BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Franklin & Marshall wrestling team won 28 bouts on Sunday at the Journeyman Collegiate Classic. Each of the 17 wrestlers who competed in the pool style tournament won at least one match. Cole Albert won his 157 lb. bracket, with Francis Burke (141 lbs.), Alex Ortiz (157 lbs.), Billy Templeton (165 lbs.), Gabriel Smith (197 lbs.), and Dylan Shelton (197 lbs.) all finishing second after advancing to the championship match of their brackets.

Cole Albert was dominant with a 4-0 day that featured four bonus point victories. He started his day with a second period technical fall against Sacred Heart and pinned his opponent from Maryland. Albert capped his title run with a 15-1 major decision versus Rutgers before defeating Lock Haven's Jonny O'Brien by a 10-2 major decision. Albert comes out of the weekend with a team-leading six victories after his first two collegiate tournaments.

Francis Burke recorded both a technical fall and pin to secure the first two victories of his collegiate career. Fellow first-year Gabe Smith made his F&M debut with a pair of decision victories before suffering his only defeat to MAC medalist Tucker Hogan in the championship match. In that same weight class, Dylan Shelton had a technical fall and medical forfeit before a hard-fought loss at the hands of Virginia Tech in his championship. Alex Ortiz was another pool finalist as his day included a technical fall over Sacred Heart and a 5-0 decision versus Lock Haven.

Billy Templeton earned a second place finish as his pool not did feature crossover bouts. He went 2-1 on the day with a major decision versus Columbia before securing his finish with a pin against Sacred Heart. Tyle Fromm (165 lbs.), Lucas Alvan (184 lbs.), and Jake Allred (197 lbs.) all registered two wins to finish third in their brackets. Fromm defeated two EIWA foes to close his tournament. Both Alvan and Allred downed opponents from Duke to close the day with wins in their crossover matches.

Charlie Colantonio (133 lbs.) recorded a fall to place fourth, finishing the same as fellow 133 lb. teammate Jack Parker who was an 11-9 winner over Bloomsburg. Tyler Shea also had a fall against EIWA foe Sacred Heart at 174 lbs. CJ Ferree (149 lbs.), Jesse Scott (165 lbs.), Michael Fuccilli (174 lbs.), Leo Varga (184 lbs.), and Brody Kline (285 lbs.) also won matches during Sunday's action for the Diplomats.

Wrestling will now have two weeks away from competition before a split weekend that will see the team compete at both Millersville's Shorty Hitchcock Memorial (Nov. 21) and Penn's Keystone Classic (Nov. 22) during the team's final tournaments of November.

Jack Parker (133 lbs. – White) – Fourth place
Round 1: Lost vs. Ty Murray (Appalachian State); TF: 6:12 (17-2)
Round 2: Won vs. Tristan Corbin (Bloomsburg); 11-9
Round 3: Bye
3rd Place: Lost vs. Gavin Lewis (Clarion); 9-4

Charlie Colantonio (133 lbs. – Green) – Fourth place
Round 1: Won vs. Michael Baker (Sacred Heart); F: 2:01
Round 2: Lost vs. Mason Shirk (Davidson); 7-0
Round 3: Bye
3rd Place: Lost vs. Jack Dragoumonas (Duke); 4-1 (SV)

Francis Burke (141 lbs. – Green) – Second place
Round 1: Won vs. Anthony Cadicina (Sacred Heart); TF: 6:38 (19-4)
Round 2: Bye
Round 3: Won vs. Jaiden Lee (Harvard); F: 2:34
First Place: Lost vs. Zane Leitzel (Lock Haven); F 3:53

CJ Ferree (149 lbs. – Green) – Fifth place
Round 1: Lost vs. Jay Chase (Bloomsburg); 17-8
Round 2: Bye
Round 3: Lost vs. Cole Householder (Navy); 5-2
Fifth Place: Won vs. Carter Tate (Cornell); MFF

