Freshman Steven Rice and sophomore Gennaro Cerminara of the Muhlenberg wrestling team placed fourth in their respective weight classes at the Citrus Open in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Rice (pictured above) placed for the second time in as many tournaments as a Mule; he came in eighth at Messiah earlier in the month. After getting pinned by the top seed at 184, Rice posted an 11-7 decision against a John Carroll wrestler to advance to the consolation final, where he was decisioned by the third seed.

At 197, Cerminara reached the consolation final by adding two pins - one in just 51 seconds and the other against the third seed - to one he recorded on the first day of the tournament. He went 4-2 at the tournament to run his season record to 16-8, with nine of his wins coming by fall.

Freshman Austin Sherman placed seventh at 133, closing out his tournament with a pin of the sixth seed. Junior Ben Peck recorded his second pin of the tournament in the 149-pound ninth-place bracket.

Complete Brackets

Team Scores
1. Augsburg (A) 200.5
2. Cornell College (CC) 140
3. Wis.-La Crosse (UWL) 119
4. Oneonta State (O) 106.5
5. John Carroll (JC) 98.5
6. Williams (W) 92.5
7. Ursinus (U) 52.5
8. Liberty (L) 51
9. MUHLENBERG (Muhl) 45.5
10. UNC Pembroke (NCP) 43
11. Florida (F) 11.5
12. Florida Gulf Coast (FGC) .5

Muhlenberg Results
125 
(3) Victor Gliva (A) tech fall Connor McGee (Muhl), 17-2
Dietrich Hartman (W) tech fall McGee, 20-4

133 
(3) Nathan Shank (CC) pinned Austin Sherman (Muhl), 2:34
Sherman pinned Raymon Troncoso (F), 6:41
Sherman dec. Montgomery Frederiksen (A), 7-2
(8) Mitch Tikkanen (JC) dec. Sherman, 13-12
seventh-place match: Sherman pinned (6) Reid Johnson (UWL), 3:38

141 
(8) Anthony Messina (O) pinned Jonny Greenblatt (Muhl), 1:58
Mike Hayes (A) pinned Greenblatt, 0:35
Jake Wulf (CC) pinned Greenblatt, 2:17

149 
Ben Peck (Muhl) maj. dec. Adam Plotkin (CC), 13-3
(3) Ryan Epps (A) tech fall Peck, 15-0
Peck dec. Aaron Sweeney (UWL), 6-4
Peck pinned Alex Pankhurst (W), 3:57
(8) Tanner Vassar (A) pinned Peck, 0:46
Peck pinned Drew Benos (JC), 2:59
Nicholas Anthony (F) maj. dec. Peck, 13-4

157 
(7) Daniel Murphy (O) dec. Michael Dougan (Muhl), 7-6
Dougan dec. Seth Niichel (CC), 9-8
Dylan Millson (W) dec. Dougan, 12-5
Bryce Zdanovec (A) maj. dec. Dougan, 12-3

165 
(9) Brady McFarland (A) dec. (8) Jimmy Fratantoni (Muhl), 7-4
Gable Frandsen (A) dec. Fratantoni, 7-4
Frandsen (A) dec. Fratantoni, 9-5 

165 
(3) Trace Thome (F) maj. dec. Cam Wasson (Muhl), 9-1
Casey Malloy (NCP) maj. dec. Wasson, 15-4
Thomas Marrone (O) dec. Wasson, 9-2

184 
(5) Steven Rice (Muhl) dec. Lantze Lange (O), 6-4
(1) Christopher Chorzepa (W) pinned Rice, 2:27
Rice dec. (6) Kevin Khoma (JC), 11-7
consolation final: (3) Alex Friedman (UWL) dec Rice, 8-1

197 
(5) Gennaro Cerminara (Muhl) pinned Adam Gusky (UWL), 6:40
(4) Ben Bergen (CC) pinned Cerminara, 1:08
Cerminara over David Smith (L) by default
Cerminara pinned Timothy Flower (O), 0:51
Cerminara pinned (3) Peter Pjetri (O), 3:00
consolation final: Mason Litz (JC) dec. Cerminara, 9-6