BETHLEHEM, Pa. –  The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team opened the 2025-26 season at the 2025 Journeymen Collegiate Classic at Freedom High School on Sunday afternoon, with one grappler winning a hammer award.
 
Cross Wasilewski went 3-0 in the 149 black bracket to win the hammer for the first time in his career to lead the charge for Penn at Journeymen.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Wasilewski's award accounts for the second-straight year Penn has won a hammer as Incontrera grabbed the 174 bracket last season.
 
*Davis Motyka (125), Deven Casey (133), Nathan Taylor (141), Paul Ognissanti (165), Isaias Rodriguez-Jimenez (165), Caden Bellis (174), Brian Heard (174) won their finals matches in their brackets.
 
*Freshmen Bellis, Liam Carlin, Casey, Heard, Greyson Meak, Motyak, Rodriguez-Jimenez, Wyatt Stout, and Taylor made their collegiate debuts at the tournament.
 
How it Happened
Returning Ivy League champion and NCAA qualifier Wasilewski rolled through his three matches to win the 149 top bracket, getting a first-period pin over Indiana's Cole Rhemrev (53 seconds) and shutting Binghamton's Nate Lucier out 12-0 to make it to the 149 final. Wasilewski stood strong in his last match of the day, taking a gritty 4-2 decision over Penn State's Connor Pierce to win his first Journeymen Classic title.
 
Up Next
The Quakers head to Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Saturday, Nov. 15, for the Throwdown on the Yorktown hosted on the USS Yorktown CV-10.

Results
125
Davis Motyka 125 Black
R1: Motyka def. Andrew Binni (Navy), MD 12-3
R2: Bye
R3: Jacob Moran (Indiana) def. Motyka, DEC 4-1 SV
Final: Motyka def. Carson Wagner (Binghamton), DEC 5-2
Brady Pruett 125 Black
R1: Carson Wagner (Binghamton) def. Pruett, DEC 4-2
R2: Logan Brzozowski def. Pruett, MD 15-3
R3: Bye
Final: Andrew Binni (Navy) def. Pruett, DEC 9-8
133
Deven Casey 133 Blue
R1: Bye
R2: Casey def. John Sheety (Sacred Heart), TF 20-7
R3: Casey def. Branden Rozanski (LIU), DEC 5-1
Final: Casey def. Gauge Shipp (Hofstra), DEC 11-6
Evan Mougalian 133 Black
R1: Mougalian def. Jake Crapps (Army), TF 17-1
R2: Mougalian def. Joe Fischer (Clarion), MD 12-4
R3: Bye
Final: Matty Lopes (Lock Haven) def. Mougalian, DEC 3-2
141
Nathan Taylor 141 White
R1: Taylor def. Joe Fongaro (Appalachian State), DEC 8-2
R2: Taylor def. Hunter Gould (Lock Haven), DEC 7-5
Final: Taylor def. Jaden Pepe (Harvard), DEC 5-4
149
Cross Wasilewski 149 Black
R1: Bye
R2: Wasilewski def. Cole Rhemrev (Indiana), FALL 0:53
R3: Wasilewski def. Nate Lucier, DEF 5:00 12-0
Final: Wasilewski def. Connor Pierce, DEC 4-2
Kelly Dunnigan 149 White
R1: Dunnigan def. Noah Tapia (Hofstra), TF 15-0
R2: Bye
R3: Devon Magro (Rutgers) def. Dunnigan, DEC 10-7 SV
R4: Jayce Paridon (UVA) def. Dunnigan, DEC 10-5
R5: Dunnigan def. Pat Phillips (F&M), DEC 3-1
157
Jackson Polo 157 Red
R1: Polo def. Anthony Mann (Sacred Heart), TF 18-3
R2: Bye
R3: Polo def. Luke Bender (F&M), DEC 6-3
Final: Conner Harer (Rutgers) def. Polo, MD 8-0
Wyatt Stout 157 Brown
R1: Stout def. Dylan Zenion (Hofstra), MD 12-2
R2: Stout def. Matt Rogers (Hofstra), MD 11-2
R3: Stout def. Cooper Rathburn (Navy), DEC 2-1
R4: Easton Doster (Rutgers) def. Stout, DEC 2-1
R5: Bye
165
Paul Ognissanti 165 White
R1: Bye
R2: Ognissanti def. John Martin Best (Maryland), MD 14-4
R3: Sam Beckett (Penn State) def. Ognissanti, DEC 6-5
Final: Ognissanti def. Marco Albanese (Binghamton), DEC 7-5
Isaias Rodriguez-Jimenez 165 Red
R1: Bye
R2: Rodriguez-Jimienez def. Lucas Gutierrez (Sacred Heart), FALL 2:41
R3: Rodriguez-Jimienez def. Eric Shindel (Hofstra), TF 19-3
Final: Rodriguez-Jimienez def. Logan Richey (Duke), FALL 3:11
Sean Seefeldt 165 Black
R1: Seefeldt def. Josph Cangro (Harvard), DEC 5-4
R2: Tyler Lillard def. Seefeldt (Indiana), DEC 4-2
R3: Bye
Final: Cesar Alvan (Columbia) def. Seefeldt, DEC 4-1
174
Caden Bellis 174 White
R1: Dakota Morris (Army) def. Bellis, MD 8-0
R2: Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard) def. Bellis, DEC 4-0
Final: Bellis def. Domenic D'Agostino (LIU), MD 14-4
Liam Carlin 174 White
R1: Carlin def. Domenic D'Agostino (LIU), MD 14-3
R2: Bye
R3: Carlin def. Nathan Blachette (Rutgers), DEC 5-1
Final: Dakota Morris (Army) def. Carlin, DEC 2-1
Brian Heard 174 Tan
R1: Heard def. Liam Kilrain (Navy), DEC 3-0
R2: Bye
R3: Heard def. Colt Campbell (Appalachian State), DEC 16-13
Final: Heard def. Sam Gautreau (Lock Haven), DEC 14-9
Lance Urbas 174 Red
R1: Greg LaPlante (Army) def. Urbas, DEC 13-7
R2: Bye
R3: Urbas def. Connor Wetzel (Lock Haven), DEC 5-4
Final: Jurius Clark (Hofstra) def. Urbas, MD 18-4
184
 Xander Kuokkanen 184 Green
R1: Cael Black (Lock Haven) def. Kuokkanen, DEC 4-1
R2: Josh Jorgge (Hofstra) def. Kuokkanen, MD 11-3
R3: Bye
Final: Kuokkanen def. Aman Khalil (Sacred Heart), TF 17-1
Greyson Meak 184 Red
R1: Meak def. Jonathon Sanchez (Navy), MD 10-2
R2: Meak def. Mark Gray (Columbia), TF 15-0
R3: Meak def. Dominick Kraemer (Sacred Heart), TF 21-5
285
John Pardo 285 White
R1: Pardo def. Sam Sorenson (Army), MD 11-2
R2: Pardo def. Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart), MFF
R3: Pardo def. Trent Sibble (Binghamton), DEC 5-2