The Muhlenberg men's wrestling team won the consolation bracket at the Virginia Duals, closing out with four straight pins to defeat Marymount, 31-22, in its final match.

The Mules (6-5) began the two-day tournament with a 27-21 loss to The Apprentice School. Because one of the 16 teams dropped out of the tournament, they received a bye to the consolation semifinals. 

Muhlenberg opened the second day with a 32-12 defeat of Division II Coker before facing Marymount in the ninth-place match. 

The Saints recorded two pins and a major decision in the middle weights to open up a 22-7 lead before the Mules began their comeback. Senior Anson Dewar capped a 3-0 weekend by pinning his opponent late in the first period, making the score 22-13.

At 184, junior Ryan Fairchild faced a Marymount opponent who is ranked eighth in Region 3 and came within one win of qualifying for nationals last year. Fairchild took only 30 seconds to pin him, capping his own 3-0 tournament. 

With the score now 22-19, the Mules needed a win or a loss by no more than a decision at 197 to have any chance of taking the match. It didn't look promising when senior Paul Parise was taken down and turned on his back twice in the first period. But after ending the first period in a 14-2 hole, Parise pinned his opponent with 14 seconds left in the second to put Muhlenberg in the lead.

That left it up to junior heavyweight Ben Krauss, who had taken to the mat against Apprentice with the score tied 21-21 and got pinned. This time it was Krauss (pictured above) who did the pinning, flattening his opponent in just 36 seconds to clinch the match.

Parise's come-from-way-behind pin against Marymount was one of two of its kind for the Mules in the tournament. Against Apprentice, Fairchild trailed 16-3 at one point before pinning his opponent in the final minute of the second period.

Parise, graduate student Joey Lamparelli, and sophomore Andrew Loniewski all went 2-1 on the weekend, with Lamparelli becoming the seventh wrestler in program history to reach 90 career wins.

Senior Andrew Franklin capped the win against Coker with a 6-1 decision in his season debut, and sophomore CJ Horvath recorded a big win against Marymount, overcoming an early takedown for a 9-5 decision in which he broke a 5-5 tie on a takedown in the final minute. 

Box Scores
Apprentice School 27, Muhlenberg 21
125 Joey Lamparelli (M) pinned Lucas Vannostrand, 3:45
133 Bruno Alves (A) tech fall CJ Horvath, 5:44 (21-5)
141 Andrew Loniewski (M) dec. Jakob Brown, 7-4
149 David Norris (A) dec. Alex Greco, 7-3
157 Logan Eastman (A) over Ethan Kreuzburg by injury default, 1:29
165 Landon Kissell (A) dec. Chris Sockler, 7-1
174 Anson Dewar (M) pinned Ethan Baker, 4:59
184 Ryan Fairchild (M) pinned Josh Seaton, 4:20
197 David McElravy (A) maj. dec. Paul Parise, 12-1
285 Caleb Hartung (A) pinned Ben Krauss, 2:11

Muhlenberg 32, Coker 12
125 Joey Lamparelli (M) dec. Corey Gallivan, 5-1
133 Frank DiEsso (M) dec. Weston Bare, 2-1 
141 Frank Bianco (C) dec. Andrew Loniewski, 4-1 
149 Alex Greco (M) tech fall Kymontae Wright, 3:52 (21-2)
157 Dustin Flinn (C) dec. Charles Levine, 8-7
165 Austin Collins (C) pinned Chris Sockler, 6:15
174 Anson Dewar (M) won by forfeit
184 Ryan Fairchild (M) won by forfeit
197 Paul Parise (M) won by forfeit
285 Andrew Franklin (M) dec. Kevin Mood, 6-1

Muhlenberg 31, Marymount 22
125 Ian Morales (Ma) pinned Joey Lamparelli, 7:40
133 CJ Horvath (Mu) dec. Joseph Custodio, 9-5
141 Andrew Loniewski (Mu) maj. dec. Temuujin Erdenetuya, 10-0
149 Pahris Petalas (Ma) pinned Alex Greco, 5:17
157 Tallion Elliott (Ma) pinned Charles Levine, 3:51
165 Xavier Castaneda (Ma) maj. dec. Chris Sockler, 14-2
174 Anson Dewar (Mu) pinned Julian Schott, 2:37
184 Ryan Fairchild (Mu) pinned Rylan Moose, 0:30
197 Paul Parise (Mu) pinned Mohammed Fofana, 4:46
285 Ben Krauss (Mu) pinned Brey Loving, 0:36