COLLEGEVILLE – Along with a first place finish from Luke Ciampa, the East Stroudsburg University men's wrestling team posted 12 other top-eight finishers for a strong performance at the Will Abele Invitational, hosted by Ursinus on Saturday at the Floy Lewis Bakes Center.  
Notables

• Ciampa cruised through the competition at 165 pounds to earn his third first-place finish of the season as the sophomore finished 5-0, notching three consecutive pins before grinding out a 9-6 decision over Western New England's Sean Monteiro in the finals The Jefferson, N.J. native improves his record on the year to 17-3 with 10 falls.
• At 125 pounds, Josh Jasionowicz took third after winning his first two matches with a fall, while Brady Carter recorded a decision, a pin and a major decision on his waying to earning a fourth place finish. Jasionowicz was scheduled to wrestle Carter, who withdrew with a medical forfeit, in the third place bout.
• Eric Falleni rolled through his first three bouts of the day at 149 pounds with a pair of pins and a technical fall before ultimately earning a third place finish with a 3-0 decision against Ursinus' Dante Monaco
• After winning his first two bouts of the day with falls at 149 pounds, Brian Lombardi responded following his only loos with three straight victories, including a 3-2 decision over Gettysburg's Eric Mougalian to take fifth place
• After dropping his opening match of the day, Zach Lewis ripped off five straight victories at 149 pounds before a medical forfeit ended his invitational with an eight place finish
• Despite opening the event with a loss, Bryce Parenti clawed his way back with five consecutive victories to post a fifth place finish at 157 pounds Parenti posted four decisions and a pin before a no contest in his last match.
• Making his season debut at 157 pounds, Jaccob Gonzalez secured an eighth place finish using a pair of technical falls and a pin
• At 174 pounds, Robert Burke showed his resilience as freshman tallied four straight victories which included a major decision and a fall to post a seventh place finish
• The Warriors had three wrestlers earn top-eight finishes at 184 pounds as Davis Lee led the way in fifth as the junior went 5-1 with three pins as well as medical forfeit over teammate Josh Leidig (4-1), who took sixth. Max Winkler rounded it out in eighth as the freshman finished with a pair of falls
• Using a trio of decisions at 197 pounds, Ajay Hiller notched a third place finish as the Stroudsburg native secured the placement with a 6-3 victory over Darby Mclaughlin (Western New England)

How It Happened
125
Josh Jasionowicz (3-1) – 3rd Place
 
Jasionowicz over Teague Mccormack (Ursinus) (Fall 0:47)
Jasionowicz over Joe Petrone (Nassau) (Fall 1:37)
Terry Adams (Ursinus) over Jasionowicz (Dec 11-4)
Jasionowicz over Carter (Med. Foefeit)
 
Brady Carter (3-1) – 4th Place
 
Carter over Alden Prunoske (RIT) (Dec 8-3)
Carter over Giovanni Russo (Oneonta) (Fall 1:52)
Carter over Franco Mazza (Ursinus) (Maj Dec 8-0)
Kevin Lopez (Nassau) over Carter (Dec 7-0)
Jasionowicz over Carter (Med. Forfeit)
 
133
Anthony Hernandez (1-2)
 
Hernandez over Andrew Minko (Tech Fall 16-0)
Gabe Scalise (RIT) over Hernandez (Fall 2:42)
Larry Melchionda (College of New Jersey) over Hernandez (Tech Fall 18-3)
 
141
Carlens Lapaix (0-2)
Daniel Hong (College of New Jersey) over Lapaix (Dec 7-2)
Blake O'Brien (Elmira) over Lapaix (Dec 4-2)
 
149
Eric Falleni (4-1) – 3rd Place
 
Falleni over Austin Bourgeois (RIT) (Fall 2:08)
Falleni over Landon Davis (Western New England) (Fall 1:10)
Falleni over Joe Fiordaliso (College of New Jersey) (Tech Fall 18-0)
Michael Conklin (College of New Jersey) over Falleni (Dec 6-2)
Falleni over Dante Monaco (Dec 3-0)
 
Brian Lombardi (5-1) – 5th Place
 
Lombardi over Sam Dow (Western New England) (Fall 2:11)
Lombardi over Matt Grant (RIT) (Fall 4:44)
Michael Conklin (College of New Jersey) over Lombardi (Fall 1:43)
Lombardi over Austin Bourgeois (RIT) (Maj Dec 11-3)
Lombardi over Joe Fiordaliso (College of New Jersey) (Dec 9-7)
Lombardi over Eric Mougalian (Gettysburg) (Dec 3-2)
 
Zach Lewis (5-1) – 8th Place
 
Dante Monaco (Ursinus) over Lewis (Dec 5-2)
Lewis over Brandon Cirdincione (Oneonta) (Fall 3:28)
Lewis over Landon Davis (Western New England) Tech Fall (21-5)
Lewis over Eli Blackwell (Southern Virginia) (Dec 9-7)
Lewis over Cameron Hatchett (Shenandoah) (Med. Forfeit)
Lewis over Eric Mougalian (Gettysburg) (Dec 9-5)
Joe Fiordaliso (College of New Jersey) over Lewis (Med. Forfeit)
 
Jacob Remolina (3-2)
 
