FAIRFAX, Va. - Sophomore Mike Roberts claimed the 149-pound title at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships on Saturday to earn his first trip to the NCAA Championships. Roberts upset the top two seeds in his bracket, helping the Terriers finish sixth in the 11-team tournament.

After stunning top-seeded Mike Parziale of Hostra in the semifinals with a 6-5 victory, Roberts became just the second Terrier to claim an individual CAA title with a 5-3 triumph over second-seeded Mike Kessler of Rider in the championship round.

The only other BU grappler to claim a CAA title was Ali Abri, who won the 184-pound championship in 2002 during BU's first year of competition in the CAA.

Sophomore Carlo Ferrandino dropped a 14-2 major decision to second-seeded Don Fisch of Rider in the 141-pound semifinals, but rebounded with a pin against fifth-seeded Cory Dunn of Sacred Heart to reach the third-place bout. Ferrandino settled for fourth place after an 11-3 setback against the No. 3 seed, Ryan Williams of Old Dominion.

In the 133 semifinals, junior Joey Whitaker dropped a 15-1 major decision to second-seeded Christian Staylor of Old Dominion before suffering a pin in the consolation bracket.

Hofstra won its sixth straight CAA title on the strength of seven individual champions, including senior Mike Patrovich, who was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler.

Roberts will look to build off his CAA title when he competes at the NCAA Championships on March 15-17 at The Palace of Auburn Hills just outside of Detroit, Mich.

Final Team Standings
1) Hofstra - 138.5
2) Old Dominion - 89.0
3) Rider - 84.5
4) Drexel - 66.5
5) Sacred Heart - 41.5
6) Boston U. - 29.5
7) Binghamton - 28.0
8) George Mason - 25.0
9) James Madison - 7.5
10) Campbell - 5.5
11) Wagner - 2.0

125
Abbie Rush (No. 6 seed)
Pinned Joe Cipriano (Wagner), 2:37
Lost to No. 3 Kyle Hunter (Old Dominion), 14-5 (md)
Defeated Rich Apolinar (Campbell), 13-6
Defeated Marshall Sweet (James Madison), 8-7
Lost to No. 5 Tommy Lorenzo (Rider), 16-7 (md)

133
Joey Whitaker (No. 3 seed)
Defeated No. 6 Will Powars (George Mason), 4-3
Lost to No. 2 Christian Staylor (Old Dominion), 15-1 (md)
Pinned by No. 4 Paul Galipeau (Sacred Heart), 3:57

141
Carlo Ferrandino (No. 3 seed)
Defeated No. 6 James Mitchum (James Madison), 11-6
Lost to No. 2 Don Fisch (Rider), 14-2 (md)
Pinned No. 5 Cory Dunn (Sacred Heart), 3:57
Third-place match: Lost to No. 4 Ryan Williams (Old Dominion), 11-3 (md) 

149
Mike Roberts (No. 4 seed)
Defeated No. 5 Mark Cartella (Drexel), 3-1 (sv)
Defeated No. 1 Mike Parziale (Hofstra), 6-5
Championship: Defeated No. 2 Mike Kessler (Rider), 5-3 

157
Mike Cubillos
Lost to No. 2 Ryan Hluschak (Drexel), 11-1 (md)
Defeated Sean Quinn (Wagner), 5-4 (tb-2)
Pinned by No. 6 Nate Patterson (Binghamton), 4:08 

165
C.J. Inglin (No. 6 seed)
Lost to No. 3 Tyler Tisdell (George Mason), 5-1
Lost to Ricky Nappi (Sacred Heart), 2-1  

174
A.J. Detwiler
Defeated Jed Giguere (Sacred Heart), 4-3
Lost to No. 1 Alton Lucas (Hofstra), 14-0 (md)
Defeated Nick Amato (Campbell), 13-3 (md)
Pinned by No. 5 Stuart Oates (James Madison), 3:18 

184
Eli Vidal
Lost to No. 2 Mike Miller (Rider), 12-4 (md)
Lost to No. 6 Matt Moyer (George Mason), TF, 15-0 (3:37)
 
285
Jim Connors
Defeated Nick Ciufo (Rider), 11-5
Pinned by No. 1 Payam Zarrinpour (Sacred Heart), 0:34
Lost to No. 3 Ryan Kittrick (George Mason), 8-3