THE FACTS
Gettysburg competes at Futures
What: National Guard Mideast Futures in wrestling action
When: Sunday, Feb. 25
Where: Ewing Township, N.J. – TCNJ

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg had seven competitors at the National Guard Mideast Futures hosted by TCNJ.

THE LEADERS
• James Doliscar (Bayshore, N.Y./Northfield Mount Hermon) won his first-round bout at 184 over Derrick DeMann of Keystone by 13-1 major decision before winning his second match by a 13-9 decision against Dave Giulian of TCNJ. In the semifinal round, Brendan Newbury of Stevens topped Doliscar by a 7-2 decision, and Doliscar won the third-place bout by forfeit.

FOR THE FOES
• It was a non-scoring tournament.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Tank Spelta (Elkridge, Md./Georgetown Prep) received a first-round bye at 125 before falling to Stevens' Vincent Principe by technical fall 15-0. In the consolation final, Ursinus' Andrew Perez earned a major decision over Spelta 12-3.
• At 133, Kyle Collins (Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd) fell to Gurjaan Bhangu of RIT by an 8-1 decision in the first round. In the consolation first round, Collins took an 8-1 decision over Anthony Vitola of Elizabethtown and earned a 15-0 technical fall in round two against Alexander Tenaglia of Ursinus. Justin Baker of RIT won over Collins by 54 second fall in the semifinal round.
• Justin Musmanno (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro North) lost an 8-5 decision to Anthony Bistany of Stevens in the first round of bouts at 141. In the consolation round, Musmanno topped teammate Joey Coppola (Clinton, N.J./North Hunterdon) by technical fall, 17-0 before earning two straight wins, including a technical fall against Conner Sklavounos of Wilkes 15-0 to advance to the semifinal. In the consolation round of four, Luke Yorke downed Musmanno by major decision 23-10.
• Also at 141, Torey Falkinburg (Brielle, N.J./Manasquan) earned a first-round major decision, 16-8, over Adam Grover of St. Johns Fisher and a 12-7 decision against Owen Heffner of Elizabethtown before falling to Josh Post of RIT by a 9-0 major decision. In the consolation round of eight, Ryan Mansueto of Delaware Valely topped Falkinburg 10-6.
• Gettysburg's final wrestler at 141, Joey Coppola, received a first-round bye before Bryson Vaughn of RIT won by 15-0 technical fall. In the consolation round of 16, Musmanno earned the 17-0 technical fall over Coppola.
• At 174, Graham Chandler (Washington, D.C./St. Albans School) dropped his first-round matchup to Gannon Brooks of McDaniel by fall. In the consolation round, Mike Patti of RIT took a 9-4 decision over Chandler.

THE INSIDE STORY
125
Tank Spelta's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Tank Spelta (Gettysburg) received a bye (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Vincent Principe (Stevens) won by technical fall over Tank Spelta (Gettysburg) (15-0)
Cons. Round 1 – Andrew Perez (Ursinus) won by major decision over Tank Spelta (Gettysburg) (12-3)
 
133
Kyle Collins' place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Gurjaan Bhangu (RIT) won by decision over Kyle Collins (Gettysburg) (8-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Kyle Collins (Gettysburg) won by decision over Anthony Vitola (Elizabethtown) (8-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Kyle Collins (Gettysburg) won by technical fall over Alexander Tenaglia (Ursinus) (15-0)
Cons. Round 3 – Justin Baker (RIT) won by fall over Kyle Collins (Gettysburg) (Fall 0:54)
 
141
Justin Musmanno's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Anthony Bistany (Stevens) won by decision over Justin Musmanno (Gettysburg) (8-5)
Cons. Round 1 – Justin Musmanno (Gettysburg) won by technical fall over Joey Coppola (Gettysburg) (17-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Justin Musmanno (Gettysburg) won by fall over Jacob Sheiner (Ursinus) (Fall 2:26)
Cons. Round 3 – Justin Musmanno (Gettysburg) won by technical fall over Conner Sklavounos (Wilkes) (15-0)
Cons. Round 4 – Luke Yorke (St. Johns Fisher) won by major decision over Justin Musmanno (Gettysburg) (23-10)
 
Torey Falkinburg's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Torey Falkinburg (Gettysburg) won by major decision over Adam Grover (St. Johns Fisher) (16-8)
Champ. Round 2 – Torey Falkinburg (Gettysburg) won by decision over Owen Heffner (Elizabethtown) (12-7)
Champ. Round 3 – Josh Post (RIT) won by major decision over Torey Falkinburg (Gettysburg) (9-0)
Conso. Round 2. – Ryan Mansueto (Delaware Valley) won by decision over Torey Falkinburg (Gettysburg) (10-6)
 
Joey Coppola's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Joey Coppola (Gettysburg) received a bye (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Bryson Vaughn (RIT) won by technical fall over Joey Coppola (Gettysburg) (15-0)
Cons. Round 1 – Justin Musmanno (Gettysburg) won by technical fall over Joey Coppola (Gettysburg) (17-0)
 
174
Graham Chandler's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1- Gannon Brooks (McDaniel) won by fall over Graham Chandler (Gettysburg) (Fall 3:45)
Cons. Round 1 – Mike Patti (RIT) won by decision over Graham Chandler (Gettysburg) (9-4)
 
184
James Doliscar placed third and has scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – James Doliscar (Gettysburg) won by major decision over Derrick DeMann (Keystone) (13-1)
Champ. Round 2 – James Doliscar (Gettysburg) won by decision over Dave Giulian (TCNJ) (13-9)
Champ. Round 3 – Brendan Newbury (Stevenson) won by decision over James Doliscar (Gettysburg) (7-2)
Third Place Bout – James Doliscar wins by forfeit over Ryan Monahan (Cortland)

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at the NCAA Div. III Southeast Regional hosted by York (Pa.) on Friday and Saturday. Action begins at 10 a.m.