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Franklin and Marshall Open

Trae McDaniel

Wrestling Has Solid Performance at Franklin and Marshall Open

January 06, 2023 | Wrestling

LANCASTER, Pa.— In the 10th annual David H. Lehman '68 F&M Open, the Army West Point wrestling team saw seven cadet-athletes reach the round of 16 and two reaching the quarterfinals on Friday. Freshman Trae McDaniel finished third in the 149-weight class, Ryan Franco finished fifth in the 133 lbs., and Shane Percelay finished sixth in the 141 lbs.
 
How it Happened
In the 10th annual David H. Lehman '68 F&M Open, Army was one of 29 schools that competed. The Black Knights will have seven cadet-athletes competing in the round of 16 and two cadet-athletes that competed in the quarterfinals.
 
In the 125-weight class Charles Farmer defeated Franklin and Marshall's Giovanni Diaz by a 13-5 major decision. Farmer went on to face Gabe Giampietro (unattached-Drexel), where Farmer fell by medical forfeit. In the 133-weight class, Daniel Uhorchuk bested Harvard's Cole Bayless with a 9-3 decision. Uhorchuk advanced to compete against Campbell's Gabriel Hixenbaugh by a 6-4 decision. In the consolation rounds, Uhorchuk reached the round of 16 #2 where he fell to teammate Nain Vazquez with a 6-2 decision.
 
Freshman Ryan Franco also reached the quarterfinals of the 133-weight class. Franco first faced Jace Palmer of University of North Carolina, he defeated Palmer with an 8-3 decision. Franco went on to face Sean Logue of Lock Haven University (unattached) where he bested Logue by a 7-0 decision. In the quarterfinals Franco matched up against Hixenbaugh. Hixenbaugh defeated Franco with a 6-1 decision. In the consolation round Ryan Franco reached the consolation of 4 where Franco went up against American's Jack Maida. Franco advanced to the semi-finals by a medical forfeit and finished fifth overall after Hildebrandt advanced to the third place dual.
 
In the 141-weight class freshman Shane Percelay first faced #32 Malyke Hines of Lehigh. Hines defeated Percelay with a 2-0 decision. In the consolation rounds, Pereclay commanded the mat. He first faced James Toal of Franklin and Marshall where Percelay defeated Toal by a decisive 14-4 major decision. After defeating his next three opponents, Percelay competed against Air Force's Garrett Kuchan where he defeated Kuchan with a 6-3 decision. Shane Percelay competed against Lock Haven University's Tyler Dilley. Percelay bested Dilley with a 7-2 decision and finished sixth overall in the 141-weight class.
 
In the first two rounds of competition Zach Keal saw success on the mat. Keal first faced Brown University's Ian Oswalt, where Keal defeated Oswalt with a 6-0 fall (2:16). In the round of 32, Keal then went up against Danny Capozzoli of Millersville University. Continuing have control on the mat, Keal bested Capozzoli by a 16-1 tech fall (3:00). In the round of 16, Keal faced #21 (in the country) Lachlan McNeil, where McNeil defeated Keal by a 14-4 major decision.
 
In the 149-weight class freshman Trae McDaniel had a successful night on the mat. Kicking the day off McDaniel defeated Lock Haven's Jack Coulston with a 6-1 fall (2:48). McDaniel went on to face David Loniewski of Davidson University. Leaving where he left off, McDaniel defeated Loniewski by a 4-1 fall (2:43). After a medical forfeit in the quarterfinals, McDaniel faced Brown's Ricky Cabanillas in the semifinals. Cabanillas bested McDaniel by a 4-3 decision. In the third place dual McDaniel competed against Lock Haven's Nicholas Stonecheck. McDaniel finished third after defeating Stonecheck with a 9-3 decision.
 
In the 157-weight class Mark Metz faced Penn's Jeremy Ridge. Metz defeated Ridge by a 4-2 default (5:33). Going on to face Franklin and Marshall's Anthony Micci, Metz bested his opponent with a 3-2 decision. In the round of 16 Metz went up against Harvard's Evan Gleason. Gleason defeated Metz with a 12-2 major decision.  
 
Freshman Wolfgang Frable competed against Franklin and Marshall's Harrison Shapiro where Frable defeated Shapiro by a 6-0 decision. Advancing to the round of 16, Frable faced Princeton's Aidan Conner. Conner bested Frable with a 6-0 decision. In the consolation round Frable went up against Kent State's Ryan Boyle and defeated Boyle with a 3-2 decision.

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Coach's Corner
"This was a great event for some of our young guys to get on the mat against quality competition. A lot of them faced some adversity early but worked hard to string some wins together and elevate the level they compete at. That's not easy and it is good to see them start to do tough things." – Associate Head Coach Scott Green
 
Cadet's Corner
"Coach Green told me after my first match, which I lost, that I need to continue to wrestle tough and get gritty. So, I did exactly what my coach told me to do, and it worked out in the end. I believe that having trust in my coaches is the key to succeed in this sport."— Shane Percelay
 
"Not the outcome that I wanted but I'm happy that I'm seeing progress in every match/tournament." – Ryan Franco

Up Next
The Black Knights continue their road campaign and will face N.C. State on Friday, January 13 at 7 p.m.
 
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