GRANTHAM, Pa. - The Ursinus wrestling team took fifth out of 13 teams on Friday-Saturday at the Messiah College Petrofes Invitational with a team score of 108.

Two wrestlers finished second in their respective brackets. Senior Dan Glover (Bergenfield, N.J./Bergenfield) finished as a runner up at 141, while junior Nate Murren (Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown) took second at 184.

Sophomore Connor McNamara (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) was third at 197, while senior Harris Papas (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) took a fifth-place finish at 165.

Sophomore Ben Garelick (Wayland, Mass./Wayland) was sixth at 125, while sophomore Alex Blank (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) (133), freshman Mike Kevlin (Manalapan, N.J./St. John Vianney) (174) and junior Ed Minelli (Hull, Mass./Xavierian Brothers) (285) took eighth in their respective brackets.

Murren started his day with a pin of Gettysburg's Jon Paul in 2:14, then took a 9-2 decision over Justin Galati of Stevens. Murren advanced to the semifinals with a 2-1 decision over Jeremy Burns of Springfield, before knocking off Hector Cintron of Johns Hopkins 3-1.

In the championship, he lost to top seed Josh Wake of Oneonta by a close 4-3 decision.

Glover opened up the day with a pin of Jared Brownmiller of Wilkes in 4:09, then knocked off bracket top seed Josh Malave of Mount Union 9-7. Moving into the semis, he pinned Mike Gregg of Oneonta in 6:34, then defeated Ty Kanouff of Messiah 7-6. In the championship, he fell to Kristopher Krawchuk, 4-3.

McNamara, after receiving a bye, defeated Dando Speers of Messiah by pin in 4:28. He then scored a 3-1 overtime win over Jake Weinrich of Wilkes, before falling to Bill Schindel of Mount Union by a 15-5 major decision.

In the wrestlebacks, he defeated Marshall Puls of Gettysburg by fall in 6:07, before pinning Pat Hogan of Messiah for third place.

Papas defeated Steven Bandtra of Messiah to start the day by a 7-2 decision, before falling to Ronald Thompson of Springfield 6-2.

In the wrestlebacks, he defeated Brad Burridge of Oneonta 8-1, then defated Darin Lyles of Mount Union 7-0. He then defeated John Piechuta of Mount Union 3-2, before falling to Thompson, again, by an 11-1 major decision. In the fifth-place match, he defeated Benjamin Marich of Wilkes.

Garelick scored an opening round pin of Abe Evans of Gettysburg, then defeated Brad Warren of Stevens by a tech fall. Moving into the semis, he defeated Jake Benedetto of Onenota by a 6-4 decision, before falling to Riki Reynolds of Mount Union by fall in 2:29.

In the wrestlebacks, he lost to Scott Mantua of Wilkes by a fall in 6:24, then lost to Benedetto by forfeit.

For Blank, he started with a 9-2 win over Tommy Gazza of Muhlenberg, then defeated Sean Ensign of McDaniel, 6-0. He fell to the wrestlebacks when he was pinned by Joseph Grippi of Springfield in 33 seconds.

In the wrestlebacks, he tech falled Andrew Vissichelli of Stevens 22-5 in six minutes, then fell to Ken Francis by a 12-7 decision.

In the seventh-place match, he lost by forfeit to Andrew Fisher of Wilkes.

Kevlin opened up his day with a 8-0 win over Marouaine Boutaib of Stevens, then lost to David Jones of Messiah via tech fall (15-0, 4:27).

In the wrestlebacks, he defeated Sean Swift of Bridgewater State, 9-0, then defeated Andrew Balina of Springfield by fall in 1:58. He then defeated DJ Neri of Gettysburg by a 4-1 decision, before falling to Zack Bates of Bridgewater via fall in 2:55.

In the seventh place match, he lost to David Okerblom of Messiah, 7-6.

Minelli started his day with a 4-1 win over KJ Young of Messiah, then dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to James Lomonica of Oneonta.

In the wrestlebacks, he defeated Ethan Covalt of Messiah 2-1, before falling to Zane Bachert of Messiah 3-2.

In the seventh-place match, he lost to Richard Wigglesworth of Springfield by forfeit.