BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The No. 20 nationally ranked University of Pennsylvania wrestling team had a successful season opener at the Journeymen Classic on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Quakers sent 24 grapplers to Journeymen, including five freshmen, with Alex Almeyda and Jude Swisher winning their pools to open their collegiate careers.
 
John Stout (285), Nick Incontrera (174), J. Swisher (157), Kelly Dunnigan (149), Andy Troczynski (149), and A. Almeyda (133) all took first place in their respective pools to highlight Penn's first outing of the 2023-24 season. Almeyda, Dunnigan, Stout, and Troczynski went on to win their brackets in their weight classes.
 
In the 133 weight class, freshman Almeyda had an impressive series of matches today. In his first bout against Jake Carlucci of Sacred Heart, he grabbed 12 points from takedowns in the first period to force an 18-3 tech fall win. In his third round, he won 5-1 over Drew Currier (Franklin & Marshall) with a takedown in the first period, then a reversal in the second to secure his spot in the finals. In his last bout of the day, Almeyda had a takedown in the first and second periods over Nain Vazquez (Army) to win the 133C weight class 8-1.
 
The Quakers had a strong outing in the 149 weight class, with Dunnigan (149E) and Troczynski (149C) winning out in their brackets. Troczynski opened the fresh year with a 4-1 bout against LIU's Drew Witham. Witham started the first period with back-to-back caution warnings from Troczynski's pressure. The sophomore took down his opponent in the third period to claim the victory. Troczynski rolled through the third round of the pool with an 11-2 win, closing out the first period with a takedown and then a nearfall. In the finals of the 149C bracket, Troczynski held Nic Botello to zero points after opening the bout with a quick takedown to eventually win 4-0.
 
Dunnigan opened his second-year campaign with a 6-2 bout over Lucas Kapusta, grabbing the win with five points in the third period from a nearfall and escape. Dunnigan his spot in the finals of his bracket with an 18-1 win over Noah Tapia of Hofstra after recording 11 straight points with back-to-back nearfalls. The sophomore won out with a major decision over Luke Bender (Franklin & Marshall), tallying eight straight points in the third, with seven coming from a takedown and nearfall.
 
Senior Stout wrapped up the winning brackets in the 285C weight class, winning his first bout of the day 10-2 and earning a takedown over Army's Christ Murphy in each period. Stout quickly closed out the third round, winning 3-0 over Sacred Heart's Andrew Foy, taking down the Pioneer with 16 seconds left on the clock. The New Jersey native won over Power-5 opponent Tarik Sutkovic 4-2 in the final round. Stout ended his day with a takedown 55 seconds into the third to confirm his win.
 
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No. 21 Ryan Miller won by a major decision over Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh), 12-1
Diego Sotelo (Harvard) won by a decision over No. 21 Miller (Penn), 7-3
No. 21 Miller won by a fall over Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell), 3-1
Max Gallagher (Penn) won by a decision over Robbie Sagaris (LIU), 7-2
Charlie Farmer (Army) won by a decision over Gallagher (Penn), 4-2
Gallagher (Penn) won by a decision over Robert Howard (Penn State), 8-5
Brady Pruett (Penn) won by a decision over Max Brewster (ASU), 8-3
Trevon Gray (Pitt-Johnson) won by a decision over Pruett (Penn), 4-1
Pruett (Penn) won by a decision over B. Jackson (NC State),14-3
 
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No. 5 Michael Colaiocco (Penn) won by a major decision over Mason Leiphart (Franklin & Marshall), 8-0
No. 1 Vito Arujau (Cornell) won by a major decision over No. 5 Colaiocco (Penn), 12-3
Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) won by a decision over No. 5 Colaiocco (Penn), 8-2
Alex Almeyda (Penn) won by a tech fall over Jake Carlucci (Sacred Heart), 18-3
Almeyda (Penn) won by a fall over Drew Currier (Franklin & Marshall), 5-1
Almeyda (Penn) won by a fall over Nain Vazquez (Army), 8-1
 
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David Evans (Penn State) won by a decision over No. 6 CJ Composto (Penn), 4-1
Malyke Hines (Lehigh) won by a decision over No. 6 Composto (Penn), 9-6
No. 6 Composto (Penn) won by a tech fall over Dante Frinzi (Harvard), 16-1
Zach Keal (Army) won by a fall over Nico Nardone (Penn), 6-2
Nardone (Penn) won by a tech fall over Cody Foot (ASU), 21-6
Carter Bailey (Lehigh) won by a decision over Nardone (Penn), 8-2
 
