ITHACA, N.Y. – The No. 13 nationally-ranked and defending Ohio Athletic Conference champion Baldwin Wallace University wrestling team placed fourth at the season-opening Ithaca College Invitational inside the Ben Light Gymnasium.
BW was four of 11 teams with 130 points. Johnson & Wales (R.I.) University was the invitational champion with 154 points. The Yellow Jackets had 11 wrestlers place in the top six, including two individual champions
Junior 125-pounder Jacob Decatur (Akron/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) – First place
- Bye in first round
- Technical Fall over Dylan King (Norwich) in second round, 20-4
- Major Decision over Christian Rivas (Johnson & Wales) in third round
- Decision in extra time over Joey Manginelli (Springfield) in the semifinal, 3-1
- Decision over Akhil Vega (Stevens Institute of Technology) in the first place match, 3-2
No. 7 nationally-ranked senior All-American Dalton Leightner (Ravenna/Rootstown) – First place
- Bye in first round
- Decision in extra time over Jake Harry (Springfield) in third round, 3-1
- Pinned Bryce Smith (Oswego State) in fourth round in 6:32
- Decision over Steven Ocampo (Johnson & Wales) in the semifinal, 1-0
- Decision in tiebreaker over Michael Angers (Castleton) in the first place match, 2-1
Senior 285-pounder Jarod Miller (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds) – Second place
- Pinned Alex Britos (American International) in the first round in 0:41
- Decision over Doug Clark (Springfield) in second round, 6-2
- Decision over Frances Boahen (New England College) in quarterfinals, 2-1
- Pinned Shea Garand (Castleton) in the semifinal in 2:55
- Lost to Liridon Leka (Johnson & Wales) by decision, 3-2, in the first place match
Sophomore 149-pounder Michael Petrella (Reynoldsburg / Bishop Hartley) – Third place
- Bye in first Round
- Pinned Joseph Parsons (Springfield) in the second round in 3:54
- Pinned Colin Murphy (Ithaca) in the third round in 4:30
- Lost to Brett Kaliner (Stevens Institute of Technology) by decision, 9-5, in the quarterfinal
- Decision in extra time over Kyle Merritt (Norwich) in the consolation sixth round, 5-3
- Decision over Matthew Beyer (Ithaca) in the consolation seventh round, 6-5
- Medical forfeit over Gabriel McDaniel (Johnson & Wales) in the consolation semifinal
- Decision in tiebreaker over senior Tanner McHugh (New Ringgold, Pa./Tamaqua) in third place match, 4-3
Junior 197-pounder Doug Byrne (Wickliffe) – Third place
- Pinned Darby McLaughlin (Western New England) in first round in 3:41
- Pinned Nathaniel Philion (New England College) in the second round in 2:10
- Decision over Dylan Harr (Johnson & Wales) in the quarterfinal, 8-4
- Lost to Chibueze Chukwuezi (Ithaca) by decision, 12-11, in the semifinal
- Major Decision over Darby McLaughlin (Western New England) in the consolation semifinal, 8-0
- Pinned Tommy Wrzesien (Johnson & Wales) in the third place match in 3:57
Junior 285-pounder Drew Levis (Elyria) – third place
- Major Decision over Joseph Russell (Stevens Institute of Technology) in the first round, 10-0
- Decision in extra time over Cameron Bailey (Johnson & Wales) in the second round, 2-1
- Decision in tiebreaker over Michael Filieri (Springfield) in the quarterfinal, 3-2
- Lost to Liridon Leka (Johnson & Wales) by decision, 5-1, in the semifinal
- Decision in extra time over Abbas Abdulrahman (Castleton) in the consolation semifinal, 5-3
- Decision in tiebreaker over Shea Garand (Castleton) in the third place match, 3-2
Freshman 125-pounder Brett Blaess (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial) – fourth place
- Bye in first round
- Lost to Joey Manginelli (Springfield) by major decision, 13-3, in the second round
- Major Decision over sophomore Johnny Novak (Cleveland/St. Ignatius) in the consolation second two, 11-0
- Tech Fall over Kaya Bogle (Castleton) in the consolation third round, 25-8
- Decision over Christian Rivas (Johnson & Wales) in the consolation fourth round, 6-2
- Tech Fall over freshman Jared Fantauzzi (Willard/Edison) in the consolation fifth round, 16-0
- Medical Forfeit over Matthew Griffin (Ithaca) in the consolation semifinal
- Lost to Jerry Echevarria (American International) by decision, 9-6, in the third place match.
