The SUNY Brockport wrestling team scored 60 points and placed seventh out of 12 teams at the New Standard Invitational hosted by York College in Pennsylvania this weekend. Senior heavyweight
Richard Knapp was the top finisher for the Golden Eagles as he took home second place in his weight class. Nationally ranked
Matt Caccamise placed fifth in the 125-pound weight class and
Joe Benedict placed sixth at 197 to round out the podium qualifiers for the Golden Eagles.
Knapp finished the weekend with a 3-1 record. He pinned TCNJ's Thomas Marretta in 1:56 to earn a spot in the finals. He lost a 5-1 decision against JWU's Liridon Leka in the first-place match.
Caccamise was upset in his first match of the day as Ithaca's Matt Griffin earned the fall victory at the 6:04 marker to send the nationally ranked Golden Eagle into the consolation bracket. Caccamise then won three of his next four matches to place fifth at the tournament.
Benedict finished the weekend with a 3-3 record. He won three of his first four matches of the weekend but lost in his final two matches to drop into the sixth place spot.
Daryl Harris posted a 3-2 record in the 197-pound weight class, while
Austin Reed went 2-2 at 149.
Marquis Larmond added a 4-2 weekend in the 149-pound weight class and
Matthew Kline went 3-2 at 165.
Max Yahre finished the weekend with a 2-2 record at 157 and
Zach Levey went 1-2 in the 133-pound weight class.
Brockport returns to the mat on January 8
th when the Golden Eagles host Niagara County Community College and New Jersey City University for a tri-match at 1 p.m.