Nassau Community College Looking to Three Peat

The lions will be flying to Des Moines, Iowa this upcoming week, to defend their back to back NJCAA National Championships.  After another impressive tournament, winning their 8th consecutive Mid Atlantic District Championship down in Spartansburg, South Carolina last weekend.  They are looking forward to the challenge.  Once again the lions qualified all ten wrestlers for the national tournament.  At the qualifier, Nassau crowned five champions Ricardo Gomez (125lbs), Robert Troy (149lbs), Lance Wade (165lbs), Jules Doliscar (174lbs), and Anthony Lupi (184lbs).  They also had three runner-ups in Kodie Silvestri (141lbs), David Khavin (197lbs) and Corey James (285lbs) plus two thirds, Francisco Perriera (133lbs) and Brian Herold (157lbs).  At the National Tournament, Coach Paul Schmidt in his fifteenth season as head coach will be inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame.