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Wrestling 1/5/2024 7:12:00 PM

Four Terps Finish In Third At F&M Open, 25 Compete Overall

LANCASTER, PA – A quartet of Terps took home third-place at the Franklin & Marshall Lehman Open on Friday. Maryland had 25 guys compete in the F&M Lehman Open, including eight freshmen competing unattached.

Braxton Brown, Kal Miller, Ethen Miller and Michael North all advanced to their respective semifinals, however they were not able to find wins. All four rebounded in their third-place matches, with Brown. Ethen Miller and North all winning by pin. Brown knocked off No. 18 Dom Zaccone while Kal Miller defeated four-time NCAA qualifier for the second time this season, this time in sudden victory. Miller and North both pinned seeded opponents.

After dropping his first match of the day, King Sandoval pinned four straight opponents and put himself in the final eight remaining wrestlers at 133.

At 184, Chase Mielnik and Kevin Makosy both made impressive runs through the back end, winning three and four matches respectively. Makosy, who also picked up a win in his first match of the day in the Round of 64, advanced to the Consi Round of 8 #2 but the match was declared a no contest due to Makosy hitting his match limit.

Seth Nevills made it to the heavyweight quarterfinals, winning his first three matches by bonus points, but was forced to bow out due to an injury default.

Several Maryland true freshmen, competing unattached, impressed on the day.

At 165, freshman AJ Rodrigues won his first two matches of the day to put himself in the quarterfinals. He finished in the consolation of 8 #2. At 141, a trio of Terps in Dario Lemus, Clayton Gabrielson and Michael Pizzuto combined for nine wins on the day.

Full results:

(133) #17 Braxton Brown (#1 seed)

R32: Brown TF (15-0, 1:43) Garrett Totten (Navy)
R16: Brown dec. (5-0) Nick Kayal (Princeton)
Quarters: Brown major dec. (10-1) Tyler DeKraker (Unattached-unrostered)
Semis: No. 29 Vinnie Santaniello (#5 seed, Pittsburgh) dec. (3-1) Brown
3rd place: Brown fall (4:22) No. 18 Dom Zaccone (#2 seed, Campbell)

(133) Conner Quinn

R64: #18 Dom Zaccone (#2 seed, Campbell) TF (19-4, 1:42) Quinn
Consi 32 #2: Garret Totten (Navy) fall (6:20) Quinn

(133) King Sandoval

R32: #25 Brendan Ferretti (#3 seed, Navy) dec. (8-3) Sandoval
Consi 16 #1: Sandoval fall (2:27) Trey Friedman (Drexel)
Consi 16 #2: Sandoval fall (5:56) Chris Betancourt (LIU)
Consi 8 #1: Sandoval fall (1:56) Nick Kayal (Princeton)
Consi 8 #2: Sandoval fall (1:47) Aidan O'Shea (F&M)
Consi 4: No. 27 Mason Leiphart (#4 seed, F&M) major dec. (14-6) Sandoval

(141) #9 Kal Miller (#1 seed)

R32: Miller dec. (6-3) Briar Priest (Pitt)
R16: Miller dec. (3-0) Wyatt Fox (Lock Haven)
Quarters: Miller dec. (5-4) Rich Treanor (8th seed, Army)
Semis: Carter Bailey (#5 seed, Lehigh) fall SV TB-2 Miller
3rd-Place: Miller SV dec. (4-1) No. 27 Cole Matthews (#3 seed, Pittsburgh)

(141) Clayton Gabrielson (unattached)

R64: Nathan Lucier (Binghamton) major dec. (10-1) Gabrielson
Consi 32 #2: Gabrielson fall (3:50) Connor Swaim (Pittsburgh)
Consi 16 #1: Gabrielson major dec. (16-2) Nicholas Cottone (Millersville-UNATT)
Consi 16 #2: Gabrielson dec. (1-0) Chris Rivera (#7 seed, Campbell)
Consi 8 #1: Lemus dec. (7-3) Gabrielson

(141) Dario Lemus (unattached)

R32: Carter Bailey (#5 seed, Lehigh) dec. (8-3) Lemus
Consi 32 #2: Lemus major dec. (17-4) Drew Currier (F&M)
Consi 16 #1: Lemus TF (18-3, 5:15) Bo Dijulius (LIU)
Consi 16 #2: Lemus dec. (9-8) Mason Clark (Columbia)
Consi 8 #1: Lemus dec. (7-3) Gabrielson
Consi 8 #2: Rich Treanor fall (1:29) Lemus

