The Muhlenberg wrestling team scored a landmark Centennial Conference victory, coming from behind to defeat Ursinus, 24-20.

The Bears are the flagship program in the CC, with 11 championships in the first 24 years of the league's history. They finished first or second at the CC Championships 13 of the last 14 times they participated in the tournament.

Muhlenberg trailed 20-17 through the first eight bouts before taking a 21-20 lead on a major decision by junior Gennaro Cerminara at 197. That made the heavyweight bout the decisive contest in the match.

Mule sophomore Scott Schaeffer trailed 3-1 before landing a takedown in the second period. He rode his opponent out for the rest of the period to take a 1:46 riding time advantage into the final stanza.

Schaeffer was taken down early in the third period, but escaped to tie the match at 5-5. Still with a big edge in riding time, he kept his Ursinus opponent at bay the rest of the way to pull out the 6-5 decision.

Muhlenberg trailed 11-0 after two bouts but got back-to-back major decisions from sophomores Austin Sherman at 141 and Josh Hickey (pictured above) at 149. After an Ursinus decision at 157, sophomore Dylan Schwartz needed just 70 seconds to pin his opponent and tie the match at 14-all. It was the team-leading 27th win of the season for Schwartz, but just his third pin.

Junior Jimmy Fratantoni followed with a key 7-3 win at 174 against the 2017 CC 184-pound runner-up.

Box Score
125 Chris Tan (U) pinned Cliff Cornell, 4:45
133 Derek Gulotta (U) tech fall Connor McGee, 2:47
141 Austin Sherman (M) maj. dec. Daniel Bliss, 18-5
149 Josh Hickey (M) maj. dec. Edward Howlette, 15-3
157 Jake Folk (U) dec. Michael Dougan, 7-2
165 Dylan Schwartz (M) pinned Jarret DiGiantomasso, 1:10
174 Jimmy Fratantoni (M) dec. Cody Richmond, 7-3
184 Ben Maack (U) pinned Mike Cannon, 4:52
197 Gennaro Cerminara (M) maj. dec. Deon Edmond, 14-2
HWT Scott Schaeffer (M) dec. William McGinley, 6-5