PHILADELPHIA — With one champion, four finalists and 10 top-six finishers Sunday, App State totaled 143.5 points to place third among 10 teams at the Keystone Classic.
Only Penn and Rider finished ahead of App State, which was one spot ahead of 23rd-ranked Virginia in the team standings.
Cary Miller's 4-0 run through the heavyweight bracket enabled him to win a title for the second straight weekend, while the Mountaineers also had finalists at 149 pounds (
Jonathan Millner), 157 pounds (
Matt Zovistoski) and 184 pounds (true freshman
Julian Gorring).
Millner improved his season record to 12-0 before losing 8-3 in the final, and Zovistoski's final against sixth-ranked Jesse Dellavecchia of Rider went to a Tiebreaker 2 period before Dellavecchia claimed a 6-3 decision. Zovistoski had reached the final with a 3-2 semifinal decision against eighth-ranked Anthony Artalona of Penn.
Seeded sixth in his bracket and wrestling in his home state, Gorring went 3-0 with two major decisions and an 8-6 semifinal decision against second-seeded Kyle Davis of Sacred Heart before dropping a 5-2 decision against Rider's George Walton in the final.
Miller improved to 11-1 on the season with a first-period pin, a 10-2 major decision, a 6-1 semifinal decision and a win by forfeit in the final.
The other top-six finishers for App State were true freshman
Sean Carter (fourth, 125 pounds),
Thomas Flitz (fifth, 174 pounds), redshirt freshman
Dawson Bates (fifth, 141 pounds),
Demazio Samuel (fifth, 197 pounds),
Codi Russell (sixth, 133 pounds) and
Will Formato (sixth, 165 pounds). Carter lost his opening match but won the next three to reach the third-place match.
Samuel trailed 5-2 in the fifth-place match before he recorded a takedown with six seconds left in the second period, benefited from an escape to start the third and got a tiebreaking point on a stalling penalty against Duke's Vincent Baker. Bates went 5-0 outside of two losses against third-place finisher Wilredo Gil, and Flitz had a 4-2 showing.
Bradley Irwin finished seventh at 141 pounds, and
De'Andre Swinson-Barr was eighth at 133 pounds.
| Carson Smith (125) |
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| John McGarry, VMI |
L, Fall |
0:35 |
| Kyle Randall, Sacred Heart |
L, Fall |
7:27 |
| Sean Carter (125) |
|
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| Jonathan Tropea, Rider |
L, Dec |
7-6 |
| John McGarry, VMI |
W, TF |
18-2 |
| Blair Orr, Penn |
W, Dec |
7-5 |
| Jonathan Tropea, Rider |
W, DQ |
3:34 |
| Beau Bayless, Harvard |
L, Dec |
5-2 |
| Codi Russell (133) |
|
|
| Cliff Conway, VMI |
W, TF |
18-3 |
| Richie Koehler, Rider |
L, Dec |
6-5 |
| Anthony Cefolo, Rider |
W, Dec |
9-8 |
| Chandler Olson, Drexel |
W, Dec |
9-5 |
| Michael Jaffe, Harvard |
L, MD |
12-4 |
| Chris Wright, Rider |
L, Fall |
0:45 |
| De'Andre Swinson-Barr (133) |
|
|
| Anthony Cefolo, Rider |
W, Dec |
3-1 |
| Michael Jaffe, Harvard |
L, Dec |
5-2 |
| Cliff Conway, VMI |
W, Dec |
2-0 |
| Chris Wright, Rider |
L, DEF |
3-2 |
| Anthony Brito (141) |
|
|
| Brian Courtney, Virginia |
L, Dec |
8-3 |
| Tucker Ribman, Harvard |
W, MD |
12-3 |
| Tyler Williams, Drexel |
