2024 Will Abele Invitational/Ursinus Open Recap

On the weekend of 1/13-1/14, the MIT Engineers competed at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. The wrestlers fought hard at their last NCAA tournament of the season!

Because it was still IAP (spring semester hadn’t started yet), the team was limited to the few wrestlers available; however, the team still put forth a good showing.

Official results for the men on Flowrestling: https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/0d0ec401-86e4-4e08-803a-032596ec6c3f Official results for the women on Flowrestling: https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/a70d903b-4033-42df-824b-2b685a60e57e

Team Scores

The MIT men took 16th out of 17 teams with 15 points (and only one wrestler).

The MIT women took 3rd out of 16 teams with 6 points.

Individual Results

Here’s how everyone did:

• Sam Calvert placed 4th and went 3-2 at 184 lbs.

  • He won by pin in 2:06 against Dennis Nugra (Scranton).

  • He won 5-3 against Tyreece Cherival (Western New England).

  • He won 9-6 against Elon Martin (RIT).

  • He lost by pin in 3:57 against Max Borton (Ursinus).

  • He lost by pin in 0:42 against Ryan Fairchild (Muhlenberg).

• Viveca Pannell went 2-2 at 130 lbs (freestyle).

  • She won 12-4 against Cadence Howard (East Stroudsburg).

  • She lost by tech fall against Kira Pipkins (Columbia).

  • She won by tech fall against Natalia Morales (Bergen).

  • She lost by tech fall against Gabby Bradigan (Elmira).

• Veloria Pannell placed 2nd and went 3-1 at 143 lbs (freestyle).

  • She won by pin in 0:48 against Olivia Wojtusik (New England College).

  • She won by pin in 3:28 against Angelina Hiller (East Stroudsburg).

  • She won 11-4 against Dakota-Marie Dinielli (Western New England).

  • She lost by tech fall against Zoey Lints (Elmira).