PHILADELPHIA – The #22 University of Pennsylvania wrestling team dropped its Ivy League opener to Columbia on Saturday night, falling 23-13 in the Palestra.
 
After trailing Penn at the halftime break, 13-3, Columbia rallied with five straight wins to shift to 5-3 on the season, while Penn fell to 4-1.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*#13 Evan Mougalian (133), #7 CJ Composto (141), #8 Cross Wasilewski (149), and Jude Swisher (157) won their bouts to account for Penn's 13 points in the battle.
 
*Lance Urbas (174), Liam Carlin (184), and John Vinciguerra made their dual debuts against the Lions.
 
*Senior Composto and sophomore Wasilewski stayed undefeated in duals, Composto moving to 2-0 and Wasilewski to 5-0.
 
Up Next
The Quakers hit the road next weekend, traveling to New England to take on Brown on Saturday at noon.
 
Results
125: Sulayman Bah def. #28 Davis Motyka, 9-6 DEC | 3-0 Columbia
133: #13 Evan Mougalian def. Evin Gursoy, 7-0 DEC | 3-3
141: #7 CJ Composto def. #19 Lorenzo Frezza, 8-4 DEC | 6-3 Penn
149: #8 Cross Wasilewski def. Richard Fedalen, 9-3 | 9-3 Penn
157: #13 Jude Swisher def. #18 Kai Owen, 14-1 MD | 13-3 Penn
165: #31 Cesar Alvan def. #19 Sean Seefeldt, 4-1 DEC SV | 13-6 Penn
174: #28 Nick Fine def. Lance Urbas, 13-5 MD | 13-10 Penn
184: Joe Curtis def. Liam Carlin, 16-4 MD | 14-13 Columbia
197: #32 Jack Wehmeyer def. Martin Cosgrove, 4-1 DEC SV | 17-13 Columbia
285: #32 Vincent Muelleer def. John Vinciguerra, 4:38 F | 23-13