GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg College won four of the final five matches, but it wasn't enough to upend nationally-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology as the Ducks held on for a 25-21 victory inside Bream Gym on Saturday afternoon.
 
Gettysburg (5-4, 0-1 CC) fell behind early against Stevens (7-3, 2-0 CC), which came in ranked seventh by D3wrestle.com and 21st by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. The Ducks won four of the first five bouts to jump out to a 19-6 lead. Freshman Sean Thompson (Plainsboro, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro South) put the Bullets on the board with a forfeit win at 141 pounds.
 
The hosts mounted a comeback by claiming four wins in the second half of the lineup, but a forfeit at 184 provided the match-clinching points for Stevens.
 
Junior Colin Kowalski (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) recorded his fourth technical fall and third in his last four matches with a 15-0 win at 165. Kowalski posted a takedown, four near-falls, and an escape on the way to improving to 24-4 this season.
 
Sophomore Austin Roskos (Lawrenceville, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) earned his fifth win in a row with a 6-3 win at 174. After going down 3-0, Roskos pulled off a reversal in the second round and tallied an escape and takedown in the third period. The riding-time advantage gave the sophomore his final point.
 
Freshman Mike Iodice (Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central) scored the final two points to earn a 4-2 win over Colin Myles at 197. With the score tied 2-2 at the start of the third period, Iodice picked up an escape and secured the riding-time point for the win.
 
Gettysburg's final points came courtesy of junior heavyweight Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep), who came into the match ranked eighth by D3wrestle and 10th by the NWCA. After a scoreless opening period, Triandafilou racked up seven points in the second with an escape, takedown, and near-fall against Joseph Morena. The riding time advantage gave the junior an 8-0 major decision and improved his season record to 22-4.
 
Earlier in the afternoon, Stevens won six of the first seven matches on the way to a 27-16 victory over McDaniel College. 
 

#7/21 Stevens 25, Gettysburg 21	S-G
125: Joey Borai (S) won by major decision over Lenny Ogozalek (G), 8-0	4-0
133: #1 Troy Stanich (S) won by technical fall over Louie Carusillo (G), 16-0 (5:00)	9-0
141: Sean Thompson (G) won by forfeit	9-6
149: Dylan Van Sickell (S) won by major decision over Colin Devlin (G), 13-5	13-6
157: #3 Zach Wilhelm (S) pinned Quinn Merrigan (G), 4:16	19-6
165: Colin Kowalski (G) won by technical fall over Josh Smith (S), 15-0 (3:07)	19-11
174: Austin Roskos (G) won by decision over Carl Vasti (S), 6-3	19-14
184: Bruce Parola (S) won by forfeit	25-14
197: Mike Iodice (G) won by decision over Colin Myles (S), 4-2	25-17
HWT: #8/10 Paul Triandafilou (G) won by major decision over Joseph Moreno (S), 8-0	25-21
#7/21 Stevens 27, McDaniel 16	S-M
125: Joey Borai (S) pinned Jake Reid (M), 2:27	6-0
133: #1 Troy Stanich (S) won by decision over Ryker Eckenbarger (M), 9-2	9-0
141: Jahmally Willie (M) won by forfeit	9-6
149: Dylan Van Sickell (S) won by major decision over DeAndre Tackett (M), 13-5	13-6
157: #3 Zach Wilhelm (S) pinned Cole Nagle (M), 2:11	19-6
165: Josh Smith (S) won by technical fall over Wade Bishop (M), 17-2 (7:00)	24-6
174: Carl Vasti (S) won by decision over Ronald Mattox (M), 9-3	27-6
184: Ronnie Wuest (M) won by major decisions over Bruce Parola (S), 11-2	27-10
197: Jake Pooton (M) won by decision over Colin Myles (S), 3-1 (SV-1)	27-13
285: Brendan Woody (M) won by decision over Joseph Morena (S), 3-2	27-16

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Exhibitions
125: Michael Heck (S) won by major decision over Robert Kaminski (M), 12-0
149: Traken Sutton (G) won by decision over Aaron Wolfang (S), 3-1
149: Michael Carioscia (G) pinned Zach McAleer (M), 2:40
165: Stephen Friedman (S) won by major decision over Garrett Vandervalk (M), 14-6
174: Ryan Jachim (S) won by decision over Chase Bowden (M), 5-0
174: Neal Rinker (M) won by decision over Jack Jachim (S), 3-1
149: Phil Angelo (G) won by major decision over Aaron Wolfang (S), 12-4
197: Jaime Rodriguez (M) pinned Matthieu Dupuy (S), 2:17
133: Michael Heck (S) won by decision over Alex Shaffer (G), 15-10
133: Jordan Pinette (G) won by major decision over Robert Kaminski (M), 10-1
157: Jake Bracken (G) won by major decision over Aaron Wolfang (S), 11-3
149: Robert Garnett (G) pinned Zach McAleer (M), 2:05