Sean Malenfant, Alfred State College, Men's Wrestling
Malenfant earned four victories by pinfall last week, including three in the Electric City Duals, helping Pioneers to earn the team champion title in the Electric City Duals for the first time in program history. Against Elmira on Wednesday, he won by pinfall at the 1:15 mark of the bout to put the Pioneers ahead 33-3. In the Electric City Duals, the Pioneers found themselves down 13-12 to NJCU after the 165 lb bout, but a pinfall victory by 174 Malenfant gave the Pioneers the lead again, and they didn't look back. Malenfant added two more wins by pinfall against Oneonta and Scranton while also picking up the forfeit over Rowan to go undefeated on the week.
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Alfred State SO Sean Malenfant earned four victories by pinfall last week, including three in the Electric City Duals, helping Pioneers to earn the team champion title in the Electric City Duals for the first time in program history. Against Elmira on Wednesday, he won by pinfall at the 1:15 mark of the bout to put the Pioneers ahead 33-3. In the Electric City Duals, the Pioneers found themselves down 13-12 to NJCU after the 165 lb bout, but a pinfall victory by 174 Malenfant gave the Pioneers the lead again, and they didn't look back. Malenfant added two more wins by pinfall against Oneonta and Scranton while also picking up the forfeit over Rowan to go undefeated on the week.
BEST OF THE REST: Pitt-Bradford FR Raymond Worsen III took 5th place in the 149 lb. weight class at the Washington and Jefferson Invitational on Saturday. After losing his opening match to the eventual 2nd place finisher in his class, Worsen pinned 4 straight opponents to finish in 5th. He pinned the first three within 2 minutes and clinched 5th place with a pin at 3:29.