Sophomore Andrew Loniewski qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships by finishing third at 141 pounds at the regional meet.

The national tournament is scheduled for March 14 and 15 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Loniewski, the Mules' ninth national qualifier since 2020 and the program's first at 141 since 2007, punched his ticket in the same way that he won the Centennial Conference title: by scoring a dramatic win against an opponent who had defeated him earlier.

Loniewski (pictured above) reached the third-place match by recording consecutive major decisions against opponents from Alvernia and NYU. That gave him three consecutive major decisions in the tournament, matching his previous total from the season.

In the consolation final, Loniewski faced a Messiah opponent who beat him 10-5 the previous day, in the quarterfinals. Loniewski led that bout heading into the third period, however, 5-3.

In the rematch, it was the Falcon wrestler who took a 4-1 lead into the final two minutes. A pair of escapes and a stalling penalty tied the score, and with a bid to nationals on the line, Loniewski took his opponent down with fewer than 30 seconds remaining. Although he was reversed late in the match, he hung on for the 7-6 decision - his 30th win of the season.

Among the six other Muhlenberg placewinners, four won their final bouts, with senior Anson Dewar placing fifth and graduate student Joey Lamparelli (125), junior Ryan Fairchild and senior Andrew Franklin all finishing seventh. Lamparelli closed out with a major decision (the 19th of his career, one short of the school record) to finish his brilliant career with a record of 102-30.

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Team Scores
1. The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) 174.5
2. Alvernia (Alv) 137.5
3. Messiah (Me) 128.5
4. New York University (NYU) 115.5
5. Merchant Marine (MM) 97.5
6. Delaware Valley (DV) 83
7. Elizabethtown (E) 79.5
8. Gettysburg (G) 69.5
9. MUHLENBERG 68.5
10. Ursinus (U) 58
11. McDaniel (Mc) 53
12. Marymount (Mar) 39
13. King's (K) 22
14. Misericordia (Mis) 21.5
15. Johns Hopkins (JH) 19
16. Scranton (S) 11.5
17. York (Y) 8

Muhlenberg Results (placewinners)
125
Joey Lamparelli (Muhl) dec. Ian Morales (Mar), 5-1
Malik Asfour (DV) dec. Lamparelli, 5-0
Lamparelli tech fall Jaydin Barreto (Mis), 3:14 (15-0)
Harrison Gordon (NYU) maj. dec. Lamparelli, 16-3
seventh place: Lamparelli maj. dec. Patrick Horvath (K), 12-4

133
CJ Horvath (Muhl) tech fall James King (Alv), 7:00 (17-2)
Jacob Blair (DV) dec. Horvath, 12-10
Horvath dec. Joseph Custodio (Mar), 9-8
Horvath dec. Michael Adams (U), 9-3
Corey Cope (E) pinned Horvath, 2:11
fifth place: Caiden Heller (Me) pinned Horvath, 4:44

141
Andrew Loniewski (Muhl) pinned Charles Lausten (MM), 1:30
Shaun Quirk (Me) dec. Loniewski, 11-5
Loniewski maj. dec. Jacob Grzybek (Y), 12-2
Loniewski maj. dec. Garrett Gehr (Alv), 12-3
Loniewski maj. dec. Tyler Kadish (NYU), 18-8
consolation final: Loniewski dec. Quirk, 7-6

157
Cooper Pontelandolfo (NYU) tech fall Trey Miletics (Muhl), 2:32 (17-2)
Miletics dec. Frank Gulli (Y), 8-2
Miletics dec. Fritz Maurath (JH), 9-6
Eddie Pinc (MM) maj. dec. Miletics, 10-0
seventh place: Tallion Elliott (Mar) over Miletics by forfeit

174
Anson Dewar (Muhl) tech fall Nick Bell (NYU), 3:43 (16-0)
Austin Brass (Me) maj. dec. Dewar, 15-3
Dewar maj. dec. Anthony Matas (Mis), 8-0
Dewar dec. Luke Moore (DV), 9-2
Anthony Cerulli (U) dec. Dewar, 7-3
fifth place: Dewar maj. dec. Bell, 15-5

184
Ryan Fairchild (Muhl) pinned Charles Kitching (S), 1:25
Ganon Smith (E) dec. Fairchild, 9-2
Fairchild dec. Rylan Moose (Mar), 8-2
Nils Updale (U) dec. Fairchild, 4-1
seventh place: Fairchild maj. dec. Hayden McLellan (Alv), 13-5

285
Andrew Franklin (Muhl) maj. dec. Bennett Sonneborn (NYU), 10-1
Mauro Pellot (Alv) dec. Franklin, 9-7
Franklin dec. Mohamed Abdelatty (U), 9-3
Matthew Coon (TCNJ) dec. Franklin, 4-3
seventh place: Franklin dec. Brey Loving (Mar), 7-1