SCRANTON, Pa. — Two Penn College wrestlers went 2-0, including unranked Nicholai Brotzman knocking off a ranked regional opponent, and the Wildcats split during a tri-meet Sunday, losing to St. John Fisher, 37-9, and topping host Scranton for the first time ever, 44-12, to improve to 9-11 in dual matches.
How it happened vs. St. John Fisher: Brotzman needed just 45 seconds to pin St. John's Jackson Burns, who is ranked sixth at 285 pounds in the Feb. 9 National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Mideast Region, for six of Penn College's points, and Wildcat TJ Martin, ranked seventh at 149 in the Mideast Region, accounted for the other three team points with an 11-8 win by decision.
Among the Penn College wrestlers coming out on the short end against other ranked St. John wrestlers were Noah Hunt, third at 141 in the Mideast, who was decisioned 10-7 by Alex Sampson, second in the Mideast, and Luke Heimbach at 125, who lost by a 22-9 major decision against Mideast eighth-ranked Dan Parkulo.
How it happened vs. Scranton: Brotzman completed his perfect day with his second fall — this one in just 28 seconds. Meanwhile, Martin won a major decision to also finish 2-0, while Hunt and Heimbach were among the early victors as Penn College took the first five bouts and grabbed a 27-0 team lead.
Also scoring wins and finishing the day with 1-1 records were Charles Trimber at 133, Liam Goodrich at 157, Andy Muzika at 184 and Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni at 197 as the Wildcats won against Scranton for the first time after six losses.
Up next: Penn College closes out its home season against Marymount University at 3 p.m. on Saturday when Senior Day will be observed.
St. John Fisher 37, Penn College 9
125: Daniel Parkulo (SJF) over Luke Heimbach (PENN) (MD 22-9)
133: Derek Bernardino (SJF) over Charles Trimber (PENN) (Fall 1:15)
141: Alex Samson (SJF) over Noah Hunt (PENN) (Dec 10-7)
149: TJ Martin (PENN) over Joshua Maslyn (SJF) (Dec 11-8)
157: Paul Lichter (SJF) over Liam Goodrich (PENN) (TF 26-11 6:59)
165: Jeremy Devine (SJF) over Cavin Napoletano (PENN) (TF 19-4 6:26)
174: Ryleigh Duryee (SJF) over Zach Miller (PENN) (Dec 13-7)
184: Nathan Coon (SJF) over Andy Muzika (PENN) (TF 20-4 5:44)
197: Braydon Vandenberg (SJF) over Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni (PENN) (Fall 1:52)
285: Nicholai Brotzman (PENN) over Jackson Burns (SJF) (Fall 0:45)
141Extra: Adam Grover (St. John Fisher) over Ryan Trimber (PENN) (Fall 4:43)
141Extra: Patrick Snoke (PENN) over Luke Yorke (St. John Fisher) (MD 15-5)
149Extra: Brett Patton (PENN) over Torin Bishop (St. John Fisher) (Fall 2:07)
149Extra: Ayden Sprague (PENN) over Michael Rosenblum (St. John Fisher) (TF 24-6 5:30)
157Extra: Dylan Specht (St. John Fisher) over Jonathan Altamirano Bautista (PENN) (TF 20-3 0:00)
157Extra: Daniel Clark (PENN) over Dylan Specht (St. John Fisher) (Fall 4:47)
165Extra: Logan Ledebohm (PENN) over Trevor Sheehan (St. John Fisher) (Fall 1:36)
Penn College 44, Scranton 12
125: Luke Heimbach (PENN) over Joseph Cappello (SCR) (TF 22-6 6:15)
133: Charles Trimber (PENN) over Kevin Cordero (SCR) (Fall 2:20)
141: Noah Hunt (PENN) over Shkeb Nadir (SCR) (Fall 1:35)
149: TJ Martin (PENN) over Konstantinos Mavrikidis (SCR) (MD 9-0)
157: Liam Goodrich (PENN) over Aidan Veirun (SCR) (Fall 1:10)
165: Jacob Burgette (SCR) over Cavin Napoletano (PENN) (Fall 2:22)
174: Jeremiah Oakes (SCR) over Zach Miller (PENN) (Fall 1:28)
184: Andy Muzika (PENN) over Quinten Laughlin (SCR) (Fall 3:27)
197: Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni (PENN) over Jonathan Sklavounos (SCR) (TF 16-1 4:32)
285: Nicholai Brotzman (PENN) over Sean Cordaro (SCR) (Fall 0:28)
141 Extra: Ryan Trimber (PENN) over Orion Newell (Scranton) (Fall 3:26)
157 Extra: Anton Esterbrook (PENN) over Kevin McCarvill (Scranton) (SV-1 11-8)
165 Extra: Zach Miller (PENN) over Jake Rudy (Scranton) (Fall 4:51)
