Six Tigers Place as Tigers Compete at 'A Better Way Athletics' Patriot Open

Sunday, December 7

Fairfax, Va.

9:00 AM

Princeton University

Patriot Open

Photo by: Lisa Elfstrum

Six Tigers Place as Tigers Compete at 'A Better Way Athletics' Patriot Open

December 07, 2025 | Wrestling

FAIRFAX, VA. – Six Tigers placed in their respective weight classes as the Tigers competed at the 'A Better Way Athletics' Patriot Open on Sunday, hosted by George Mason.

Drew Heethuis, Gavin Hawk, and Sebastian Garibaldi all claimed fourth place, while Dale O'Blia, Chris Martino and Rocco Camillaci all claimed sixth.

Heethuis went 2-2 on the day, getting two pins on his way to fourth in the 133 class. His first was a 1:03 fall over Wynn Pooler of The Hill School. He went on to score 13 points against Sean Garretson in the quarterfinals before pinning him at 5:39. In the semis, Heethuis dropped a close 4-2 match to Cornell's Brett Ungar before falling to Navy's Brendan Ferretti, 8-0.

First-year Hawk (157) had a strong showing, going 3-2 with two pins and a major on the day. He opened the tournament by putting up nine unanswered points against Bloomsburg's Vasilios Dimou, before pinning him in 2:45. His next match was closer, knotted at 1-1 before Hawk again got the fall over App State's Kai O'Dell in 6:22.

Hawk's third win of the day was a 14-1 major decision over Drexel's Jonathan Fuller. In the semifinals, Hawk fell to George Mason's DJ McGee, 8-3. In the third place match, he again fell 8-3 to Maryland's Kai Miller.

Garibaldi's route to fourth in the heavyweight class began with a 21 second pin over Nassau's Ernesto Cordova. He followed up that win with a quarterfinal victory in extra time, as he made a takedown to end the match 5-2.

The extra-time momentum would not go his way in the next match, however, as he fell 4-1 to George Mason's James Blackman with a decision in OT. The third place match was an 11-4 loss to Rider's Hogan Swenski.

After a loss in the round of sixteen, first-year O'Blia (125) got to work in the wrestlebacks, winning three straight matches as he climbed back to the fifth-place bout. O'Blia nabbed a tech fall and two decisions along the way, besting two juniors and Maryland's Tyler Garvin before coming up just short in the fifth-place match.

Senior Chris Martino (149) went 5-2 on the day, starting with a win in the round of 32 over Navy's Julian Everitt. A loss in the round of 16 sent Martino into the consolation bracket, where he answered with a pin in just 59 seconds over Nassau's Dante Salerno. Two major decisions and another pin would send Martino to the fifth place match, but he lost to James Latona of Navy.

Rocco Camillaci also went 5-2, starting the day with a major decision before falling in the round of 16. Camillaci went on to win four straight matches, gutting out two decisions, a major and a pin over Drexel's Jonathan Fuller in just 18 seconds. Coming up just short in the fifth place match, Camillaci took sixth in the 157 class.

Princeton will now take a brief pause from competition until the new year, next taking the mat on January 4th for a doubleheader with Lock Haven and Hofstra on the road.

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