(141) Michael Pizzuto (unattached)

R64: Emory Taylor (Pittsburgh) SV dec. (7-4) Pizzuto
Consi 32 #2: Pizzuto dec. (6-5) Jaden Pepe (Harvard)
Consi 16 #1: Pizzuto dec. (2-1) Spencer Barnhardt (Penn)
Consi 16 #2: Ryan Luna (Presbyterian) dec. (3-1) Pizzuto

(149) #13 Ethen Miller (#1 seed)

R32: Miller fall (4:55) Joe Fernau (Air Force)
R16: Miller major dec. (9-1) Justin Rivera (Campbell)
Quarters: Miller major dec. (15-2) Sean Seefeldt (Penn)
Semis: Kelly Dunnigan (Penn) SV dec. (5-2) Miller
3rd-Place: Miller fall (4:50) Nick Stonecheck (#7 seed, Lock Haven)

(149) Joe Fisk

R64: Chase Burke (LHU-UNATT) dec. (12-7) Fisk
Consi 32 #1: Fisk dec. (7-2) Trent Donahue (Presbyterian)
Consi 32 #2: Dashawn Farber (Lock Haven) fall (0:57) Fisk

(149) Luke Jacobs

R64: Jacobs dec. (9-8) Oliver Fairchild (Campbell)
R32: Ryan Zimmerman (American) fall (1:44) Jacobs
Consi 32 #2: Bryce Shelton (Air Force) dec. Jacobs

(149) Nathan Perry (unattached)

R64: Drew Lang (Princeton) dec. (9-7) Perry
Consi 32 #2: Gage Owen (American - UNATT) dec. (11-4) Perry

(157) #31 Michael North (#2 seed)

R64: North major dec. (11-0) Kelly Kakos (UNATT)
R32: North dec. (5-0) Franke Volpe (Hofstra-UNATT)
R16: North fall (4:00) Daniel Carlson (Kent State)
Quarters: North fall (1:02) Jared Keslar (7th seed, Pittsburgh)
Semis: Jude Swisher (Penn) dec. (5-2) North
3rd-Place: North fall (4:45) Carter Baer (#5 seed, Binghamton)

(157) Kevin Schork

R64: Tyler Williams (Drexel) TF (15-0, 4:40) Schork
Consi 32 #1: Schork TF (17-0, 4:49) Tyler Shea (F&M)
Consi 32 #2: Richie Grungo (Lehigh-UNATT) major dec. (12-2) Schork

(165) Gaven Bell

R64: Donavan Smith (LIU-UNATT) dec. (16-10) Bell
Consi 32 #2: James Johnston TF (15-0, 5:19) Bell

(165) AJ Rodrigues (unattached)

R64: Rodrigues dec. (8-3) Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian)
R32: Rodrigues dec. (8-1) Aiden Gaugler (Lock Haven)
R16: Jake Slotnick (Hofstra-UNATT) dec. (4-1) Rodrigues
Consi 16 #2: Rodrigues SV-2 dec. (4-1) Riley Augustine (Campbell)
Consi 8 #1: Rodrigues dec. (8-5) Luca Pontone (Princeton)
Consi 8 #2: Aaron Ferguson (Kent State) TF (15-0, 4:54) Rodrigues

(165) Ryan Money (unattached)

R64: No. 26 Josh Kim (#3 seed Harvard) fall (3:44) Money
Consi 32 #2: Money dec. (11-6) Matt Rogers (Hofstra)
Consi 16 #1: Cole Spencer (Penn) TF (17-0, 3:32) Money

(174) Jagger Gray (unattached)

R32: Luke Ahrberg (NC State) fall (2:22) Gray
Consi 16 #2: Corey Connolly (LIU) fall (2:44) Gray

(184) Chase Mielnik

R32: Jakob Gilfoil (#8 seed, Army) dec. (10-4) Mielnik
Consi 32 #2: Mielnik major dec. (11-0) Natty Lapinski (Drexel)
Consi 16 #1: Mielnik dec. (14-11) Zyan Hall (Navy)
Consi 16 #2: Mielnik fall (4:55) Eli Anthony (Drexel)
Consi 8 #1: Anthony D'Alesio (6th-seed, LIU) SV dec. (8-5) Mielnik

