Results

LEXINGTON, Va. – Sophomore Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) won the heavyweight championship for the second year in a row and Gettysburg College placed second overall in the team standings at the Washington & Lee University Jim Crytzer Invitational on Saturday.
 
Powered by nine top-six finishes, Gettysburg racked up 102.5 points to finish second at its second consecutive tournament. John Carroll University took home the team title with 152 points.
 
Four Bullets wrestled for titles with Triandafilou taking home the fourth individual championship of his career. The sophomore, who came into the event ranked fifth in the nation, posted a first-period pin (2:21) in his opening bout before logging 2-1 and 5-1 decisions. In the final matchup with Matthew Kaminer from Washington & Lee, the two heavyweights exchanged escapes in regulation to send the match to overtime. Triandafilou improved 11-0 all-time in overtime bouts by scoring an escape and then maintaining control of Kaminer in the tiebreaker period. He moved to 9-0 this season.  
 
Juniors Lenny Ogozalek (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley) and Noah Malamut (Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep) and freshman Colin Devlin (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) each finished runner-up in their respective weight classes. Ogozalek picked up a pair of decisions (9-2, 12-6) to reach the 125 final where he faced Nick DePierro from the University of Scranton for the second time this season. DePierro, who beat Ogozalek 5-4 at the McDaniel Duals, edged the Bullet junior again by scoring a third-period takedown for a 3-1 decision.
 
Malamut improved to 10-3 with a pair of wins at 133 pounds. He posted a pair of second-period falls (3:54, 3:18) before getting pinned by Zachary Rainness of Greensboro College in the finals.
 
Devlin turned in his fourth top-five showing of the season and improved to 18-7 overall at 141 pounds. He notched his sixth pin of the season in 56 seconds to open the day and added a 7-3 decision in the semifinals. He concluded his day with a major decision setback at the hands of Sal Corrao from John Carroll.
 
Junior Quinn Merrigan (Canton, Mass./Canton) and senior Camden Stoops (East Prospect, Pa./Eastern York) placed third at 165 and 197, respectively. Merrigan won his first two bouts by decision (8-4) and fall (4:25) before getting upended by decision. In the consolation bracket, the junior registered a pair of first-period pins (0:59, 1:36) to cap a successful outing. Stoops opened with an 18-5 major decision, but was upended 5-4 by eventual champ Jared Key from St. Andrew's University. The senior rebounded with a pin (2:50) to reach the consolation finals where he took down Scranton's Keegan Connelly 5-3.
 
Junior Louie Carusillo (Pequannock, N.J./DePaul Catholic) and freshmen Anthony Alexandrou (Armonk, N.Y./Byram Hills) and Tristan Chen (Potomac, Md./St. Andrew's Episcopal)  each placed sixth. Carusillo won a high-scoring bout in the consolation bracket at 133 15-10, but saw his day end with an injury default in the fifth-place match. Alexandrou posted wins over a pair of teammates on the way to placing at 141 pounds. Chen won three consecutive matches by fall (2:56), major decision (14-4), and decision (6-5) in the consolation bracket at 157 pounds before seeing his day come to an end with an injury.
 
Freshman Josh Newman (Massapequa, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) and junior Jake Bracken (Chatsworth, Calif./Harvard-Westlake School) each picked up two wins. Newman scored a forfeit and major decision (9-1) at 141, while Bracken won a pair of decisions (6-1, 8-1) at 149.
 
Gettysburg begins its Centennial Conference schedule at McDaniel College next Friday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. before hosting  a quad with Keystone College, King's College, and Penn College next Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
 
Washington & Lee Jim Crytzer Invitational Results
125 - Lenny Ogozalek (Gettysburg) won by decision over Dylan Cook (Greensboro College) (Dec 9-2)
125 - Lenny Ogozalek (Gettysburg) won by decision over Gabriel Wilson (Greensboro) (Dec 12-6)
125 - Nick DePierro (Scranton) won by decision over Lenny Ogozalek (Gettysburg) (Dec 3-1)                        1^st Place

133 - Mitch Tikkanen (John Carroll University) won by fall over Louie Carusillo (Gettysburg) (Fall 2:38)
133 - Louie Carusillo (Gettysburg) won by decision over Jayson Cody (Southern Virginia) (Dec 15-10)
133 - Denis Robles Gomez (West Virginia Tech) won by fall over Louie Carusillo (Gettysburg) (Fall 3:47)
133 - Tyran Taylor-Owens (St. Andrews) won by inj. def. over Louie Carusillo (Gettysburg))                         5^th-Place

133 - Noah Malamut (Gettysburg) won by fall over Tyran Taylor-Owens (St. Andrews) (Fall 3:54)
133 - Noah Malamut (Gettysburg) won by fall over Denis Robles Gomez (West Virginia Tech) (Fall 3:18)
133 - Zachary Rainess (Greensboro) won by fall over Noah Malamut (Gettysburg) (Fall 3:00)                      1^st Place

141 - Colin Devlin (Gettysburg) won by fall over Christopher Haskin (Greensboro) (Fall 0:56)
141 - Colin Devlin (Gettysburg) won by decision over Michael Dik (Washington and Lee) (Dec 7-3)
141 - Sal Corrao (John Carroll) won by major decision over Colin Devlin (Gettysburg) (Maj 12-1)             1st Place

