HOBOKEN, N.J. – The Ursinus College men's wrestling team dropped a pair of dual meets against Stevens Institute of Technology and No. 8 Vermont State University Castleton on Saturday afternoon during a quad meet at Stevens University.
 

Ursinus opened with a 28-13 defeat versus the Ducks, before falling 48-0 against eighth-ranked Castleton and now sit at 1-2 overall this season in dual meet action.
 

Stevens Institute 28, Ursinus 10

Senior Franco Mazza opened the dual with a 12-4 major decision over Stevens' Naci Robinson to give Ursinus an early 4-0 advantage. Within the opening minute, Mazza attacked on a single leg and switched to a double leg for the opening takedown and a 3-0 advantage. After an escape from Robinson, Mazza used a cement mixer for his second takedown and increased his lead to 8-1 at the end of the first period with two near fall points. Mazza added a final takedown and recorded a riding time point to earn a 12-4 match victory.


Stevens responded with four consecutive victories including three by bonus points to gain a 16-4 match lead at the halfway point of the dual. At 133lbs, first-year Aiden Leypoldt dropped a decision by a 7-5 score against Steven's Vincent Principe. With Ursinus trailing by 12, sophomore Braden Kmak cut the Bears deficit in half by recording a fall over Jason Smith at 165lbs. Kmak opened with an early takedown after converting on a single leg, before using a near sided cradle for the pinfall at the 1:32-mark of the first period.

 
The Ducks responded with back-to-back close victories over the Bears to regain the momentum and increase their match led to 22-10 heading into the 197lb bout. First, junior Anthony Cerulli fell by an 8-6 decision at 174lbs, while sophomore Jake Gross lost in sudden victory by a 9-6 score at 184lbs. After a fall by the Ducks in the ensuing bout, first-year Samuel Rock III closed out the dual with a 7-1 victory over Maximo Ruiz at 285lbs resulting in the 28-13 dual score.
 
No. 8 VSU Castleton 48, Ursinus 0

The Spartans jumped out to an early 6-0 lead as No. 4 ranked Gavin Bradley earned a first period fall over Mazza at 125lbs. After a technical fall for the Spartans at 133lbs, Castleton's 12th-ranked James Rodriguez collected a 7-0 decision over sophomore Andrew Schaen to extend the Spartans advantage to 14-0.


Castleton increased their lead to 22-0 over the next two bouts as senior Wesley Tosto (149lbs) lost by a 7-1 decision against 18th-ranked Nicolas Ballella, while Kmak fell by technical fall (18-0) versus 13th-ranked Nate Camiscioli at 157lbs. The Spartans recorded back-to-back falls over the next two bouts, while an 18-1 technical fall from the No. 1 ranked wrestler, Sampson Wilkins at 184lbs increased the Bears deficit to 39-0. Castleton closed out the meet with a major decision at 197lbs and a technical fall at 285lbs enroute to the 48-0 dual victory.
 
The Bears return to action on Friday, December 6th as they travel to York College for the New Standard Invitational starting at 10:00 a.m.

Full Results:
Stevens vs Ursinus
125 - Franco Mazza (UC) over Naci Robinson (ST) by major decision, 12-4 (UC 4, ST 0)
133 - Vincent Principe (ST) over Aiden Leypoldt (UC) by decision, 7-5 (UC 4, ST 3)
141 - Luke Hoerle (ST) over Andrew Schaen (UC) by technical fall, 19-4 (UC 4, ST 8)
149 - Carmer Cortese (ST) over Max Parnis (UC) by major decision, 12-3 (UC 4, ST 12)
157 - Justin Ciliotta (ST) over Nicolas Rehfuss (UC) by major decision, 18-4 (UC 4, ST 16)
165 - Braden Kmak (UC) over Jason Smith (ST) by fall (UC 10, ST 16)
174 - Harrison Jinojosa (ST) over Anthony Cerulli (UC) by decision, 8-6 (UC 10, ST 19)
184 - Christopher Piazza (ST) over Jake Gross (UC) by decision, 9-6 SV-1 (UC 10, ST 22)
197 - Blaise Wagner (ST) over Connor Fritsch (UC) by fall (UC 10, ST 28)
285 - Samuel Rock III (UC) over Maximo Ruiz (ST) by decision, 7-1 (UC 13, ST 28)
 
 
Vermont State University Castleton vs Ursinus
125 - No. 4 Gavin Bradley (VSUC) over Franco Mazza (UC) by fall (2:28) (UC 0, VSUC 6)
133 - Kaya Bogle (VSUC) over Aiden Leypoldt (UC) by technical fall, 18-0 (UC 0, VSUC 11)
141 - No. 12 James Rodriguez (VSUC) over Andrew Schaen (UC) by decision, 7-0 (UC 0, VSUC 14)
149 - No. 18 Nicolas Balella (VSUC) over Wesley Tosto (UC) by decision, 7-1 (UC 0, VSUC 17)
157 – No. 13 Nate Camiscioli (VSUC) over Braden Kmak (UC) by technical fall, 18-0 (UC 0, VSUC 22)
165 – Connor Gregory (VSUC) over Nicolas Rehfuss (UC) by fall (2:50) (UC 0, VSUC 28)
174 – Syrus Colon (VSUC) over Anthony Cerulli (UC) by fall (0:51) (UC 0, VSUC 34)
184 – No. 1 Sampson Wilkins (VSUC) over Jake Gross (UC) by technical fall, 18-1 (UC 0, VSUC 39)
197 – Haven Tatarek (VSUC) over Connor Fritsch (UC) by major decision, 16-3 (UC 0, VSUC 43)
285 – Abbas Abdulrahman (VSUC) over Mohamed Abdelatty (UC) by technical fall, 21-1 (UC 0, VSUC 48)