ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- When the dust settled on Saturday, for the second consecutive season, Penn College saw three of its wrestlers finish among the top eight in their respective weights at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships. It marked the first time in program history with back-to-back seasons with at least three regional medalists.

Freshman Kaden Ware of Brooklyn, Connecticut, ended sixth at 133, while junior Noah Hunt of Muncy at 141 and freshman Travis Green of Manchester, Maryland, at 165 both were eighth, marking the first time the college ever had two freshman podium.
 
With 33 team points, Penn College placed 16^thin a 21-team field.
 

After going 2-0 on Friday, Ware, ranked sixth at 133, fell to top-seeded Isaias Torres of Ithaca in a 4-1 decision in his championship bracket semifinal. In his consolation semifinal against fifth-ranked Frank DiEsso of Muhlenberg, Ware dropped a 4-3 decision, and bowed out with a medical forfeit in the fifth-place match. Ware concluded his freshman campaign with a 34-13 record.

Hunt and Green both were 3-1 in their first-day matches. In their fifth-round consolation bouts on Saturday, Hunt was pinned in 2:11 and Green suffered a 5-2 loss.

That pitted Hunt against fifth-seed Sam Kotch of TCNJ in a battle for seventh place. Kotch scored a 19-4 technical fall as Hunt ended 3-3 in the tournament and 31-13 on the season. Hunt placed fifth in 2022 and sixth last year in regional competition.

In his quest for seventh place, Green fell, 10-3 to DJ Slovick of Pitt-Bradford to end 3-3 in the tourney and 36-18 on the season.

The Wildcats placed four wrestlers among the top eight in their weight classes in 2019. They sent three to the podium a year ago, and one in 2018, 2020 and 2022.

In team competition, the Wildcats finished the tournament in 16th of 21 with 33 points. The College of New Jersey repeated as the tournament team champion with 151 points and was followed by Ithaca 138.5, Elizabethtown 115.5, McDaniel 88.5, host RIT 86, Ursinus 86, SUNY Oswego 85.5, SUNY Cortland 77, Alfred State 75.5, St. John Fisher 67, Muhlenberg 64, Centenary (N.J.) 60.5, SUNY Oneonta 60.5, Johns Hopkins 51, SUNY Brockport 38.5, Penn College 33, Scranton 21,  Keystone College 20.5, Pitt-Bradford 20.5, New Jersey City University 17 and Elmira 15.

NCAA DIII Regional Mideast Results for Pennsylvania College of Technology

125
Luke Heimbach place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 2 - Matt Griffin (TCNJ) won by fall over Luke Heimbach (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 0:52)
Cons. Round 3 - Mason Drew (Alfred State) won by fall over Luke Heimbach (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 2:46)

133
Kaden Ware placed 6th and scored 10.0 team points.
Champ. Round 2 - Kaden Ware (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by decision over Cody Merwin (Cortland State) (Dec 6-0)
Quarterfinal - Kaden Ware (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by major decision over Kyle Nase (TCNJ) (MD 11-3)
Semifinal - Isaias Torres (Ithaca) won by decision over Kaden Ware (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Semi - Frank DiEsso (Muhlenberg) won by decision over Kaden Ware (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 4-3)
5th Place Match - Michael Santore (Oswego State) won by medical forfeit over Kaden Ware (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (M. For.)

141
Noah Hunt placed 8th and scored 8.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Culley Bellino (Cortland State) won by fall over Noah Hunt (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 5:46)
Cons. Round 2 - Noah Hunt (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by tech fall over Max Apsel (Johns Hopkins) (TF-1.5 7:00 (17-2))
Cons. Round 3 - Noah Hunt (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by decision over Andrew Schaen (Ursinus) (Dec 9-6)
Cons. Round 4 - Noah Hunt (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by fall over Elijah Moshenek (Alfred State) (Fall 6:16)
Cons. Round 5 - Culley Bellino (Cortland State) won by fall over Noah Hunt (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 2:11)
7th Place Match - Sam Kotch (TCNJ) won by tech fall over Noah Hunt (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (TF-1.5 3:30 (19-4))

149
TJ Martin place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 2 - Dominick Vinci (Alfred State) won by injury default over TJ Martin (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Inj. 1:48)
Cons. Round 3 - Shane Strausser (Elizabethtown) won by medical forfeit over TJ Martin (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (M. For.)

157
Liam Goodrich place is unknown and scored 4.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Max Morrison (Brockport) won by decision over Liam Goodrich (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 15-11)
Cons. Round 2 - Liam Goodrich (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by major decision over Ethan Morrison (Alfred State) (MD 16-7)
Cons. Round 3 - Liam Goodrich (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by medical forfeit over Jeff Johnson (New Jersey City University) (M. For.)
Cons. Round 4 - Jake Hoffmann (Johns Hopkins) won by decision over Liam Goodrich (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 17-11)

165
Travis Green placed 8th and scored 7.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Chris Roybal (Johns Hopkins) won by decision over Travis Green (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 7-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Travis Green (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by major decision over Liam Strouse (RIT) (MD 10-1)
Cons. Round 3 - Travis Green (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by tech fall over Garrett Roskelly (Elmira College) (TF-1.5 2:05 (17-0))
Cons. Round 4 - Travis Green (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by decision over Jacob Burgette (Scranton) (Dec 9-8)
Cons. Round 5 - Chris Roybal (Johns Hopkins) won by decision over Travis Green (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 5-2)
7th Place Match - Dennis Slovick (Pitt-Bradford) won by decision over Travis Green (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 10-3)

174
Cavin Napoletano place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 2 - Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown) won by fall over Cavin Napoletano (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 1:54)
Cons. Round 2 - Tyson Derenberger (Muhlenberg) won by tech fall over Cavin Napoletano (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (TF-1.5 4:22 (16-0))

197
Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 2 - Braydon Vandenberg (St. John Fisher) won by fall over Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 5:34)
Cons. Round 3 - Blake Ilges (Alfred State) won by fall over Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Fall 5:41)

285
Nicholai Brotzman place is unknown and scored 2.5 team points.
Champ. Round 2 - Nick Franco (Brockport) won by decision over Nicholai Brotzman (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 8-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Nicholai Brotzman (Pennsylvania College of Technology) won by fall over Arik Hums (Centenary (NJ)) (Fall 1:57)
Cons. Round 3 - Jeremy Mazzella (Ithaca) won by decision over Nicholai Brotzman (Pennsylvania College of Technology) (Dec 4-1)