The Muhlenberg wrestling team won one of three dual matches while facing some tough competition at Mount St. Vincent.

The Mules (5-3) defeated Hunter, 48-9, before falling to Merchant Marine, 29-12, and New York University, 38-9.

Five Muhlenberg wrestlers recorded pins in the Hunter bout, including sophomore Mike Cannon (pictured above), who recorded his first career pin at 184. Freshman Sam Rothstein (heavyweight) was trailing his opponent 7-2 in the first period before reversing and then pinning him.

Also scoring pins for the Mules were freshman Cliff Cornell at 125, sophomore Austin Sherman at 141 and junior Jimmy Fratantoni at 174. 

Muhlenberg's Centennial Conference opener was 14-12 through six bouts before Merchant Marine won the last four to pull away.

Sherman notched his second pin of the day to reach 20 wins for the season, while sophomores Michael Dougan (149) and Dylan Schwartz (165) won by decision. The win for Schwartz was his team-leading 24th of the season.

At 197, junior Gennaro Cerminara dropped a close 10-7 decision to the 2017 CC runner-up, a d3wrestle.com rankings contender. Last year, the Mariner wrestler won by major decision against Cerminara twice.

NYU, ranked 22nd in Division III, won the first seven bouts in Muhlenberg's final match of the day. Sophomore Scott Schaeffer capped the match with a 6-0 decision for his 18th win of the season. Schwartz lost a tight 3-1 decision to a nationally ranked opponent.

Box Scores
Muhlenberg 48, Hunter 9
125 Cliff Cornell (M) pinned Hamad Amir, 1:09
133 Connor McGee (M) won by forfeit
141 Austin Sherman (M) pinned John Sherlock, 1:41
149 Michael Dougan (M) won by forfeit
157 Sean Miller (H) dec. Nick Daza, 14-10
165 Liam Heine (H) pinned Logan Laughlin, 2:29
174 Jimmy Fratantoni (M) pinned Mentor Gjonbalaj, 3:33
184 Mike Cannon (M) pinned Kevin Rembert, 3:35
197 Gennaro Cerminara (M) won by forfeit
HWT Sam Rothstein (M) pinned Constantious Stavroulakis, 1:09

Merchant Marine 29, Muhlenberg 12
125 Jace Garza (MM) dec. Cliff Cornell, 7-4
133 Tyler Craig (MM) tech fall Connor McGee, 22-5
141 Austin Sherman (Mu) pinned Alex Puglio, 6:55
149 Michael Dougan (Mu) dec. Daniel May, 9-5
157 Kieran Duggan (MM) pinned Nick Daza, 4:20
165 Dylan Schwartz (Mu) dec. Travis Ahrens, 11-5
174 Joshua Glantzman (MM) dec. Jimmy Fratantoni, 6-4
184 Kurtis Hahn (MM) pinned Mike Cannon, 6:30
197 Blake Bunce (MM) dec. Gennaro Cerminara, 10-7
HWT Victor Raigoza (MM) dec. Scott Schaeffer, 10-6

New York University 38, Muhlenberg 9
125 John Luke DeStefano (NY) pinned Cliff Cornell, 1:39
133 Austin Day (NY) pinned Connor McGee, 2:10
141 Will Crisco (NY) tech fall Austin Sherman, 19-2
149 Evan Drill (NY) pinned Josh Hickey, 5:57
157 Matthew Coppola (NY) dec. Michael Dougan, 6-1
165 Raymond Jazikoff (NY) dec. Dylan Schwartz, 3-1
174 Owen Jones (NY) won by forfeit
184 Mike Cannon (M) won by forfeit
197 Jack La Corte (NY) dec. Gennaro Cerminara, 9-7
HWT Scott Schaeffer (M) dec. Will Ortman, 6-0