COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus men's wrestling team cruised to a 38-7 victory on the road at Muhlenberg College on Wednesday evening inside Memorial Hall.
 
 
With the win, Ursinus closed out the regular season with an 11-2 dual meet record and its fourth straight 5-0 mark in Centennial Conference action. Meanwhile, the Mules fell to 3-6 overall and 0-3 in conference play. The victory marked the Bears' 23rd straight Centennial Conference dual meet win dating back to 2021.
 

The dual began at 165 pounds, where the Mules earned an 11-5 decision to take an early 3-0 lead. Muhlenberg's Trey Miletics defeated senior Derek Giordano by decision. Ursinus responded at 174 pounds as senior Anthony Cerulli recorded a 53-second pin over Noah Schlofer to give the Bears a 6-3 match lead. Cerulli secured an early takedown before locking in a cradle for his 23rd pin of the season, which ranks fourth in Division III.

 
Senior Nils Updale returned to the Bears' lineup at 184 pounds and jumped out to a 3-0 advantage with a takedown late in the first period. Muhlenberg's Nick Stump earned an escape to open the second, but Updale carried a 3-1 lead into the final period. Updale added an escape with 1:30 remaining and held on for the 4-1 decision to extend the Bears' lead to 9-3.

 
At 197 pounds, the match entered the second period scoreless before junior Sean Cowan chose bottom and tallied an escape 32 seconds into the stanza. Cowan then recorded a single-leg takedown late in the period to take a 4-0 lead into the third. Muhlenberg's Ryan Fairchild earned a quick escape, but Cowan defended off multiple shot attempts to secure the 4-1 victory and increase the Ursinus lead to 12-3.

 
Junior Mohamed Abdelatty carried the momentum into the heavyweight bout at 285 pounds, recording a pair of quick takedowns to build a 6-1 advantage. Abdelatty collected the fall at the 2:04 mark to give Ursinus an 18-3 lead. Muhlenberg bounced back at 125 pounds as 19th-ranked CJ Horvath earned a 10-1 major decision over senior Michael Adams to cut the deficit to 18-7 with four bouts remaining.

 
Sophomore Blaise Verdino answered for the Bears at 133 pounds, pinning Muhlenberg's Max Rotter at the 2:01 mark to extend the Ursinus lead to 24-7. With three bouts remaining, sophomore Matt Copeland faced Muhlenberg's David Rosenfarb at 141 pounds. Copeland recorded three takedowns in the first period to gain an early 10-4 advantage and continued to pile on points to take a 19-6 lead after one. He clinched the match and the dual victory with a 22-6 technical fall following another takedown at the 1:48 mark.

 
At 149 pounds, junior Evan Shriberg jumped out to an early 6-0 advantage over Muhlenberg's Eoghan O'Hara. Shriberg secured the opening takedown and used a pair of near-fall attempts to build a 10-1 lead. After a takedown by O'Hara, Shriberg closed the first period with a reversal to take a 12-4 advantage into the second. Leading 12-10 entering the final period, Shriberg used another reversal to earn a 14-10 victory, extending the Bears' lead to 32-7.
 

Ursinus closed out the contest at 157 pounds as junior Braden Kmak pinned Charles Levine at the 6:06 mark to secure the 38-7 win. Kmak tallied the first takedown and collected four back points to take a 7-0 lead early. After Levine scored a takedown in the second, Kmak responded with a reversal and near-fall points to carry a 13-3 advantage into the third. Kmak used a nearside cradle to earn the fall, marking his 19th pin of the season, which ranks seventh in Division III.
 

The Bears return to action Saturday, February 14th, traveling to Kings Point, New York, as they look to claim their third Centennial Conference Championship in the last four seasons.