EAST STROUDSBURG – The East Stroudsburg University men's wrestling team placed second at the 57th annual ESU Open on Sunday inside Koehler Fieldhouse. 

ESU finished with 146 points, with seven wrestlers placing in the top six. 

Notables 

For the second straight season, ESU produced a first-place finisher. Eric Falleni (1st, 157 pounds) went 5-0 and, in the final match, secured the win with a takedown against his Drexel opponent with under 20 seconds to go. 

Layton Schmick (2nd, 285) had another standout performance at the ESU Open, making it back to the final for the second consecutive year. He finished the day with a record of 3-1. 

Sean Campbell (3rd, 125) went 4-1, starting the day with two straight pins and dominating his final match to take third. 

Gavin Reynolds (3rd, 157) made his ESU Open debut, going 4-1 and winning a narrow 2-0 decision to claim third place. 

Matthew Richardson (4th, 197), Brian Lombardi (4th, 149), and Anthony Lawrence (6th, 174) rounded out the top six placements for the Warriors. 
 

How It Happened 

125 lbs 

Sean Campbell (4-1, 3rd place) 

• Def. Yasin Carter (Unattached) by fall (4:57) 

• Def. Dylan Beddow (Springfield Tech) by fall (4:54) 

• Def. Dominic Gangi (New England College) by decision (10-8) 

• Fell to Will Detar (Unattached) Def. Campbell by tech fall (16-0) 

• Def. Xavier Diaz (Unattached) by major decision (13-3) 

133 lbs 

Eugene Donnelly (0-2) 

• Fell to Michael Follo (New England College) by decision (6-0) 

• Fell to Brendan Smay (Kutztown) by major decision (14-4) 

141 lbs 

Ben Makaritis (4-2) 

• Def. Kyle Reiter (Felician University) by decision (3-0) 

• Fell to Caedyn Ricciardi (St. Peter's Prep) by fall (1:44) 

• Def. Daniel Gonzalez (Centenary) by decision (7-1) 

• Def. Trey Friedman (Drexel) by fall (0:40) 

• Def. Braulio Villafana Jr. (Union College) by fall (5:49) 

• Fell to Jared Fulton (Kutztown) by decision (2-1) 

Thomas Fierro (1-2) 

• Def. Joshua Javillonar (Springfield Tech) by fall (4:16) 

• Fell to Elijah-Kade Millsaps (Lincoln Memorial) by fall (2:32) 

• Lost by forfeit to Miguel Lopez (Centenary) 

149 lbs 

Brian Lombardi (3-2, 4th place) 

• Def. Anthony Denier (RPI) by fall (0:50) 

• Def. Griffin Jones (Union College) by tech fall (15-0) 

• Def. Matthew Dimen (Wyoming Seminary) by decision (4-1, SV) 

• Fell to Xavier Pena (Centenary) by major decision (15-2) 

• Fell to James Ryan (Kutztown) by major decision (8-0) 

Austin Noe (3-2) 
 

• Fell to Ali Alicea (Kutztown) by tech fall (15-0) 

• Def. Matt Gashi-Brito (Lackawanna) by fall (1:23) 

• Def. Griffin Jones (Union College) by fall (1:51) 

• Won by forfeit against Ibrahim Mendheim (Unattached) 

• Fell to Jonathan Fuller (Drexel) by tech fall (17-2) 

Caden Herb (1-2) 

• Fell to James Ryan (Kutztown) by fall (3:39) 

• Herb Def. Carlos Delgado (Sussex County) by fall (3:42) 

• Herb lost to Joseph Gangi (New England College) by fall (1:35) 

157 lbs 

Gavin Reynolds (4-1, 3rd place) 

• Def. Jeremy Quezada (Felician University) by major decision (13-4) 

• Def. Dakota Asuncion (Unattached) by fall (1:51) 

• Def. Thaylor Sibblies (Sussex County) by decision (5-0) 

• Fell to Jayden Iznaga (Drexel) by decision (10-7) 

• Def. Roman Onorato (Drexel) by decision (2-0) 

Anthony Petrock (0-2) 

• Fell to Roman Onorato (Drexel by fall 1:53 

• Fell to Jerry Payne (Lincoln Memorial) by fall 2:05 

Christopher Anderson (0-2) 

• Fell to Aczel Reyes (Springfield Tech) by fall (6:06) 

• Fell to Rocco Hayden (New England College) by fall (1:25) 

Eric Falleni (5-0, 1st place) 

• Def. Isaiah Pisano (Unattached) by decision (2-0) 

• Def. Rafat Al-Kardali (Felician University) by tech fall (16-0) 