141 - Austin Victor (John Carroll) won by tech fall over Andrew Andrade (Gettysburg) (TF 19-2)
141 - Anthony Alexandrou (Gettysburg) won by fall over Andrew Andrade (Gettysburg) (Fall 0:41)

141 - Michael Dik (W&L) won by major dec. over Anthony Alexandrou (Gettysburg) (Maj 9-0)
141 - Anthony Alexandrou (Gettysburg) won by fall over Andrew Andrade (Gettysburg) (Fall 0:41)
141 - Anthony Alexandrou (Gettysburg) won by decision over Josh Newman (Gettysburg) (Dec 5-3)
141 - Michael Dik (Washington and Lee) won by decision over Anthony Alexandrou (Gettysburg) (Dec 7-5)
141 - Chris Haskin (Greensboro) won by fall over Anthony Alexandrou (Gettysburg) (Fall 0:41)                  5^th Place

141 - Josh Newman (Gettysburg) won by forfeit over Zeke Lee (St. Andrews University) (FF)
141 - Sal Corrao (John Carroll University) won by fall over Josh Newman (Gettysburg) (Fall 4:07)
141 - Josh Newman (Gettysburg) won by major decision over Brandon Altieri (Scranton) (Maj 9-1)
141 - Anthony Alexandrou (Gettysburg) won by decision over Josh Newman (Gettysburg) (Dec 5-3)

149 - Jarrad Lasko (John Carroll University) won by tech fall over Traken Sutton (Gettysburg) (TF 16-1)
149 - Shane Ging (John Carroll University) won by decision over Traken Sutton (Gettysburg) (Dec 8-3)

149 - Joseph Boley (John Carroll University) won by fall over Jake Bracken (Gettysburg) (Fall 1:28)
149 - Jake Bracken (Gettysburg) won by decision over Kevin Pompilio (Scranton) (Dec 6-1)
149 - Jake Bracken (Gettysburg) won by decision over Andrew Benos (John Carroll University) (Dec 8-1)
149 - Leland Swafford (West Virginia Tech) won by major dec. over Jake Bracken (Gettysburg) (Maj 11-2)

157 - Ian Evans (Scranton) won by tech fall over Tristan Chen (Gettysburg) (TF 16-1)
157 - Tristan Chen (Gettysburg) won by fall over Colby Bourdreau (Washington and Lee) (Fall 2:56)
157- Tristan Chen (Gettysburg) won by major decision over Danny O`Neill (Scranton) (Maj 14-4)
157 - Tristan Chen (Gettysburg) won by decision over Michael Nelson (St. Andrews) (Dec 6-5)
157 - Anthony Trocchio (John Carroll) won by fall over Tristan Chen (Gettysburg) (Fall 2:18)
157 - Daniel Novak (John Carroll) won by injury def. over Tristan Chen (Gettysburg) (Inj. 0:00)                   5^th Place

157 - Shane Conners (Washington and Lee) won by tech fall over Henry Scavone (Gettysburg) (TF 18-2)
157 - Henry Scavone (Gettysburg) won by forfeit over Louis Bernard (West Virginia Tech) (FF)
157 - Daniel Novak (John Carroll) won by fall over Henry Scavone (Gettysburg) (Fall 2:25)

165-  Joseph Scott (Washington and Lee) won by decision over Brandon Carcuffe (Gettysburg) (Dec 9-2)
165 - Jared Watts (Southern Virginia) won by decision over Brandon Carcuffe (Gettysburg) (Dec 10-8)

165 - Alecsander Horne (Washington and Lee) won by dec. over Austin Roskos (Gettysburg) (Dec 8-3)
165 - Austin Roskos (Gettysburg) won by decision over Kevin Merle (Scranton) (Dec 7-4)
165 - Matt Rohrdanz (Southern Virginia) won by major dec. over Austin Roskos (Gettysburg) (Maj 11-3)

165 - Quinn Merrigan (Gettysburg) won by decision over Jared Watts (Southern Virginia) (Dec 8-4)
165 - Quinn Merrigan (Gettysburg) won by fall over Kavoris Perry (St. Andrews University) (Fall 4:25)
165 - Tyler Hardtke (John Carroll University) won by decision over Quinn Merrigan (Gettysburg) (Dec 7-4)
165 - Quinn Merrigan (Gettysburg) won by fall over Jared Watts (Southern Virginia University) (Fall 0:59)
165 - Quinn Merrigan (Gettysburg) won by fall over Jimmy Suhayda (John Carroll) (Fall 1:36)                    3^rd Place

197 - Camden Stoops (Gettysburg) won by major dec. over Caleb West (Southern Virginia) (Maj 18-5)
197 - Jared Key (St. Andrews) won by decision over Camden Stoops (Gettysburg) (Dec 5-4)
19i - Camden Stoops (Gettysburg) won by fall over Matt Speelman (Southern Virginia) (Fall 2:50)
197 - Camden Stoops (Gettysburg) won by dec. over Keegan Connelly (Scranton) (Dec 5-3)                           3^rd Place


285 - Paul Triandafilou (Gettysburg) won by fall over Justice Horn (West Virginia Tech) (Fall 2:21)
285 - Paul Triandafilou (Gettysburg) won by decision over Aaron Vaughan (St. Andrews) (Dec 2-1)
285 - Paul Triandafilou (Gettysburg) won by decision over Devin Washington (St. Andrews) (Dec 5-1)
285 - Paul Triandafilou (Gettysburg) won by decision over Mathew Kaminer (W&L) (TB-2 2-1)                    1^st Place