Senior 149-pounder Tanner McHugh – Fourth place
- Bye in first round
- Major Decision over Edward Marinilli (Johnson & Wales) in the second round, 8-0
- Decision over Jeremy Scutellaro (Springfield) in the third round, 8-2
- Decision over Elijah Cyr (Castleton) in the quarterfinal, 7-2
- Lost to Brett Kaliner (Stevens Institute of Technology) by tech fall, 16-1, in the semifinal
- Decision over Victor Perlleshi (Johnson & Wales) in the consolation semifinal, 5-4
- Lost to sophomore Michael Petrella by decision in tiebreaker, 4-3, in the third place match
No. 3 nationally-ranked senior All-American 157-pounder Stanley Bleich (North Ridgeville/Elyria Catholic) – Fourth place
- Bye in first Round
- Decision over Christopher Stathopoulos (Stevens Institute of Technology) in second round, 5-4
- Decision over Mannash Carlson (New England) in third round, 7-4
- Lost to Hunter Gutierrez (Stevens Institute of Technology) by fall, 6:09, in the quarterfinal
- Decision over Tyler Albis (Johnson & Wales) in the consolation sixth round, 4-2
- Decision over Logan Dubuque (Castleton) in the consolation seventh round, 11-4
- Major Decision over Sean Monteiro (Western New England) in the consolation semifinal, 14-6
- Lost to Hunter Gutierrez (Stevens Institute of Technology) by fall, 2:32, in the third place match
Sophomore 133-pounder Jaden Hinton (Glassboro, N.J.) – Fifth place
- Bye in first round
- Decision over Adam Quintanilla (Johnson & Wales) in the second round, 9-3
- Decision over Michael Gonyea (Castleton) in the quarterfinal, 7-3
- Lost to Nicholas DeSola (Johnson & Wales) by decision, 13-10, in the semifinal
- Lost to Nicholas Arborio (Western New England) by decision, 9-3, in the consolation semifinal
- Injury Default over Gianni Manginelli (Springfield) in the fifth place match
Freshman 157-pounder Tyler Wittreich (Painesville/Riverside) – fifth place
- Bye in first round
- Pinned Jacob Carciato (Castleton) in second round in 2:54.
- Pinned Joseph Schneider (Stevens Institute of Technology) in third round in 2:19
- Lost to Adam Wagner (Ithaca) by major decision, 13-5, in fourth round
- Pinned Luke Pinzino (Western New England) in the consolation sixth round, 2:25
- Decision over freshman Tommy West (Avon Lake/St. Edward) in the consolation seventh round, 5-2
- Lost to Hunter Gutierrez (Stebens Institute of Technology) by fall, 2:38, in the consolation semifinal
- Medical Forfeit over Sean Monteiro (Western New England) in the fifth place match
Junior 285-pounder Matthew Werts (Buffalo, N.Y./Saint Joseph's Collegiate Institute) – sixth place
- Decision over Louisandre Padilla (Castleton) in the first round, 5-2
- Lost to Liridon Leka (Johnson & Wales) by major decision, 10-2, in the second round
- Decision over Oliver Donahue (Castleton) in the consolation second round, 9-5
- Pinned Spencer Dickinson (Western New England) in the consolation third round, 4:53
- Decision over Michael Filieri (Springfield) in the consolation fourth round, 4-2
- Decision over Gabriel Duden (Norwich) in the consolation fifth round, 6-4
- Lost to Shea Garand (Castleton) by decision, 4-1, in the consolation semifinal
- Lost to Abbas Abdulrahman (Castleton) by decision in extra time, 3-1, in the fifth place match
BW is back in action on Saturday, November 13 when it travels to Angola, Indiana to compete in the Trine University Invitational inside Hershey Hall at 9:30 a.m. The Yellow Jackets open OAC action on Tuesday, November 16 when they host a conference match against the University of Mount Union in the Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center at 7 p.m. Fans can watch all the action live at https://bit.ly/3q9Ktl5.