Complete Results | Stats
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Freshman Matt Shank (Reedsville, PA/Indian Valley) placed third at 141 and sophomore Mike Pattanite (Tabernacle, NJ/Holy Cross) finished sixth at heavyweight to lead Gettysburg to an 11th-place finish at the Doug Parker Invitational hosted by Springfield College on Saturday.
The Bullets finished with 50 team points in the 21-team field. Springfield won the team title with 153.5 points.
Shank notched a fall in the opening round, pinning Oswego's Tom Walker in 1 minute, 18 seconds. In the second round, he grabbed a 7-2 decision win over Roger Williams' Rich Bloom. He also tallied an 8-1 victory over Trinity's Will Moyet in the quarterfinals before falling 8-2 to Springfield's Mike Gaeta.
In the consolation bracket, Shank decisioned Luis Murillo (Trinity), 2-0 and won the third-place match with a 6-5 victory over Ken Stone (Bridgewater).
Pattanite opened his day with a loss before wrestling back to his sixth-place showing. Oswego's Jake Taylor won by fall in 3:37.
In the consolation bracket, Pattanite recorded a 7-4 win over Steve Campbell (Wesleyan) before notching three straight pins of Niko Havoras (Trinity), Tim Ferrera (Bridgewater) and John Periera (STCC). His pin of Ferrera in 27 seconds was the fourth quickest fall of the tournament.
Pattanite then fell by pins in his final two bouts to Kyle Brown (Thiel) and Taylor for his first place finish of the season.
Gettysburg returns to action on Dec. 3-4 at the Petrofes Invitational at Messiah. Action begins on Friday at 12 p.m. and resumes on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Final Team Scores:
1. Springfield 153.5, 2. Oswego 142.5, 3. Thiel 108, 4. Norwich 100.5, 5. Wesleyan 90, 6. Rhode Island 69.5, 7. Messiah 65, 8. Kings Point 62.5, 9. Centenary 61, 10. Trinity 60, 11. Gettysburg 50, 12. Roger Williams 47, 13. Southern Maine 44.5, 14. Johnson & Wales 43.5, 15. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 37.5, 16. Williams 34, 17. Bridgewater 33.5, 18. Western New England 30, 19. STCC 18.5, 20. MIT 10, 21. AIC 3.
Gettysburg Results
125 – none; 133 – Tomi Uyehara (WU) inj. def. Alex Emmer, Joe Caterino (JWU) med. for. Emmer; 141 – Matthew Shank pinned Tom Walker (OSW) 1:18, Shank dec. Rich Bloom (RWU) 7-2, Shank dec. Will Moyet (TC) 8-1, Mike Gaeta (SC) dec. Shank 8-2, Shank dec. Luis Murillo (TC) 2-0, Shank dec. Ken Stone (BSC) 6-5, Ray Cottiers med. for. Jamie Scaglione (SC), Niko Filippakis NU) maj. dec. Cottiers 10-1, Connor Keating (NU) maj. dec. Cottiers 9-1; 149 – Kevin Gin (MC) dec. Robert Haas 5-2, Haas pinned Derek Cohen (TC) 5:13, Scott Pellerin (RWU) dec. Haas 8-4; 157 – Tom Fives dec. Cy Kennedy (SC) 10-5, Colin Boyle (CGA) med. for. Fives, Ken Jacoby (CC) med. for. Fives, Jason Joll (CGA) maj. dec. Aaron Hurd 11-0, Kennedy tech. fall Hurd 15-0 (4:57); 165 – Josh Kaplan dec. Dan Case (WU) 7-6, Kaplan tech. fall Rob Dombroskas (SC) 16-0 (3:12), Derek Ricker (MC) dec. Kaplan 6-3, Greg Dussol (SC) dec. Kaplan 3-2, Dan Tucker (SC) dec. Brendan Smith 10-8, Smith inj. def. Dan Case (WU), Sam Blaise (CGA) pinned Smith 4:55; 174 – Jeff Stiasny (USM) dec. Aaron Fuchs 5-0, Fuchs dec. Ron Williams (OSW) 13-7, Fuchs pinned Rob Richard (WNEC) 3:17, Fuchs dec. Adam Cueto (USM) 5-2, Kevin Davis (RIC) dec. Fuchs 2-0; 184 – Nate Santelli (TC) dec. John Leinberger 5-2, Leinberger dec. Ray Jeffrey (TC) 13-9, Leinberger dec. Paul Miller (MIT) 8-7, Damien Hebert (RIC) med. for. Leinberger; 197 – John Oko (WNEC) dec. Jeff Morgan 5-0, Morgan pinned Steve Stosonis (STCC) 3:26, Morgan pinned Dave Antico (BSC) 3:23, Patrick Frain (USMMA) pinned Morgan 0:27; HWT – Jake Taylor (OSW) pinned Mike Pattanite 3:37, Pattanite dec. Steve Campbell (WU) 7-4, Pattanite pinned Niko Havoras (TC) 1:30, Pattanite pinned Tim Ferrera (BSC) 0:27, Pattanite pinned John Periera (STCC) 2:48, Kyle Brown (TC) pinned Pattanite 5:36, Taylor pinned Pattanite 0:21, Diego Crespo (JWU) pinned Christian von Stackelberg 2:29, Havoras dec. von Stackelberg 2-1.
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