COLLEGEVILLE, PA – The Johns Hopkins wrestling team dropped a trio of tight Centennial Conference dual meets on Saturday afternoon at Ursinus.  The Blue Jays fell to Muhlenberg, 29-17, to open the day and later fell to host Ursinus (21-18) and the Merchant Marine Academy (23-21).  The losses drop the Blue Jays to 2-7 overall and 0-3 in the Centennial.

Against the Mules
Muhlenberg jumped out to a 22-0 lead and held off a Blue Jay rally to grab the 29-17 victory.  After the Mules grabbed three pins and a major dec. in the first four bouts, the Blue Jays got back to wins by decision from Chris Roybal (157) and Jared Osborne (165) before Joe Paul added a technical fall at 174 and Grant Walnoha scored a 54-second pin of Hunter Gill at 184 to pull the Jays with in 22-17.  Muhlenberg iced the with win a major decision at 197 and a decision at 285.
 
Against the Bears
The Blue Jays rallied from an early 13-0 deficit to grab a 15-13 lead with three bouts to go, but he Bears won two of those three to grab the 21-18 victory.  Justin Valdoria got the Blue Jay rally started with an 8-6 win over Dante Monaco at 149 and Roybal and Osborne followed with decisions of their own.  Paul then picked up his 12^th consecutive victory and gave the Blue Jays the 15-13 lead when he pinned Connor Fritsch in 4:41.   The Bears then picked up wins by technical fall at 184 and decision at 197 to grab a 21-15 lead; Hank Behaeghel's 7-3 win at 285 for the Blue Jays accounted for the 21-18 final score.
 
Against the Mariners
Johns Hopkins won four of the first six bouts to grab an 18-10 lead before the Merchant Marine Academy rallied for the win.  A Brent Lorin win by forfeit at 125, decisions by Valdoria and Osborne and a first-period pin for Roybal helped the Blue Jays to the eight-point lead.  In the featured match of the day, it was Merchant Marine's Dominick Esposito earning an escape at the buzzer in the third period and then scoring a takedown in overtime to edge Paul, 6-4.  The Mariners grabbed a major decision and pin at 184 and 197, respectively, to turn the 18-13 deficit into a 23-18 lead before Behaeghel scored a 3-0 victory at 285 to account for the 23-21 final score.
 
Notes of Interest
Paul tied Ricky Cavallo's single-season school record with his eighth technical fall of the season.  Roybal and Osborne both went 3-0 on the day to lead the way for the Blue Jays, who also got a 2-0 performance from Behaeghel and 2-1 showings from Paul and Valdoria.  Roybal has won eight of his last 10.  The win for Lorin was the 40^th of his career.
 
What's Next
The Blue Jays will return to action on Friday, February 4 when they welcome Washington & Lee to Goldfarb Gymnasium (pm).  Johns Hopkins will honor its seniors prior to the match.
 
Muhlenberg-29, Johns Hopkins-17
125 – Joey Lamparelli (M) pin Brent Lorin (J), 2:48 (6-0)
133 – Ricky Caamano (M) maj. dec. Kareem Chambers (J), 10-1 (10-0)
141 – Greg Baum (M) pin Yosef Ellis-Rech (J), 0:50 (16-0)
149 – Yonbue Goodall-Tanco (M) pin Justin Valdoria (J), 6:14 (22-0)
157 – Chris Roybal (J) dec. Ezra Toll (M), 5-0 (22-3)
165 – Jared Osborne (J) dec. Ronnie Grevera (M), 6-4 (22-6)
174 – Joe Paul (J) tech. fall Aidan Weingrad (M), 18-3 (22-11)
184 – Grant Walnoha (J) pin Hunter Gill (M) 0:54 (22-17)
197 – Luca Colestock (M) maj. dec. John Libby (J), 10-1 (26-17)
285 – Keshon Davila (M) dec. Jack Dunn (J), 4-0 (29-17)
 
Ursinus-21, Johns Hopkins-18
125 – Trey Adams (U) maj. dec. Brent Lorin (J), 14-6 (4-0)
133 – Romeo Rodriguez (U) pin Kareem Chambers (J), 4:52 (10-0)
141 – Jagger Clapsdale (U) def. Yosef Ellis-Rech (J), 1-0 (13-0)
149 – Justin Valdoria (J) dec. Dante Monaco (U), 8-6 (13-3)
157 – Chris Roybal (J) dec. Stone Franczyk (U), 8-2 (13-6)
165 – Jared Osborne (J) dec. Noah Supsic (U), 3-2 (13-9)
174 – Joe Paul (J) pin Connor Fritsch (U), 4:41 (13-15)
184 – Gary Nangle (U) tech. fall Grant Walnoha (J), 20-2 (18-15)
197 – Kyle Schaffer (U) dec. John Libby (J), 4-0 (21-15)
285 – Hank Behaeghel (J) dec. Malcolm Hunt (U), 7-3 (21-18)
 
Merchant Marine-23, Johns Hopkins-21
125 – Brent Lorin (J) win by forfeit (6-0)
133 – Cameron Pleninger (MM) pin Kareem Chambers (J), 4:48 (6-6)
141 – Eddie Pinc (MM) maj. def. Yosef Ellis-Rech (J), 16-3 (6-10)
149 – Justin Valdoria (J) dec. Austin Manning (MM), 9-6 (9-10)
157 – Chris Roybal (J) pin Tharen Burns (MM), 2:11 (15-10
165 – Jared Osborne (J) dec. Eric DeWald (MM), 9-6 (18-10)
174 – Dominick Esposito (MM) dec. Joe Paul (J), 6-4 (sv) (18-13)
184 – Billy Simms (MM) maj. dec. Grant Walnoha (J), 14-4 (18-17)
197 – James Cruz (MM) pin John Libby (J), 3:49 (18-23)
285 – Hank Behaeghel (J) dec. Reid Garrison (U), 3-0 (21-23)