GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College wrestling team split a pair of dual matches to close out the Centennial Conference regular season schedule on Saturday inside Bream Gym.
 
Gettysburg (10-6, 4-3 CC) opened the day with a 31-12 victory over Muhlenberg College (10-11, 1-6 CC) to clinch its first 10-win season in 17 years. The Bullets dropped the second contest 32-10 to Ursinus College (15-3, 6-1 CC).
 
The lightweights gave Gettysburg an early advantage against Muhlenberg, winning each of the first three bouts. Junior Lenny Ogozalek (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley) secured a 12-5 win at 125 before classmate Noah Malamut (Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep) picked up a 12-4 major decision at 133. Freshman Colin Devlin (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) edged Quentin Bernhard 3-2 with the riding time point at 141 to give the hosts a 10-0 lead.
 
After Muhlenberg secured a technical fall to cut the deficit in half, the Bullets ran off victories in each of the next three matches. Freshman Tristan Chen (Potomac, Md./St. Andrew's Episcopal) opened the streak with a 10-9 win at 157. Junior Quinn Merrigan (Canton, Mass./Canton) won by injury default in the first period to push Gettysburg's lead to 19-5.
 
Sophomore Dan Ebert (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) gave up an early takedown to Jake Gordon, but Ebert quickly recovered with seven-straight points before locking down a first-period pin (2:23). Sophomore Paul Triandafilou (Derwood, Md./Georgetown Prep) closed the victory with his fourth pin of the season with 58 seconds left in the heavyweight match.
 
Ursinus opened its contest with Gettysburg by winning four of the first five bouts to take a 20-3 lead in the team score. Devlin provided the Bullets their lone win, scoring a 3-0 decision at 141 and improving to 26-8 on the year.
 
Merrigan and Ebert posted back-to-back wins at 165 and 174, respectively. Merrigan tallied five points in the opening period on the way to a 7-4 decision over Zachary Goranson, while Ebert ran off the final nine points on the way to a 13-2 major decision over Corey Markovitch.
 
The final bout was the most exciting as Triandafilou, who came into the day ranked fifth in the country, squared off with Matan Peleg. The two exchanged escapes in regulation and went scoreless in the first overtime session. In the opening half of the tiebreaker period, Peleg managed to maintain his hold on Triandafilou throughout the frame. The Ursinus heavyweight escaped in the second half of the tiebreaker and held off the Gettysburg sophomore's advances for a 2-1 win. The loss was Triandafilou's first of the season (20-1).

A group of Gettysburg wrestlers also competed in the non-scoring Messiah College open. Freshman Zak Hermann (Levittown, N.Y./Chaminade) picked up a pin (2:36) and a decision (5-1) in the heavyweight bracket, while first-year Traken Sutton (Wethersfield, Conn./Loomis Chaffee) earned a 6-0 decision at 149 pounds.

Gettysburg heads to the Centennial Conference Championship hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology next Saturday, Feb. 11. Opening bouts are set for 10 a.m.
 

