For the first time ever, the Muhlenberg wrestling team won the Petrofes Invitational.

The Mules scored 147.5 points in the two-day tournament, finishing 9.5 points ahead of second-place Messiah. Muhlenberg has been coming to the Petrofes every season but three since 1981 and had never placed higher than second (1993).

No Mules won their brackets, but all 10 placewinners won at least one bout on the second day of competition. 

Seniors Greg Baum (141) and Luca Colestock (197) placed second in their brackets. Baum cut an 8-1 deficit to 8-6 in his title bout against a nationally ranked Messiah opponent but was reversed late and fell, 11-6. Colestock advanced to the final with a major decision but had to bow out due to injury early in the first period.

Sophomore Joey Lamparelli and freshman Frank DiEsso combined for an all-Muhlenberg consolation final at 125, with Lamparelli winning by forfeit. Lamaprelli went 6-1 on the weekend to improve to 11-3 on the season, while DiEsso (10-2 overall) went 5-1 in contested bouts.

Freshman Shane Trattner reached the consolation final at 165, while sophomore Ricky Caamano (133) and freshmen Chris Sockler (149) and Anson Dewar (157) each placed fifth.

complete results

Team Scores 
1. MUHLENBERG (Muhl) 147.5
2. Messiah (Me) 138
3. Mount Union (Mt) 137.5
4. Alvernia (Alv) 135.5
5. Cortland (C) 132
6. McDaniel (Mc) 125.5
7. Alderson Broaddus (AB) 88
8. Gettysburg (Ge) 78
9. Southern Virginia (SV) 67.5
10. Bridgewater State (B) 50
11. Greensboro (Gr) 44
12. Washington & Jefferson (WJ) 39.5
13. King's (K) 38
14. Shenandoah (Sh) 27.5
15. Waynesburg (W) 21
16. Penn State Mont Alto (PS) 17.5
17. Thaddeus Stevens (TS) 2

Muhlenberg Results (placewinners)
125
Joey Lamparelli (Muhl) pinned Robert Crofford (Ge), 2:06
Lamparelli tech fall Hunter Swedish (WJ), 17-2
Cody Merwin (C) dec. Lamparelli, 13-6
Lamparelli pinned Hunter Rinehart (Me), 4:48
Lamparelli maj. dec. Errik Gerback (Mt), 14-2
Lamparelli dec. Keito Shaw (Alv), 13-6
consolation final: Lamparelli over F. DiEsso by medical forfeit

125
Frank DiEsso (Muhl) tech fall Alex Tyson (K), 18-0
DiEsso dec. Richard Munoz (C), 8-5
Keito Shaw (Alv) dec. DiEsso, 13-9
DiEsso dec. Daniel Porter (Gr), 10-4
DiEsso dec. Noah Hodges (AB), 9-5
DiEsso maj. dec. Cody Merwin (C), 17-8

133
Ricky Caamano (Muhl) dec. Mason McCarty (Mt), 6-2
Caamano dec. Chris Barthelemy (AB), 5-3
Jayden Cardenas (C) dec. Caamano, 8-3
Caamano dec. C. Dalmau, 2-0
Caamano maj. dec. Barthelemy, 12-4
Luke Kowolski (Ge) dec. Caamano, 9-2
fifth-place match: Caamano dec. Nick Germano (K), 8-3

141
Greg Baum (Muhl) pinned Julian Amadio (Ge), 1:55
Baum maj. dec. Joe McKneely (Mc), 11-3
Baum dec. Colton White (Sh), 4-2
Baum over Quinn Tobin (Alv) by medical forfeit
final: Josiah Gehr (Me) dec. Baum, 11-6

149
Chris Sockler (Muhl) dec. Kevin Rainey (Alv), 7-6
Sockler dec. Nathaniel Taylor (AB), 7-4
Justin Rayner (Mt) dec. Sockler, 5-3
Ike Bryner (Me) pinned Sockler, 4:12
fifth-place match: Sockler over Camerin Deville (Me) by medical forfeit

157
Anson Dewar (Muhl) maj. dec. Joshua Rosado (Me), 11-1
Dewar pinned Adam Zerbee (WJ), 4:52
Jamar Williams (AB) dec. Dewar, 4-3
Dewar pinned Michael Hopkins (B), 1:33
Dewar pinned David Bancroft (Ge), 4:20
Chandler Merwin (C) dec. Dewar, 13-6
fifth-place match: Dewar over Williams by medical forfeit

165
Morgan Peterson (SV) pinned Shane Trattner (Muhl), 3:55
Trattner pinned Luke Billig (TS), 1:34
Trattner pinned Christian LaChance (B), 2:40
Trattner pinned Seth Finnigan (WJ), 3:26
Trattner pinned Deontae Frederick (Mc), 4:09
Trattner over Peterson by medical forfeit
consolation final: Chris Anderson (Mt) tech fall Trattner, 24-8

184
Angelo Mahaffey (Muhl) dec. Kelvin Cupay (Ge), 13-6
Mahaffey maj. dec. Sean McCullough (B), 13-4
Isaac Kassis (Alv) dec. Mahaffey, 3-1 (sv)
Mahaffey dec. Nick Kostyak (PS), 6-3
Mahaffey dec. Ryan Weitz (AB), 4-3
Mauro Pellot (Alv) over Mahaffey by medical forfeit

197
Luca Colestock (Muhl) pinned Roman Jellick (C), 1:39
Colestock pinned Zachary Scheffler (Alv), 1:28
Colestock over Jason Sine (K) by medical forfeit
Colestock maj. dec. Alex Donahue (WJ), 14-5
final: Gino Sita (AB) over Colestock by injury default, 0:40

197
Paul Parise (Muhl) pinned Porter Trapp (SV), 1:41
Dwayne Johnson (AB) dec. Parise, 10-5
Parise maj. dec. Chiedu Chika (AB), 11-3
Parise dec. Derek Liddle (Sh), 5-3
Parise over Jason Sine (K) by medical forfeit
Johnson dec. Parise, 7-2
seventh-place match: Brendan Loder (Ge) dec. Parise, 8-3