(184) Kevin Makosy

R64: Makosy fall (3:24) Ericson Velasquez (Hofstra)
R32: Anthony D'alesio (LIU) dec. (4-3) Makosy
Consi 32 #2: Makosy dec. (11-4) Gavin Claro (LIU)
Consi 16 #1: Makosy SV dec. (4-1) Jake Stefanowicz (Penn)
Consi 16 #2: Makosy TF (17-2, 4:26) Caleb Roe (Presbyterian)
Consi 8 #1: Makosy dec. (4-1) Cole Dubois (Millersville-UNATT)
Consi 8 #2: Colin Fegley (#7 seed, Lock Haven) wins by no content

(184) Anthony Bradley

R32: Cael Black (Lock Haven) TF (16-1, 2:23) Bradley
Consi 16 #1: Bradley major dec. (11-3) Joe Burch (UNATT)
Consi 16 #2: Danny Lawrence (#10 seed, Army) major dec. (15-3) Bradley

(285) #23 Seth Nevills (#5 seed)

R64: Nevills major dec. (16-4) Zach Delsanter (Penn)
R32: Nevills major dec. (8-0) Sam Sorenson (Army Prep)
R16: Nevills TF (18-0, 7:00) Tristen Hitchcock (Army)
Quarters: Cory Day (#4 seed, Binghmaton) wins by inj. Default (2:21)
Consi 8 #2: Nathan Carnes (UNATT-Presbyterian) win by MFF

(285) Sam O'Brian

R64: #2 Wyatt Hendrickson (#1 seed, Air Force) fall (1:55) O'Brian
Consi 32 #2: Trent Sibble dec. (4-3) O'Brian

(285) Jordan Gabriel

R32: Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton) fall (1:13) Gabriel
Consi 32 #2: Karam Chakif (Lehigh) dec. (8-6) Gabriel

(285) Larry Vola

R32: Nathan Carnes (Presbyterian-UNATT) dec. (10-6) Vola
Consi 32 #2: Harrison Sharpiro (F&M) dec. (7-6) Vola

(285) Joey Schneck (unattached)

R32: #13 Grady Griess (#3 seed, Navy) fall (2:55) Schneck
Consi 32 #2: Bishop McCoy (UNATT) dec. (7-2) Schneck

Up Next

The Terps open Big Ten competition next week. First, they host Michigan at home at 7:30 pm on Friday, Jan. 12 followed by hosting Northwestern on Sunday, Jan. 14 at 1 pm. Both duals will air on B1G+.
Friday's match is high school night while Sunday's is alumni day.

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Players Mentioned

Gaven Bell: 165 lbs; Redshirt Sophomore

Anthony Bradley: 184 lbs; Redshirt Freshman

Braxton Brown: 133 lbs; Redshirt Sophomore

Joe Fisk: 149 lbs; Redshirt Freshman

Jordan Gabriel: HWT; Senior

Luke Jacobs: 149 lbs; Redshirt Freshman

Kevin Makosy: 184 lbs.; Redshirt Senior

Chase Mielnik: 184 lbs; Redshirt Junior

Ethen Miller: 149 lbs; Redshirt Sophomore

Kal Miller: 141 lbs; Sophomore

Michael North: 157 lbs; Redshirt Senior

Sam O'Brian: HWT; Redshirt Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Gaven Bell
: Redshirt Sophomore
: 165 lbs

Anthony Bradley
: Redshirt Freshman
: 184 lbs

Braxton Brown
: Redshirt Sophomore
: 133 lbs

Joe Fisk
: Redshirt Freshman
: 149 lbs

Jordan Gabriel
: Senior
: HWT

Luke Jacobs
: Redshirt Freshman
: 149 lbs

Kevin Makosy
: Redshirt Senior
: 184 lbs.

Chase Mielnik
: Redshirt Junior
: 184 lbs

Ethen Miller
: Redshirt Sophomore
: 149 lbs

Kal Miller
: Sophomore
: 141 lbs

Michael North
: Redshirt Senior
: 157 lbs

Sam O'Brian
: Redshirt Sophomore
: HWT