Remolina over Luke Mangiafico (American International) (Fall 1:15)
Michael Conklin (College of New Jersey) over Remolina (Fall 4:48)
Remolina over Jake Rosenthal (College of New Jersey (Dec 4-1)
Remolina over Matt Grant (RIT) (Maj Dec 11-2)
Eric Mougalian (Gettysburg) over Remolina (Dec 10-5)
 
Troy Gentzel (2-2)
 
Gentzel over Ethan Wilson (Scranton) (Fall 1:07)
Cameron Hatchett (Shenandoah) over Gentzel (Maj Dec 16-6)
Gentzel over Julian Amadio (Gettysburg) (Dec 6-5)
James Barrett (Western New England) over Gentzel (Tech Fall 16-0)
 
157
Bryce Parenti (4-1) – 5th Place
 
Adam Busiello (Nassau) over Parenti (Dec 9-5)
Parenti over Machado (Dec 7-3)
Parenti over Heath Rudolph (Dec 10-4)
Parenti over Dara Heydarpour (RIT) (Fall 6:31)
Parenti over Keon Ayala (Western New England) (Dec 7-2)
Parenti over Daniel Kosinski (Scranton) (No Contest)
 
Jaccob Gonzalez (3-2) – 8th Place
 
Cooper Leszczuk (Gettysburg) over Gonzalez (Fall 7:00)
Gonzalez over Mariano Monacelli (Keystone) (Tech Fall 24-6)
Gonzalez over James Dougherty (Western New England) (Fall 2:50)
Gonzalez ocer Alex Stavrou (College of New Jersey) (Tech Fall 20-5)
Daniel Kosinski (Scranton) over Gonzalez (Dec 12-11)
 
Preston Machado (0-2)
 
Matthew Sacco (College of New Jersey) over Machado (Tech Fall 15-0)
Parenti over Machado (Dec 7-3)
 
165
Luke Ciampa (5-0) – 1st Place
 
Ciampa over Dylan Kasperzyk (American International) (Fall 3:27)
Ciampa over Codi Bomboy (Keystone) (Fall 2:24)
Ciampa over Jeremiah Oakes (Scranton) (Fall 6:26)
Ciampa over Matt Surich (College of New Jersey) (Med. Forfeit)
Ciampa over Sean Monteiro (Western New England) (Dec 9-6)
 
Sergio Cespedes (0-1)
 
Liam Strouse (RIT) over Cespedes (Dec 6-5)
Dylan Kasperzyk (American International) over Cespedes (Med. Forfeit)
 
174
Robert Burke (4-1) – 7th Place
 
Tristan Julian (Western New England) over Burke (Dec 6-2)
Burke over Tyreece Cherival (Western New England) (Maj Dec 9-0)
Burke over Stephen Dickerson (Nassau) (Dec 8-5)
Burke over Tyson Hoopes (Southern Virginia) (Fall 4:01)
Burke over Jaylen Hawkins (Western New England) (Med. Forfeit)
 
Christopher Ross (0-2)
 
Alex Koenig (Ursinus) over Ross (Fall 5:40)
Jonny Gherman (Ursinus) over Ross (Dec 8-2)
 
184
Davis Lee (5-1) – 5th Place
 
Lee over Connor Fritsch (Ursinus) (Dec 7-3)
Lee over Nick Aliani (Oneonta) (Fall 2:47)
Quinn Haddad (College of New Jersey over Lee (Fall 2:42)
Lee over James Delucia (Oneonta) (Fall 0:49)
Lee over Winkler (Fall 1:01)
Lee over Leidig (Med. Forfeit)
 
Josh Leidig (4-1) – 6th Place
 
Leidig over Jalmeson Shea (Nassau) (Tech Fall 16-0)
Leidig over Dave Giulian (College of New Jersey) (Dec 13-11)
Colby Giroux (RIT) over Leidig (Maj Dec 12-0)
Leidig over Scott Chambers (Southern Virginia) (Fall 4:24)
Leidig over Nils Updale (Ursinus) (Fall 1:25)
Lee over Leidig (Med. Forfeit)
 
Max Winkler (2-3) – 8th Place
 
Winkler over Elon Martin (RIT) (Fall 3:23)
Gary Nagle (Ursinus) over Winkler (Maj Dec 8-0)
Winkler over (Dave Giulian (College of New Jersey) (Fall 3:46)
Lee over Winkler (Fall 1:01)
Nils Updale (Ursinus) over Max Winkler (Dec 12-5)
 
197
Ajay Hiller (3-1) – 3rd Place
 
Hiller over Griffin Ostrom (Western New England) (Dec 8-5)
Hiller over Brendan Loder (Gettysburg) (Dec 3-1)
Kyle Schaffer (Ursinus) over Hiller (Dec 6-2)
Hiller over Darby Mclaughlin (Western New England) (Dec 6-3)
 
Matthew Richardson (1-2)
 
Darby Mclaughlin (Western New England) over Richardson (Tech Fall 19-2)
Richardson over Chris Baker (College of New Jersey) (Dec 7-2)
Griffin Ostrom (Western New England) over Richardson (Maj Dec 9-0)
 
285
Thomas Flood (1-2)
 
Flood over Christian Gillich (Scranton) (Fall 0:28)
Kaden Bryan (Shenandoah) over Flood (Dec 12-8)
Spencer Dickson (Western New England) over Flood (Dec 8-2)
 
Up Next
ESU has an extended break in between their next competition as the Warriors welcome Mercyhurst to Koehler Fieldhouse on Friday, January 27, at 7 p.m. for a PSAC dual