GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College wrestling team won seven bouts on the way to a 22-11 victory over McDaniel College inside Bream Gym on Wednesday night.
Gettysburg (8-6, 2-3 CC) picked up its first win over McDaniel (11-5, 4-2 CC) since a 24-12 win over the Green Terror on Feb. 5, 2008. The Green Terror had won the last eight decisions against the Bullets.
Sophomore Lenny Ogozalek (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley) put the hosts in front with an 11-6 win over Mike O'Boyle at 125 pounds. After O'Boyle pulled to 7-6, the Gettysburg grappler tallied the final four points with an escape, takedown, and the riding time point.
The Green Terror jumped in front 7-3 with a decision and major decision at 133 and 141. Sophomore Quinn Merrigan (Canton, Mass./Canton) evened the team score with a 17-6 major decision over Trey Mitchell at 149. Merrigan put up 11 points in the opening period on the way to improving to 17-4 this season.
McDaniel was deducted a team point during the 157-pound match and freshman Colin Kowalski (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) added to the advantage with an 8-6 victory. Senior Tyler Cunningham (East Berlin, Conn./Xavier) made the most of his last appearance in front of the home crowd by securing a late takedown in a 3-2 win at 165 pounds.
Freshman Crawford Oswald (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) pushed Gettysburg in front 16-6 with a 4-3 win over Ronnie Wuest at 174. After McDaniel sliced the deficit to five with a technical fall at 184 pounds, the Bullets sealed the win with decisions in the final two bouts. Sophomore Anthony Puca (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) ran off the final five points in a 12-6 win at 197, while junior Camden Stoops (East Prospect, Pa./Eastern York) picked up his 20th win of the campaign with a 7-2 decision at heavyweight.
Additionally, junior Brandon Carcuffe (Oxford, N.J./West Morris Central) earned a 12-6 victory in an exhibition match at 157 pounds.
Gettysburg has a busy weekend ahead with three Centennial Conference duals and an event at Messiah College. The Bullets will face the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Ursinus College, and Muhlenberg College at Johns Hopkins University on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. Additionally, a handful of grapplers will compete in the Messiah Open on Saturday at 10 a.m. | Gettysburg 22, McDaniel 11 | |
| 125 – Lenny Ogozalek (GC) def. Mike O'Boyle (MCD), 11-6 | 3-0 |
| 133 – Ryan O'Boyle (MCD) def. Jake Bracken (GC), 8-2 | 3-3 |
| 141 – Alvontae Drummond (MCD) def. Everett Roach (GC), MD 19-7 | 3-7 |
| 149 – Quinn Merrigan (GC) def. Trey Mitchell (MCD), MD 17-6 | 7-7 |
| 157 – Colin Kowalski (GC) def. Wade Bishop (MCD), 8-6 | 10-6* |
| 165 – Tyler Cunningham (GC) def. Luke Yox (MCD), 3-2 | 13-6 |
| 174 – Crawford Oswald (GC) def. Ronnie Wuest (MCD), 4-3 | 16-6 |
| 184 – Nick Cross (MCD) def. Brandon Casamassima (GC), TF 24-9 (6:19) | 16-11 |
| 197 – Anthony Puca (GC) def. Jake Pooton (MCD), 12-6 | 19-11 |
| 285 – Camden Stoops (GC) def. Taylor Avino (MCD), 7-2 | 22-11 |
| Exhibition | |
| 157 – Brandon Carcuffe (GC) def. Clint Wright (MCD), 12-6 | |
| *McDaniel deducted one team point | |
