Ephs Wrap Up Citrus Invitational

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The Williams College Ephs concluded the 2022 Citrus Invitational, securing three top-eight finishes in championship brackets and four top-four finishes in warrior brackets to go with an 11^th place overall team finish.
 
At 125, David Yeh came out on fire in the warrior bracket, picking up three consecutive decisive wins to secure a 9^thplace overall finish. 
 
At 133, Thursday's standout Jack Napeloni was unable to best Castleton's Andrew Marchese, setting up a 7^th place bout with Roanoke's Corey Messick. Unfortunately, Messick came out on top, resulting in Napeloni taking home 8^th place overall.
 
At 149, Caleb Seyfried, like Yeh, entered the day determined to pick up a warrior bracket win. In his first two matches, Seyfried delivered back-to-back sub-60 second pins, booking him a place in the 149B final where he was stopped by Joe Penchi of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
 
At 157, Peter Kane started the day with a setback, losing for the first time all weekend in the semifinal to the eventual champion. Kane made sure that would be his only tally in the loss column though, rebounding with a pair of wins to secure a team high 3^rd place finish. Also at 157, Jack Murphy rallied through the warrior bracket, picking up two pins along the way before falling in the final.
 
At 184, Will Smith started the day off right with a win over Josh Negron of Castleton, keeping him in the running for a podium spot. In the following match he found himself paired up again with Mahlic Sallah of Roanoke. In a nail-biter, Sallah grabbed a narrow 4-3 win by decision, forcing Smith into the 5^th place match. In another tight affair, Smith was unable to overcome his opponent from Cornell, leaving him with a 6^th place finish.
 
At heavyweight, Wyatt Moyer fought to the semifinal of the warrior bracket where a 2-1 sudden victory went against his favor.
 
Reflecting on his team's performance over the past two days, Eph head coach Scott Honecker had this to say: "We had a rough first day and we didn't perform as well as we're capable.  I'm looking directly in the mirror on this one. These guys did a great job managing their weight over the holidays and I didn't guide them nearly as well as I should have in their recovery. We regrouped, refocused and had a strong second day. David Yeh and Jack Murphy really set a great example by wrestling their tails off in day two after some losses on day one. We are excited to get these boys back to campus and make some big jumps in the room over the January term."
 
The Ephs will be back in action on home turf in just over a week's time when they host the Williams Open at historic Lasell Gymnasium on Saturday January 7^th. 
 
Below are the individual results from day two.
 
125
 
Lucas Johnson
 

• 125B Quarterfinal – Lost by 1:12 fall to Adrian Samano of Ferrum 

David Yeh

• 125A Quarterfinal – Won by 2:37 fall over Marcus Hayes of St. Johns (MN)
• 125A Semifinal – Won by 18-5 major decision over Chase Arnestad of Liberty
• 125A Final – Won by 13-2 major decision over Jayden Rael of Cornell

133
 
Donnie Morton

• 133A Round of 16 – Won by 11-10 decision over Caleb Massari of Castleton
• 133A Quarterfinal – Lost by 13-3 major decision to Teagyn Ludwig of St. Johns (MN)

Jack Napeloni

• Consolation Round 7 – Lost by 13-2 major decision to Andrew Marchese of Castleton
• 7^th Place Match – Lost by 9-3 decision to Corey Messick of Roanoke College

Noe Romero

• 133A Round of 16 – Lost by medical forfeit to Daniel Kirsch of Castleton

 
149

Caleb Seyfried

• 149B Quarterfinal – Won by 0:59 fall over Kyle Pokornowski of Castleton
• 149B Semifinal – Won by 0:53 fall over Mike Lowry of UNC Pembroke
• 149B Final – Lost by 16-6 major decision to Joe Penchi of Wisconsin-La Crosse

157
 
Peter Kane

• Semifinal – Lost by 4:39 fall to Blake Jagodzinske of Ausburg
• Consolation Semifinal – Won by 2:37 fall over Zane Cox of Roanoke
• 3^rd Place Match – Won by 6-1 decision over Patrick McGraw of John Carrol

Jack Murphy

• 157B Quarterfinal – Won by 2:33 fall over John Garcia of NYU
• 157B Semifinal – Won by 3:16 fall over Dominique Quiroz of Schreiner
• 157B Final – Lost by 1:02 fall to Jaylen York of University of the Ozarks

 
165
 
Eamon Garrity-Rokous

• 165B Round of 16 – Lost by 3-2 decision to Jacob Cherry of Roanoke

 
174
 
Max Hall

• 174A Round of 16 – Lost by 4:19 fall to Hayden LeMonds of St. Johns (MN)

 
184
 
William Smith

• Consolation Round 7 – Won by 8-3 decision over Josh Negron of Castleton
• Consolation Semifinal – Lost by 4-3 decision to Mahlic Sallah of Roanoke
• 5^th Place Match – Lost by 4-1 decision to Cael Mclaren of Cornell 

197

Elias Chen

• 197A Round of 16 – Lost by 1:33 fall to Jackson Brinker of Cornell

 
285
 
Wyatt Moyer

• 285A Round of 16 – Won by 1:25 fall over Quinn Wilcoxen of Cornell
• 285A Quarterfinal – Won by 1:12 fall over Devin Dixon of Castleton
• 285A Semifinal – Lost by 2-1 sudden victory to Thomas Lunt of John Carroll 

Tim Brown

• 285A Round of 16 – Lost by 11-3 major decision to Landen Schemmel of Cornell