Penn Takes Battle of the Cheesesteak Trophy

Sunday, February 13

Philadelphia, PA

12 PM

Drexel University

Penn

2/13/2022 1:09:00 PM | Wrestling

PHILADELPHIA – The Dragons lost a tough battle with a heavily ranked Penn lineup on Sunday afternoon, 35-8. The Dragons fall to 5-8 overall and will enter the conference tournament in March with an even 4-4 EIWA record.

Penn got off to a hot start taking a fall victory in the opening bout at 149lbs. Parker Kropman and Evan Barczak battled to the final seconds at 157lbs and 165lbs but came up short in back-to-back decisions.

Mickey O'Malley came up big for the Dragons with his 10^th pin of the year over #18 Nick Incontrera. The redshirt junior remains undefeated in EIWA matchups at a perfect 7-0.

Bryan McLaughlin and Neil Antrassian traded points for the full match, each putting up double digit scoring. McLaughlin came close to a victory but Antrassian found three in the final seconds to take home a 15-12 decision.

Despite a pair of losses in the following three matches, Jaxon Maroney captured his fifth conference win at 133lbs with a 7-4 decision over Kelly Dunnigan.

SCORING BREAKDOWN
149 | #20 Anthony Artalona def. Tyler Williams, Fall 4:52, Penn leads 6-0
157 | #20 Doug Zapf def. Parker Kropman, 8-3 Dec, Penn leads 9-0
165 | #21 Lucas Revano def. #26 Evan Barczak, 4-3 Dec, Penn leads 12-0
174 | #11 Mickey O'Malley def. #18 Nick Incontrera, Fall 3:00, Penn leads 12-6
184 | #31 Neil Antrassian def. Bryan McLaughlin, 15-12 Dec, Penn leads 15-6
197 | #31 Cole Urbas def. Santino Morina, 17-2 Tech Fall, Penn leads 20-6
285 | #28 Ben Goldin def. Liam Dietrich, Fall 1:22, Penn leads 26-6
125 | #19 Ryan Miller def. Antonio Mininno, 8-3 Dec, Penn leads 29-6
133 | Jaxon Maroney def. Kelly Dunnigan, 7-4 Dec, Penn leads 29-8
141 | #12 Cj Composto wins by forfeit, Penn wins 35-8

Up Next
The Dragons return home for one final regular season matchup against Rider on Friday at 5 p.m. Drexel will honor its senior class prior to the match.