WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Gettysburg College wrestling team opened its dual meet schedule against a top-ranked squad in No. 22 Lycoming College, and the host Warriors showed the Bullets why they were slotted among the nation's best with a 54-3 victory Wednesday night.

Lycoming (4-0) picked up seven pins and two forfeits against a Gettysburg (0-1) lineup devoid of six starters. The lone Bullet victory came from freshman heavyweight Kevin Poplaski (North Reading, Mass./St. John's Prep), who secured a 4-3 overtime decision against Zack Eckstrom.

After a scoreless opening period, Eckstrom earned the first point in round two with an escape. After an exchange of reversals in the third period, Poplaski managed a final escape to force overtime. The Bullet freshman logged an escape at the start of the first tiebreaker period to jump ahead 4-3 and Eckstrom was unable to break Poplaski's iron grip in the second tiebreaker session. Poplaski improved to 5-4 this season with the victory.

Next up on the Bullet grapplers' docket is another big tournament hosted by SUNY Oneonta on Saturday, Nov. 21. Opening bouts are slated for 9:30 a.m.

Lycoming 54, Gettysburg 3
125 - Noel Faison (L) pinned Abe Evans (G), 0:53
133 - Andrew Lewis (L) wins by forfeit
141 - Jonathan Quiggle (L) pinned Jack Bostrom (G), 2:14
149 - Isaiah Britton (L) wins by forfeit
157 - Colton Ever (L) pinned Joe Fiore (G), 0:48
165 - Christopher Dahlheimer (L) pinned Michael Picciani (G), 1:03
174 - Kyle Crouthamel (L) pinned Colin Pryor (G), 1:55
184 - Troy Hayre (L) pinned Luke Mitchell (G), 1:07
197 - Russel Korbul (L) pinned Marshall Puls (G), 0:57
285 - Kevin Poplaski (G) dec. Zach Eckstrom (L), 4-3 (TB-2)