Marco Rivera, RIT, Rookie

Rivera placed third in the 149 lb. Navy Division at the JCU Open, Saturday. He beat Colin McQuone (Gannon) with 22-7 tech. fall in his opening match. After a loss in the quarterfinals, Rivera pinned Jeremiah Sawicky (Gannon) 1:12 into his consolation match. He pinned Andy Sanchez (Baldwin Wallace) before a 18-9 major decision over Noah Creque (Baldwin Wallace) in the consolation semi. Rivera beat Liam Hein (Point Park University), 8-6 in the third-place match.