GLENVILLE, W.Va. – Bailey Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) and returning All-American Matthew Weinberg (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) won weight class titles at 157 and 184 pounds, respectively, as the 24th-ranked Kutztown University wrestling team opened its 2023-24 season with a fourth-place team finish at Saturday's Glenville State Invitational.
 
Gimbor and Weinberg represented two of the Golden Bears' eight placewinners on the day. Also placing for KU were nationally ranked Dalton Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) (third at 165), Aliazer Alicea (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) (fourth at 141), Roman Moser (Eagleville, Pa./Methacton) (fourth at 174), Dustin Swanson (New Holland, Pa./Garden Spot) (fourth at 285), Trent Thompson (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) (fifth at 125) and Hunter Horton (James Creek, Pa./Tussey Mountain) (fifth at 174).
 
Weinberg, 28-3 a year ago and ranked third in the NWCA Preseason Poll, continued to show his prowess in tournament competition. The Philadelphia native won his weight class in three tournaments last season. This season started no differently, with Weinberg using pins of Peyton Lemon (Ashland) and Brady Ross (Glenville State) to reach the final against 10th-ranked Anthony Giampietro of Millersville. Weinberg controlled the bout and picked up a 10-4 decision over his PSAC rival.
 
Bailey Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) also enjoyed early season tournament success last year with weight class titles at the ESU Open and Bob Quade Cyclone Open. He was off to a 12-1 start by the time the calendar flipped to 2023, but an injury at the KU duals put a damper on what was shaping up to be an outstanding first season with the Bears. In Saturday's tournament, Gimbor pinned Glenville State's Wiley Houser in 2:45 to get his season off on the right foot. He followed that up with a 7-2 victory over Nick Carbone in the semifinals and cruised to an 11-2 major decision in the final against King's Bo Perkins.
 
Dalton Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg), ranked 11th at 184 lbs. in the NWCA Preseason Poll, advanced to the quarterfinals of his bracket before being upset by Ashland's Sevriano Garza, 7-5. The Bernville, Pa., native bounced back with four consecutive victories and avenged his earlier loss to Garza with a 7-5 overtime win in the consolation final to place third. Gimbor was a bonus point machine in the tournament, producing two pins and three technical falls.
 
After redshirting as a true freshman, Alicea was itching to make an impact. He came out of the gates with impressive wins over Dalton Minnick of Glenville State (17-1 technical fall) and Nico Crosnoe of King (2:35 pin) to reach the semifinals. A one-point defeat at the hands of Colton Stoneking (Fairmont State) sent Alicea to the consolation semifinals where he pinned King's Ashtan Hendricks in 4:25 to earn the right to wrestle for third. Gavin Weaver of Ashland was able to get the best of Alicea this time, however, with KU's entry settling for fourth after a 4:52 pin.
 
Senior Roman Moser (Eagleville, Pa./Methacton) recovered from a loss in his opening match to storm back through the consolation bracket at 174. The Methacton product won by technical fall over Hayden Flynn of Ashland (18-1, 3:44), pinned Cooper Bachman of Emmanuel (2:58) and pinned teammate Hunter Horton (James Creek, Pa./Tussey Mountain) (0:52) in the consolation semifinals. The consolation final came down to the wire, with Moser dropping a 3-2 decision to Vincent Galang of King and placing fourth.
 
Horton won back-to-back matches to start the day before running into fourth-ranked Nate Barrett of Ashland in the semifinals and suffering an 11-2 defeat. Teammate Moser knocked him into the fifth-place match and he was awarded a forfeit victory against Glenville State's Cade Linn.
 
Swanson, Kutztown's starting heavyweight in 2022-23, also had to fight his way through wrestle backs after taking a loss in the second round. He did so by pinning three opponents in four matches, taking Glenville State's Kourdell Todd (3:54), Seton Hill's Ethan Cain (0:26) and Glenville State's Gavin Shamblin (2:14) to their backs. Swanson would finish fourth after dropping the consolation final to Ashland's Wyatt Bailey by technical fall, 15-0 (7:00).
 
Thompson rounded out Kutztown's placewinners with a 3-2 tournament to take fifth at 133. He scored 21 points in a major decision victory (21-13) over Aidan Wilson of Glenville State. It was the most points scored in a single bout by a Golden Bear grappler on the day. Thompson added a win over Alex McMiller of Emmanuel by pin (1:48) before his run was halted by eventual weight class champion Luke Acuna of Ashland in the semifinals. Thompson eventually got the better of McMiller for the second time with a 13-12 decision in the fifth-place match.
 
Kutztown scored 122.5 points as a team, good for fourth place of 11 competing teams. Of the Golden Bears' 22 entries, 19 earned at least one win.
 