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Nic Botello (Army) won by a decision over Jackson Polo (Penn), 4-3
Polo (Penn) won by a tech fall over Luke Albanese (Sacred Heart), 24-8
Andy Troczynski (Penn) won by a decision over Drew Witham (LIU), 4-1
Troczynski (Penn) won by a major decision over Kimo Leia (Lehigh), 11-2
Troczynski (Penn) won by a decision over Nic Botello (Army), 4-0
Polo (Penn) won by a fall over K. Leia (Lehigh). 8-3
Kelly Dunnigan (Penn) won by a decision over Lucas Kapusta (Lock Haven), 6-2
Dunnigan (Penn) won by a tech fall over Noah Tapia (Hofstra), 18-1
Dunnigan (Penn) won by a major decision over Luke Bender (Franklin & Marshall), 12-2
Nate Wade (Cornell) won by a decision over Jackson Dean (Penn), 7-3
Will McMullen (LIU) won by a decision over Dean (Penn), 8-3
Dean (Penn) won by forfeit over Nick Demarco (Sacred Heart)
 
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Max Brignola (Lehigh) won by a decision No. 21 Lucas Revano (Penn) 10,3
No. 21 Revano (Penn) won by a decision over Joe Cangro (Harvard) 6,3
Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) won by a decision over No. 21 Revano (Penn) 5-5
Jude Swisher (Penn) won by a fall over Michael Kilic (ASU), 3-0
Swisher won by a tech fall over Oscar Aranda (Army), 17-0
Meyer Sharpio (Cornell) won by a tech fall over Swisher (Penn), 15-0
 
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Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) won by a major decision over Kaya Sement (Penn), 9-0
Sement (Penn) won by a decision over Cole Spencer (Penn), 3-0
Sement (Penn) lost by fall to J. Johnson (LIU), 1:15
Barraclough (Penn State) won by a decision over Spencer (Penn), 5-0
Spencer won by a tech fall over N. Franzen (Sacred Heart), 17-1, 6:13

 
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Nick Incontrera (Penn) won by a tech fall over Orlando Cruz (Purdue), 16-1
Incontrera (Penn) won by a decision over Ross McFarland (Hofstra), 5-1
Carter Starocci (Penn State) won by a tech fall over Incontrera (Penn), 21-5
Benny Baker won by a major decision over Lance Urbas (Penn), 9-1
Aurelius Dunbar (Penn State) won by decision over Urbas (Penn), 7-3
Corey Connelly won by a major decision over Urbas (Penn), 19-6
 
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Maximus Hale won by a major decision over JT Davis (Lehigh), 8-0
James Conway won by a decision over Hale (Penn), 9-4
Hale won by fall over Cael Valencia (ASU), 4:35
Josh Barr (Penn State) won by a tech fall over Jake Stefanowicz (Penn), 24-9
Anthony D'Alesio (LIU) won by a decision over Stefanowicz (Penn), 4-1
J. Stefanowicz (Penn) won by a tech fall over Luke Isaak (ASU), 19-4
 
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No. 21 Cole Urbas (Penn) won by a fall over Wolfgang Frable (Army), 3-0
Michael Beard (Lehigh) won by a tech fall over No. 21 Urbas (Penn), 18-1
No. 21 Urbas (Penn) won by a decision over Max Agresti (Harvard), 2-0
Martin Cosgrove (Penn) won by a decision over Christian Knop (NC State), 5-0
Cosgrove (Penn) won by a major decision over Ben Vanadia (Purdue), 11-3
Aaron Brooks (Penn State) won by a fall over Cosgrove (Penn), 6-1, 2:33
 
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John Stout (Penn) won by a major decision over Chris Murphy (Army), 10-2
Stout (Penn) won by a fall over Andrew Foy (Sacred Heart), 3-0, 0:31
Stout (Penn) won by a decision over Tarik Sutkovic (ASU), 4-2
Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) won by default over Zach Delsanter (Penn), 10-3
TJ Moore (Lehigh) won by default over Delsanter (Penn)
Brendan Gilchrist won by a decision over Matthew Cruise (Penn), 8-6
Cruise (Penn) won by forfeit over Delsanter (Penn)

Up Next
The Quakers are at The Palestra for the first time next Sunday, competing in the PRTC Keystone Classic.