EWING, N.J.- The TCNJ Wrestling team enjoyed a clean sweep of Messiah on Saturday, picking up a 45-0 victory on Senior Day.
Â
The Lions racked up four major decision wins in the 8 bouts that they wrestled in. Messiah forfeited at 133 and 149 lbs.
Â
Ryan Rosenthal picked up a dominant win to start things off with a 16-0 technical fall win over Caiden Heller.
Â
Larry Melchionda was the first of four major decision wins in his 17-5 win over Mason Carey.
Â
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.
Â
Following Sacco,
Matt Surich put on a clinic in his major decision win over Jared Butler with the score being 15-6.
Â
Reid Colella used a big first round to aid his major decision win over John Sumner with a score of 13-4.
Â
In arguably the match of the day,
Quinn Haddad held on against Ryder Slayton in a 1-0 decision victory.
Â
Joe Daddario won the fourth major of the day for the lions in an 18-5 showing over Sawyer Dereszynski.
Â
Peter Wersinger capped off the day with a bang, pinning Hayden Benner just 1:44 into the match.
Â
The Lions will take this week to prep for the MidEast Futures Tournament at Muhlenberg College on February 19
th.
Â
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)
Â