Wrestling Advances to Day Two of NCAA Regional Qualifer

LYCOMING, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend wrestling team is in 13^th place out of 19 teams at the 2025 NCAA Division III Regional Qualifier hosted by Lycoming College on Saturday.

Team Scores:

1. Stevens 91, 2. Wilkes 78.5, 3. Ithaca 71, 4. RIT 67.5, 5. Oneonta State 63.5, 6. Lycoming 62, 7. Centenary 56, 8. St. John Fisher 55.5, 9. Oswego State 50.5, 10. Brockport 49.5, 11. Penn 46, 12. Cortland State 38, 13. Behrend 36, 14. Alfred State 26, 15. New Jersey City 21, T16. Hunter 16, T16. Pitt-Bradford 16, 18. Elmira 2.5, 19. Keystone 2

Key Moments:

* The Behrend Lions had five wrestlers post a 2-1 record on the day to advance to day two of the regional
* At 125, Zach Dellinger (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville) dropped his first match and bounced back to win the next two bouts by pinfall
* Dellinger defeated Ryan Farley of Alfred State in 1:20 and then only needed 48 seconds to take down Cameron Hinchcliff of Oneonta State in the second round of the consolation
* Cole Neil (Saint Marys, PA/Saint Marys), wrestling at 141, also registered a pair of pins after faling in his first match by major decision (17-8)
* Neil pinned Richard Morales of Alfred State in 20 seconds and Matt Haycook of Ithaca in 3:50
* At 157, Rudy Brown (Burgettstown, PA/Burgettstown) posted a 2-1 record on the day, defeating Gavin Gomes of Penn by fall (6:50) and Marquis Larmond of Brockport by a 2-1 decision
* Konnor Tubin (Pewaukee, WI/Pewaukee) had a pair of wins at 174
* Tubin pinned Gavin Seiler of Cortland State in 1:43 and had a 4-1 sudden victory to stay alive in the tournament against Cole Shupp of Penn
* Nolan Fenton (Kersey, PA/Saint Marys) is the fifth wrestler competing tomorrow for the Lions
* Fenton won by technical fall over Jevin Torres of Hunter, 19-2, and dropped to the consolation bracket after falling to Blaise Wagner of Steves
* Fenton got his final win of the day by decision (20-15) over Aaron Johnson

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action tomorrow for day two of the Regional Qualifier. Matches begin at 10 a.m.