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Longo Third, Grippi Seventh at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships 03/10/2012
La Crosse, Wisc. -- March 10, 2012 -- The Springfield College duo of Derrick Longo placed third and Joe Grippi finished seventh in their respective weight classes at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships held at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse the past two days. The pair thus become All-Americans. Read More
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Grippi, Longo, and McGilvray Set For NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships Watch Interviews with Grippi, Longo, and McGilvray
Springfield, Mass. - March 5, 2012 - The Springfield College wrestling team will have three members compete in the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships this upcoming weekend in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Joe Grippi, Derek Longo, and Ryan McGilvray each won individual titles at the New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Championships to earn automatic berths to the national tournament. Read More. |
Three Wrestlers Win New England Titles as Springfield Finishes Second at NEWA Championships Middletown, Conn. - February 26, 2012 - Joe Grippi, Ryan McGilvray, and Derrick Longo each won individual titles to lead the Springfield College wrestling team to a second-place finish at the 2012 New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Championships at Wesleyan University. Read More. |
Wrestling in First Through Round 4 in NEWA Championships Middletown, Conn . -- February 25, 2012 -- The 11th-ranked Springfield College wrestling team finds itself in first place after several rounds of the first day of the New England Wrestling Association Championship at Wesleyan University. Nine of the 10 SC grapplers are still alive through Round 4, including unseeded junior Joe Ortiz, who upset the #1-seed right off the bat at 141 pounds. Read More |
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About The Team
The Springfield College wrestling program has been very successful for a long period of time, especially so under head coach
Daryl Arroyo, who coached for 21 seasons at Springfield. The Pride won the New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Championship in 2010-2011, Coach Arroyo's final season.
In 2008, Springfield College became only the fourth program in the nation to win as many as 900 dual matches, joining Iowa State, Oklahoma State, and Oregon State (all strong Division I programs) in this very exclusive club. The 900th victory came at the expense of Plymouth State in a quad-meet at Trinity. Springfield had won its 800th overall victory in the year 2000.
In the last 14 seasons, SC has won nine New England College Conference Wrestling Association (NEWA) Championships, dominating the conference. That includes five of the past eight. SC has also produced 64 All-Americans, including
Mike Gaeta '07 who became the school's second four-time All-American in March, 2007, and the first since Springfield went Division III in 1995-96. Mike was fifth in the 149-pound weight class in the 2007 NCAA Division III Nationals.
Elliot Smith '08 finished seventh in the 2008 Nationals in his 184-pound weight class to become the latest All-American. The number of All-Americans also includes
Jeff Blatnick ’79, who went on to capture the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Blatnick is one of three SC wrestlers to have competed in the Olympic Games.
The SC wrestling program has finished in the top-10 at 10 NCAA Championships, including five straight from 1996 to 2000. The Pride has also produced over 200 New England or regional champions.
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Head Coach Jason Holder
Jason Holder will enter his first season as head wrestling coach in 2011. After spending the last four seasons as the Pride's assistant coach, Holder takes over a program fresh off its 10th NEWA Conference Championship.
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Contact Head Coach Jason Holder
E-Mail | Phone: 413.748.3276
