WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's wrestling team finished in 10^th place at the 2026 Ned McGinley Invitational hosted by King's College in the Scandlon Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.
 
The Colonels totaled 43.5 team points in the event. New York University took home the title with 154 team points while Stevens Institute of Technology followed in second place with 140 team points.
 
Wilkes saw two wrestlers earn top-six finishes with both coming at 133-pounds. Jacob Tamai (Elkridge, MD/Mount St. Joseph) and Jayvyn Johnson (Shirley, NY/William Floyd) finished in third and fourth place respectively, facing off against each other in the third place bout.
 
Johnson began his day with a 21-16 decision over Stevens' Gabriel Hargrove in the round of 32 before claiming a 5-2 sudden victory win over Sidney O'Donnell of King's to reach the quarterfinals. Johnson then dominated Kenna Gioffre of Roger Williams winning by major decision (14-1) to reach the semifinals. There he fell to Vincent Paolucci of York College 7-2 setting up his third place bout.
 
Tamai used two extra point wins in the round of 32 and 16 pinning Christopher Cordero of the University of Scranton in 1:26 before posting an 18-3 technical fall over York's Christian Spezio. Tamai bested Eric Ivry of Hunter College in the quarterfinals by an 8-2 decision before falling in the semifinals in overtime to No. 7 ranked Alexander Diaz of NYU 5-2.
 
Tamai and Johnson squared off in the third place bout with Tamai getting the best of Johnson 17-4 in a major decision.
 
Wilkes is back on the mat Friday, November 13 when the Colonels host Delaware Valley University at 7:00 p.m. at the Marts Center.