FINAL RESULTS

WHEATON, Illinois -- Ferrum College had two finalists to close out the 2024 Pete Willson Invitational, held the past two days at Wheaton Colege's King Arena. The Panthers placed eighth in a field of 32 teams and took home two individual titles. 

TEAM SCORES
1. Wisconsin - Lacrosse 144.5; 2. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 143.5; 3. Wisconsin-Whitewater 110.0; 4. Cornell College 109.0; 5. Messiah 95.5; 6. Concordia (Moorhead) 87.5; 7. Ohio Northern 84.0; 8. Ferrum 74.5; 9. Olivet 66.5; 10. North Central (IL) 63.0; 11. Augustana 61.5; 12. Chicago 60.5; 13. Ozarks 55.5; T14. Cortland State 53.0; T14. Roanoke 53.0; 16. Rhode Island College 47.5; 17. Mount Union 45.0; 18. Case Western Reserve 43.0; 19. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 41.5; 20. Millikin 39.0; 21. Elmhurst 33.0; 22. Wheaton 30.5; 23. Milwaukee School of Eng. 29.0; 24. Buena Vista 24.5; 25. Concordia (WI) 22.0; 26. Mount St. Joseph 17.5; 27. John Carroll 16.0; 28. Heidelberg 14.0; 29. Alma 12.0; 30. Wisconsin - Platteville 11.5; 31. Nebraska Wesleyan 6.0; 32. Muskingum 1.5

THE BASICS
Ferrum's Adrian Samano (125 pounds) and Rayshawn Dixon (285) both began the day in the semifinals and both advanced to the title matches, where they faced stiff competition.

Samano beat top-seeded Jayden Cardenas of SUNY Cortland 11-5 in the semifinals, then took down #14 Mac Cafurello of Roanoke College 2-1 in the title match. Today's title was Samano's second this season, including his championship at the Cougar Open November 12 in Danville, Virginia.

Dixon opened the day with a medical forfeit in the semifinals, then faced top-seeded and #1-ranked Donovan King of Olivet College in the finals. Dixon secured a takedown early in the first period, then recorded a pin over King at the 1:31 mark of the match to earn his fourth individual crown this season. Dixon also won titles at the Mount Union Invitational November 4 in Alliance, Ohio, the Cougar Open and the Citrus Open January 27 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

FERRUM BY WEIGHT
125 - Adrian Samano 4-0 (pin, TF), 1st place
Champ. Round 2 - Adrian Samano (FC) won by fall over Jake Hamulak (Chicago) (6:54)
Quarter - Adrian Samano (FC) won by tech fall over Tyler Ratledge (Messiah) (TF-1.5 3:42 (18-2)
Semi - Adrian Samano (Ferrum) won by decision over Jayden Cardenas (SUNY Cortland) (11-5)
Title Match - Adrian Samano (Ferrum) won by decision over Mac Cafurello (Roanoke) (2-1)
 
133 - Zach Beckner 3-2 (2 pins, TF)
Champ. Round 1 - Zach Beckner (FC) won by fall over Nolan Nguyen (Buena Vista) (5:58)
Champ. Round 2 - Trevor Boryla (Augustana) 20-1 won by decision over Zach Beckner (FC) (4-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Zach Beckner (FC) won by fall over Ty Daugherty (John Carroll) (3:59)
Cons. Round 3 - Zach Beckner (FC) won by tech fall over Dylan Le (Ohio Northern) (6:53, 18-1)
Cons. Round 4 - Tyler Fleetwood (Wisc-Eau Claire) won by decision over Zach Beckner (FC) (4-3)
 
141 - Jonathan Ward 2-2 (pin)
Champ. Round 1 - Jonathan Ward (FC) won by fall over Sam Deyro (Augustana) 6-14 (6:35)
Champ. Round 2 - Josiah Gehr (Messiah) won by fall over Jonathan Ward (FC) 2-2 (Fall 2:15)
Cons. Round 2 - Jonathan Ward (Ferrum) won by decision over Roberto Delgado (Buena Vista) (3-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Cooper Peterson (Wisc-Stevens Point) won by decision over Jonathan Ward (FC) (4-1)
 
149 - Joseph Olalde 2-2 (pin, TF)
Champ. Round 1 - Riese Thornberry (Wisc-Stevens Point) 11-8 won by major decision over Joseph Olalde (FC) (14-5)
Cons. Round 2 - Joseph Olalde (FC) won by fall over Claude Buckmaster (Heidelberg) (0:27)
Cons. Round 3 - Joseph Olalde (FC) won by tech fall over Hayden Rofkahr (Ozarks) (4:28, 17-1)
Cons. Round 4 - Landon Card (Cornell) won by fall over Joseph Olalde (FC) (2:35)
 
165 - Mateo Villalobos 1-2 (pin)
Champ. Round 1 - Zach Needles (Messiah) won by fall over Mateo Villalobos (FC) 1-2 (4:59)
Cons. Round 1 - Mateo Villalobos (FC) won by fall over Jake Starkey (Mount Union) 0-2 (1:53)
Cons. Round 2 - Mitchell Arch (Case Western) 24-10 won by fall over Mateo Villalobos (FC) 1-2 (1:08)
 
174 – Franklin Melton 0-2
Champ. Round 1 - Nick Campbell (Ohio Northern) won by decision over Franklin Melton (FC) (10-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Xavier Preston (Roanoke) won by decision over Franklin Melton (FC) (8-2)
 
184 - Joseph Toner 1-2
Champ. Round 1 - Joseph Toner (FC) won by decision over Hutch Lynott (Chicago) (5-4)
Champ. Round 2 - Cael Mclaren (Cornell) won by major decision over Joseph Toner (FC) (16-5)
Cons. Round 2 - Aidan Gassel (Case Western) won in sudden victory - 1 over Joseph Toner (FC) (20-4)
 
197 - Johnny Black 1-1 (pin)
Champ. Round 2 - Johnny Black (FC) won by fall over Gabriel Zierden (Concordia-Moorhead) (Fall 2:23)
Quartet - Daniel Benoit (Ozarks) won by injury default over Johnny Black (FC) 1-1 (4:51)

285 - Rayshawn Dixon 5-0 (2 pins, TF), 1st place
Champ. Round 1 - Rayshawn Dixon (FC) won by tech fall over Brody Miskimon (Alma) (3:49, 18-1)
Champ. Round 2 - Rayshawn Dixon (FC) won by fall over Hayden Benner (Messiah)  (6:56)
Quarterfinal - Rayshawn Dixon (FC) won by decision over Jackson Brinker (Cornell) (8-1)
Semifinal - Rayshawn Dixon (FC) won by medical forfeit over Ka`Ron Lewis (Ozarks)
Title Match: Rayshawn Dixon (FC) pinned Donovan King (Olivet) (1:31)

NEXT UP
Coach Logan Meister's team will be back in the mat Thursday, February 1, at Roanoke College. The ODAC match is set for a 7:00 p.m. start at the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia.