Grantham, Pa. (Dec. 2, 2022) - Alvernia Men's Wrestling sits atop the leaderboard after the first day of competition on Friday at the Messiah University Petrofes Invitational.

The Golden Wolves have 119 points after day one, a 23 point lead over second place Springfield.

Alvernia still has 14 wrestlers competing, including ten who are still in the championship bracket.

Alvernia's full results from day one are below. The second and final day of competition gets underway on Saturday morning at 9:00 AM.

Keito Shaw (125 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Shaw fall over JaJuan Givens (Greensboro), 1:09
Quarters: Shaw 8-3 decision over Isiac Paulino (Springfield)
Semis: Saturday

Robert Philpot (125 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Joey Manginelli (Springfield) fall over Philpot, 2:33
Consi Round 2: Philpot 19-0 Tech. Fall Tyler McDonald (Shenandoah)
Consi Round 3: Philpot 8-3 decision over Morgan Vandergrift (Shenandoah)
Consi Quarters: Saturday

Anthony Portillo (133 lbs) - eliminated
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Amos Rivera (Cortland) 4-1 decision over Portillo
Consi Round 2: Cody Merwin (Cortland) 9-7 decision Portillo 

James King (133 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: King 4-3 decision over Cody Merwin (Cortland)
Round 2: King 15-0 Tech. Fall over Joseph Coppola (Gettysburg)
Quarters: Gianni Manginelli (Springfield) fall over King, 1:22
Consi Quarters: Saturday

Blake Tarnowski (133 lbs) - eliminated
Round 1: Bye
Round 2:  Ricky Caamon (Muhlenberg) injury default over Tarnowski
Consi Round 2: Antonio Abate (Gettysburg) medical forfeit over Tarnowski

Kevin Rainey (141 lbs) - eliminated
Round 1: Noah Orser (Cortland) fall over Rainey, 2:48
Consi Round 1: Rainey fall over Julian Amadio (Gettysburg), 1:45
Consi Round 2: Rainey fall over Lucas Purpora (Bridgewater State), 1:11
Consi Round 3: Hunter Ballantine (Shenandoah) fall over Rainey, 3:20

Connor Platt (141 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Josh Wilson (Greensboro) 19-3 Tech. Fall over Platt
Consi Round 1: Platt fall over Enoch Long (Wash. & Jeff.), 0:56
Consi Round 2: Platt fall over. Jackson Wainright (Muhlenberg), 1:47
Consi Round 3: Platt fall over Jake Stein (Gettysburg), 3:42
Consi Quarters: Saturday

Avery Leonard (141 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Leonard injury default over Vincent Santilli (Cortland)
Round 2: Leonard fall over Jizaiah Lopes (Bridgewater State), 2:52
Quarters: Avery Leonard 10-5 decision over Joseph Parsons (Springfield)

Brandon Flores-Salazer (149 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Elijah Blackwell (Southern Virginia) 4-1 decision over Flores-Salazar
Consi Round 2: Flores-Salazer 9-6 decision over. Darese Sparkman (Mount Union)
Consi Round 3: Flores-Salazer 5-2 decision over Clay Gainer (Messiah)
Consi Quarters: Saturday

Chance Babb (149 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Babb 21-5 Tech. Fall over Kevin Seveigny (Springfield)
Round 2: Babb 12-2 Major Decision over Darese Sparkman (Mount Union)
Quarters: Babb 6-3 decision over Shane Kidler (King's)
Semis: Saturday

Edward Scheck (149 lbs) - eliminated
Round 1: Noah Rice (Messiah) 8-0 major decision over Scheck
Consi Round 1: Scheck medical forfeit over Dan Lilley (Thaddeus Stevens)
Consi Round 2: Luke Temple (Springfield College) fall over Scheck, 2:23

Paul Kakos (149 lbs) - eliminated
Round 1: Angelo Centrone (Cortland) 20-3 Tech. Fall over Kakos
Consi Round 1: Kakos fall over Jacob Smith (Southern Virginia), 1:20
Consi Round 2: Camerin Deville 13-4 decision over Kakos

Robert Lawlor (157 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Lawlor 16-0 Tech. Fall over Hiyuma Nagain (Springfield)
Round 2: Lawlor 3-0 decision over Heath Rudolph (Gettysburg)
Quarters: Lawlor 9-3 decision over Riley McHale (Muhlenberg)
Semis: Saturday

Jason Rezac (157 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Rezac fall over Darrius Patterson (Bridgewater State), 0:50
Round 2: Reac fall over Trey Miletrics (Muhlenberg), 2:29
Quarters: Rezac 15-3 major decision over Colby Spencer (King's)
Semis: Saturday

Matthew Lackman (165 lbs) - still competing 
Round 1: Lackman fall over Nick Montanye (Messiah), 1:30
Round 2: Lackman 20-2 Tech. Fall over Luis Bones (PSU Mont. Alto)
Quarters: Lackman fall over Shane Trattner (Muhlenberg), 1:19
Semis: Saturday

Gino Giacolona (165 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Giacolona 9-0 major decision over Jared Butler (Messiah)
Round 2: Giacolona 10-1 major decision over George Vrachnos (Shenandoah)
Quarters: Giacolona 3-1 decision over Morgan Paterson (Southern Virginia)
Semis: Saturday

Gavin Hollingworth (174 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Hollingsworth 15-5 major decision over. Tim Eddinger (Messiah)
Quarters: Dylan Weaver (Shenandoah) 20-2 Tech. Fall over Hollingsworth
Consi Quarters: Saturday

Anthony Bauer (174 lbs) - eliminated
Round 1: John Sumner (Messiah) 12-4 major decision over Bauer
Consi Round 2: Tim Eddinger (Messiah) 8-1 decision over Bauer

Isaac Kassis (184 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Kassis 20-3 Tech. Fall over Collin Boldt (Muhlenberg), 20-3
Round 2: Kassis fall over  Bobby Walters (Thaddeus Stevens), 3:00
Quarters: Kassis 5-2 decision over Connor Wrobleski (King's)
Semis: Saturday

Mauro Pellot-Vazquez  (197 lbs) - still competing
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Pellot-Vazquez fall over. Steven Gazzilo (Cortland), 6:59
Quarters: Pellot-Vazquez fall over Weston Memmot (Southern Virginia), 1:35
Semis: Saturday

Brian Czaus (197 lbs) - eliminated
Round 1: Czaus 10-7 decision over Doug Clark (Springfield)
Round 2: Greg Grigorian (Muhlenberg) fall over Czaus, 2:23
Consi Round 2: Czaus 12-5 decision over Nick Blitz (Springfield)
Consi Round 3: - Czaus fall over Nathaniel Manarin (Messiah), 3:40
Consi Quarters: Hayk Grigorian (Muhlenberg) fall over Czaus, 4:23

Palmer Rodenhaber (285 lbs)
Round 1: Rodenhaber fall over Thomas Tehodrakos (Bridgewater State), 0:37
Round 2: Palmer Rodenhaber fall over Johnny Rivera (King's), 1:26
Quarters: Rodenhaber fall over Ben Krauss (Muhlenberg), 1:22