Penn had a rough 18/19 season. Only two wrestlers qualified for the NCAA tournament where they scored 3.5 team points (45th place). The Quakers went 5-9 in duals with their biggest win coming against Big 10 superpower, Maryland. Penn finished 10th out of 16 at the EIWA championships.
Last season, Penn was an extremely young team with six true freshman starters. They are losing two senior starters from last season but they return both of their qualifiers. The team should be improved with a solid incoming freshman class highlighted by Michael Colaiocco.
125
Michael Colaiocco (Fr) <Blair Academy, NJ>
Ranked #2 at 126 by Intermat, Colaiocco is a 4-time (the 3rd ever) Beast of the East champion, a National Preps champion (2016) and a Walsh Ironman champion (2017).
133
Carmen Ferrante (So) <Bergen Catholic, NJ>
Ferrante qualified for the NCAA championships in his first year at Penn last season @125. He had a 25-10 overall record and went 1-2 at the NCAAs from the 23 seed. Last season, Doug Zapf (So) went 17-16 as the 133 starter and didn’t qualify for the NCAAs. He didn’t have any wins against qualifiers.
141
AJ Vindici (Sr) <Randolph, NJ>
Grant Aronoff (So) <St. Thomas Aquinas, FL>
Gianni Ghione (Jr) <Brick Memorial, NJ>
Vindici went 10-9 last season and didn’t qualify for NCAAs. He didn’t have any wins against qualifiers. Aronoff also had some starts last season finishing with a 7-5 record. He did have a win against a former qualifier, Enriquez (App St). Ghione missed last season due to injury. He was the starter @133 in 2017/18 and went 17-9 but didn’t qualify for NCAAs after going 0-2 in the EIWA championships.
149
Lucas Revano (Fr) <Camden Catholic, NJ>
Revano is a two-time New Jersey state champion (2019 @145, 2018 @132).
157
Anthony Artalona (So) <Tampa Prep, FL>
Artalona had a strong season @149 for the Quakers with being Penn’s only EIWA champion and falling just short of the podium at NCAAs. He went 29-7 overall and secured the 13 seed at the NCAA tournament. After getting upset by Thorn (Minny) in the first round, Artalona won three straight in the wrestlebacks before losing a close match to (8)Jerrett Degen (ISU) in the round of 12. Last season, outgoing senior Joey Oliva went 10-11 and didn’t qualify for the NCAAs.
165
Evan DeLuise (Jr) <Don Bosco Prep, NJ>
Neil Antrassian (So) <Temperance Bedford, MI>
DeLuise went 11-16 as the starter last season. Antrassian went 11-13 mostly in opens last season.
174
Jake Hendricks (So) <Wyoming Seminary, PA>
Hendricks went 11-17 last season as the starter.
184
Jalen Laughlin (Sr) <Jefferson City, MO>
Last season, outgoing senior Robert Ng went 5-10 as the starter. Laughlin had a few starts and went 6-6 last season. Neither had any wins against national qualifiers.
197
Cole Urbas (Fr) <State College, PA>
Gregory Bensley (So) <Pocono Mountain West, PA>
Bensley went 9-14 as the starter last season. He didn’t have any wins over wrestlers with winning records. Urbas finished 4th at PIAAs in 2019 and 2nd in 2018 @195.
Heavy
Joey Slackman (Fr) <Commack, NY>
Ben Goldin (So) <Like Highland Prep, FL>
Goldin went 10-16 as the starter last season. Slackman won the New York state title @285 in 2019 (2nd in 2018) and is a two-time Eastern States champion.
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Last season, Penn was an extremely young team with six true freshman starters. They are losing two senior starters from last season but they return both of their qualifiers. The team should be improved with a solid incoming freshman class highlighted by Michael Colaiocco.
125
Michael Colaiocco (Fr) <Blair Academy, NJ>
Ranked #2 at 126 by Intermat, Colaiocco is a 4-time (the 3rd ever) Beast of the East champion, a National Preps champion (2016) and a Walsh Ironman champion (2017).
133
Carmen Ferrante (So) <Bergen Catholic, NJ>
Ferrante qualified for the NCAA championships in his first year at Penn last season @125. He had a 25-10 overall record and went 1-2 at the NCAAs from the 23 seed. Last season, Doug Zapf (So) went 17-16 as the 133 starter and didn’t qualify for the NCAAs. He didn’t have any wins against qualifiers.
141
AJ Vindici (Sr) <Randolph, NJ>
Grant Aronoff (So) <St. Thomas Aquinas, FL>
Gianni Ghione (Jr) <Brick Memorial, NJ>
Vindici went 10-9 last season and didn’t qualify for NCAAs. He didn’t have any wins against qualifiers. Aronoff also had some starts last season finishing with a 7-5 record. He did have a win against a former qualifier, Enriquez (App St). Ghione missed last season due to injury. He was the starter @133 in 2017/18 and went 17-9 but didn’t qualify for NCAAs after going 0-2 in the EIWA championships.
149
Lucas Revano (Fr) <Camden Catholic, NJ>
Revano is a two-time New Jersey state champion (2019 @145, 2018 @132).
157
Anthony Artalona (So) <Tampa Prep, FL>
Artalona had a strong season @149 for the Quakers with being Penn’s only EIWA champion and falling just short of the podium at NCAAs. He went 29-7 overall and secured the 13 seed at the NCAA tournament. After getting upset by Thorn (Minny) in the first round, Artalona won three straight in the wrestlebacks before losing a close match to (8)Jerrett Degen (ISU) in the round of 12. Last season, outgoing senior Joey Oliva went 10-11 and didn’t qualify for the NCAAs.
165
Evan DeLuise (Jr) <Don Bosco Prep, NJ>
Neil Antrassian (So) <Temperance Bedford, MI>
DeLuise went 11-16 as the starter last season. Antrassian went 11-13 mostly in opens last season.
174
Jake Hendricks (So) <Wyoming Seminary, PA>
Hendricks went 11-17 last season as the starter.
184
Jalen Laughlin (Sr) <Jefferson City, MO>
Last season, outgoing senior Robert Ng went 5-10 as the starter. Laughlin had a few starts and went 6-6 last season. Neither had any wins against national qualifiers.
197
Cole Urbas (Fr) <State College, PA>
Gregory Bensley (So) <Pocono Mountain West, PA>
Bensley went 9-14 as the starter last season. He didn’t have any wins over wrestlers with winning records. Urbas finished 4th at PIAAs in 2019 and 2nd in 2018 @195.
Heavy
Joey Slackman (Fr) <Commack, NY>
Ben Goldin (So) <Like Highland Prep, FL>
Goldin went 10-16 as the starter last season. Slackman won the New York state title @285 in 2019 (2nd in 2018) and is a two-time Eastern States champion.
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New creepy mascot:
