WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Gettysburg College wrestling team won 16 of 19 matches on the way to a pair of dominating non-conference victories over King's (Pa.) College and Penn College Saturday afternoon.
Gettysburg (5-2) rolled to a 33-6 win over King's to open the day. After a pair of forfeits in favor of the Bullets, the Monarchs earned a close decision victory at 141. The Orange and Blue won the next four with two coming by major decision and two by technical fall. Sophomore
Colin Devlin (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) and senior
Jake Bracken (Chatsworth, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) put up major decisions at 149 (15-4) and 157 (12-3), respectively.
Junior
Colin Kowalski (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) blanked Sean Floto 15-0 in the first period for a tech fall at 165 and sophomore
Austin Roskos (Lawrenceville, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) followed with a 19-4 win at 184.
Junior heavyweight
Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown) scored a takedown early in overtime to take down Ralph Bernardo 3-1. Triandafilou improved to 20-4 this season.
The Bullets won the first nine matches before opting to forfeit at heavyweight in a 41-6 decision over Penn College. Senior
Lenny Ogozalek (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley) picked up his second forfeit of the day at 125 to improve his season mark to 22-8.
Senior
Louie Carusillo (Pequannock, N.J./DePaul Catholic) and freshmen
Sean Thompson (Plainsboro, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro South) and
Marc Larson (Warren, N.J./Watchung Hills) logged decision victories at 133 (6-2), 141 (4-1), and 157 (4-2), respectively, while the Bullets earned forfeit wins at 149 and 165.
Kowalski bumped up to 174 and pitched another shutout, ending the match 31 seconds into the second period with another technical fall (16-0) and improving to 22-4 on the year. Roskos followed with a 7-3 win at 184 and freshman
Mike Iodice (Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central) closed the day with dominating effort at 197 as he jumped in front 10-4 before ending with a third-period pin.
Gettysburg returns home next week for three matches. The Bullets host Elizabethtown College in a non-conference contest on Friday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. The following day, Gettysburg begins its Centennial Conference dual schedule against United States Merchant Marine Academy and Stevens Institute of Technology beginning at noon.
| Gettysburg 33, King's College 6 |
G-K |
| 125: Lenny Ogozalek (G) won by forfeit |
6-0 |
| 133: Jordan Pinette (G) won by forfeit |
12-0 |
| 141: Jake Taylor (K) won by decision over Sean Thompson (G), 9-8 |
12-3 |
| 149: Colin Devlin (G) won by major decision over Jake Daniel (K), 15-4 |
16-3 |
| 157: Jake Bracken (G), won by major decision over Tony Immediato (K), 12-3 |
20-3 |
| 165: Colin Kowalski (G) won by technical fall over Sean Floto (K), 15-0 (2:30) |
25-3 |
| 174: No Contest |
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| 184: Austin Roskos (G) won by technical fall over Anthony Harmon-Miller (K), 19-4 |
30-3 |
| 197: Eddie Merrill (K) won by decision over Mike Iodice (G), 10-8 |
30-6 |
| 285: Paul Triandafilou (G) won by decision over Ralph Bernardo, 3-1 (SV-1) |
33-6 |
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| Gettysburg 41, Penn College 6 |
G-P |
| 125: Lenny Ogozalek (G) won by forfeit |
6-0 |
| 133: Louie Carusillo (G) won by decision over Christian Fox, 6-2 |
9-0 |
| 141: Sean Thompson (G) won by decision over Joe Swank, 4-1 |
12-0 |
| 149: Phil Angelo (G) won by forfeit |
18-0 |
| 157: Marc Larson (G) won by decision over Daniel Bergeron, 4-1 |
21-0 |
| 165: Jake Bracken (G) won by forfeit |
27-0 |
| 174: Colin Kowalski (G) won by technical fall Nicholas Bruce, 16-0 (3:31) |
32-0 |
| 184: Austin Roskos (G) won by decision over Ty Gardner, 7-3 |
35-0 |
| 197: Mike Iodice (G) pinned Jared Mooney, 6:25 |
41-0 |
| 285: Dylan Otis (P) won by forfeit |
41-6 |
