RESULTS

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. -- The 16th-ranked Kutztown University wrestling team is heading into Winter Break on a high after nationally-ranked heavyweight Andrew Dunn Jr. (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) and 133-pounder Collin Wickramaratna (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) won their weight classes and nine Golden Bears placed in total at Sunday's Bob Quade Cyclone Open hosted by Centenary University.

Dunn Jr., the 2019 NCAA Division II national champion and two-time All-American, finally got to make his season debut after nearly a month of waiting. He was set to wrestle in last Wednesday's dual against Seton Hill, but took a victory by forfeit in that one. No one in the field had anything for the graduate student from Bethlehem, who struck for a pin in his opening round match, a technical fall in the quarterfinals and then a pair of decisions to claim the heavyweight title and surpass 50 career wins in Maroon and Gold (51-2).

Dunn Jr. has never lost to a non-Division I opponent, entering his third season with the Bears and that continued Sunday. He even added another victory over a DI opponent, using three takedowns to defeat Army's Kade Carlson in the semifinals, 8-2. In his championship bout, Dunn Jr. used a reversal from the bottom and takedown to open up a 4-1 lead after two periods against Centenary's Kevin Mulligan. Another takedown in the third helped DII's top-ranked heavyweight to a 7-2 decision.

After placing second at the "Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Open two weeks ago, Wickramaratna did one better at Centenary defending his 2019 title at the Cyclone Open. Ranked seventh in the most recent NWCA poll at 133, Wickramaratna pinned Union's Cory Boss in 6:21 in the first round and picked up a 12-2 major decision over Hunter's Andrew Cota to reach the final four of his bracket.

A pair of Army Prep grapplers stood in the New Jersey native's way, but Wickramaratna handled Nain Vazquez, 11-6, in the semifinals and held off Raymond Lopez in an entertaining championship match. Lopez trailed 4-2 after an early third-period escape, but got a takedown to tie the score with 1:35 to go. Wickramaratna, a 2019-20 All-American, escaped 30 seconds later to regain the lead, 5-4, and held on from there.

Outside of its two champions, Kutztown had a big day with six additional placewinners.

Matt Wilde (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown) was second at 125, Nathaniel Fossett (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) the runner-up at 174 and James Potts (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) a finalist at 197. James Holder (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) took third at 184, as did Brian Kennerly (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) at 197, while 157-pounder Sean Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) and heavyweight Dustin Swanson (New Holland, Pa./Garden Spot), each of whom were wrestling unattached, placed fourth.

Fossett came into the Cyclone Open looking for his first collegiate win and had his best go as a Golden Bear in this young season. Capitalizing on a first round bye, the sophomore from Annandale, N.J., pinned UMBC's Vincent Aurigemma in the first period of their quarterfinal match and cruised by Centenary's Haakon Mathewson by major decision, 16-6, in the semis. An 8-0 defeat to Dominic Falcone from DI Army ended Fossett's day in the title bout.

Wilde, who carried an unbeaten 6-0 record into Sunday's action, nearly won his second tournament of the fall. He got by Middlesex CC's Zain Ahmad in the second round with a 20-5 technical fall at 6:38 and gained back-to-back decisions in the quarters and semis to clinch his spot in the finals. Wilde was tied with Army Prep's Ethan Berginc into the third period, but Berginc got the decisive takedown in the final minute to pull out a 3-1 win.

Potts won three straight matches to reach the finals at 197, including a pin of teammate Nasir Dreuitt (Bear, Del./William Penn) in the quarterfinals and a decision over Keevon Berry of Centenary in the semifinals. His only loss came by an 8-4 count in the finals to Wyoming Seminary's Kolby Franklin, one of the top prep wrestlers and DI recruits in the country who is headed to the University of Iowa.

Kennerly racked up a team-high six wins on the day, capturing a pin and major decision in the championship bracket to reach the quarterfinals, before totaling four additional wins in the consolation bracket. He doubled up Army's Tom Godbee, 12-6, in the third-place match.

It was a tough road for Holder, who fell in the quarterfinals of the championship bracket, but battled back to win four in a row in the consolation bracket and capture third by avenging his quarterfinal loss to Centenary's Justin Hopman with a 15-4 major decision in the third-place match. The freshman was dominant in all of his victories, with two pins, two major decisions and a technical fall.

