GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg College was forced to forfeit a combined six matches and facing the likes of Stevens Institute of Technology and the United States Merchant Marine Academy didn't help the rest of the lineup as the Bullets dropped the final two matches of the regular season on Saturday inside Bream Gym.

Illnesses and injuries kept Gettysburg (3-13, 2-5 CC) from putting out a full lineup and Stevens (6-9, 4-3 CC) and Merchant Marine (13-7, 7-0 CC) took advantage by winning all but one bout at the Bullets' expense. The Ducks won handily 42-3, while the Mariners capped a perfect regular season by shutting out the hosts 46-0. Stevens and USMMA also topped Johns Hopkins University (4-9, 2-4 CC) by scores of 37-7 and 43-6, respectively.

Stevens won each of the first seven matches against Gettysburg by forfeit, pin, or major decision. Junior Luke Mitchell narrowly missed putting the Bullets on the board before giving up a takedown to start the first sudden victory period and losing 3-1 at 184. Freshman Marshall Puls also battled to the end against Ernie Guaimano at 197 and dropped a close 6-5 decision.

Junior Bobby Christopher accounted for Gettysburg's lone official win at 285. He scored two quick takedowns against Brian Schmalz and added another later in the third period en route to a 7-3 win.

After nearly sweeping Johns Hopkins in its first match, Merchant Marine showed why it's the team to beat at next weekend's conference tournament by shutting out Gettysburg. The Mariners earned the maximum six points in the first five bouts with two forfeits and three pins.

Junior DJ Neri (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson) made eighth-ranked Justin Diesel work for a victory at 174, but a third-period takedown helped seal a 6-3 victory for the Mariner.

The most anticipated bout of the day was the finale between Christopher and Judd Connell at heavyweight. Connell was last season's runner-up at the conference meet thanks to an 8-2 decision over Christopher in the championship semifinals. Saturday's rematch was scoreless until Connell pulled off an escape to start the second period. Later, he managed to tangle Christopher's legs and earned credit for a takedown as the two wrestlers fell out-of-bounds. The Bullet junior rebounded at the start of the final stanza, pulling off a reversal from the down position. Connell escaped from Christopher's clutches and was able to evade a takedown for the remaining minute of the match to earn a 4-2 decision.

All the Centennial Conference squads will descend upon Stevens in Hoboken, N.J., next Saturday, Feb. 20, for the conference championships. Opening bouts are slated for a 10 a.m. start.


Stevens 42, Gettysburg 3
125 - Brad Warren (SIT) won by forfeit SIT 6-0
133 - Kyle Brisson (SIT) won by forfeit SIT 12-0
141 - Ryan Bridge (SIT) major dec. Matt Danielson (GC), 14-5 SIT 16-0
149 - Joseph Owens (SIT) pinned Michael Slabinski (GC), 2:09 SIT 22-0
157 - Charles Favia (SIT) major dec. Joe Fiore (GC), 10-2 SIT 26-0
165 - Joey Favia (SIT) won by forfeit SIT 32-0
174 - Bobby Bishop (SIT) major dec. DJ Neri (GC), 13-5 SIT 36-0
184 - Vincent Termini (SIT) dec. Luke Mitchell (GC), 3-1 (SV-1) SIT 39-0
197 - Ernie Guaimano (SIT) dec. Marshall Puls (GC), 6-5 SIT 42-0
285 - Bobby Christopher (GC) dec. Brian Schmalz (SIT), 7-3 SIT 42-3

No. 13 USMMA 43, Johns Hopkins 6
125 - Jordan Alfaro (MM) won by forfeit MM 6-0
133 - Adam Stevens (JH) won by forfeit Tied 6-6
141 - Garrick Skubon (MM) dec. Matt Nelson, 8-6 MM 9-6
149 - Martin Bell (MM) dec. Ben Kauffman, 9-2 MM 12-6
157 - Dan Twito (MM) pinned Robbie Nedbor-Gross (JH), 1:32 MM 18-6
165 - Vincent Renaut (MM) pinned Eric Levenseller (JH), 4:13 MM 24-6
174 - Justin Diesel (MM) dec. Dylan Meade (JH), 8-3 MM 27-6
184 - Erik Schott (MM) major dec. Ben Finelli (JH), 11-0 MM 31-6
197 - Eric Vincent (MM) pinned Reid Mosquera (JH), 2:30 MM 37-6
285 - Judd Connell (MM) won by forfeit MM 43-6

No. 13 USMMA 46, Gettysburg 0
125 - Jordan Alfaro (MM) won by forfeit MM 6-0
133 - No Contest
141 - Garrick Skubon (MM) pinned Matt Danielson (GC), 4:57 MM 12-0
149 - Martin Bell (MM) pinned Michael Slabinski (GC), 1:44 MM 18-0
157 - Dan Twito (MM) pinned Joe Fiore (GC), 2:12 MM 24-0
165 - Vincent Renaut (MM) won by forfeit MM 30-0
174 - Justin Diesel (MM) dec. DJ Neri (GC), 6-3 MM 33-0
184 - Erik Schott (MM) major dec. Luke Mitchell (GC), 14-5 MM 37-0
197 - Eric Vincent (MM) pinned Marshall Puls (GC), 1:40 MM 43-0
285 - Judd Connell (MM) dec. Bobby Christopher (GC), 4-2 MM 46-0

Stevens 37, Johns Hopkins 7
125 - Adam Stevens (JH) major dec. Brad Warren (SIT), 9-0 JH 4-0
133 - Kyle Brisson (SIT) won by forfeit SIT 6-4
141 - Ryan Bridge (SIT) pinned Matt Nelson (JH), 0:20 SIT 12-4
149 - Joseph Owens (SIT) dec. Ben Kauffman (JH), 5-0 SIT 15-4
157 - Charles Favia (SIT) tech. fall Robbie Nedbor-Gross (JH), 22-7 (7:00) SIT 20-4
165 - Joey Favia (SIT) major dec. Eric Levenseller (JH), 8-0 SIT 24-4
174 - Bobby Bishop (SIT) Andrew Giannascoli (JH), 3-2 SIT 27-4
184 - Vincent Termini (SIT) major dec. Ben Finelli (JH), 8-0 SIT 31-4
197 - Reid Mosquera (JH) dec. Ernie Guaimano (SIT), 5-2 SIT 31-7
285 - Brian Schmalz (SIT) won by forfeit SIT 37-7

Exhibition
141 - Jack Bostrom (GC) dec. Frank Maselli (SIT), 11-5
141 - Ryan Neugebauer (SIT) dec. Jack Bostrom (GC), 10-6
174 - William Sharkey (SIT) pinned Colin Pryor (GC), 5:44
184 - Jason Nowakoski (SIT) dec. Mike Gooding, 7-5 (SV-1)
285 - Kevin Poplaski (GC) major dec. Cal Perry (SIT), 12-0
285 - Branden Strohl (GC) dec. Cal Perry (SIT), 7-5