The Muhlenberg men's wrestling team opened its Centennial Conference dual season with a thrilling 22-21 win at Gettysburg.

The Mules (6-2, 1-0) also defeated Oneonta, 27-14, in their first match of the day.

Muhlenberg trailed the Bullets, 10-0, after two matches before freshman Tyson Derenberger recorded a major decision at 174. That started a string of five straight wins for the Mules - a major by sophomore Ryan Fairchild at 184, a pin by junior Paul Parise at 197, a decision by junior Andrew Franklin at 285 and a pin by senior Joey Lamparelli at 125. Parise's pin came against the CC third-place finisher at 285 last year.

The five wins gave the Mules a 22-10 lead after they had a team point deducted. That opened the door for the Bullets to have a chance to tie the match after decisions at 133 and 141 made it 22-16. Needing a pin, Gettysburg got a technical fall, and Muhlenberg escaped with the one-point win.

The Mules won the first four bouts against Oneonta, with Lamparelli (pictured above) recording his sixth technical fall of the season to move to within one of the school record. Franklin won a decision as part of a 2-0 day, and freshmen Andrew Loniewski and Nick Stump both won by fall.

Muhlenberg 27, Oneonta 14 133 Frank DiEsso (M) dec. Danny Poggi, 8-2
141 Andrew Loniewski (M) pinned Phillip Venne, 3:45
149 Alex Greco (M) maj. dec. Anderson Klosner, 13-5
157 Max Yahre (O) dec. Trey Miletics, 2-1
165 Nick Stump (M) pinned Ayden DeForest, 2:09
174 Kenneth Sauer (O) maj. dec. Tyson Derenberger, 13-2
184 Jack Ryan (O) dec. Ryan Fairchild, 6-3
197 Carson LiCastri (O) maj. dec. Paul Parise, 14-4
285 Andrew Franklin (M) dec. Nicholas Aliani, 7-1

Muhlenberg 22, Gettysburg 21
157 Gavin Pascoe (G) pinned Chris Sockler, 5:56
165 Justin Richey (G) maj. dec. Nick Stump, 14-6
174 Tyson Derenberger (M) maj. dec. Connor Hoefling, 13-3
184 Ryan Fairchild (M) maj. dec. James Doliscar, 11-3
197 Paul Parise (M) pinned Phil Nave, 2:20
285 Andrew Franklin (M) dec. Simon Taylor, 4-2
125 Joey Lamparelli (M) pinned Tank Spelta, 4:16
133 Brendan Callahan (G) dec. Frank DiEsso, 6-3
141 Luke Kowalski (G) dec. Andrew Loniewski, 10-3
149 Ethan Composto (G) tech fall Alex Greco, 5:58 (17-2)