2024 NCWA Northeastern Conference Championships Recap
The MIT Engineers competed at the NCWA Northeast Conference Championships on Sunday, March 2. The small but mighty team put forth a strong showing at conferences, ending up with three conference champions and four conference placers.
The Engineers’ matches showed heart, with one wrestler even continuing to fight for almost an entire period with a dislocated shoulder. Though the men’s team was by far the smallest team at conferences with only three wrestlers, each man fought hard and represented MIT well.
The Engineers were a bit more fortuitous on the women’s side, with Coach McNeil winning the conference’s Women’s Coach of the Year award, Veloria Pannell winning the Women’s Outstanding Wrestler award, and the women’s team winning the championship overall.
MIT ended the day with three national qualifiers, who will be heading to Shreveport, Louisiana for the NCWA National Championships in two weeks: Sam Calvert (184 lbs), Viveca Pannell (130 lbs), and Veloria Pannell (143 lbs).
Results are posted on Flowrestling: https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/65ff9b66-ef0f-47c3-8487-0a735863357c
Team Score
The MIT men’s team took 10th out of 10 teams with 26 team points.
The MIT women’s team took 1st out of 4 teams with 34 team points.
Individual Results
Here’s how everyone did:
Chris Espitia-Alvarez placed 8th and went 1-3 at 149 lbs.
He lost by pin in 4:57 against Andrew Brevot (RPI).
He won by tech fall against Will Peale.
He lost by injury forfeit against Vehaan Keswani (Northeastern).
He lost by injury forfeit against Djan Carbonell (RPI).
Will Peale went 0-2 at 149 lbs.
He lost by pin in 2:03 against Ezekiel Gunnison (Northeastern).
He lost by tech fall against Chris Espitia-Alvarez.
Sam Calvert placed 1st and went 3-0 at 184 lbs.
He won by pin in 4:04 against Ethan Mayo (UMass).
He won 4-0 against Jaimeson Shea (Stony Brook).
He won 10-4 against Johnny Andre (STCC).
Viveca Pannell went 2-0.
She won by pin in 6:51 against Morgan Fonger (UMaine).
She won by tech fall against Maia Di Scala (RPI).
Veloria Pannell went 2-0.
She won by pin in 4:55 against Morgan Fonger (UMaine).
She won by tech fall against Emma Fonger (UMaine).
