COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Gettysburg College wrestling wrapped up its Centennial Conference dual schedule by splitting a pair of matches at Ursinus College Saturday. The Bullets fell to the host Bears 26-13 before beating Muhlenberg College 29-20.
 
Gettysburg (7-7, 2-5 CC) fell behind early against Ursinus (2-2, 7-3 CC) as the Bears won five of the first six matches to jump in front 20-3. Sophomore Sean Thompson (Plainsboro, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro South) put the Bullets on the board with a 9-2 decision over Kyle Seibert at 141 pounds.
 
The Orange and Blue closed the match by winning three of four bouts. Senior Colin Kowalski (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) shut out Gary Nagle on the way to a 12-0 major decision at 174 pounds. Kowalski came into the day ranked 10th in the nation.
 
Senior Dan Ebert (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) followed with a 10-6 win at 184, while classmate Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep), who came into the day ranked eighth in the country, won 6-1 at heavyweight.
 
The seniors came through again in the match against Muhlenberg (18-7, 2-3 CC), claiming three of the final four bouts for the dual win. Following a forfeit at 125, sophomore Alex Shaffer (Doylestown, Pa./Archbishop Wood) posted a first-period pin (2:35) at 133 pounds. Thompson added another decision (7-4) at 141 to improve his season mark to 19-10.
 
Junior Colin Devlin (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) extended Gettysburg's lead to 13-6 with a major decision (14-4) at 149, but back-to-back wins by the Mules put the Bullets behind in the team scoring 15-13.
 
Kowalski came through with his team-leading 15th pin of the season at 174 pounds, putting Jimmy Fratantoni to the matt in 4:45. It was the senior's 30th victory of the season and extended his win streak to 17 matches. Ebert followed with his sixth pin of the year to run his season mark to 20-7.
 
Triandafilou closed the victory with a 12-2 major decision over Scott Schaeffer. The victory improved the heavyweight's record to 26-3 on the year and put him in a tie with Matt Shank '08 for second on the program's career wins list with 114.
 
A group of Bullets also competed at the Messiah College Open on Saturday. Junior Traken Sutton (Wethersfield, Conn./Loomis Chaffee), freshman Kelvin Angelo Cupay (Beach Park, Ill./Warren Township), and sophomore Mike Carioscia (Pawling, N.Y./Canterbury School) each recorded a victory.
 
Gettysburg competes at the CC Championship hosted by the United States Merchant Marine Academy next Saturday, Feb. 9. Opening matches are slated for 10 a.m.
 

Ursinus 26, Gettysburg 13	UC-GC
125: Hunter Brown (U) won by forfeit	6-0
133: Collin Wickramaratna (U) dec. Alex Shaffer (G), 13-7	9-0
141: Sean Thompson (G) dec. Kyle Seibert (U), 9-2	9-3
149: Patrick Rowe (U) dec. Colin Devlin (G), 11-8	12-3
157: Jarret DiGiantomasso (U) tech. fall Ray Martin (G), 16-0 (5:27)	17-3
165: Zachary Goranson (U) dec. Marc Larson (G), 6-2	20-3
174: #10 Colin Kowalski (G) major dec. Gary Nagle (U), 12-0	20-7
184: Dan Ebert (G) dec. Anthony Cutrufello (U), 10-6	20-10
197: Brady Herr (U) pinned Mike Iodice (G), 5:42	26-10
285: #8 Paul Triandafilou (G) dec. Theo Vlahos (U), 6-1	26-13
Gettysburg 29, Muhlenberg 20	GC-MH
125: Matt Ferrante (MU) won by forfeit	0-6
133: Alex Shaffer (G) pinned Josh Hickey (MU), 2:35	6-6
141: Sean Thompson (G) dec. Austin Sherman (MU), 7-4	9-6
149: Colin Devlin (G) major dec. Mathew Castimore (MU), 14-4	13-6
157: Brian Jamison (MU) dec. over Ray Martin (G), 6-3	13-9
165: Dylan Schwartz (MU) pinned Marc Larson (G), 0:46	13-15
174: #10 Colin Kowalski (G) pinned Jimmy Fratantoni (MU), 2:45	19-15
184: Dan Ebert (G) pinned Cam Wasson (MU), 4:45	25-15
197: Gennaro Cerminara (MU) tech. fall Mike Iodice (G), 22-4	25-20
285: #8 Paul Triandafilou (G) major dec. Scott Schaeffer (MU), 12-2	29-20

Messiah Open Results
149
Champ. Round 2 - Timothy Sparks (YCP) dec. Traken Sutton (GC) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Traken Sutton (GC) tech. fall Jhon Bonilla (SBU) (TF 16-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Sean Coakley (F&M) dec.Traken Sutton (GC) (OT 3-1)
 
Champ. Round 1 - Nathan Smith (UPJ) tech. fall Nolan Smith (GC) (TF 15-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Jamar Williams (UMD) dec. Nolan Smith (GC) (Dec 11-8)
 
Champ. Round 1 - Pierre Liciaga (ESU) pinned Eric Chambers (GC) (Fall 1:43)
Cons. Round 2 - Sean Coakley (F&M) tech. fall Eric Chambers (GC) (TF 15-0)
 
157
Champ. Round 1 - Marquan Payne (ESU) tech. fall Patrick Briody (GC) (TF 18-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Victor Elias (PB) pinned Patrick Briody (GC) (Fall 2:32)
 
Champ. Round 2 - Joshua Paige (MESS) tech. fall Steve MacDonald (GC) (TF 19-4)
Cons. Round 3 - Christian Smith (ESU) dec. Steve MacDonald (GC) (Dec 5-4)
 
Champ. Round 2 - Lucas Cordio (Maryland) tech. fall Kelvin Cupay (GC) (TF 17-2)
Cons. Round 3 - Kelvin Cupay (GC) dec. Victor Elias (PB) (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 4 - Joshua Paige (MESS) dec. Kelvin Cupay (GC) (Dec 11-10)
 
165
Champ. Round 1 - Bryce Dempsey (AU) pinned Mason Canonico (GC) (Fall 4:23)
Cons. Round 2 - Nick Cope (Muhlenberg) pinned Mason Canonico (GC) (Fall 2:13)
 
Champ. Round 1 - Cole Painter (AU) pinned Tristan Chen (GC) (Fall 6:09)
Cons. Round 2 – Mike Carioscia (GC) pinned Tristan Chen (GC) (Fall 4:57)
 
Champ. Round 2 - Konner Kraeszig (PSU) pinned Mike Carioscia (GC) (Fall 0:53)
Cons. Round 2 - Mike Carioscia (GC) pinned Tristan Chen (GC) (Fall 4:57)
Cons. Round 3 - Tanner Vogel (UPJ) tech. fall Mike Carioscia (GC) (TF 20-5)
 
174
 
Champ. Round 2 - Jonathon Borgognoni (TCNJ) pinned Sal Puglisi (GC) (Fall 2:16)
Cons. Round 2 - Cody Richmond (LIB) pinned Sal Puglisi (GC) (Fall 3:58)
 
Champ. Round 2 - Tadeo Arce (MSCW) pinned Efrain De Leon (GC) (Fall 0:23)
Cons. Round 2 - Elmer Fajardo (MSCW) pinned Efrain De Leon (GC) (Fall 2:44)