The New York University wrestling team produced a seventh-place finish at the Metropoilitan Conference Championships at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, PA, on Sunday, February 27.

Despite falling in the finals at 165, Matt Magill earned a wild card entry to the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships, to be held March 11-12 in La Crosse, WI.

After winning a 4-2 overtime decision to reach the finals, Magill was outlasted 11-9 by Justin Bonitatis of The College of New Jersey in the finals.

Though he lost out on automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships, Magill will represent NYU at nationals for the second straight year.

Sabino Galassi was a third-place finisher for NYU at 184 pounds.  After falling by decision in the semifinals, Galassi posted a decisive 11-3 win over Chris Silokoski of the University Scranton in the third-place match.

Also finishing third for NYU was Steven Contino at 133 pounds.  He defeated Chris Gogatz of Hunter College 6-3 to secure the spot.

Overall, NYU totaled 46 points for the seventh-place finish.

Centenary College won its first-ever Met title with 104 points.

Complete results of the Championships can be found here.