Co-Champs at 141 and 184 at the ESU Open

Spartan Combat RTC opened the college season at the East Stroudsburg Open in Pennsylvania, with champions at 141 and 184 pounds.

Matthew Dimen and Tyler Traves were co-champions at 141, while Joseph Jeter and Brayden Zuercher were co-winners at184.

Taking third were Vinny Freeman (174) and Santino Rodriguez (184).

141:

On his way to the finals, Tyler Traves defeated 2026 NCAA D3 champion Garrett Totten, 4-3. Traves started off with a 15-0 technical fall followed by an 8-2 decision over the #4 seed, Brady Baker. He then topped the #5 seed by 8-1 decision.

Matthew Dimen beat the #2 and #3 seeds, including a pin over Chad Ozias, a senior D3 NCAA qualifier. Dimen's first two matches were technical fall victories. 

Joseph Toscano racked up technical falls in his initial two matches before taking a 5-0 lead against Ozias. He took injury time and finished the match, but lost by a 13-9 score. 

174:

Vinny Freeman earned a pin in his first college match before coming from behind to beat the #3 seed in sudden victory, 8-5, in his second.  He fell 8-4 to Joshua Barlow in the semis, but responded with a 5-2 victory for third. 

184: 

Joseph Jeter spent less than five minutes on the mat in his first three matches, with a pin, tech fall, and med forfeit. Then, in the semis, he topped teammate Santino Rodriguez 11-1.

Brayden Zuercher topped D3 All-American Tyler Morrison by a 3-2 score during his run. Zuercher grabbed bonus points in his other bouts, with two pins and an injury default.

Santino Rodriguez began with a first period fall, followed by a second period 17-1 tech fall in his first two bouts. He lost to Jeter in the semis before a pin in just 1:20 for third.