Redshirt freshmen Nic Allison (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County) (125 lbs.), Javien DeLeon (Allentown, Pa./Liberty) (133 lbs.), Alicea (141 lbs.) and Wayne McIntyre (East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg North) (285 lbs.) along with sophomore Liam Akers (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) (197 lbs.) earned their first official collegiate wins. True freshmen Luke Poore (New Castle, Del./Caravel Academy) (133 lbs.), Jared Fulton (Nottingham, Pa./Solanco) (141 lbs.), Dominick Interrante (Wall Township, N.J./Wall) (141 lbs.) and Ty Pfizenmayer (Bethlehem, Pa./Saucon Valley) (184 lbs.) also collected their first wins at college wrestlers.
 
Kutztown will travel to Millersville for the "Shorty" Hitchcock Classic in two weeks on Saturday, Nov. 18.
 

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GLENVILLE STATE INVITATIONAL
SATURDAY, NOV. 4, 2023 | WACO CENTER | GLENVILLE, W.VA.
KUTZTOWN RESULTS
 
125 LBS.
Nic Allison (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County)
R1 – Bye
R2 – LOSS PIN William Burgess (Seton Hill), 5:00
CR2 – WIN PIN Matt Frank (Seton Hill), 1:08
CR3 – WIN PIN Weston Bare (Coker), 1:26
CR4 – WIN TF Gavin Mastrangelo (Emmanuel), 15-0 (2:31)
CQF – LOSS DEC Dominic Flatt (Millersville), 12-8
 
Brenden Smay (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh)
R1 – WIN MD Joseph High (Glenville State), 18-7
R2 – LOSS MD Bryce Beatty (Millersville), 17-9
CR2 – Bye
CR3 – Bye
CR4 – LOSS PIN Dominic Flatt (Millersville), 5:14
 
Trent Thompson (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern)
R1 – Bye
R2 – WIN MD Aidan Wilson (Glenville State), 21-13
QF – WIN PIN Alex McMiller (Emmanuel), 1:48
SF – LOSS PIN Luke Acuna (Ashland), 1:06
CSF – LOSS PIN Dominic Flatt (Millersville), 5:37
5th – WIN DEC Alex McMiller (Emmanuel), 13-12
5TH PLACE
 
133 LBS.
Javien DeLeon (Allentown, Pa./Liberty)
R1 – Bye
R2 – LOSS TF Franky Medina (King), 21-4 (5:43)
CR2 – Bye
CR3 – WIN PIN Mark Paradine (Seton Hill), 1:21
CR4 – LOSS DEC Luke Poore (Kutztown), 8-3
 
Luke Poore (New Castle, Del./Caravel Academy)
R1 – Bye
R2 – WIN MD Devin Easton (Glenville State), 16-2
QF – LOSS DEC #3 Devin Flannery (Millersville), 5-1
CR4 – WIN DEC Javien DeLeon (Kutztown), 8-3
CQF – LOSS INJ DEF Franky Medina (King), 4:09
 
141 LBS.
Aliazer Alicea (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township)
R1 – Bye
R2 – WIN TF Dalton Minnick (Glenville State), 17-1 (2:25)
QF – WIN PIN Nico Crosnoe (King), 2:35
SF – LOSS DEC Colton Stoneking (Fairmont State), 6-5
CSF – WIN PIN Ashtan Hendricks (King), 4:25
CF – LOSS PIN Gavin Weaver (Ashland), 4:52
4TH PLACE
 
Jared Fulton (Nottingham, Pa./Solanco)
R1 – Bye
R2 – WIN DEC Trent Kochersperger (Kutztown), 6-3
QF – LOSS MD Colton Stoneking (Fairmont State), 11-0
CR4 – LOSS PIN Zach Larue (Wheeling), 0:49
 
Dominick Interrante (Wall Township, N.J./Wall)
R1 – Bye
R2 – WIN PIN Wyatt Coleman (King), 4:31
QF – LOSS PIN Gavin Weastorver (Ashland), 0:25
CR4 – LOSS PIN Ashtan Hendricks (King), 2:28
 
Trent Kochersperger (Kennett Square, Pa./Kennett)
R1 – Bye
R2 – LOSS DEC Jared Fulton (Kutztown), 6-3
CR2 – Bye
CR3 – LOSS MD Niko Ferra (Seton Hill), 10-1
 
149 LBS.
None
 
157 LBS.
Bailey Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg)
R1 – Bye
QF – WIN PIN Wiley Houser (Glenville State), 2:45
SF – WIN DEC Nick Carbone (Ashland), 7-2
F – WIN MD Bo Perkins (King), 11-2
1ST PLACE
 
165 LBS.
Richard DeRick (Westfield, N.J./Westfield)
R1 – Bye
R2 – LOSS DEC Connor Smith (Emmanuel), 7-1
CR2 – Bye
CR3 – LOSS DEC Ethan Narro (King), 9-5
 
