COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus College men's wrestling opened their 2023 calendar season with a 3-1 record while hosting the Manganaro Duals on Saturday at the Floy Lewis Bakes Center.  
 
The Bears dropped their opening match to Trinity (25-19) but bounced back with three straight victories over Rhode Island College (42-9), SUNY Oneonta (29-17), and Messiah University (27-13). They stand at 5-3 in dual meets this season and will host the Will Abele Invitational next Saturday at 10 a.m. 
 
Seniors Terry Adams (125lbs), Gary Nagle (184lbs), and Kyle Schaffer (197lbs) each finished with a perfect record throughout the day.  

"We wrestled very well today, and we are incredibly excited to have Gary and Kyle back in the lineup," Director of Wrestling Joe Jamison said. "We took a tough loss against Trinity, and we were able to bounce back for the next three duals. We made some mistakes in that match and hats off to Trinity; they wrestled incredibly tough. What pleased us the most as a coaching staff was the team's ability to correct the mistakes, we made in that first dual and perform the way we did the rest of the day. We have some work to do, but overall, we did a great job today".  
 
Trinity (26) vs. Ursinus (19) 
Adams opened the Bears afternoon with a 14-2 major decision over Trinity's Matt Carrozza to give Ursinus a 4-0 lead after the first bout. The Tigers rallied off six consecutive victories, before Nagle recorded his first victory of the season with a fall over Cooper Kelly at 184lbs. Ursinus closed out the dual with a 3-2 decision from Schaffer and a fall by senior Jake Ahmad at 285lbs.  
 
125 Terry Adams (UC) over Matthew Carrozza (TC) via major decision 14-3      UC 4, TC 0 
133 Adam Schaeublin (TC) over Michael Adams (UC) via technical fall 18-3         UC 4, TC 5 
141 Aiden Hebert (TC) over Wesley Tosto (UC) via decision 13-11                     UC 4, TC 8 
149 Chris Perry (TC) over Dante Monaco (UC) via technical fall 19-1                 UC 4, TC 13 
157 Nico Patch (TC) over Derek Giordano via medical forfeit                              UC 4, TC 19 
165 Kevin Lyskawa (TC) over Shawn Marchesano (UC) via decision 7-4            UC 4, TC 22 
174 Adam Frost (TC) over Jackson Brandt (UC) via maj. decision 13-5               UC 4, TC 26 
184 Gary Nagle (UC) over Cooper Kelley (TC) via fall                                          UC 10, TC 26 
197 Kyle Schaffer (UC) over Anders Klass (TC) via decision 3-2                          UC 13, TC 26 
285 Jake Ahmad (UC) over Tim Glynn (TC) via fall                                               UC 19, TC 26 
 
Ursinus (42) vs Rhode Island College (9) 
The Bears bounced back in the second dual winning eight of the ten bouts including five matches by bonus points and two matches via a forfeit. Adams started Ursinus off with a 11-2 major decision over Robert Stone collecting four takedowns throughout the match. First-year Michael Adams nearly earned a victory at 133lbs but fell in sudden victory 6-4. Senior Romeo Rodriguez rode four first period takedowns in route to a 12-7 decision at 141lbs, while junior Dante Monaco collected a pinfall at the 4:21-mark giving Ursinus a 13-3 lead through four matches.  
 
At 157lbs, first-year Derek Giordano earned a first-period pin over Scott Lallas, while senior Shawn Marchesano tallied a 15-0 technical fall over Juan Rodriguez. With Ursinus leading 24-3, senior Alex Koenig recorded a 26 second fall over Rob Dombrowski as Nagle and Schaffer each collected forfeits to lock up the dual meet for the Bears.  
 
Ursinus (42) vs. Rhode Island College (9) 
125 lbs. Terry Adams (UC) major dec. Robert Stone (RIC), 11-2                                UC 4, RIC 0
133 lbs  Kwesi Amoa (RIC) dec. Michael Adams (UC), 6-4 SV                                   UC 4, RIC 3
141 lbs. Romeo Rodriguez (UC) dec. Michael Pestana  (RIC), 12-7                          UC 7, RIC 3
149 lbs. Dante Monaco (UC) pinned Jensen Offerman  (RIC) at 4:21                        UC 13, RIC 3
157 lbs. Derek Giordano (UC) pinned Scott Lallas  (RIC) at 2:56                               UC 19, RIC
165 lbs. Shawn Marchesano (UC) tech. fall Juan Rodriguez (RIC) at 6:51 (15-0)      UC 24, RIC 3
174 lbs. Alex Koenig (UC) pinned Rob Dombrowski  (RIC) at 0:26                             UC 30, RIC 3
184 lbs. Gary Nagle (UC) won by forfeit                                                                      UC 36, RIC 3
197 lbs. Kyle Schaffer (UC) won by forfeit                                                                   UC 42, RIC 3
285 lbs. Edison Guarcas (RIC) pinned Jake Ahmad (US) at 1:55                               UC 42, RIC 9 
 
