GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Junior Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) secured Gettysburg College's lone victory with a decision at heavyweight as part of a 38-3 setback at the hands of fifth-ranked Messiah College Friday night inside Bream Gym.
 
Messiah (3-2) built its lead with four close victories. Sean Redington topped senior Lenny Ogozalek (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley) for the first time in three tries this season 10-4 at 125 and seventh-ranked Hunter Harris managed six quick points in the final minute to take down senior Louie Carusillo (Pequannock, N.J./DePaul Catholic) 14-6.
 
At 141, freshman Sean Thompson (Plainsboro, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro South) and Nick Nunez each scored four points in the second period and finished regulation tied. Nunez managed a takedown early in the sudden victory period for a 6-4 win. A takedown and near-fall gave Stephen Maloney enough of a cushion to survive sophomore Colin Devlin (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) 4-2 at 149 pounds.
 
After a pin at 157 pounds, the match of the night took place between seventh-ranked Jeff Hojnacki and fifth-ranked Colin Kowalski (Derwood, Md./Georgetown) at 165. Kowalski had won each of the previous two meetings, including a decision in the finals of the Petrofes Invitational last weekend.
 
With the scored tied 4-4 in the second period, Kowalski managed a takedown to jump back in front. Hojnacki escaped to slice the deficit to 6-5 heading into the final frame. The Gettysburg sophomore opened the third period in the top position and deftly defended most of the Falcon grappler's escape attempts. With less than a minute left, however, Hojnacki managed to slip Kowalski's grasp for a reversal and held on for a 7-6 victory.
 
Messiah added to the advantage with a pair of technical falls by top-ranked Ben Swarr and fourth-ranked Kyle Koser at 174 and 197, respectively, sandwiched around a forfeit by the Bullets at 184.
 
For the second consecutive season, Triandafilou prevented the shutout with a strong showing at heavyweight. He scored two takedowns and an escape in the first two periods and racked up several minutes of riding time as part of a 6-2 decision over Jared Schell. Triandafilou, ranked sixth by D3wrestle.com, improved to 15-2 this season. 
 
Gettysburg returns to action at the Waynesburg University Invitational on Jan. 6.
 

#5 Messiah 38, Gettysburg 3	GC-MC
125: Sean Redington (M) won by decision over Lenny Ogozalek (G), 10-4	0-3
133: #7 Hunter Harris (M) won by major decision over Louie Carusillo (G), 14-6	0-7
141: Nick Nunez (M) won by decision over Sean Thompson, 6-4 (SV-1)	0-10
149: Stephen Maloney (M) won by decision over Colin Devlin (G), 4-2	0-13
157: Kevin Edwards (M) pinned Marc Larson (G), 3:41	0-19
165: #7 Jeff Hojnacki (M) won by decision over #5 Colin Kowalski (G), 7-6	0-22
174: #1 Ben Swarr (M) won by technical fall over Austin Roskos (G), 17-1 (5:30)	0-27
184: Victor DeFrance (M) won by forfeit	0-33
197: #4 Kyle Koser (M) won by technical fall over Mike Iodice (G), 20-2 (5:47)	0-38
HWT: #6 Paul Triandafilou (G) won by decision over Jared Schell (M), 6-2	3-38