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No. 12 Men's Wrestling Competes at Unscored Trine (Ind.) Invitational

Robby Palmieri and Matthew Werts Placed Second (Photos Courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
Robby Palmieri and Matthew Werts Placed Second (Photos Courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)

ANGOLA, Ind. – The No. 12 Baldwin Wallace University men's wrestling team competed at the unscored Trine University Invitational inside the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Inc. Athletic and Recreation Center.

BW had five top-five placers and two runners-up finishers.

Junior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference 141-pounder Robby Palmieri (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine Richland) – 2nd Place

  • Bye in first round
  • Won by a 10-2 major decision over Max Turner of John Carroll
  • Won a 5-2 decision over Kyle Fanson of Heidelberg
  • Won a 4-2 decision over Jett Boots of Trine (Ind.)
  • Lost by pinfall in 0:17 to Kyle Kantola of Indiana Tech

Senior Academic All-OAC 285-pounder Matthew Werts (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute) – 2nd Place

  • Won a 5-4 decision over Andrew Captain of Trine (Ind.)
  • Won an 8-2 decision over Ian Clifford of Indiana Tech
  • Won a 3-1 decision over Thomas Blackwell of John Carroll
  • Lost a 3-0 decision to Braydon Erb of Indiana Tech

Junior 141-pounder David Panda (Columbia, Md./Atholton) – 3rd Place

  • Bye in first round
  • Won a 7-5 decision over Santos Alvarez of Rochester (N.Y.)
  • Won a 10-2 major decision over Corbin Walston of Indiana Tech
  • Lost by pinfall in 1:46 to Kyle Kantola of Indiana Tech
  • Won a 15-5 major decision over Cohner Mullins of Indiana Tech
  • Won by injury default at 6:23 over Santos Alvarez

Freshman 157-pounder Emmanuel Scordos (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) – 5th Place

  • Bye in first round
  • Won 10-4 decision over Jamen Onesky of Heidelberg
  • Won by pinfall in 0:47 over Zach Morgan of Manchester (Ind.)
  • Lost by a 16-0 technical fall to Nate Wheeler of Indiana Tech
  • Lost by pinfall in 1:47 to Anthony Grecol of Heidelberg
  • Won by pinfall in 2:50 over Rico Brown of Rochester (N.Y.)

Freshman 165-pounder Remington Bauer (Norwalk/Edison) – 5th Place

  • Bye in first round
  • Lost by pinfall in 4:07 to Darian Estevez of Chicago (Ill.)
  • Bye in third round
  • Won a 17-6 major decision over Aiden Ashburn of John Carroll
  • Won by pinfall in 1:59 over Dillon Coulter of Rochester (N.Y.)
  • Won by pinfall in 4:13 over Rice Robins of Muskegon (Mich.)
  • Lost by a 10-3 decision to Carson Pottenger of Heidelberg
  • Won by no contest over Landon Buchanan of Indiana Tech

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Tuesday, November 15 when they host an OAC match against Heidelberg University in the Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center at 7 p.m.  Fans can watch the action at https://bit.ly/3NYADw3.