BALTIMORE, MD. – Behind victories in eight of the ten bouts, the Ursinus College men's wrestling cruised to a 33-11 victory over Johns Hopkins on Friday evening from Goldfarb Gymnasium.

 

With the victory, Ursinus sits at 5-6 overall and open Centennial Conference action 1-0. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays fall to 2-9 on the season and 0-1 in conference play. For the Bears, it marks their 13th straight Centennial dual meet victory since falling, 22-19, in January 2022 against Merchant Marine.

"The boys took care of business tonight," Director of Wrestling Joe Jamison said. "We wanted to make a statement going into this run of conference duals and we did just that."

Ursinus jumped out to an early 12-0 advantage as senior Franco Mazza collected a forfeit at 125lbs and junior Michael Adams earned a first-period fall over Duncan Stadler during the 133lb bout. Next, sophomore Andrew Schaen tallied an 11-2 major decision over JHU's Giorgio Difalco to increase the Bears lead to 16-0.

 

At 149lbs with the score tied 5-5 entering the third period, sophomore Max Parnis chose bottom and collected a reversal and a riding time point enroute to an 8-5 victory. During the reversal, Johns Hopkins' Brennan McGrann had a leg inside, but Parnis created space by falling to his hip and turning back into McGrann for two points. The Blue Jays got on the board at 157lbs as Freddy Pimental recorded a 15-0 technical fall over sophomore Nicolas Rehfuss to make the match score 19-5. Pimental is currently ranked eighth at 157lbs in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Region II rankings.

Sophomore Braden Kmak shined at 165lbs as he earned a 12-3 major decision over a two-time Centennial Conference finalist in Johns Hopkins' Chris Roybal. Early in the first period, Roybal (Ranked sixth in Region II) collected a three-point takedown, but Kmak escaped at the halfway mark to make the dual score 3-1. Kmak answered with a sweep single to regain a 4-3 advantage at the end of the first period. With the second period starting in neutral, Kmak extended his lead to 7-3 with a single leg takedown before adding four back points in the closing seconds with a cradle attempt. Kmak rode out the entire third period on top enroute to the major decision.

With the match score 23-5 in the Bears favor, the Blue Jays bounced back with a fall at 174lbs to bring the deficit to 12 for Hopkins. Ursinus clinched the dual at 184lbs as junior Nils Updale clinched the dual with a 16-4 major decision. Leading 3-2 late in the second period, Updale recorded a takedown before adding 10 points in the final period enroute to the major decision. Senior Connor Fritsch picked up a 7-3 decision over Johns Hopkins' John Libby at 197lbs to give Ursinus a 30-11 lead.

In the final bout, sophomore Mohamed Abdelatty (285lbs) earned an escape to open the second period, before a standing leg trip takedown gave him a 4-0 advantage heading into the third period. Abdelatty collected a riding time point during the final period enroute to a 5-0 victory to give Ursinus a 33-11 match victory.  

The Bears return to action on Thursday, January 30th as they travel to Doylestown, Pennsylvania for a non-conference matchup against Delaware Valley University at 7 p.m.

Ursinus-33, Johns Hopkins-11

125 – Franco Mazza (U) win by forfeit (6-0)

133 – Michael Adams (U) pin Duncan Stadler (J) (2:11) (12-0)

141 – Andrew Schaen (U) maj. dec. Giorgio Difalco (J), 11-2 (16-0)

149 – Max Parnis (U) dec. Brennan McGrann (J), 8-5 (19-0)

157 – Freddy Pimental (J) tech. fall Nicolas Rehfuss (U), 15-0 (19-5)

165 – Braden Kmak (U) maj. dec. Chris Roybal (J), 12-3 (23-5)

174 – Connor Powell (J) pin Anthony Cerulli (U) (6:06) (23-11)

184 – Nils Updale (U) maj. dec. Noah Graber (J), 16-4 (27-11)

197 – Connor Fritsch (U) dec. John Libby (J), 7-3 (30-11)

285 – Mohamed Abdelatty (U) dec. Jacob Pomykata (J), 5-0 (33-11)

Exhibition Bouts

157 – Wesley Tosto (U) dec. Eric Gendlin (J), 11-9

174 – Dillon Heffernan (J) pin Jordan Downey (1:52)

Ursinus (5-6, 1-0 CC)

Johns Hopkins (2-9, 0-1 CC)