BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins wrestling team grabbed three individual titles to fuel a second-place finish at the 2022 Centennial Conference Championships in Goldfarb Gymnasium on Saturday.  The three champions are the most for the Blue Jays since 2013, when they won a school-record five individual titles and won their only Centennial team title.  The runner-up finish is also the best for the Blue Jays since 2013, when they placed second the last time they hosted the championship.
 
Washington & Lee claimed the team title with 97 points with Johns Hopkins finishing second with 87.  Ursinus (66.5) was third followed by Gettysburg (44.5). the Merchant Marine Academy (37), Muhlenberg (34) and McDaniel (20).
 
133 (Brent Lorin • Jr.) - CHAMPION
After an opening-round bye, Lorin took the mat for the first time and scored a stunning 17-7 major decision of top-seeded Luke Kowalski of Gettysburg.  Lorin, who had lost to Kowalski by fall just a week ago, used a four-point near fall in the first period to build an 9-3 lead, held an 11-5 lead after the second and scored a takedown with just over a minute remaining in the third and rode Kowalski out to pick up the victory.
 
In the final, Lorin drew third-seeded Romeo Rodriguez of Ursinus. After some early Rodriguez pressure that nearly resulted in a takedown, it was Lorin who scored a mid-period takedown and worked Rodriguez right to his back, where he scored the fall at the 2:10 mark to claim his first Centennial title.
 
Lorin's title is the fourth for Johns Hopkins at 133 pounds as he joins Paul Marcello (2010, 2011) and Ricky Cavallo (2019) as Centennial Champions at the weight class.
 
141 (Yosef Ellis-Rech • Sr.) – 4^th Place
Ellis-Rech was unseeded and fell in his first match, but bounced back to win two straight in the consolation bracket to move into the third-place match.  There, he fell to Gettysburg's Jake Stein by a score of 3-2.  Stein had topped Ellis-Rech, 10-5, in the opening round, but had to hold on for the one-point win in the third-place match.
 
149 (Justin Valdoria • Jr.) – 2^nd Place
Valdoria earned the number two seed in the perhaps the most wide-open weight class in the tournament and advanced to the finals with a 16-6 win over Tyriel Jefferson of McDaniel in the quarterfinals and a 6-3 win over Austin Manning of the Merchant Marine Academy in the semifinals. Against Manning, he used a pair of takedowns, an escape and a point of riding time to fuel his win.
 
In the finals, Valdoria met Gettysburg's Eric Mougalian and fell 10-6.  In a back-and-forth match, Mougalian led 5-4 after two periods, but used a pair of third-period takedowns and a penalty point to grab the four-point win.
 
157 (Chris Roybal • So.) – 2^nd Place
Roybal grabbed the number three seed and scored a 14-4 major decision of McDaniel's Xavier Howard in the quarterfinals.  He then drew second-seeded Shawn Marchesano of Ursinus in the semifinals and moved to the finals with an 8-3 victory.  He used a pair of first-period takedowns to grab a 4-2 lead, extended the margin to 6-3 at the end of two and used an escape and a point of riding time to advance.
 
In the finals, Roybal met up with ninth-ranked Ryan Luth of Washington & Lee.  Luth scored a pair of first-period takedowns to grab a 4-2 lead, extended the margin to 7-2 after the second and went on to a 12-4 victory.
 
165 (Dominick Reyes • Sr.) - CHAMPION
Reyes earned the top seed and a first-round bye and needed just 45 seconds to move into the finals as he scored a first-period pin of Muhlenberg's Ronnie Grevera.  His semifinal against Jacob Folk lasted just 2:05 longer as he scored a 16-1 first-period technical fall.  After his second takedown of the opening period, he scored three, four-point near falls to cruise into the finals.
 
In the title bout, Reyes met second-seeded Ray Martin of Gettysburg and scored a methodical 13-0 victory.  A takedown and four back points gave him a 6-0 lead at the end of the first period and he added two more takedowns, an escape, a penalty point and riding time to account for the 13-0 victory.

With his win, Reyes becomes the sixth, two-time Centennial Champion in Johns Hopkins history.  He was also the awarded the tournament's Chris Clifford Award, which is presented annually to the senior wrestler who has accumulated the most team points at the Centennial Championships during their career.
 
174 (Joe Paul • Sr.) - CHAMPION
The top seed, Paul earned a first-round bye and needed just 3:59 to move into the championship bout.  After building a 5-2 first-period lead, he scored an early second-period takedown and worked Muhlenberg's Jack Patti to his back before earning the fall 59 seconds into the period.
 
Paul and McDaniei's Michael Bromley locked up in the finals, where points would be at a premium.  After Bromley scored an early second-period escape to go up 1-0, Paul used a takedown and a third-period escape of his own to grab his first Centennial title with a 3-1 victory.  He is Johns Hopkins' sixth 174-pound Centennial Champion.
 
184 (Grant Walnoha • Jr.) – 4^th Place
The number three seed, Walnoha drew Deon Savage of McDaniel in the quarterfinals and scored a 17-1 technical fall victory.  He built an 8-1 lead after one period, moved the margin to 12-1 after two with four back points and closed out his win with a takedown, two back points and a point of riding time in the third.
 
Walnoha slipped to the consolation bracket with a 6-0 loss to second-seeded Gary Nagle of Ursinus before scoring a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Gettysburg's Blake Silber. Down 3-1 late in the match, Walnoha scored a takedown and earned a point of riding time to advance to the third-place match, where he fell to Washington & Lee's Brad Basham.
 
197 (Will Shiber • Fr.) - DNP
Shiber fell to the consolation bracket with a quarterfinal loss to second-seeded Jason Carter of Ursinus, but bounced back to score a stunning second-period pin of Gettysburg's Brenden Loder.  Down 4-1 at the end of the first period, he scored a takedown and sent Loder right to his back and scored a stunning pin in 4:06.  Shiber fell in his next match to finish 1-2 on the day.
 
285 (Hank Behaeghel • Sr.)
Seeded second, Behaeghel needed just 21 seconds to move through the quarterfinals as he scored an early takedown of Gettysburg's Jon Stix and quickly worked him to his back for the pin.
 
In the semifinals, Behaeghel erased a 4-2 deficit at the end of the first period to score a 10-5 come-from-behind win over Malcolm Hunt of Ursinus.  He used an escape and two second-period takedowns to grab the lead for good and rode Hunt out in the third period to advance.
 
In the finals, Behaeghel met top-seeded Clay Chadwick of Washington & Lee.  Chadwick led 2-0 in the third period before scoring a takedown and two back points near the edge of the mat.  On the takedown, Behaeghel suffered and injury and the match was halted.  Still, Behaeghel is the first Johns Hopkins entry at 285 to advance to the finals at the Centennial Championships since Karol Gryczynski in 2004.