MAC Wrestler of the Week
Jessie Lopez (Wilkes / Jr. / Everett, Wash.) went 5-0, including a win over the No. 1 wrestler in the country, to claim the 141 lbs. title at the Monarch Invitational on Saturday, leading Wilkes to a third-place finish behind No. 8 Roger Williams and ahead of No. 10 York. Lopez opened the invitational with pin (4:08), a 16-0 technical fall and a 9-7 sudden victory to reach the semifinals to meet York’s Greg Warner, the No. 1 141 lbs. wrestler in Division III. Lopez defeated Warner, 6-1, to advance to the championship bout. The junior went on to pin SUNY Cortland’s Da’Mani Burns in a time of 4:49 for the title.