Gettysburg 31, Muhlenberg 12		GC-MC
125	Lenny Ogozalek (G) dec. Connor McGee (M), 12-5	3-0
133	Noah Malamut (G) major dec. Austin Sherman (M), 12-4	7-0
141	Colin Devlin (G) dec. Quentin Bernhard (M), 3-2	10-0
149	Josh Hickey (M) tech. fall Jake Bracken (G), 18-1 (3:58)	10-5
157	Tristan Chen (G) dec. Michael Dougan (M), 10-9	13-5
165	Quinn Merrigan (G) injury default Cam Wasson (M), 2:37	19-5
174	Dan Ebert (G) pinned Jake Gordon (M), 2:23	25-5
184	Steven Rice (M) major dec. Austin Roskos (G), 12-2	25-9
197	Gennaro Cerminara (M) dec. Camden Stoops (G), 10-5	25-12
285	Paul Triandafilou (G) pinned Scott Schaeffer (M), 6:02	31-12
Ursinus 38, McDaniel 8		UC-MC
125	Christopher Tan (U) pinned Nick Malinowski (M), 0:21	6-0
133	Patrick Ammirati (U) dec. Charles Wallace (M), 7-0	9-0
141	Alvontae Drummond (M) tech. fall Thomas Boldosser (U), 17-1 (4:00)	9-5
149	Alexander Kramer (U) tech. fall Clint Wright (M), 17-0 (4:55)	14-5
157	Derek Arnold (U) pinned Wade Bishop (M), 1:33	20-5
165	Jarrett DiGiantomasso (U) major dec. Cole Nagle, 14-2	24-5
174	Corey Markovitch (U) major dec. Ronnie Wuest (M), 10-2	28-5
184	Cody Richmond (U) major dec. Ronald Mattox (M), 13-1	32-5
197	Jake Pooton (M) dec. William McGinley (U), 7-4	32-8
285	Matan Peleg (U) pinned Billy Emerson (M), 0:24	38-8
Ursinus 32, Gettysburg 10		GC-UC
125	Christopher Tan (U) dec. Lenny Ogozalek (G), 6-1	0-3
133	James Harkness (U) won by forfeit	0-9
141	Colin Devlin (G) dec. Alfred Corradetti (U), 3-0	3-9
149	Alex Kramer (U) tech. fall Jake Bracken (G), 18-0 (2:25)	3-14
157	Derek Arnold (U) pinned Tristan Chen (G), 2:37	3-20
165	Quinn Merrigan (G) dec. Zachary Goranson (U), 7-4	6-20
174	Dan Ebert (G) major dec. Corey Markovitch (U), 13-2	10-20
184	Deon Edmund (U) pinned Austin Roskos (G), 1:31	10-26
197	Michael Newman (U) dec. Camden Stoops (G), 6-5	10-29
285	Matan Peleg (U) dec. #5 Paul Triandafilou (G), 2-1 (TB-1)	10-32
Muhlenberg 29, McDaniel 19		MH-MD
125	Nick Malinowski (MD) pinned Connor McGree (MH), 0:54	0-6
133	Austin Sherman (MH) pinned Charles Wallace (MD), 3:52	6-6
141	Alvontae Drummond (MD) major dec. Quentin Bernhard (MH), 17-6	6-10
149	Josh Hickey (MH) dec. Clint Wright (MD), 14-7	9-10
157	Wade Bishop (MD) dec. Michael Dougan (MH), 14-10	9-13
165	Jimmy Fratantoni (MH) pinned Cole Nagle (MD), 1:47	15-13
174	Jake Gordon (MH) dec. Ronnie Wuest (MD), 6-2	18-13
184	Steven Rice (MH) tech. fall Ronald Mattox (MD), 16-1	23-13
197	Gennaro Cerminara (MH) pinned Jake Pooton (MD), 6:24	29-13
285	Billy Emerson (MD) won by forfeit	29-19
Exhibitions
141	Tom Boldosser (U) pinned Johnny Greenblatt (MH), 6:12
157	Eddie Hawlette (U) major dec. Logan Laughlin (MH), 14-3
165	Dionis Kergides (U) pinned Chase Bowden (MD), 4:28
184	Robert Rein (U) dec. Neal Rinker (MD), 6-0
197	Zeb Peiffer (U) pinned Dominic States (MD), 1:48

Messiah Open
141 - Josh Whitelaw (Messiah) dec. Louie Carusillo (G), 10-7
141 - Robert Rodolico (York) dec. Louie Carusillo (G), 5-3
 
149 - Traken Sutton (G) dec. Daniel Smith (Elizabethtown), 6-0
149 - Felix Belga (Drexel) pinned Traken Sutton (G), 3:38
149 - Trent Johnson (Messiah) pinned Traken Sutton (G), 2:35
 
157 - Tag Wilbur (Messiah) pinned Henry Scavone (G), 3:15
157 - Marcus Sherrod (TCNJ) major dec. Henry Scavone (G), 11-1
 
165 - Vincent DiFilippo (Maryland) pinned Brandon Carcuffe (G), 4:11
165 - Jake Willochell (Seton Hill) tech. fall Brandon Carcuffe (G), 16-0
 
285 - George Thompson (Kutztown) pinned Zak Hermann (G), 5:45
285 - Zak Hermann (G) pinned Thomas Shifflett (Messiah), 2:36
285 - Zak Hermann (G) dec. Julian Albero (York), 5-1
285 - Maxwell Rhoden (Elizabethown) pinned Zak Hermann (G), 1:00