Five Muhlenberg wrestlers placed at the Messiah Open.

With half of the team at McDaniel for the final Centennial Conference duals of the season, the Mules sent 10 of their younger team members - all freshmen and sophomores - to compete in a meet that featured Division I competitors.

Freshman Andrew Franklin led the Muhlenberg contingent by placing third at heavyweight. His lone loss came in overtime against a Division I opponent from Binghamton, but he rebounded to win a pair of decisions in the consolation bracket, defeating a Messiah wrestler in the third-place match.

Freshman Brian McCaw placed fifth at 125. He went 3-2, defeating Division I wrestlers from Liberty and Binghamton. McCaw (pictured above) pulled out a 3-2 decision against a York opponent in the fifth-place match. 

Other placewinners for the Mules were freshmen Sean Quaye (sixth at heavyweight) and Paul Parise (seventh at 197) and sophomore Deon Savage (eighth at 184). Sophomore Riley McHale won a pair of bouts on a pin and technical fall at 157.

complete results

Muhlenberg Results
125
Sean Seefeldt (unattached) maj. dec. Brian McCaw (Muhl), 16-5
McCaw dec. Jalen Fyffe (Liberty), 6-0
McCaw maj. dec. Nick Curley (Binghamton), 12-4
Kevin Lopez (Nassau CC) maj. dec. McCaw, 13-3
fifth-place match: McCaw dec. Wilfred Jimenez (York), 3-2

125
Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) tech fall Danny Grigas (Muhl), 20-3
Tristian Walls (Liberty) pinned Grigas, 1:52

157
Riley McHale (Muhl) pinned Joseph Cinquemani (York), 0:24
McHale tech fall Joshua Rosado (Messiah), 17-0
Cesar Alvan (Columbia) maj. dec. McHale, 17-3
Tyler Martin (Binghamton) maj. dec. McHale, 18-4

157
Garret Cornell (Messiah) pinned Dean Palmer (Muhl), 2:25
Connor Doherty (TCNJ) tech fall Palmer, 17-0

165
Harrison Hinojosa (Stevens) tech fall Shane Trattner (Muhl), 17-0
David Over (Liberty) pinned Trattner, 1:14

184
Deon Savage (Muhl) tech fall Donte Hibbert (Messiah), 21-4
Michael Baker (Columbia) tech fall Savage, 17-0
Savage dec. Gabriel Hayes (Liberty), 14-10
Ethan Hernandez (Penn) tech fall Savage, 15-0
seventh-place match: Kal-El Corbitt (TCNJ) pinned Savage, 2:28

197
Maximo Ruiz (Stevens) dec. Paul Parise (Muhl), 6-4
Parise pinned Preston Nitschke-Love (Messiah), 1:26
Nikolas Miller (Hofstra) maj. dec. Parise, 15-2
seventh-place match: Parise dec. Kyle Davis (Penn State Mont Alto), 8-7

HWT
Andrew Franklin (Muhl) pinned Christian Conner (Messiah), 1:45
Collin Burns (Binghamton) dec. Franklin, 3-2 (ot)
Franklin dec. Yousef Karmi (Nassau CC), 8-2
consolation final: Franklin dec. Hayden Benner (Messiah), 6-2

HWT
Sean Quaye (Muhl) over Peter Wersinger (TCNJ) by medical forfeit
Nate Hoaglund (Penn) maj. dec. Quaye, 9-1
Hayden Benner (Messiah) dec. Quaye, 8-1
fifth-place match: Yousef Karmi (Nassau CC) pinned Quaye, 2:08

HWT
Samuel Blevins (Messiah) pinned Ryan Kaplow (Muhl), 0:54
Hayden Benner (Messiah) pinned Kaplow, 5:19