Ursinus (29) vs. Oneonta (17) 

Ursinus fell behind early dropping their first three matches including two by fall leading to a 15-0 deficit heading into 149lbs. Monaco got the Bears on the board with a first period fall at the 2:40-mark to cut the deficit to nine. The Red Dragons earned a decision at 157lbs, but the Bears would rally with five consecutive victories including three via bonus points for the match victory. Marchesano and Jackson Brandt collected back-to-back falls to give Ursinus an 18-17 lead after Oneonta was deducted a team point at 165lbs.  

First-year Nils Updale recorded a 6-2 decision at 184, as Schaffer (197lbs) and Jake Ahmad (285lbs) closed out the dual with back-to-back victories for the 29-17 dual meet victory.  

125 Danny Poggi (ONE) over Franco Mazza (UC) via decision 3-1                         UC 0, ONE 3 
133 Anthony Romero (ONE) over Mikey Adams (UC) via fall (2:51)                         UC 0, ONE 9 
141 Michael Blando (ONE) over Wesley Tosto (UC) via fall (4:16)                           UC 0, ONE 15 
149 Dante Monaco (UC) over Anderson Klosner (ONE) via fall (2:40)                     UC 6, ONE 15 
157 Max Yahre (ONE) over Derek Giordano (Uc) via decision 8-3                           UC 6, ONE 18 
165 Shawn Marchesano (UC) over Ryan Meisner (ONE) via fall (0:48)                   UC 12, ONE 17 
174 Jackson Brandt (UC) over Adonis Morano (ONE) via fall (2:40)                         UC 18, ONE 17 
184 Nils Updale (UC) over Jack Ryan (ONE) via decision 6-2                                  UC 21, ONE 17 
197 Kyle Schaffer (UC) over Noah Kennedy (ONE) via technical fall                        UC 26, ONE 17 
285 Jake Ahmad (UC) over Jake Pine (ONE) via decision 5-1                                  UC 29, ONE 17 

Ursinus (27), Messiah (13) 
 
In their final dual of the afternoon the Bears won three of their first four matches as Adams won by a 10-2 major decision while Rodriguez and Monaco each collected decisions. After a pinfall from the Falcons at 157lbs, Ursinus won three of the final four matches as Marchesano, Nagle, Schaffer, and Ahmad each earned victories. At 165lbs, Marchesano defeated the No. 3 ranked wrestler in the Southeast region Zach Needles via a technical fall. He earned four takedowns and four near falls for the 18-3 decision.  
 
 
125 Terry Adams (UC) over Bryce Arnold (MU) by major decision 10-2     UC 4, MU 0 
133 Asa Brunk (MU) over Michael Adams (UC) by decision 8-7                   UC 4, MU 3 
141 Romeo Rodriguez (UC) over Mason Casey (MU) by decision 6-3      UC 7, MU 3 
149 Dante Monaco (UC) over Cameron Deville (MU) by decision 5-2       UC 10, MU 3 
157 Garret Cornell (MU) over Dante Monaco (UC) by fall (2:17)               UC 10, MU 9
165 Shawn Marchesano (UC) over Zach Needles (MU) by tech fall          UC 15, MU 9
174 John Summer (MU) over Alex Koenig (UC) by major decision 15-8   UC 15, MU 13
184 Gary Nagle (UC) over Ryder Slayton (MU) by decision 2-0               UC 18, MU 13
197 Kyle Schaffer (UC) over Joe Embleton (MU) by decision 9-3             UC 21, MU 13
285 Jake Ahmad (UC) over Hayden Benner (MU) by fall (3:00)                UC 27, MU 13
 
 
The Bears return to action on Saturday as they host the Will Abele Invitational starting at 10 a.m. before traveling to Johns Hopkins for a dual meet on Friday, January 20^th.