GRANTHAM, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's wrestling team competed in day one of the Petrofes Invitational at Messiah University, where two Knights advanced to Saturday's second day of action. At 149 pounds, Caden Frost dominated his first three matches—all by tech fall—to secure a spot in tomorrow's semifinals against Jake Mitchell (Gettysburg). At 197 pounds, Aidan Murray battled through the bracket to go 2-1, earning two decision victories to advance to Consolation Round 5, where he will meet Christian Curley (Bridgewater State).

HOW IT HAPPENED

133 Pounds

Aamire' Gaskins
• Opened with a 6-3 decision win over Colby Jones (Shenandoah).
• Narrowly fell to Taylor Ratledge (Messiah) by a 4-3 decision.
• Dropped his final match to Owen Caracciolo (St. Vincent).

141 Pounds

Josiah Thomas
• Dropped his opening bout to Ivan Benitez (Greensboro) by a 4-3 decision.
• Fell by first-period pin to David Rosenfarb (Muhlenberg) at 1:03.

Malik Barkor
• Won his first match over Angel Avalos (King's) with a 10-7 decision.
• Fell to Ryan Kozdra (Springfield) by 17-0 tech fall.
• Dropped his final match by fall to Kyle Gidman (Springfield) at 4:53.

149 Pounds

Caden Frost
• Opened with a 17-1 tech fall over Daniel Pierce (Messiah).
• Added a 19-2 tech fall over Miguel Arcilia Londono (Bridgewater State).
• Completed a 3-0 day with another 17-1 tech fall over Eoghan Ohara (Muhlenberg) to reach the semifinals.

Julius Martinez
• Fell to Dylan Hart (Messiah) by 15-0 tech fall.
• Rebounded with an 18-1 tech fall over Donovan Kelly (Adrian).
• Dropped a tight 4-3 decision to Landon Neal (Averett).

Tyler Glazier
• Lost his opener to Benjamin Hankinson (Bridgewater State) by fall at 4:37 in a 14-12 bout.
• Picked up a fall over Brady Packer (Adrian) at 3:49.
• Won by medical forfeit over Andrew Fabian (Gettysburg).
• Fell by first-period pin to Cqari Bacote (Bridgewater State) at 0:51.

157 Pounds

Kehinde Mogaji
• Fell to Robert Leeds (NYU) by fall at 2:39.
• Earned a 10-8 decision over Charles Levine (Muhlenberg).
• Was defeated by teammate Nick DellaRocca (Arcadia) by fall at 5:50.

Marco Conroy
• Dropped his opener by fall to Carter Shupert (Averett) at 5:27.
• Pinned JT Roden (Springfield) in 46 seconds.
• Secured a 17-2 tech fall over James Mahoney (Averett).
• Fell by fall to Avery Carl (Bridgewater State) at 4:53.

Nick DellaRocca
• Fell by 17-2 tech fall to Aidan Smith (Adrian).
• Defeated teammate Kehinde Mogaji by fall at 5:50.
• Dropped an 11-8 decision to James Calabrese (Bridgewater State).

Riley Gutierrez
• Won his opener with an 11-6 decision over JT Roden (Springfield).
• Fell to Noah Rice (Messiah) by fall at 2:33.
• Rebounded with a fall over Connor Doughty (Adrian) at 2:58.
• Lost to Brandon Flores-Salazar (Alvernia) by 17-2 tech fall.

Taiwo Mogaji
• Dropped his opener by fall to Hunter Ballantine (Shenandoah) at 2:41.
• Fell by 12-2 major decision to Justin Musmanno (Gettysburg).

165 Pounds

Landen Taylor
• After a first-round bye, fell by fall to Ean Wilson (Gettysburg) at 1:23.
• Dropped his next bout by fall to Cannon Long (Shenandoah) at 3:41.

184 Pounds

James Taft
• Lost his opener to Dmitry Derbedyenyev (NYU) by 13-0 major decision.
• Bounced back with a 17-6 major decision over Sam Gouvela (Gettysburg).
• Followed with a 10-3 decision win over Lucio Colon Perez (Bridgewater State).
• Fell to Nathan Kovalcik (Messiah) by 16-0 tech fall.

197 Pounds

Aidan Murray
• Won his opener with an 8-4 decision over Tim Eddinger (Messiah).
• Fell to Oliver Parker (Springfield) by fall at 4:30.
• Defeated Isaiah Durham (Messiah) by a 4-1 decision to advance.

Tyler Mains
• Dropped his opener by 15-0 tech fall to Tucker Seidel (Messiah).
• Recovered with a fall over Daniel Basil-Barker (Shenandoah) at 4:36.
• Earned a 7-5 decision over Tim Eddinger (Messiah).
• Fell to Christian Curley (Bridgewater State) by a 13-3 major decision.

UP NEXT

Frost and Murray return to the mat for day two of the Petrofes Invitational tomorrow morning beginning at 9:30 a.m.

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