The Muhlenberg wrestling team showed signs of a bright future at the Mideast Futures Tournament.

Of the 14 Mules who competed in the tournament in Deitrich Field House, nine won at least two bouts, and 12 won at least one.

The top placewinners for the Mules were freshman Frank DiEsso, who came in second at 133, and freshman Andrew Franklin, who placed fourth at heavyweight.

DiEsso defeated his three opponents with a major decision, a pin in the first minute and a 6-4 decision before opting out of the championship final. The three wins brought DiEsso's season record to 20-5, and he's placed in four tournaments (three at 125 and one at 133).

Franklin (pictured above) earned a tournament place for the third time after going 4-2 in his six bouts. After getting pinned in his second bout by the eventual winner of the bracket, Franklin won three straight bouts in the consolation bracket, one on a major decision and one on a pin. He wrestled a close match in the consolation final, falling 3-1 on a late takedown. 

Freshman Fletcher Goodman went 3-2 at 184, losing two close decisions to the third-place finisher. Among his wins were a pin and a technical fall.

Also recording two wins were freshmen Brian McCaw (125), Aidan Weingrad (165) and Sean Quaye (285), sophomore Riley McHale (157) and juniors Jeorcy Peña (141) and Hunter Gill (184). Quaye, McHale and Peña each recorded a pair of falls, with McHale moving into a tie for second place on the team with eight pins this season.

Although he was wrestling unattached, another young Muhlenberg wrestler had an impressive day. Freshman Nico Berlingeri won the 184-pound bracket, capturing four bouts on two pins and two major decisions.

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Muhlenberg Results
competing teams: Cortland (C), Elizabethtown (E), Gettysburg (G), The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), New York University (NY), Penn College (P), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Stevens (S), Ursinus (U), Washington and Lee (WL), Wilkes (Wi), York (Y)

125
Brian McCaw (Muhl) dec. Seth Russo (RIT), 5-3
McCaw tech fall Andrew Finateri (S), 7:00
Franco Mazza (U) dec. McCaw, 8-4
Richard Munoz (C) dec. McCaw, 12-6

125
Danny Grigas (Muhl) pinned Alex Tenaglia (U), 4:21
Lee Rubin (RIT) pinned Grigas, 2:56
Seth Russo (RIT) over Grigas by injury default, 1:41

133
Frank DiEsso (Muhl) maj. dec. Joseph Carpenter (Y), 13-3
DiEsso pinned Jon Keltz (NY), 0:59
DiEsso dec. Jeff Robinson (RIT), 6-4

141
Julian Amadio (G) pinned Jeorcy Peña (Muhl), 4:56
Peña pinned Benoit Chestnut (Wi), 1:09
Peña pinned Anthony Cascio (G), 3:55
Bryan Diaz (Y) maj. dec. Peña, 16-2

157
Riley McHale (Muhl) pinned Ben Griffith (Wi), 4:40
McHale pinned Alan Choback (Y), 4:05
Stone Franczyk (U) dec. McHale, 7-3
Luky Moynihan (E) dec. McHale, 9-6

157
Chris Stathopoulos (S) pinned Dean Palmer (Muhl), 2:29
Palmer dec. Jud Cummings (WL), 7-6

165
James Romaine (TCNJ) dec. Aidan Weingrad (Muhl), 8-3
Weingrad dec. James Snyder (S), 14-8
Weingrad dec. Jarrett Weir (S), 4-3
Rhett McDurmon (WL) pinned Weingrad, 6:21

165
Luke Petaccia (TCNJ) pinned Shane Trattner (Muhl), 2:42
Louis Lyons (WL) maj. dec. Trattner, 12-4

184
Jack McCusker (WL) dec. Fletcher Goodman (Muhl), 4-3
Goodman tech fall Dylan Toback (P), 6:37
Goodman dec. Ryan Newmen (C), 5-4
Goodman pinned H. Gill, 4:19
McCusker dec. Goodman, 3-1

184
Hunter Gill (Muhl) pinned Patrick Chesanek (P), 0:56
Brendan Newbury (S) dec. Gill, 13-7
Gill over Declan Skelly (NY) by medical forfeit
F. Goodman pinned Gill, 4:19

197
Chris Bold (C) dec. Paul Parise (Muhl), 7-4
Parise maj. dec. Jakob Latham (E), 12-4
Matt Majoy (WL) dec. Parise, 7-2

HWT
Andrew Franklin (Muhl) dec. Brian McKinnon (Wi), 8-2
Peter Wersinger (TCNJ) pinned Franklin, 4:13
Franklin dec. Dylan Houseknecht (C), 3-2
Franklin maj. dec. Quinn Hogue (E), 10-2
Franklin pinned Tade Omisore (WL), 3:41
consolation final: Nate DeGroff (RIT) dec. Franklin, 3-1

HWT
Nate DeGroff (RIT) pinned Sean Quaye (Muhl), 2:38
Quaye pinned John Ferrell (Y), 2:02
Quaye pinned Amir Pickens (U), 1:19
DeGroff pinned Quaye, 1:04

HWT
Tade Omisore (WL) dec. Ryan Kaplow (Muhl), 12-5
Quinn Hogue (E) pinned Kaplow, 5:40