GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Junior Matt Spano (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham) and sophomore Zach Thomson (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) each logged major decisions as the Gettysburg College wrestling team fell to No. 20 York (Pa.) College 25-14 inside Bream Gym Wednesday night.
 
Trailing 3-0, Spano gave Gettysburg (2-3) a lead with a 9-0 win over Chase Colley at 133 pounds. The junior posted takedowns in each of the first two periods before closing with a takedown and near-fall in the final frame. Spano improved to 9-6 with the victory.
 
At 141, Charles Glatz managed a third-period escape against freshman Cody Keane (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) and tacked on the riding-time point for a 2-0 win. That kicked off a four-match winning streak by York (6-3) which included a pin, major decision, and decision.
 
Thomson ended York's run with a dominating performance against Kam Mueller at 174. The sophomore, ranked third in the nation, established the lead with a quick takedown and near-fall in the first round. After allowing Mueller to escape, Thomson would tally another takedown in the frame to take a 7-1 lead. He would cap the match with points via a reversal, near-fall, escape, and riding-time advantage en route to improving to 12-1 on the year.
 
Freshman Luke Iorio (Ridgefield Park, N.J./Bergen Catholic) and Jeff Goldhagen turned in a heated battle at 184. After a scoreless opening stanza, Goldhagen scored a reversal to take the lead. Iorio would earn the escape before the end of the period to pull to 2-1. In the third frame, Iorio opened with an escape and picked up a takedown to take a 4-2 lead. The Bullet first-year tacked on a near-fall before an escape by Goldhagen to win 6-3 and improve to 8-6.
 
York secured the team victory with a pin by Kyle Minogue at 197. Senior heavyweight Kevin Poplaski (North Reading, Mass./St. John's Prep) capped the match with a 3-1 overtime win over Zach Coleman. The grapplers exchanged escapes to send the match to sudden victory. Poplaski wasted no time in ending the contest, grabbing Coleman's legs and sending him to the mat just seconds into the period. The Bullet senior improved to 8-2 with the win.
 
Gettysburg will resume competition on Jan. 5 at the Ursinus College North-South Duals.
 
No. 20 York 25, Gettysburg 14
125      Evan Zuzulock (Y) dec. Matt Laux (G), 10-7                        YC, 3-0
133      Matt Spano (G) major dec. Nathan Colley (Y), 9-0               GC, 4-3
141      Charles Glatz (Y) dec. Cody Keane (G), 2-0                         YC, 6-4
149      Vincent Pisani (Y) pinned Eddie Carroll (G), 3:46                       YC, 12-4
157      Drew Spector (Y) major dec. Tyler Cunningham (G), 12-0   YC, 16-4
165      T.J. Demetrio (Y) dec. Manny Markantone (G), 8-3              YC, 19-4
174      Zach Thomson (G) major dec. Kam Mueller (Y), 13-1          YC, 19-8
184      Luke Iorio (G) dec. Jeff Goldhagen (Y), 6-3                         YC, 19-11
197      Kyle Minogue (Y) pinned Anton Serhan (G), 6:27                YC, 25-11
285      Kevin Poplaski (G) dec. Zach Coleman (Y), 3-1 (SV-1)        YC, 25-14
 
Exhibition
149      Cory Rank (Y) dec. Will Cauffman (G), 8-4
285      Kyle Gora (Y) pinned Nick Diunizio (G), 5:57