Seven Wrestlers Place at Keystone Classic, DeSanto Wins 133 Title

Sunday, November 19

Philadelphia, Pa.

10 a.m.

Drexel University

Keystone Classic

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Seven Wrestlers Place at Keystone Classic, DeSanto Wins 133 Title

11/19/2017 7:31:00 PM | Wrestling

FINAL BRACKETS

PHILADELPHIA - Seven Drexel wrestlers placed at the 2017 Keystone Classic on Sunday, including rookie Austin DeSanto who picked up his first tournament win with a first-place finish in the 133-pound bracket. Ebed Jarrell and Stephen Loiseau added third-place finishes at 165 and 197, respectively, while Zack Fuentes finished fourth at 125, Trevor Elfvin took fifth at 149, Tanner Shoap placed sixth at 125, and Joshua Murphy finished sixth at 184.

DeSanto started off strong at 133 with a win-by-fall over Appalachian State's Codi Russell. He followed with a technical fall over Northwestern's Anthony Rubinetti to advance to the semifinals. The rookie moved on to the finals after receiving a medical forfeit from Corey Keener of Penn State, where he won by major decision over Eastern Michigan's Noah Gonser to clinch the first tournament-title of his young career.

At 165, Jarrell also started the tournament off with a pin, taking down Franklin & Marshall's Dylan Gumaer near the end of the first period. He went on to secure a tech fall over Sacred Heart's Pat O'Donnell and then added another win-by-fall, this time against Appalachian State's Joe Accousti to advance to the semifinals. He was halted there by Penn's Maaziah Bethea, but came back with a win over Thomas Flitz of Appalachian State and then secured his third pin of the day over Eastern Michigan's Zac Carson to earn a third-place finish.

Loiseau started off with a pin as well at 197, taking down Sacred Heart's David Angulo less than a minute into his first match. He defeated Franklin & Marshall's Phil Robilotto and Appalachian State's Randall Diabe before falling to Penn's Frank Mattiace in the semifinal round. In the wrestlebacks Loiseau secured a major decision over Rider's Ethan Laird and then defeated Penn State's Matt McCutcheon to finish in third place in the 197 bracket.

Fuentes started things off at 125-pounds with a win over Penn State's Devin Schnupp. He fell to Rider's Jonathan Tropea in his second match of the day, but came back in the consolations with a major decision over Eastern Michigan's Tomas Gutierrez and major decisions over Lukus Stricker of Harvard and Thayer Atkins of Duke. In the third place match he lost by medical forfeit to Rider's Tropea to finish competition in fourth place.

Elfvin dropped his first match of the day to Rider's Gary Dinmore, but fought through the wrestlebacks to place fifth at 149. He pinned teammate Nick Widmann, earned a tech fall over VMI's Dolan Wash, pinned VMI's Stevan Smith, and defeated Appalachian State's Gavin Londoff to advance through the consolation rounds. He fell to Harvard's Hunter Ladnier by technical fall, but then defeated Rider's Gino Fluri in the fifth-place match to place in the first tournament of his career.

Shoap started things off at 125 with a win over Harvard's Stricker, but then fell to Duke's Atkins in his second match of the day. In his first wrestleback match, he pinned Sacred Heart's Ryan Burns and then went on to defeat Penn's Dan Planta by medical forfeit to advance to the consolation semifinals. There he fell to Rider's Tropea by major decision. In the fifth-place match, Shoap dropped a 6-4 decision to Duke's Atkins to finish in sixth place on the day.

Murphy began competition at 184 with a win over Appalachian State's Taylor Jackson. He fell to Penn State's Bo Nickal in his second match of the day which sent him to consolations. There he dropped a 3-2 decision to Appalachian State's Alan Clothier and then lost again to Appalachian State's Jackson in the fifth place match to finish competition in sixth place.

Julian Flores (2-2), Chandler Olson (3-2), Widmann (0-2), Evan Barczak (1-2), Austin Rose (2-2), and Owen Brooks (1-2) also represented the Dragons at the tournament.

The Dragons as a team finished in fourth place of the 12 competing teams with 118.5 points. They trailed only Penn State, Northwestern and Rider on the day.

Next up, the Dragons will travel to Las Vegas, Nev. to compete in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 1 and 2.

2017 KEYSTONE CLASSIC RESULTS

125: Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC Devin Schnupp (Penn State), 6-1
          Jonathan Tropea (Rider) DEC Zack Fuentes (DU), 2-1
          Zack Fuentes (DU) MAJ Tomas Gutierrez (Eastern Michigan), 17-4
          Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC Lukus Stricker (Harvard), 5-1
          Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC Thayer Atkins (Duke), 5-3
          Jonathan Tropea (Rider) def. Zack Fuentes (DU) by medical forfeit
                                                                             ***FOURTH PLACE FINISH***

125: Tanner Shoap (DU) DEC Lukus Stricker (Harvard), 10-4
          Thayer Atkins (Duke) DEC Tanner Shoap (DU), 7-4
          Tanner Shoap (DU) WBF Ryan Burns (Sacred Heart) @ 1:12
          Tanner Shoap (DU) def. Dan Planta (Penn) by medical forfeit
          Jonathan Tropea (Rider) MAJ Tanner Shoap (DU), 14-5
          Thayer Atkins (Duke) DEC Tanner Shoap (DU), 6-4
                                                                             ***SIXTH PLACE FINISH***

