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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Washington and Lee secured its first-ever Centennial Conference Wrestling Championship on Saturday at Muhlenberg, becoming the seventh team in conference history to claim the team title. The Generals totaled 75.5 points on their way to the team crown.
The host Mules took second place with 69.5 points, with Merchant Marine (64.5) and Ursinus (60.5) close behind in third and fourth, respectively. McDaniel placed fifth with 41 points, followed by Johns Hopkins (30.5) and Gettysburg (14.5).
McDaniel's Ryker Eckenbarger was named the championship's Most Outstanding Wrestler after claiming the 141-pound title. The Green Terror senior becomes the fourth McDaniel wrestler and first since 2016 to receive the honor.
Muhlenberg and Merchant Marine led the way with individual placings as each notched a trio of gold medalists. Victorious for the Mules were Austin Sherman (149), Luca Colestock (197) and Scott Schaeffer (285).
For Merchant Marine, senior Josh Glantzman capped his career as a three-time conference champion, winning at 184 for the second straight season. Glantzman also received the prestigious Chris Clifford Award, given to the senior with the most career points accumlated at the CC championship. Other individual titles for the Mariners went to Caleb Kreitter (133) and Dominick Esposito (174).
Other individual champions included Ursinus' Terry Adams (125), Washington and Lee's Ryan Luth (157), and Johns Hopkins' Dominick Reyes (165).
Ursinus still leads all Centennial schools with 58 champions since 1994. Muhlenberg is second (45), followed by McDaniel (44), Stevens (35), Merchant Marine (33), Johns Hopkins (25), Gettysburg (24), Washington and Lee (3), Swarthmore (2) and NYU (1).
- Outstanding Wrestler - Ryker Eckenbarger, McDaniel
- Chris Clifford Award - Josh Glantzman, Merchant Marine
133- Caleb Kreitter (MM) d. Charlie Cunningham (W), 6-0 dec.
141- Ryker Eckenbarger (MCD) d. Bryce Crew (W), 12-2 maj. dec.
149- Austin Sherman (MUH) d. Alfred Corradetti (U), Fall
157- Ryan Luth (W) d. Alex Laveck (MCD), 15-2 maj. dec.
165- Dominick Reyes (JH) d. Shane Conners (W), 9-3 dec.
174- Dominick Esposito (MM) d. Brian Jamison (MUH), 9-4 dec.
184- Josh Glantzman (MM) d. Rexx Hallyburton (W), 3-0 dec.
Third-Place Bouts
125- N/A
133- Ray Calderaio (U) d. Jake Stein (G), 7-2 dec.
141- Sean Thompson (G) d. Greg Baum, forfeit
149- Ray Kable (MCD) d. Steven Shields (MM), 7-0 dec.
157- Luke Gauthier (MM) d. Bradlee Lamontagne (JH), 16-8 maj. dec.
165- Dylan Schwartz (MUH) d. Kieran Duggan (MM), 19-10 maj. dec.
174- Nick Konovalchik (W) d. Joe Paul (JH), 7-4 dec.
184- Jimmy Fratantoni (MUH) d. Nathan Wertheimer (JH), 8-1 dec.
197- Brad Basham (W) d. Andrew French (MM), 7-5 dec.
285- Clay Chadwick (W) d. Henri Beheghel (JH), 7-0 dec.