NEW YORK, NY – The Johns Hopkins wrestling team opened the second half of its 2025-26 schedule with three matches at NYU's UAA Challenge on Saturday.  The Blue Jays fell to the host Violets (45-6) to open the day and also dropped matches to Chicago (32-10) and Case Western (27-16).
 
The Blue Jays had a trio of double winners on the day in senior Connor Powell (165), junior Freddy Pimental (157) and sophomore Giorgio Difalco (157).  Each of the three went 2-1 on the day.
 
Powell picked up a pair of victories by fall, including a 29-second pin of Mark Landes of Case Western.  The 29-second pin for Powell is the fastest by a Blue Jay wrestler this season and his two wins against one loss on the day bump his career record to 69-45.
 
Pimental scored a win by decision against NYU and added a major decision against Case Western, while Difalco added a decision against NYU and a major decision against Chicago.  Pimental's major decision was the 20^th of his career, while Difalco is closing quickly on his 50^th career victory as he bumped his career record to 45-25 with his effort today.
 
NYU-45, Johns Hopkins-6
125 - Xavier Diaz (NYU) wins by forfei6 (6-0)
133 - Jake Venezia (NYU) pin Duncan Stadler (JHU), 1:35 (12-0)
141 - James Carlock (NYU) maj. dec. over Matt Apsel (JHU), 13-2 (16-0)
149 - Freddy Pimental (JHU) dec. John Mairano (NYU), 5-3 (16-3)
157 - Giorgio Difalco (JHU) dec. Alexander Kaufmann (NYU), 12-6 (16-6)
165 - Nicky Bell (NYU) tech fall over Connor Powell (JHU), 16-1 6:55 (21-6)
174 - Ty Finn (NYU) pin AJ Gordon (JHU) (2:14) (27-6)
184 - Justin Mayes (NYU) pin Kadin Khalloufi (JHU) (1:01) (33-6)
197 - Bennett Sonneborn (NYU) pin Chuck Dunn (JHU) (4:59) (39-6)
HWT - Nate Faxon (NYU) pin Jacob Pomykata (JHU) (6:28) (45-6)
 
Chicago-32, Johns Hopkins-10
125 - Double Forfeit
133 - Jackson Rustad (Chi) dec. Duncan Stadler (JHU), 4-1 (3-0)
141 - Sean Conway (Chi) tech fall over Matt Apsel (JHU). 21-4 (6:49) (8-0)   
149 - Maksim Mukhamedaliyev (Chi) pin Freddy Pimental (JHU) (5:34) (14-0)
157 - Giorgio Difalco (JHU) maj. dec. Cole Joseph (Chi), 10-1 (14-4)
165 - Connor Powell (JHU) pin Samuel Szerlip (Chi) (4:29) (14-10)
174 - Hutch Lynott (Chi) maj. dec. AJ Gordon (JHU), 11-1 (18-10)
184 - Jackson Davis (Chi) pin Kadin Khalloufi (JHU) (2:31) (24-10)
197 - Nolan Pozzobon (Chi) tech fall Chuck Dunn (JHU), 19-4 (7:00) (29-10)
285 - Edward Perry (Chi) dec. Jacob Pomykata (JHU), 3-0 (32-10)
 
CWRU-27, Johns Hopkins-16
125 - EJ Alizio (CWRU) wins by forfeit (6-0)
133 - Art Martinez (CWRU) tech fall Duncan Stadler (JHU), 21-2 (4:45) (11-0)
141 - Hunter Keane (CWRU) tech fall Matt Apsel (JHU) 15-0 (2:09) (16-0)
149 -Freddy Pimental (JHU) maj. dec. Dillon O'Keefe (CWRU), 13-5 (16-4)
157 - Thomas Wagner (CWRU) dec. Giorgio Difalco (JHU), 4-2 (19-4)
165 - Connor Powell (JHU) pin Marty Landes (CWRU) (0:29) (19-10)
174 - Chase Crutchley (CWRU) maj. dec. Arthur Gordon (JHU), 13-0 (23-10)
184 - Kadin Khalloufi (JHU) dec. Mathew Gummare (CWRU), 5-4 (23-13)
197 - Aiden Gassel (CWRU) maj. dec. Samuel Gledhill (JHU), 14-3 (27-13)
HWT – Jacob Pomykata (JHU) dec. Alexander Goldman (CWRU), 2-0 (27-16)
 
Exhibitions
157 – John Conover (CWRU) dec. Brennan McGrann (JHU) 3-0
 
What's Next
The Blue Jays will return to action on January 9-10 at the Virginia Duals.