The Muhlenberg men's wrestling team opened its home schedule with a 27-19 win against Delaware Valley.

The Mules (2-0) also competed in a non-scoring scramble against The College of New Jersey.

Muhlenberg trailed Delaware Valley 13-9 through five bouts before winning four straight at the upper weights. Senior Riley McHale started with a first-period pin, a junior All-American Anson Dewar improved to 17-0 in duals over the last two seasons with a 7-3 decision in his season debut.

Now ahead 18-13, the Mules extended their margin to 24-13 when sophomore Ryan Fairchild launched a massive headlock to pin his opponent, who is ranked fifth at 174 in the Southeast Region, with about a minute to go in the first period.

That brought the match to senior 197-pounder Paul Parise, who last year scored a sudden victory to clinch the Mules' 20-19 win against Delaware Valley. It wasn't quite as close this time, but Parise (pictured above) again won in overtime to give Muhlenberg an insurmountable lead.

Senior All-American Joey Lamparelli started the match by needing less than a period to rack up a 15-0 lead for a technical fall in his season debut. It was his 10th career tech; only one wrestler in program history has more.

Freshman Evan Mendez scored a major decision in his home debut.

Highlights of the TCNJ match included freshman Jace Yannucciello notching the first two wins of his career and freshman Andrew Loniewski reversing his opponent twice in the third period for a 4-3 decision.

Muhlenberg 27, Delaware Valley 19
125 Joey Lamparelli (M) tech fall Malik Asfour, 2:53 (15-0)
133 Jacob Blair (DV) tech fall Frank DiEsso, 6:03 (16-1)
141 Ryan Arndt (DV) maj. dec. Christopher Dalmau, 16-3
149 Evan Mendez (M) maj. dec. Taylor Weaver, 17-4
157 Greg Croce (DV) maj. dec. Chris Sockler, 13-4
165 Riley McHale (M) pinned Nicholas DeLorenzo, 2:32
174 Anson Dewar (M) dec. Joseph McCullough, 7-3
184 Ryan Fairchild (M) pinned Luke Moore, 2:05
197 Paul Parise (M) dec. Nicholas Hall, 10-7 (sv)
285 Isaiah Johnson (DV) won by forfeit 

Muhlenberg/TCNJ Scramble
125 CJ Horvath (M) maj. dec. Aiden Carmody, 11-2
125 Aiden Carmody (NJ) dec. Brian McCaw, 3-2
133 Jace Yannucciello (M) dec. Aidan Carmody, 15-10
141 Jason Giordano (NJ) tech fall Ricky Caamano, 5:56 (17-2)
141 Sam Kotch (NJ) dec. Alex Greco, 8-5
141 Louden Mazzo (NJ) pinned David Rosenfarb, 0:15
141 Jace Yannucciello (M) dec. Mike Meissner, 5-2
141 Jason Giordano (NJ) tech fall David Rosenfarb, 6:33 (21-5)
141 Sam Kotch (NJ) dec. Andrew Loniewski, 7-3
141 Alex Greco (M) dec. Louden Mazzeo, 7-3
141 Ricky Caamano (M) dec. Mike Meissner, 7-1
149 Andrew Loniewski (M) dec. Gavin Rucci, 4-3
149 Mayson Harms (NJ) pinned Logan Hurwitt, 4:11
157 Alex Strashinsky (NJ) pinned Aidan Weingrad, 2:53
165 Nick Stump (M) pinned Alex Strashinsky, 2:53
165 Aidan Weingrad (M) dec. Nicholas Acque, 10-3
165 Jimmy Dolan (NJ) dec. Nick Stump, 8-4
165 Nicholas Acque (NJ) tech fall Collin Boldt, 4:10 (15-0)
174 Jeremy Dolan (NJ) tech fall Collin Boldt, 6:30 (19-4)
174 James Romaine (NJ) pinned Collin Boldt, 0:54
184 Fletcher Goodman (M) dec. Jacob Gerish, 4-3
184 Austin Raynor (NJ) tech fall Fletcher Goodman, 3:17 (19-2)
197 Chris Baker (NJ) pinned Sean Quaye, 6:30
197 Matt Coon (NJ) maj. dec. Hayk Grigorian, 14-5
197 Chris Baker (NJ) pinned Hayk Grigorian, 3:36
197 Matt Coon (NJ) pinned Sean Quaye, 0:46
197 Austin Raynor (NJ) pinned Sean Quaye, 0:45