W, Dec |
3-2 |
| Bradley Irwin, App State |
L, Dec |
7-3 |
| Bradley Irwin (141) |
|
|
| Robert Cleary, Rider |
W, Dec |
4-2 |
| Julian Flores, Drexel |
W, Dec |
5-1 |
| Doug Zapf, Penn |
L, Dec |
4-3 |
| Anthony Brito, App State |
W, Dec |
7-3 |
| Robert Cleary, Rider |
L, Dec |
9-6 |
| Julian Flores, Drexel |
W, Fall |
3:44 |
| Dawson Bates (141) |
|
|
| Wilredo Gil, Franklin & Marshall |
L, Dec |
5-2 |
| Robert Groves, Harvard |
W, Dec |
6-2 |
| Gerard Daly, Sacred Heart |
W, Fall |
6:23 |
| Lukus Stricker, Harvard |
W, Dec |
8-2 |
| Julian Flores, Drexel |
W, Dec |
3-1 |
| Wilfredo Gil, Franklin & Marshall |
L, Dec |
4-2 |
| Brian Courtney, Virginia |
W, MF |
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| Jonathan Millner (149) |
|
|
| Travis Layton, Rider |
W, Dec |
4-0 |
| Vince Foggia, Drexel |
W, MD |
10-0 |
| Grant Aronoff, Penn |
W, MD |
10-1 |
| Denton Spencer, Virginia |
L, Dec |
8-3 |
| Matt Zovistoski (157) |
|
|
| Carl Antrassian, Penn |
W, Dec |
10-6 |
| Parker Kropman, Drexel |
W, Dec |
10-3 |
| #8 Anthony Artalona, Penn |
W, Dec |
3-2 |
| #6 Jesse Dellavecchia, Rider |
L, Dec |
6-3 (TB2) |
| Will Formato (165) |
|
|
| Michael Kistler, Penn |
W, Dec |
10-5 |
| John Crawford, Franklin & Marshall |
W, Fall |
5:00 |
| Philip Conigliaro, Harvard |
L, Dec |
9-4 |
| Jake Lizak, Penn |
L, Forfeit |
|
| Christian Beach (165) |
|
|
| Emmett Licastri, Franklin & Marshall |
L, Fall |
2:56 |
| Brian Krasowski, Penn |
L, Dec |
6-0 |
| Thomas Flitz (174) |
|
|
| Krystian Kinsey, Virginia |
W, MD |
15-2 |
| Mickey O'Malley, Drexel |
L, Dec |
7-3 |
| Luke Nicksic, VMI |
W, TF |
15-0 |
| Joe Accousti, Sacred Heart |
W, Dec |
6-2 |
| Dean Sherry, Rider |
L, Dec |
11-4 |
| Neil Antrassian, Penn |
W, Dec |
5-3 |
| Barrett Blakely (174) |
|
|
| Dean Sherry, Rider |
L, Dec |
8-5 |
| Jack Conway, Penn |
W, MD |
10-2 |
| Joe Accousti, Sacred Heart |
L, Fall |
6:39 |
| Mason Fiscella (184) |
|
|
| Max Gallahan, VMI |
L, Dec |
4-2 |
| Anthony Walters, Drexel |
W, Dec |
6-4 |
| Chris Zaccaria, Sacred Heart |
W, Dec |
9-2 |
| Michael Battista, Virginia |
L, Dec |
8-2 |
| Julian Gorring (184) |
|
|
| Chris Zaccaria, Sacred Heart |
W, MD |
11-2 |
| Kai Blake, Duke |
W, MD |
13-5 |
| Kyle Davis, Sacred Heart |
W, Dec |
8-6 |
| George Walton, Rider |
L, Dec |
5-2 |
| Paul Carson (197) |
|
|
| Robert Hetherman, Sacred Heart |
W, Dec |
5-3 |
| Cole Urbas, Penn |
L, Dec |
8-2 |
| Bryan McLaughlin, Drexel |
L, Fall |
1:12 |
| Demazio Samuel (197) |
|
|
| Bryan McLaughlin, Drexel |
W, Dec |
7-5 |
| Vincent Baker, Duke |
L, Dec |
6-3 |
| Robert Hetherman, Sacred Heart |
W, Dec |
4-3 |
| Zach Brown, VMI |
W, Dec |
7-3 |
| Cole Urbas, Penn |
L, MD |
8-0 |
| Vincent Baker, Duke |
W, Dec |
6-5 |
| Cary Miller (285) |
|
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| Zakaria Loudini, Penn |
W, Fall |
1:31 |
| Vincenzo Pelusi, Franklin & Marshall |
W, MD |
10-2 |
| Ryan Cloud, Rider |
W, Dec |
6-1 |
| Quinn Miller, Virginia |
W, Forfeit |
|
| Michael Burchell (285) |
|
|
| Ben Goldin, Penn |
L, Dec |
4-1 |
| Robbie Adelstein, VMI |
W, TF |
17-2 |
| Vincenzo Pelusi, Franklin & Marshall |
L, Dec |
6-2 |