• Def. Joey Ortega (Kutztown) by decision (7-1) 

• Def. Roman Onorato (Drexel) by decision (8-3) 

• Def. Jayden Iznaga (Drexel) by decision (7-5) 

165 lbs 

Marc Kleyman (1-2) 

• Kleyman Def. Luke McGovern (Centenary) by fall (1:11) 

• Fell to Bailey Gimbor (Kutztown) by tech fall (16-0) 

• Fell to Devin Sweeney (Mavericks Wrestling) by decision (17-11) 

Luke Schirmacher (1-2) 

• Def. Ahmad Albustami (West Chester by fall (0:45) 

• Fell to Jeremy McKinney (Kutztown) by decision (3-0) 

• Fell to Devin Sweeney (Mavericks Wrestling) by major decision (13-3) 

Parrish McFarland (1-2) 

• Fell to Dante Monaco (Unattached) by fall (4:08) 

• Def. Cruz Kapp (Solodolo) by fall (0:59) 

• Fell to Mark Venson (Centenary) by major decision (13-1) 

174 lbs 

Robert Burke (3-2) 

• Def. Ian Miles (RPI) by fall (2:00) 

• Fell to Keegan Ramsay (Notre Dame Green Pond) by decision (4-1) 

• Def. Sean Haas (RPI) by major decision (15-4) 

• Def. Max Winkler (East Stroudsburg) by major decision (13-4) 

• Fell to Anthony Lawrence (East Stroudsburg) by decision (8-4) 

Anthony Lawrence (2-2) 

• Def. Dario Cruz (Kutztown) by fall (4:01) 

• Fell to Roman Moser (Kutztown) by fall (2:25) 

• Def. Chris Gomez (Union College) by fall (1:34) 

• Def. Robert Burke (East Stroudsburg) by decision (8-4) 

• Fell to Alex Ward (Kutztown) by fall (2:13) 

Brendan Ridge (2-2) 

• Def. Williams Larosiliere (Felician) by tech fall (19-2) 

• Fell to Jasiah Queen (Mwa) by tech fall (19-3) 

• Def. Dario Cruz (Kutztown) by decision (8-4) 

• Fell to Alex Ward (Kutztown) by decision (11-6) 

Max Winkler (2-2) 

• Def. Chris Gomez (Union College) by tech fall (15-0) 

• Def. Jose Alvarenga Giron (Sussex Country) by fall (1:33) 

• Fell to Dalton Gimbor (Kutztown) by tech fall (19-4)    
• Fell to Robert Burke (East Stroudsburg) by major decision (13-4)

184 lbs 

John Bracken (1-2) 

• Fell to Shawn Pawlowski (Susexx County) by fall (4:17) 

• Won by forfeit against Johnny Andre (Springfield Tech)  

• Fell to Victor Marksjenkins (Punisher Wrestling Club) by fall (0:49) 

Augustus Warke (2-2) 

• Win by forfeit against Kendall Drake (Wyoming Seminary) 

• Def. Trey Cornish (Mat Return) by fall (1:37) 

• Fell to Alex Dorce (Unattached) by tech fall (17-1) 

• Fell to Victor Marksjenkins (Punisher Wrestling Club) by decision (3-1) 
   

Matthew Murray (1-2) 

• Fell to Terrell McFarland (Team Dungeon) by major decision (13-5) 

• Def. Shawn Pawlowski (Sussex County) by fall (6:51) 

• Fell to Shamere Davenport (Beat the Streets) by fall (3:31) 

197 lbs 

Kody Edwards (2-2) 

• Fell to Wayne McIntyre (Kutztown) by fall (1:26) 

• Def. Christian Matos (Union College) by fall (2:10) 

• Def. Jayden Lopez (Mwa) by fall (1:48) 

• Fell to Aaron Llanas (Centenary) by decision (8-1) 
   

Matthew Richardson (2-2, 4th place) 

• Def. Trevion Atallah (New England College) by tech fall (17-0) 

• Def. Nathan Wade (Centenary) by fall (2:09) 

• Fell to Anthony Bruscino (Wyoming Seminary) by major decision (8-0) 

• Fell to Dan Rella (Drexel) by tech fall (20-5) 

285 lbs 

Layton Schmick (3-1, 2nd place) 

• Def. Cody Cruts (Mat Return) by fall (4:20) 

• Def. Justin Perry (Felician) by fall (1:48) 

• Def. Liam Akers (Kutztown) by decision (4-1, SV) 

• Fell to Riley Godek (Unattached) by major decision (11-2) 

  

Up Next 

ESU will travel to New York on Thursday for their first dual meet of the season at Elmira. The start time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.