Smith and Swanson's tournaments followed a similar directory as each won his first two bouts to advance to the semifinals, before falling in those semis and the subsequent third-place matches. Smith earned a 2:21 pin of Montclair State's Frankie Lopez in his first match of the day at 157, while Swanson pinned Lackawanna's Jayden Riley in the quarterfinals at 285.

Kutztown will return to the mat in 2022 when it hosts the KU Duals at O'Pake Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 8.
 

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BOB QUADE CYCLONE OPEN 
DEC. 5, 2021 
KUTZTOWN RESULTS 
 
125 
Andreo Ferraina (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) (Unattached) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – WIN Tech Fall Geovanni Lainez (ESU-Unattached), 16-1 (6:09) 
QF – LOSS Dec. Trent Thompson (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) (Kutztown), 7-4 
CR3 – WIN Tech Fall Josh Jasionowicz (ESU), 20-4 (4:34) 
CQF – WIN Major Dec. Dominic Flatt (Millersville-Unattached), 14-1 
CSF – LOSS Tech Fall Charlie Farmer (Army Prep), 16-1 (3:38) 

Trent Thompson (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – WIN Pinned Justin Pezoldt (ESU), 1:21 
QF – WIN Dec. Andreo Ferraina (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) (Kutztown-Unattached), 7-4 
SF – LOSS Tech Fall Ethan Berginc (Army Prep), 16-1 (3:00) 
CSF – MFF vs. Jake Staud (Army)
 
Matt Wilde (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – WIN Tech Fall Zain Ahmad (Middlesex), 20-5 (6:38) 
QF – WIN Dec. Kevin Lopez (Nassau-Unattached), 10-4 
SF – WIN Dec. Charlie Farmer (Army Prep), 8-4 
F – LOSS Dec. Ethan Berginc (Army Prep), 3-1 
SECOND PLACE 
 
133 
Michael Torres (Allentown, Pa./Liberty) 
R1 – WIN Pinned Eddie Totten (Unattached), 3:44 
QF – LOSS Pinned by Daniel Uhorchuk (Army), 4:54 
CR2 – WIN Dec. Kelvin Rodriguez Molina (ESU), 13-7 
CQF – LOSS Dec. Brandon De La Rosa (ESU), 7-0 
 
#7 Collin Wickramaratna (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) 
R1 – WIN Pinned Cory Boss (Union), 6:21 
QF – WIN Major Dec. Andrew Cota (Hunter), 12-2 
SF – WIN Dec. Nain Vazquez (Army Prep), 11-6 
F – WIN Dec. Raymond Lopez (Army Prep), 5-4 
FIRST PLACE 
 
141 
None 
 
149 
Michael Cusick (McDonald, Pa./South Fayette) 
R1 – WIN Dec. Troy O'Connor (Middlesex), 6-4 
R2 – LOSS Pinned by Spencer Stewart (Sussex CC), 2:08 
CR1 – WIN Major Dec. Jacob Remolina (ESU), 13-5 
CR2 – LOSS Dec. Cameron Bruffy (Centenary), 7-5 
 
Kibwe McNair (Lansdale, Pa./Methacton) (Unattached) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – LOSS Pinned by Zach Keal (Army), 3:48 
CR1 – WIN Major Dec. Eric Shindel (Hofstra-Unattached), 12-2 
CR2 – WIN Pinned Jack Garcia (NYU), 3:43 
CR3 – LOSS Dec. Mark Metz (Army), 5-3 
 
Thomas Szilagyi (Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – WIN Pinned Mike Foca (Centenary-Unattached), 3:56 
QF – LOSS Dec. Tanner Craig (Army), 7-1 
CR3 – MFF vs. Cameron Bruffy (Centenary) 
 
157 
Sean Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) (Unattached) 
R1 – WIN Pinned Frankie Lopez (Montclair State), 2:21 
QF – WIN Dec. Luke Ciampa (ESU), 7-4 
SF – LOSS Dec. Kenny Kiser (Army), 3-2 
CF – LOSS Dec. Luke Ciampa (ESU), 8-7 
FOURTH PLACE 
 
165 
None 
 
174 
Nathaniel Fossett (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) 
R1 – Bye 
QF – WIN Pinned Vincent Aurigemma (UMBC), 1:48 
SF – WIN Major Dec. Haakon Mathewson (Centenary), 16-6 
F – LOSS Major Dec. Dominic Falcone (Army), 8-0 
SECOND PLACE 
 
