WESTMINSTER, MD – The Johns Hopkins wrestling team earned a sweep of McDaniel and Gettysburg Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference action at the Gill Center on the McDaniel College campus.  The Blue Jays erased deficits of 14-3 and 20-6 to score a 23-20 win over the host Green Terror, then jumped to leads of 12-0 and 20-10 before holding off the Bullets, 23-21.
The Blue Jays improve to 5-5 overall and 2-0 in the Centennial Conference with the two victories.

Against the Green Terror
The Blue Jays dropped three of the first four bouts to fall behind 14-3 and were down 20-6 after the Terror got a first-period pin at 165.  From there, the Blue Jays won the final four bouts with two crucial bonus-point victories fueling the late rally.

Junior Nathan Wertheimer jump-started the 17-0 match-ending run as he pinned Garrett Vandervalk in 5:34 at 174 to quickly slice the deficit to 20-12.  A tough 2-0 win by Isaac Morales over Ronnie Wuest at 184 and a 17-2 Miles Gilliam tech fall of Quinton Lyons at 197 knotted the match at 20-20 heading into the 285-pound bout.
There, sophomore Henri Behaeghel scored one of the biggest wins of his career as he topped Chris Hauffman, 7-4, to give the Blue Jays the 23-20 victory.

Against the Bullets
Unlike the match against McDaniel, it was the Blue Jays that jumped to an early lead.  Jeremy Berger grabbed a forfeit win at 125 and senior Ricky Cavallo needed all of 71 seconds to pin Alex Shaffer to give JHU the 12-point advantage.

The Bullets were within 12-10 after back-to-back wins at 141 and 149, but Hopkins had a 10-point lead at 20-10 after Dominick Reyes (157) and Dane Morgan (165) both scored wins by major decision.
Gettysburg sandwiched major decision wins at 174 and 197 around a 6-0 win by Morales at 184 for Johns Hopkins to send the match into the 285-pound bout with JHU leading 23-18.

Behaeghel and Gettysburg senior Paul Triandafilou battled for seven minutes with a Triandafilou scoring the only point of the match with a third-period escape.  The win by decision gave GC three points and accounted for the final score of 23-18.

Double Winners
Cavallo, Reyes and Morales all went 2-0 on the for Johns Hopkins.

What's Next
JHU will return to action on Friday, February 1 when the Blue Jays host Washington & Lee.

Johns Hopkins-23, McDaniel-20
125: Nick Malinowksi (M) tech. fell Jeremy Berger 18-0 (4:12); (0-5)
133: Ricky Cavallo (J) dec. Ryker Eckenbarger 10-4; (3-5)
141: Isaiah Edmond (M) pinned Connor Mauriello 2:54; (3-11)
149: Skyler Minutelli (M) dec. Joe Paul 4-0; (3-14)
157: Dominick Reyes (J) dec. Wade Bishop 8-5; (6-14)
165: Cole Nagle (M) pinned Dane Morgan 1:43; (6-20)
174: Nathan Wertheimer (J) pinned Garrett Vandervalk 5:34; (12-20)
184: Isaac Morales (J) dec. Ronnie Wuest 2-0; (15-20)
197: Miles Gilliam (J) tech. fell Quinton Lyons 17-2 (3:35); (20-20)
HWT: Henri Behaeghel (J) dec. Chris Hauffman 7-4. (23-20)
 
Johns Hopkins-23, Gettysburg-21
125: Jeremy Berger (J) won by forfeit; (6-0)
133: Ricky Cavallo (J) pinned Alex Shaffer 1:11; (12-0)
141: Sean Thompson (G) maj. dec. Connor Mauriello 8-0; (12-4)
149: Colin Devlin (G) pinned Joe Paul 2:04; (12-10)
157: Dominick Reyes (J) maj. dec. Ray Martin 12-2; (16-10)
165: Dane Morgan (J) maj. dec. Mason Canonico 12-3; (20-10)
174: Colin Kowalski (G) maj. dec. Nathan Wertheimer 10-2; (20-14)
184: Isaac Morales (J) dec. Austin Roskos 6-0; (23-14)
197: Dan Ebert (G) maj. dec. Miles Gilliam 12-2; (23-18)
HWT: Paul Triandafilou (G) dec. Henri Behaeghel 1-0. (23-21)
 
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