The wrestling team suffered a 26-15 setback against Brown University on the road on Saturday afternoon.

JWU picked up a win via pin fall by freshman Eric Kogel (Sayville, N.Y.) at 157 pounds in a time of 3:42.  Fellow rookie Frank Marotti (Fairfield, N.J.) also had a 7-4 win at 165 pounds while junior Humphrey Swift (Danbury, Conn.) recorded a win via forfeit for the Wildcats.

With the loss Johnson & Wales is now 13-4 in dual matches for the season while Brown improves to 5-4 for the season.   The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday, February 4th when they travel to Trinity for a quad match with Plymouth State and Springfield.

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Wt .                                                                                                  Score         Running Score

125 – Billy Watterson (Brown) Tech Fall Andrew Gauthier (JWU)    26-10           5-0

133 – Beau Martino (Brown) Dec. John Donaleski (JWU)                3-1                8-0

141 – Grant Overcashier (Brown) Dec. Michel Ferinde (JWU)         7-5 (SV)         11-0

149 – Ricky Bailey (Brown) Dec. TJ Webster (JWU)                         6-4 (SV)       14-0

157 – Eric Kogel (JWU) Pinned Ken Staub (Brown)                         3:42             14-6

165 – Frank Marotti (JWU) Dec. Pat LaBuz (Brown)                        7-4               14-9

174 – Jeff Lemmer (Brown) Dec. Sean Prell (JWU)                          13-7              17-9

184 – Dave Foxen (Brown) Dec. Connor Nelson (JWU)                   7-3                20-9

197 – Ophir Bernstein (Brown) Pinned Blake McNulty (JWU)         2:53                26-9

HWT – Humphrey Swift (JWU) Wins by forfeit                                 -----                26-15