NEW YORK CITY – The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team opened Ivy League battles with a bang on Friday night in New York City, topping Columbia 24-20.
 
CJ Composto won the final match of the meet by decision, 8-4, to push Penn past the Lions to open conference action 1-0.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*The Red and Blue are on a four-match win streak thanks to the win over Columbia, marking the longest streak since the 2022-23 season.
 
*Max Gallagher (125), Ryan Miller (133), #10 Composto, Cross Wasilewski (149), Jude Swisher (157), and Andy Troczynski picked up victories over the Lions.
 
*Junior Troczynski won his first dual of the season, completing the comeback over Columbia's Jaden Le.
 
*The Quakers now own the last four wins against Columbia, with the Lions not winning a meet since the 2019-20 campaign.
 
How It Happened
The Quakers started the battle out strong, with #16 Wasilewski opening things with a major decision over Richard Fedalen, 11-2. #16 Swisher kept the pace up, dominating Dominic Rossetti 18-1 to bump the Quakers' lead to 9-0. Troczysnki followed with a comeback win over Le to extend the lead to 12-0. After trailing 6-2 after the first period, the junior caught a spark off a four-point nearfall to take the match 15-11.
 
The Lions retaliated by winning the next four matches to take a 20-12 lead with three bouts to go. Penn would not go down silently, as #23 Gallagher won the 125 match with Sulayman Bah by major decision, 11-3, to slash the deficit to 20-16.
 
#19 Miller stayed hot, winning his fifth consecutive match, topping Connor Smith 20-4 to push Penn ahead 21-20. Senior Composto sealed the Ivy League victory, tallying an early 3-0 lead that Kai Owen could not overcome to give the Quakers the meet at 24-20.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (6-3, 1-0 Ivy League) wrap up their Empire State road trip on Sunday, taking on Hofstra at noon.
 
Results
149: #16 Cross Wasilewski def. Richard Fedalen, 11-2 MD
157: #16 Jude Swisher def. Dominic Rossetti, 18-1 TF
165: Andy Troczynski def. Jaden Le, 15-11 DEC
 174: Jack McGill def. #6 Nick Incontrera, 14-3 MD
184: Nick Fine def. #18 Maximus Hale, 2:22 F
197: Joseph Curtis def. Nate Taylor, 5:54 F
285: Vincent Mueller def. John Pardo, 15-3 MD
125: #23 Max Gallagher def. Sulayman Bah, 11-3 MD
133: #19 Ryan Miller def. Connor Smith, 20-4 TF
141: #10 CJ Composto def. Kai Owen, 8-4 DEC