Cole Albert (157 lbs. – White) – First place
Round 1: Won vs. Logan Shugar (Sacred Heart); TF: 3:31 (19-3)
Round 2: Won vs. Ivan Arias (Maryland); F: 6:02
Round 3: Won vs. Easton Doster (Rutgers); 15-1
Round 4: Won vs. Jonny O'Brien (Lock Haven); 10-2
Round 5: Bye

Alex Ortiz (157 lbs. – Purple) – Second place
Round 1: Won vs. Jack DiBenedetto (Sacred Heart); TF: 3:30 (17-1)
Round 2: Bye
Round 3: Won vs. Abe Amoako (Lock Haven); 5-0
First place: Lost vs. Jordan Brown (Binghamton); TF: 5:17 (21-5)

Jesse Scott (165 lbs. – White) – Fourth place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Won vs. Danny Dacey (Bloomsburg); 5-1
Round 3: Lost vs. Jaden Wehler (Clarion); 5-2
Third place: Lost vs. Charlie Lussier (Duke); MFF

Billy Templeton (165 lbs. – Green) – Second place
Round 1: Won vs. Jeremy Pitcock (Columbia); 8-0
Round 2: Lost vs. Oliver Phillips (Navy); F: 1:46
Round 3: Won vs. Nichoals Mackland-Rivera (Sacred Heart); F: 4:19

Tyler Fromm (165 lbs. – Teal) – Third place
Round 1: Lost vs. Matt Arndt (Lock Haven); 16-6
Round 2: Bye
Round 3: Won vs. Anthony Totta (Sacred Heart); TF: 5:47 (19-4)
Third place: Won vs. Gavin Cole (Navy); MFF

Tyler Shea (174 lbs. – Silver) – Fourth place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Won vs. Lucas Gutierez (Sacred Heart); F: 4:18
Round 3: Lost vs. Nate Blancette (Rutgers); F: 5:47
Third place: Lost vs. Liam Gil-Swiger (Lehigh); 12-7

Michael Fuccilli (174 lbs. – Orange) – Fifth place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Lost vs. Colby Vital (Duke); 4-2
Round 3: Lost vs. Bekhruz Sadriddinov (Lehigh); TF: 4:15 (17-1)
Fifth place: Won vs. Lindson Turner (Columbia); 3-0

Leo Varga (184 lbs. – Gold) – Fifth place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Lost vs. Jaden Simpson (Hofstra); 6-0
Round 3: Lost vs. Adrian Gacek (Clarion); TF: 7:00 (17-1)
Fifth place: Won vs. Dom Kramer (Sacred Heart); DEF: 2:33

Lucas Alvan (184 lbs. – Green) – Third place
Round 1: Lost vs. Sergio Desiante (Virginia Tech); 15-3
Round 2: Won vs. Gavin Hannah (Bloomsburg); 4-1 (SV)
Round 3: Bye
Third Place: Won vs. David Hussey (Duke); 4-1

Gabriel Smith (197 lbs. – Silver) – Second place
Round 1: Won vs. Gunner Pool (Appalachian State); 6-0
Round 2: Won vs. Zahir McLean-Felix (Cornell); 4-3
Round 3: Bye
First Place: Lost vs. Tucker Hogan (Lock Haven); 16-5

Dylan Shelton (197 lbs. – Teal)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Won vs. Xander Dossett (Appalachian State); TF: 5:19 (17-1)
Round 3: Won vs. Aiden Hanning (Cornell); MFF
First Place: Lost vs. Jonathan Rocha (Virginia Tech); 12-3

Jake Allred (197 lbs. – Green) – Third place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Lost vs. Alex Reyes (Rutgers); 14-2
Round 3: Lost vs. Anthony Bruscino (Navy); 9-1
Round 4: Won vs. Ethan Secoy (Clarion); 9-8
Round 5: Won vs. Owen McGrory (Duke); MFF

Brody Kline (285 lbs. – Pink) – Third place
Round 1: Lost vs. Kazmeier Morosetti (Columbia); 11-2
Round 2: Won vs. Luke Sottolano (Lock Haven); 2-1 (TB)
Round 3: Lost vs. Jack Peters (Davidson); 4-1 (SV)
Round 4: Lost vs. Caleb Marzolino (Indiana); 14-6
Round 5: Bye