EWING, N.J.- The TCNJ Wrestling team enjoyed a clean sweep of Messiah on Saturday, picking up a 45-0 victory on Senior Day.
 
The Lions racked up four major decision wins in the 8 bouts that they wrestled in. Messiah forfeited at 133 and 149 lbs.
 
Ryan Rosenthal picked up a dominant win to start things off with a 16-0 technical fall win over Caiden Heller.
 
Larry Melchionda was the first of four major decision wins in his 17-5 win over Mason Carey.
 
Matt Sacco, in the only match featuring two regionally ranked wrestlers, defeated No. 6 ranked Garrett Cornell by decision with a score of 9-5.
 
Following Sacco, Matt Surich put on a clinic in his major decision win over Jared Butler with the score being 15-6.
 
Reid Colella used a big first round to aid his major decision win over John Sumner with a score of 13-4.
 
In arguably the match of the day, Quinn Haddad held on against Ryder Slayton in a 1-0 decision victory.
 
Joe Daddario won the fourth major of the day for the lions in an 18-5 showing over Sawyer Dereszynski.
 
Peter Wersinger capped off the day with a bang, pinning Hayden Benner just 1:44 into the match.
 
The Lions will take this week to prep for the MidEast Futures Tournament at Muhlenberg College on February 19^th.
 
TCNJ 45, Messiah 0
125: Ryan Rosenthal (TCNJ) Tech. fall Caiden Heller, 16-0 (6:00), (5-0)
133: Kyle Nase (TCNJ) Forfeit Messiah (11-0)
141: Larry Melchionda (TCNJ) Maj. Mason Carey, 17-5, (15-0)
149: Mike Conklin (TCNJ) Forfeit Messiah (21-0)
157: Matt Sacco (TCNJ) Dec. Garrett Cornell, 9-5 (24-0)
165: Matt Surich (TCNJ) Maj. Jared Butler, 15-6 (28-0)
174: Reid Colella (TCNJ) Maj. John Sumner, 13-4 (32-0)
184: Quinn Haddad (TCNJ) Dec. Ryder Slayton, 1-0 (35-0)
197: Joe Daddario (TCNJ) Maj. Sawyer Dereszynski, 18-5 (39-0)
285: Peter Wersinger (TCNJ) fall Hayden Benner, (1:44) (45-0)