When I first heard we were going to do the team tournament, this is the type of a match that I thought would be perfect to have. This is the kind of thing that makes all the hard work you do during the regular season worthwhile.

If a couple things don't fall our way, New Bedford has the ability to blow us right out of the building. We need to stay right with New Bedford and wrestle them strong in all of the weight classes.

When we lost Bryan everyone was like, ?Oh boy, this isn't good', but Sean has stepped in to do a great job for us. He's getting better and better with every match he wrestles. He was able to beat a pretty skilled guy tonight, and the momentum starts to begin after you get that first win.

We beat them pretty good earlier this month, but you can see how much they've improved just in a couple of weeks. They had me scared there for a long while. We did what we needed to do to get the win, but there's not much doubt at all that we are going to have to wrestle much better against New Bedford.

I like the ceremonial part of it and the tradition.

I'm pretty caring, loyal and loving to those who are close to me. Two of my friends are from school, so I've known them for more than 30 years. My best friend, Paul Fisher, sat next to me in English when I was ten or 11. If you asked him, he'd say I was loyal. I don't think I've changed over the years.