Gettysburg (6-4, 1-1 CC) recognized its five seniors – Jake Bracken (Chatsworth, Calif./Harvard-Westlake), Louie Carusillo (Pequannock, N.J./DePaul Catholic), Quinn Merrigan (Canton, Mass./Canton), Lenny Ogozalek (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley), and Anthony Puca (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) – prior to the start of the match. Bracken, Merrigan, Ogozalek, and Puca delivered victories, while Carusillo was unable to compete due to injury.
Ogozalek opened the day with a hard-fought victory over Jake Reid at 125. The Gettysburg grappler scored the opening takedown, but Reid tallied a pair of escapes to tie the match heading into the third period. Ogozalek pulled off a reversal out of the defensive position and claimed the riding time point for a 5-2 win. He improved to 23-10 this season.
McDaniel (4-4, 0-2 CC) followed with back-to-back wins by Ryker Eckenbarger and Jahmally Willie at 133 and 141, respectively, to take a 7-3 lead in the team scoring.
Sophomore Colin Devlin (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) turned the tide with a pin at 149 pounds. After falling behind 2-0 to DeAndre Tackett, Devlin ended the first period with a takedown and near fall to jump in front. He ended the match in the second period with a takedown to set up his fifth pin of the season at 4:31.
Bracken picked up a pair of takedowns in the opening period and tallied another in the third against Cole Nagle at 157. The riding time point gave the Gettysburg senior a 7-3 win.
Junior Colin Kowalski (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) improved to 25-4 with his fifth technical fall of the season. Kowalski racked up 12 points in the opening period against Wade Bishop and he tallied a takedown in each of the final two frames to win 16-1. The junior has won four of his last five matches by technical fall.
Wrestling his first career match at 174, Merrigan piled up the points in a 15-6 major decision over Ronald Mattox. Mattox scored an early takedown but was no match for the Gettysburg senior on the mat as Merrigan pulled off a reversal and picked up six back points before the end of the first period. He rattled off two takedowns, two escapes, and the riding time point in the final two periods on the way to the win.
Junior Crawford Oswald (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) pulled off a 1-0 win over Ronnie Wuest at 184 pounds. The evenly matched grapplers appeared headed to overtime after a scoreless deadlock through six and a half minutes, but Oswald managed an escape with just 10 seconds left to clinch the win.
Puca made his debut at 197 this season a successful one with a 6-1 victory over Jake Pooton. Puca snagged Pooton's foot for a takedown in the first period and tallied an escape in the second. The Gettysburg senior closed with another takedown in the third period and earned the riding-time point.
Junior heavyweight Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) closed the evening with a 5-1 decision over Brendan Woody. Triandafilou, ranked eighth by D3wrestle.com and 10th by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, tilted Woody's shoulders to the mat for a near fall at the start of the second period and picked up an escape in the third. He improved to 23-4 on the year.
Gettysburg heads to Washington and Lee University Saturday to face the host Generals and Johns Hopkins University beginning at noon.
Results:
125: Lenny Ogozalek (G) won by decision over Jake Reid (M), 5-2 3-0
133: Ryker Eckenbarger (M) won by major decision over Jordan Pinette (M), 13-3 3-4
141: Jahmally Willie (M) won by decision over Sean Thompson (G), 7-4 3-7
149: Colin Devlin (G) pinned DeAndre Tackett (M), 4:31 9-7
157: Jake Bracken (G) won by decision over Cole Nagle (M), 7-3 12-7
165: Colin Kowalski (G) won by technical fall over Wade Bishop (M), 16-1 (5:10) 17-7
174: Quinn Merrigan (G) won by major decision over Ronald Mattox (M), 15-6 21-7
184: Crawford Oswald (G) won by decision over Ronnie Wuest (M), 1-0 24-7
197: Anthony Puca (G) won by decision over Jake Pooton (M), 6-1 27-7
HWT: #8/10 Paul Triandafilou (G) won by decision over Brendan Woody (M), 5-1 30-7
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