CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The #18 University of Pennsylvania wrestling team swept its New England road trip after crushing Harvard 34-6 in Cambridge on Sunday afternoon.
 
#32 Max Gallagher (125), #10 Michael Colaiocco (133), #16 CJ Composto (141), Jude Swisher (149), #23 Lucas Revano (157), #17 Maximus Hale (184), #24 Cole Urbas (197), and John Stout secured wins over the Crimson to account for Penn's 34 points in the win.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Hale remains undefeated in duals, shifting to 8-0 after pinning Leo Tarantino in the meet.
 
*Freshman Swisher won his first collegiate dual from a pin over the Crimson's Jack Crook.
 
*The three pins from Gallagher, Hale, and Swisher are the most the Quakers have recorded in a dual this season.
 
*Since Penn's dual against Columbia back on January 28 to the match at 165 today, the Quakers have won 24 consecutive bouts and outscored their opponents 94-0.
 
*Adam Thomson wrestled in the only exhibition match of the meet, edging out Harvard's Cael Berg by decision, 11-7.
 
How It Happened
Freshman Gallagher gave the Red and Blue a lead they would not relinquish as he opened the dual with two takedowns over Isaiah Adams (Harvard) before putting the nail in the casket to get the pin in 2:24 to put Penn ahead 6-0.
 
Senior Colaiocco and junior Composto both completed comebacks in their matches to push the score to 12-0. #10 Colaiocco closed the second and opened the third period of his contest with takedowns to win by decision over Coleman Nogle (Harvard), 8-4. #16 Composto scored six unanswered points from back-to-back takedowns in the second and five points at the end of the third to flip the script on Michael Jaffe and grab the bout by decision, 19-12.
 
First-year Swisher recorded the Quakers' second pin of the outing, working quickly and pinning Jack Crook in 30 seconds to account for his first collegiate dual win and start at 149.
 
#23 Revano recorded the sole major decision victory of the meet, opening the match with a takedown to set the pace. The senior added two more to the board in the final period to top Joseph Cangro 10-2.
 
Junior Hale tallied the last pin of the dual, taking down the Crimson's Leo Tarantino during the first two minutes of the battle before finalizing the win at 2:36 to push the Quakers' lead to 28-6.
 
Senior Urbas won his second dual of the season in the final 30 seconds of his match with Alex Whitworth (Harvard). Urbas gained control of Whitworth before riding out time to end the match by decision, 3-0.
 
Stout closed out the dual with Penn's final win, working fast to takedown Nick Marcenelle. Stout held on to his lead, recording one final takedown in the third to beat Marcenelle by decision, 7-2, and clinch the Quakers' third straight Ivy League win.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (4-4, 3-0 Ivy League) return to University City on Saturday, Feb. 10, to host #8 Cornell for a 7 p.m. dual inside The Palestra.
 
Results
125 – #32 Max Gallagher (P) def. Isaiah Adams (H), 2:24 F – Penn leads 6-0
133 – #10 Michael Colaiocco (P) def. Coleman Nogle (H), 8-4 DEC – Penn leads 9-0
141 – #16 CJ Composto (P) def. Michael Jaffe (H), 19-12 DEC – Penn leads 12-0
149 – Jude Swisher (P) def. Jack Crook (H), 0:30 F – Penn leads 18-0
157 – #23 Lucas Revano (P) def. Joseph Cangro (H), 10-2 MD – Penn leads 22-0
165 – #31 Josh Kim (H) def. Kaya Sement (P), 8-3 DEC – Penn leads 22-3
174 – #7 Philip Conigliaro (H) def. #6 Nick Incontrera, 4-2 DEC – Penn leads 22-6
184 – #17 Maximus Hale (P) def. Leo Tarantino, 2:36 F – Penn leads 28-6
197 – #24 Cole Urbas (P) def. Alex Whitworth (H), 3-0 DEC – Penn leads 31-6
285 – John Stout (P) def. Nick Marcenelle (H), 7-2 DEC – Penn wins 34-6
Extra Match
165 – Adam Thomson (P) def. Cael Berg (H), 11-7 DEC