No. 3 Men’s Wrestling Wins BW Invitational

Posted: Nov 18, 2023

BEREA, Ohio – The No. 3 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University men's wrestling team won the annual BW Invitational inside the Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse.

BW, who had eight individual champions, third second place finishers and 16 top-seven placers, was first of 13 teams with 212.5 points.

Senior 125-pounder Johnny Novak (Cleveland/St. Ignatius) – Champion

Won by pinfall in 1:37 over Mason Jones of Manchester (Ind.)
Won by pinfall in 2:50 over Michael Cruz of Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
Won a 17-2 technical fall over Hunter Heck of Muskingum
Won by an 11-1 major decision over Colton Weimer of Adrian (Mich.)
Won a 7-3 decision over Zach Phifer of Adrian (Mich.)

Senior All-American and No. 2 nationally ranked 133-pounder Jaden Hinton (Glassboro, N.J.) – Champion

Won an 18-1 technical fall over Michael Valerino of Case Western Reserve
Won an 18-2 technical fall over Ben Edwards if Trine (Ind.)
Won a 15-0 technical fall over Justin Corcoran of Adrian (Mich.)
Won a 10-1 major decision over Michael Kallimani of Manchester (Ind.)
Won a 7-2 decision over BW's Brett Blaess (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial)

Senior 141-pounder David Panda (Columbia, Md./Atholton) – Champion

Bye in first round
Won an 11-0 major decision over Cole Neil of Penn State Behrend
Won by medical forfeit over Desmond Diggs of Mount St. Joseph
Won by medical forfeit over Brody Arthur of Manchester (Ind.)
Won by injury default over Art Martinez of Case Western Reserve

Sophomore 157-pounder Manny Scordos (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) - Champion

Won by pinfall in 14 seconds over Payton Boots of Manchester (Ind.)
Won a 19-4 technical fall over Landon Mead of Thiel (Pa.)
Won a 4-2 decision over Philip Burney of Trine (Ind.)
Won by injury default over Austin Crowder of Trine (Ind.)
Won a 7-3 decision over BW's Braeden Stallworth (New Waterford/Crestview)

Freshman 165-pounder Andrew Supers (Medina) - Champion

Bye in first round
Won an 8-3 decision over Nayl Sbay of Trine (Ind.)
Won a 15-0 technical fall over Skyler Cowgill of Mount St. Joseph
Won a 6-3 decision over Mitchell Arch of Case Western Reserve
Won by pinfall in 4:16 over BW's Hunter Kupniewski (North Royalton)

Senior 174-pounder Joey Petrella (Reynoldsburg/Bishop Hartley) - Champion

Bye in first round
Won a 17-2 technical fall over Louka Babic of Case Western Reserve
Won a 19-4 technical fall over Jonathan Ibarra of Trine (Ind.)
Won by pinfall in 1:07 over Niko Christo of NAIA Lourdes
Won a 15-0 technical fall over Mathew Gummere of Case Western Reserve

Junior 184-pounder Carter Lloyd (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) - Champion

Bye in first round
Won by pinfall in 3:12 over Teagan Trotter of Manchester (Ind.)
Won a 23-4 technical fall over Jimmy Thomas of Hiram
Won by in 2:11 over Mitchell Moore of Adrian (Mich.)
Won a 13-7 decision over Ethan Risner of Manchester (Ind.)

Senior All-American 285-pounder Doug Byrne (Wickliffe), who is No. 4 nationally ranked at 197 pounds - Champion

Bye in first round
Won by pinfall in 1:11 over Jacob Dixon of Adrian (Mich.)
Won by pinfall on 3:26 over Seth Phillips of Thiel (Pa.)
Won a 19-1 technical fall over Gavin Thompson of Pitt-Bradford
Won by pinfall in 3:41 over Tyler Cobb of NAIA Lourdes

Junior 133 pounder Blaess - Second Place

Won by pinfall in 37 seconds over Kolton Ploughe of Manchester (Ind.)
Won a 21-6 technical fall over Jon Waszil of Hiram
Won a 21-4 technical fall over Sebastian Chiesa of Penn State Behrend
Won medical default over Evan Whiteside of Thiel (Pa.)
Loss a 7-2 decision to BW's Hinton

Freshman 157-pounder Stallworth – Second Place

Won by pinfall in 3:51 over Brayden Day of Mount St. Joseph
Won a 16-1 technical fall over Jiovanni DeChicchis of Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
Won a 5-4 decision over Darren Christian of Pitt-Bradford
Won by pinfall in 5:44 over AJ Steenbeke of Trine (Ind.)
Lost a 7-3 decision to BW's Scordos

Senior Academic All-OAC 165-pounder Kupniewski – Second Place

Bye in first round
Won by pinfall in 1:12 over Ben Shaffer of Trine (Ind.)
Won a 15-0 technical fall over Tyler Bryant of Mount St. Joseph
Won a 4-1 decision over BW's Donovan Palmer (North Ridgeville/Lutheran West)
Lost by pinfall in 4:16 to BW's Supers

Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC 141-pounder Robby Palmieri (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) – Third Place

Won by pinfall in 3:57 over Jacob Potts of Thiel (Pa.)
Won a 20-5 technical fall over Jorden Zigo of Mount St. Joseph
Won a 10-3 decision over Jett Boots of Trine (Ind.)
Lost an 8-4 decision to an 8-4 decision to Art Martinez of Case Western Reserve
Won an 11-5 decision over Alex Savering of Hiram
Won a 14-8 decision over Cole McKinley of NAIA Lourdes

Junior 165-pounder Palmer, who is ranked 15th at 174 pounds, -- Fourth Place

Bye in first round
Won a 15-0 technical fall over Zeke Poulos of Muskingum
Won a 10-0 major decision over Lane Dellaquila of Penn State Behrend
Lost a 4-1 decision to Kupniewski
Won a 15-0 technical fall over James Bettcher of Manchester (Ind.)

Sophomore 174-pounder Remington Bauer (Norwalk/Edison) – Fourth Place

Won by pinfall in 2:09 over David Cox of Manchester (Ind.)
Won by a 13-8 decision over Simon Bishop of Case Western Reserve
Lost by pinfall in 3:36 to Niko Christo of NAIA Lourdes
Won a 13-7 decision over Louka Babic of Case Western Reserve
Won a 12-9 decision over Simon Bishop of Case Western Reserve
Won an 8-3 decision over Andrew Williamson of Trine (Ind.)
Lost by no contest to Niko Christo of NAIA Lourdes

Junior Academic All-OAC 184-pounder Jack Cain (Springfield/Shawnee) – Fifth Place

Bye in first round
Lost a 10-1 major decision to Adam Zerbee of Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
Bye in the third round
Won by pinfall in 4:45 over Jaden bell of Hiram
Won a 5-4 decision over BW freshmen Conner Rogers (Wakeman/Firelands)
Won by pinfall in 3:54 over Preston Calvert of Adrian (Mich.)
Lost by pinfall in 1:28 to Mitchell Moore of Adrian (Mich.)
Won a 14-5 major decision over Jimmy Thomas of Hiram

Junior 197-pounder Evan Daniels (McDonald, Pa./Madonna {W.Va.}) – Seventh Place

Bye in first round
Bye in second round
Lost by pinfall in 2:23 to Jackson Beck-Calvert of Adrian (Mich.)
Won an 18-1 technical fall over Kyren McComas of Trine (Ind.)
Lost an 8-2 decision to David George of Trine (Ind.)
Won by pinfall in 1:03 over James Culver of Adrian (Mich.)

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Tuesday, November 28 when they host an OAC dual match against Ohio Northern University in the Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center at 7 p.m.