WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Penn College opened the season with a 13^th-place finish at the Ned McGinley Invitational hosted by King's College Saturday.

Inside the brackets:
At 125: CJ Trimber picked up his first collegiate win in his first match of the day with a 14-4 major decision win over Matthew Gatto (Scranton), and finished 1-2.

Ryan Berstler also picked up a win against a Scranton opponent in his opening bout, winning a 10-3 decision over Matthew Digennaro. He dropped his next match 6-3 to the fifth seed, and eventual top four place finisher, Cody Merwin (Cortland). After picking up a fall in his first consolation bout over Gatto (Scranton), Berslter won a thriller in overtime, 6-4, against the tournament's fourth seeded Nicholas Bauer (Wilkes).

At 133: Patrick Snoke picked up his first collegiate win with a second period fall in his opening bout over Tyler Bisono (Cortland). He dropped a 10-3 decision in his next match to the tournament's second seed, and eventual third place finisher, Joshua Wilson (Greensboro). Snoke earned his second win, and second fall of the day, in his first consolation bout with a first period pin over Noah Ordser (Cortland), but fell to Chris Dean (RIT), 8-3, in his final bout of the day to finish 2-2.

At 141: Noah Hunt won his opener in exciting fashion, beating Michael Sanfilippo (NYU) with a riding point that broke a 6-6 tie at the end of regulation. He fell to six seed, and eventual fourth place finisher, Blake Shalbert (York) in the round of 16. He decked Noah Hoogendoorn (Southern Virginia), in the first period of his first wrestle back, but fell to Michael Richardson (Wilkes) in his final bout to finish 2-2.

Colin Jens had some fireworks of his own in his opening bout, earning a takedown late in the third period to secure a 7-5 victory over Bryan Diaz (York). He dropped a hard-fought 4-2 decision to the fourth seeded, and eventual top-8 finisher, Peter Tringali (Roger Williams University). Jens reeled off two consecutive wins in the consolation bracket, over Kyle Sanders (Averett) and Joshua Cox (Greensboro), 8-3 and 6-2 respectively. He dropped a 6-0 decision to Max Shaffer (Wilkes) in his final bout of the day to finish 3-2, just short of a top-8 finish.

At 157: Cullen van Rooyen finished the day 2-2, picking up an 8-5 over Adam Coleman (Delaware Valley) and an 8-6 decision over Joseph Myers (Scranton), a match he was down 6-0 before putting together a string of 8 unanswered points, including a four point nearfall with 23 seconds left in the bout to secure the win. His losses came to the fourth seeded Liam Flaherty (Wilkes) and D. Heydarpour (RIT), both of whom finished in the top 8.

At 165: Jesse Walker picked up a top-8 finish in his 28-man bracket. After a 7-2 win in the round of 32, Walker lost a 3-2 battle to the eighth seeded Ryan Grebe (Roger Williams). Walker went on a tear through the consolation bracket, picking up a 12-1 major decision over William Davis (Delaware Valley), an 8-4 decision over Anthony Taylor (Averett), and a second period fall over the tournament's third seed Jack Kelly (Roger Williams). Walker gave up a third period takedown in his final bout of the day, dropping a 5-3 decision to the seventh seed, J. Curley (Roger Williams). Walker finished the day 4-2 and secured a top 8 finish.
 
Also competing for Penn College were Anton Esterbrook (157), Dylan Toback (184), and Nick Semon (149).
 
Coach speak:  "We were exceptionally impressed with the effort from all the guys today," Penn College head coach Jamie Miller said. "We came up a little short in a few matches, but none were due to lack of effort. We definitely have some things to work on, namely trusting our offense and capitalizing on opportunities to score, but overall we got the experience we came for."

Up Next: Penn College returns to action Nov. 14 at Ithaca College.