ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - Graduate student William Laughlin (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) won his weight class (174 pounds) to lead the way, as The University of Scranton wrestling team finished seventh at the 2021 Blue Jay Classic at Elizabethtown on Saturday.
On the day, the Royals finished with 46.5 points to place seventh overall. Winning the team event was Wilkes with 116 total points.
Overall, Laughlin captured four matches to take the 174-pound title, knocking off John Devito from Wilkes, 9-8, in a thriller in the title match.
To reach the finals, Laughlin first had a major 10-0 win over Shane Lallkissoon of New Jersey City, then rolled to a 7-1 victory against Jacob Sweitzer of Davis & Elkins. He then reached the finals after gutting out a 3-0 win over Traisach Roland of ETown.
For Laughlin, it marked the second straight event in which he won his weight class, as on Nov. 20, he captured the same 174-pound class at the Penn Tech Invitational.
Elsewhere, senior Matthew Murawski (Harrington Park, N.J./Northern Valley - Old Tappan) finished fourth in the 133-pound weight class, taking four matches on the afternoon, two of which were by pinfall. Murawski first knocked off Nicholas Ammirati of Davis & Elkins (6-3), and after falling to Webb Drescher of Roanoke, 2-1, he collected back-to-back pinfall victories over Eli Nazelrodt of Davis & Elkins (2:38) and Josh Noble of Roanoke (3:00).
The other performance of note of the day for the Royals came at 157 pounds, where sophomore Daniel Kosinski (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity) made a run in the consolation bracket after dropping his first match, winning four times, two of which by pinfall decisions.
For the full results from Saturday's Blue Jay Classic, click here.
The University of Scranton wrestling team returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 11, as the host Elizabethtown and Cortland in a pair of dual matches in the John Long Center. Action gets underway at 1 p.m.
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