#11 Dalton Gimbor (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg)
R1 – WIN TF Isaiah Castro (Emmanuel), 17-0 (4:13)
R2 – WIN PIN Kane Kettering (Seton Hill), 3:56
QF – LOSS DEC Sevriano Garza (Ashland), 7-5
CR4 – WIN TF Brian Crevar (Wheeling), 18-2 (7:00)
CQF – WIN TF Kane Kettering (Seton Hill), 19-3 (5:41)
CSF – WIN PIN Connor Smith (Emmanuel), 4:37
CF – WIN DEC Sevriano Garza (Ashland), 7-5 (SV-1)
3RD PLACE
 
174 LBS.
Hunter Horton (James Creek, Pa./Tussey Mountain)
R1 – Bye
R2 – WIN MD Drake De La Cruz (Glenville State), 12-4
QF – WIN DEC Vincent Galang (King), 4-1
SF – LOSS MD #4 Nate Barrett (Ashland), 11-2
CSF – LOSS PIN Roman Moser (Kutztown), 0:52
5th – WIN FOR Cade Linn (Glenville State)
5TH PLACE
 
Roman Moser (Eagleville, Pa./Methacton)
R1 – Bye
R2 – LOSS PIN Cade Linn (Glenville State), 4:01
CR2 – Bye
CR3 – Bye
CR4 – WIN TF Hayden Flynn (Ashland), 18-1 (3:44)
CQF – WIN PIN Cooper Bachman (Emmanuel), 2:58
CSF – WIN PIN Hunter Horton (Kutztown), 0:52
CF – LOSS DEC Vincent Galang (King), 3-2
4TH PLACE
 
Alex Ward (Manassas, Va./Battlefield)
R1 – Bye
R2 – WIN PIN Trokel Prew (Davis & Elkins), 0:50
QF – LOSS DEC #4 Nate Barrett (Ashland), 5-0
CR4 – LOSS PIN Drake De La Cruz (Glenville State), 1:14
 
184 LBS.
Ethan Baney (Hanover, Pa./South Western)
R1 – WIN PIN Nicholas Barrickman (Davis & Elkins), 4:55
QF – LOSS DEC Isaiha Casto (Glenville State), 7-2
CR2 – WIN TF Tyler Hurst (Millersville), 15-0 (2:46)
CQF – LOSS PIN Riley O'Mara (Seton Hill), 2:08
 
Ty Pfizenmayer (Bethlehem, Pa./Saucon Valley)
R1 – LOSS PIN #10 Anthony Giampietro (Millersville), 2:22
CR1 – WIN PIN Alex Finsley (Wheeling), 0:51
CR2 – WIN PIN Peyton Lemon (Ashland), 1:10
CQF – LOSS PIN Clinton Morrisette (King), 2:16
 
#3 Matthew Weinberg (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan)
R1 – Bye
QF – WIN PIN Peyton Lemon (Ashland), 4:04
SF – WIN PIN Brady Ross (Glenville State), 2:25
F – WIN DEC #10 Anthony Giampietro (Millersville), 10-4
1ST PLACE
 
197 LBS.
Liam Akers (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon)
R1 – LOSS DEC Nicholas Copley (Glenville State), 12-6
CR1 – Bye
CR2 – WIN PIN Kaleb Walley (Coker), 0:15
CQF – LOSS DEC Devan Gauldin (Glenville State), 9-6 (SV-1)
 
Jeremy McKinney (Nottingham, Pa./Oxford Area)
R1 – LOSS DEC Riley O'Boyle (Millersville), 8-5
CR1 – Bye
CR2 – LOSS DEC Nicholas Copley (Glenville State), 13-9
 
285 LBS.
Wayne McIntyre (East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg North)
R1 – Bye
R2 – OSS DEC Gavin Shamblin (Glenville State), 11-5
CR2 – Bye
CR3 – WIN PIN Ja'Mon Goodwine (Emmanuel), 1:47
CR4 – WIN MD Lucas Allen (Seton Hill), 13-1
CQF – LOSS DEC Wyatt Bailey (Ashland), 12-10
 
Dustin Swanson (New Holland, Pa./Garden Spot)
R1 – Bye
R2 – LOSS PIN Ethan Babay (Fairmont State), 1:41
CR2 – Bye
CR3 – WIN PIN Kourdell Todd (Glenville State), 3:54
CR4 – WIN PIN Ethan Cain (Seton Hill), 0:26
CQF – WIN DEC Jacob Telles (King), 2-1 (SV-1)
CSF – WIN PIN Gavin Shamblin (Glenville State), 2:14
CF – LOSS TF Wyatt Bailey (Ashland), 15-0 (7:00)
4TH PLACE