathan Ickes (JWU) dec Leonard (SM), 13-6
285 Roark Ryan
Ryan (SM) pinned Nathan Ickes (JWU), 1:47
Marcos Colon (NEC) dec. Ryan (SM), 11-4
Ryan (SM) pinned tim Brown (Williams), 2:39
John Iglesias (JWU) dec. Ryan (SM), 3-1
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