ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – The Gettysburg College wrestling team won four of the final five matches to secure a 24-16 victory in a non-conference meeting with Elizabethtown College on Friday night.
 
Gettysburg (7-2) trailed 6-0 following close decision losses at 125 and 133. Freshman Anthony Alexandrou (Armonk, N.Y./Byram Hills) put the Bullets on the board with an 8-5 win at 141 pounds, while classmate Traken Sutton (Wethersfield, Conn./Loomis Chaffee) forced a tie in the team score with an 8-2 win at 149 pounds.
 
Elizabethtown (2-10) scored a pin at 157 to regain the lead, but junior Quinn Merrigan (Canton, Mass./Canton) came right back with a quick fall to start the second period at 165 pounds.
 
Sophomore Dan Ebert (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) handed Gettysburg its first lead by scoring eight points in the first period on the way to a 9-4 decision at 174. The Blue Jays took the lead temporarily with a major decision at 184, but a forfeit to senior Camden Stoops (East Prospect, Pa./Eastern York) put the Bullets in control for good.
 
Sophomore Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep), ranked fifth in the country by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, maintained his perfect record in overtime matches (12-0) with a takedown to start the extra time period against Eric Eckstein. Triandafilou won 3-1 and improved to 13-0 this season.
 
Additionally, freshman Josh Newman (Massapequa, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) logged his fourth pin of the season in an exhibition match at 141 pounds.
 
Gettysburg returns to action tomorrow with a pair of Centennial Conference match ups against United States Merchant Marine Academy and host Stevens Institute of Technology beginning at noon.
 

Wt.		EC	GC
125	Philip Torresani (EC) dec. Lenny Ogozalek (GC), 5-3	3	0
133	Bryan Pflanz (EC) dec. Noah Malamut (GC), 4-3	6	0
141	Anthony Alexandrou (GC) dec. Josh Paisley (EC), 8-5	6	3
149	Traken Sutton (GC) dec. Dan Smith (EC), 8-2	6	6
157	Chris Kummerer (EC) pinned Henry Scavone (GC), 2:53	12	6
165	Quinn Merrigan (GC) pinned Dan Jerrems (EC), 3:18	12	12
174	Dan Ebert (GC) dec. Quinn Ruble (EC), 9-4	12	15
184	Rocco Hladney (EC) maj. dec. Austin Roskos (GC), 13-1	16	15
197	Camden Stoops (GC) won by forfeit	16	21
285	Paul Triandafilou (GC) dec. Eric Eckstein (EC), 3-1 (SV1)	16	24
Exhibition
141	Josh Newman (GC) pinned Christian Cooper (EC), 5:24