BALTIMORE, MD – Visiting Ursinus won the first four bouts to grab a 19-0 lead and the Bears went on to a 33-11 win over Johns Hopkins in Centennial Conference wrestling action in Goldfarb Gymnasium Friday evening.  The win improves the Bears' record to 5-6 overall and 1-0 in the Centennial, while the Blue Jays slip to 2-9 overall and 0-1 in the Centennial.
 
Where the Match Was Won
After taking a forfeit win at 125, the Bears got a first-period pin from Michael Adams at 133, an Andrew Schaen major decision at 141 and a Max Parnis decision at 149 to grab the 19-point lead that the Blue Jays couldn't overcome.

Johns Hopkis was within 23-11 with three bouts to go, but the Bears sealed the victory with a major decision from Nils Updale and 184 and back-to-back decision at 197 and 285 to close out the 33-11 victory.
 
Blue Jay Winners
Johns Hopkins picked up two victories on the night, a technical fall by sophomore Freddy Pimental at 157 and a third-period pin at 174 from junior Connor Powell to account for its 11 points.
 
Pimental jumped out to a 7-0 first-period lead on the strength of a takedown and a four-point nearfall and then added an escape and a takedown in both the second and third periods to lock up his fifth technical fall of the season.

Powell had erased an early 6-3 deficit with a second-period takedown that evened his match against Anthony Cerulli entering the third period.  There, he scored an early reversal and three-point nearfall to grab an 11-6 lead before Cerulli scored a reversal of his own to pull within 11-8 with a little more than a minute remaining.  While still in a defensive position on the mat, Powell hunted for and found Cerulli's head and quickly put him on his back for a pin at the 6:06 mark.  The pin is the 14^th of Powell's career.
 
Notes of Interest
Pimental's technical fall was the 32^nd of the year for the Blue Jays – they are two away from the program single-season record of 34, which was set last year.  Powell's pin was the team's 68^th of the year, which is three shy of the program single-season record 71 (2019-20).  The two bonus-point wins on the night boost the team's total for the year to 130 (30 MD / 32 TF / 68 Pins), which breaks the program's previous single-season record of 128, which was also set last season.
 
What's Next
Johns Hopkins will return to action tomorrow (January 25) when the Blue Jays travel to Hunter (NY) to take on Waynesburg and the host Hawks.
 
Ursinus-33, Johns Hopkins-11
125 – Franco Mazza (U) win by forfeit (6-0)
133 – Michael Adams (U) pin Duncan Stadler (J) (2:11) (12-0)
141 – Andrew Schaen (U) maj. dec. Giorgio Difalco (J), 11-2 (16-0)
149 – Max Parnis (U) dec. Brennan McGrann (J), 8-5 (19-0)
157 – Freddy Pimental (J) tech. fall Nicolas Rehfuss (U), 15-0 (19-5)
165 – Braden Kmak (U) maj. dec. Chris Roybal (J), 12-3 (23-5)
174 – Connor Powell (J) pin Anthony Cerulli (U) (6:06) (23-11)
184 – Nils Updale (U) maj. dec. Noah Graber (J), 16-4 (27-11)
197 – Connor Fritsch (U) dec. John Libby (J), 7-3 (30-11)
285 – Mohamed Abdelatty (U) dec. Jacob Pomykata (J), 5-0 (33-11)
 
Exhibition Bouts
157 – Wesley Tosto (U) dec. Eric Gendlin (J), 11-9
174 – Dillon Heffernan (J) pin Jordan Downey (U) (1:52)
 
Records
Ursinus (5-6, 1-0 CC)
Johns Hopkins (2-9, 0-1 CC)