184 
James Holder (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) 
R1 – WIN Pinned Matthieu Raulerson (Lackawanna), 1:06 
QF – LOSS Pinned by Justin Hopman (Centenary), 6:34 
CR2 – WIN Pinned Zach Mafaro (Newton, N.J./Kittatinny Regional) (Kutztown), 1:42 
CQF – WIN Major Dec. Angelo Piazza (Centenary), 15-5 
CSF – WIN Tech Fall Alex Dorce (Union), 16-0 (4:47) 
CF – WIN Major Dec. Justin Hopman (Centenary), 15-4 
THIRD PLACE 
 
Zach Mafaro (Newton, N.J./Kittatinny Regional) 
R1 – LOSS Major Dec. Alex Dorce (Union), 16-6 
CR1 – WIN Tech Fall Aaron Llanas (Centenary), 20-4 (2:44) 
CR2 – LOSS Pinned by James Holder (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) (Kutztown), 1:42 
 
197 
Nasir Dreuitt (Bear, Del./William Penn) (Unattached) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – WIN Pinned Scott Geysen (ESU), 6:34 
QF – LOSS Pinned by James Potts (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) (Kutztown), 2:44 
CR3 – WIN Pinned Seth Hunsinger (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton) (Kutztown-Unattached), 2:59 
CQF – WIN Dec. Mathew Richardson (ESU), 10-4 
CSF – MFF vs. Tom Godbee (Army) 
 
Ian Gaburo (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) (Unattached) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – LOSS Pinned by Keevon Berry (Centenary), 0:47 
CR1 – Bye 
CR2 – WIN Pinned Kody Edwards (ESU), 1:54 
CR3 – LOSS Forfeit vs. Brian Kennerly (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) (Kutztown) 
 
Seth Hunsinger (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton) (Unattached) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – LOSS Dec. Nikolas Miller (Hofstra-Unattached), 6-2 
CR1 – Bye 
CR2 – WIN Pinned Gage Horvath (ESU), 0:45 
CR3 – LOSS Pinned by Nasir Dreuitt (Bear, Del./William Penn) (Kutztown-Unattached), 2:59 
 
Brian Kennerly (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) 
R1 – WIN Pinned Christian Petrucci (Temple), 1:23 
R2 – WIN Major Dec. Mathew Richardson (ESU), 14-3 
QF – LOSS Dec. Kolby Franklin (Wyoming Seminary-Unattached), 5-3 
CR3 – WIN Forfeit vs. Ian Gaburo (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) (Kutztown-Unattached) 
CQF – WIN Major Dec. Nikolas Miller (Hofstra-Unattached), 14-5 
CSF – WIN MFF vs. Keevon Berry (Centenary) 
CF – WIN Dec. Tom Godbee (Army), 12-6 
THIRD PLACE 
 
James Potts (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – WIN Forfeit Sam Stokes (TCNJ-Unattached) 
QF – WIN Pinned Nasir Dreuitt (Bear, Del./William Penn) (Kutztown-Unattached), 2:44 
SF – WIN Dec. Keevon Berry (Centenary), 4-1 
F – LOSS Dec. Kolby Franklin (Wyoming Seminary-Unattached), 8-4 
SECOND PLACE 
 
285 
#1 Andrew Dunn Jr. (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) 
R1 – WIN Pinned Jake Raboy (Hunter), 4:11 
R2 – WIN Forfeit Brandon Vitale (Union) 
QF – WIN Tech Fall Yosue Gomez (TCNJ-Unattached), 18-2 (4:08) 
SF – WIN Dec. Kade Carlson (Army), 8-2 
F – WIN Dec. Kevin Mulligan (Centenary), 7-2 
FIRST PLACE 
 
Dustin Swanson (New Holland, Pa./Garden Spot) (Unattached) 
R1 – Bye 
R2 – WIN Dec. Collin Burns (Binghamton), 6-3 
QF – WIN Pinned Jayden Riley (Lackawanna), 1:25 
SF – LOSS Pinned by Kevin Mulligan (Centenary), 1:45 
CF – LOSS Dec. Kade Carlson (Army), 5-1 
FOURTH PLACE