133: Austin DeSanto (DU) WBF Codi Russell (Appalachian State) @ 0:56
          Austin DeSanto (DU) TF Anthony Rubinetti (Northwestern), 22-5
          Austin DeSanto (DU) def. Corey Keener (Penn State) by medical forfeit
          Austin DeSanto (DU) MAJ Noah Gonser (Eastern Michigan), 26-12
                                                                             ***FIRST PLACE FINISH***

141: Jason Ipsarides (Northwestern) DEC Julian Flores (DU), 4-2
          Julian Flores (DU) TF Hunter Adams (Sacred Heart), 18-3
          Julian Flores (DU) DEC Irvin Enriquez (Appalachian State), 8-6
          Brett Kulp (Franklin & Marshall) DEC Julian Flores (DU), 4-1

141: Alec McKenna (Northwestern) DEC Chandler Olson (DU), 7-5
          Chandler Olson (DU) DEC Jake Lizak (Penn), 5-3
          Chandler Olson (DU) MAJ Anthony Patsy (Penn), 11-0
          Chandler Olson (DU) DEC Jason Ipsarides (Northwestern), 12-5
          Bradley Irwin (Appalachian State) DEC Chandler Olson (DU), 5-4

149: Gino Fluri (Rider) DEC Nick Widmann (DU), 5-3
          Trevor Elfvin (DU) WBF Nick Widmann (DU) @ 5:00

149: Gary Dinmore (Rider) DEC Trevor Elfvin (DU), 6-2
          Trevor Elfvin (DU) WBF Nick Widmann (DU) @ 5:00
          Trevor Elfvin (DU) TF Dolan Walsh (VMI), 17-1
          Trevor Elfvin (DU) WBF Stevan Smith (VMI) @ 6:13
          Trevor Elfvin (DU) DEC Gavin Londoff (Appalachian State), 3-1
          Hunter Ladnier (Harvard) TF Trevor Elfvin (DU), 18-2
          Trevor Elfvin (DU) NC Gino Fluri (Rider)
                                                                             ***FIFTH PLACE FINISH***

157: Evan Barczak (DU) WBF Adrian Nelson (Sacred Heart) @ 2:08
          Joseph Velliquette (Penn) DEC Evan Barczak (DU), 4-2
          Laken Cook (Appalachian State) DEC Evan Barczak (DU), 3-1

165: Ebed Jarrell (DU) WBF Dylan Gumaer (Franklin & Marshall) @ 2:42
          Ebed Jarrell (DU) TF Pat O'Donnell (Sacred Heart), 22-4
          Ebed Jarrell (DU) WBF Joe Accousti (Appalachian State) @ 2:59
          Maaziah Bethea (Penn) MAJ Ebed Jarrell (DU), 14-6
          Ebed Jarrell (DU) DEC Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State), 9-5
          Ebed Jarrell (DU) WBF Zac Carson (Eastern Michigan) @ 1:37
                                                                             ***THIRD PLACE FINISH***

174: Austin Rose (DU) TF Jared Leidich (Eastern Michigan), 15-0
          Johnny Sebastian (Northwestern) DEC Austin Rose (DU), 6-2
          Austin Rose (DU) DEC Franny Bisono (Penn State), 6-2
          Matthew Finesilver (Duke) DEC Austin Rose (DU), 6-5

184: Alan Clothier (Appalachian State) DEC Owen Brooks (DU), 6-1
          Owen Brooks (DU) MAJ Steven Mercadante (Franklin & Marshall), 15-6
          Kanon Dean (Harvard) DEC Owen Brooks (DU), 8-2

184: Joshua Murphy (DU) DEC Taylor Jackson (Appalachian State), 3-2
          Bo Nickal (Penn State) WBF Joshua Murphy (DU) @ 0:38
          Alan Clothier (Appalachian State) DEC Joshua Murphy (DU), 3-2
          Taylor Jackson (Appalachian State) DEC Joshua Murphy (DU), 3-1g
                                                                             ***SIXTH PLACE FINISH***

197: Stephen Loiseau (DU) WBF David Angulo (Sacred Heart) @ 0:49
          Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Phil Robilotto (Franklin & Marshall), 7-4
          Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Randall Diabe (Appalachian State), 5-1
          Frank Mattiace (Penn) DEC Stephen Loiseau (DU), 3-1
          Stephen Loiseau (DU) MAJ Ethan Laird (Rider), 12-4
          Stephen Loiseau (DU) def. Matt McCutcheon (Penn State) by default
                                                                             ***THIRD PLACE FINISH***

285: Gage Hutchison (Eastern Michigan) DEC Vincenzo Pelusi (DU), 2-0
          Demazio Samuel (Appalachian State) DEC Vincenzo Pelusi (DU), 5-3

285: Antonio Pelusi (Franklin & Marshall) DEC Sean O'Malley (DU), 3-1
          Sean O'Malley (DU) def. Angus Cowell (Harvard) by medical forfeit
          Sean O'Malley (DU) def. Alex Nicholas (Penn State) by medical forfeit
          Cary Miller (Appalachian State) DEC Sean O'Malley (DU), 4-0