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Bears 7th at Citrus Invitational

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Ursinus finished seventh at the Citrus Invitational over Winter Break.

Two wrestlers took second as 133-pounder sophomore Alex Blank (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) and 197-pounder sophomore Connor McNamara (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) both accomplished that feat.

Senior Dan Glover (Bergenfield, N.J./Bergenfield), wrestling at 141 pounds, took third in his bracket while junior Ed Minelli (Hull, Mass./Xavierian Brothers) was fifth at 285 pounds.

Blank started his day with a 7-2 win over Matthew Ostovich, then scored a 16-0 tech fall over Timothy Vore of Buena Vista. After a forfeit advanced him to the final, Blank dropped an 11-2 major decision to Travis Drappi of Rhode Island College.

McNamara started his day with a 6-4 win over Alex Cressley of W&J, then defeated James Nemunaitis of John Carroll by a pin in 1:26. He lost to Bill Schindel of Mount Union in the title bout by a score of 7-1.

Glover started his day with a 6-3 win over Erik Johanson of Oneonta, then lost to Josh Malave of Mount Union 3-1. In the wrestlebacks, he defeated Johanson again, this time by pin in 4:07. Finally, he defeated Malkus by decision in the third place match 10-6.

Minelli opened up with a pin of Nathan Miller of W&J in 2:46, then lost to Brian Nicoll of Rhode Island College by pin in 3:30.

In the wrestlebacks, Minelli defeated Ty Sampsell of W&J 2-1, then scored a 20-7 major decision over Matt Clark.

After falling to James Lamonica of Oneonta State 4-1, he scored a forfeit over Nicoll, then defeated Nathan Miller of W&J by pin in 2:25.