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— Alfred State Wrestling (@AlfredWrestling) November 2, 2025
Reading, PA- The Alfred State men's wrestling team registered seven place finishes at the Tonee Ellis Memorial Tournament. Alfred placed 6th out of 15 teams.
Sean Malenfant was the highest place finish at 3rd in the 184 bracket. Malenfant opened with a tech fall over Trey Shoemaker (Shippensburg) in 6:39 and a 3-1 decision over Alex Ward (Kutztown). He then followed with a quarterfinal win by fall over Jesse Rappazzo (Alvernia University) in 1:41. After suffering a loss in the semifinal, Malenfant bounced back with a win by fall over Jesse Rappazzo (Alvernia University) in 2:40.
In the 141 bracket, Tyler Zwald opened with back-to-back falls over Jacob Hall (Albright College) in 4:32, and Ryan Trimber (Pennsylvania College of Technology) in 3:27. In the quarterfinal, Zwald delivered a 10-6 win by decision over Trokon Kai (Eastern). After losing in the semifinal and 3rd place match, Zwald finished at 4th place.
Ryan Farley in the 125 bracket tallied a 5th place finish. Farley kicked off with a 4-3 decision over Remy Trach (Kutztown) and followed with an 8-1 sudden victory win over Noah Hinkel (Gettysburg). After Farley suffered a loss in the quarterfinal, he bounced back with an 11-4 win over Angelo Di Pol (Bethany College) in consolation round 4. He then followed with a consolation semifinal win over Julian Zaragoza (Alvernia University) by a 6-3 decision. Farley caped off the 5th place match delivering a no contest win over Remy Trach (Kutztown).
Other finishers were: Black Burtis (133) in 6th, Owen Cummings (157) in 6th, Colton Hai (285) in 6th, and Brandon DellaPia (165) in 8th.
The Pioneers will head to Washington, PA next for the Washington and Jefferson Invite. It is set to begin on Saturday, November 8th at 9:30 am.