ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's wrestling team kicked off its season by hosting day one of the Ithaca Invitational, featuring wrestlers from 12 institutions. Ithaca sits third on the leaderboard, trailing VTSU Castleton by just four points.

At 125 pounds, Tomah Gummow continued his push toward the top, taking down Mitch Thaler in the second round, 16-1, after receiving a first-round bye. He then dominated Springfield's Alec Murado, 20-3, for a tech fall at 3:52 to secure his place in tomorrow's quarterfinals.

The 133-pound bracket sees two Bombers still hunting for the top spot in Jay McDonnell and rookie Teague Wolcott. McDonnell took down Conor Hallowich in his first match of the year, 20-6, before making quick work of Edward Donlon, 18-3, to earn a quarterfinal matchup against SUNY Cortland's Richard King.

Wolcott claimed his first collegiate victory with a narrow 10-8 decision over Castleton's Owen O'Leary. He was more convincing in his battle with Christopher Duarte of Springfield, earning a 20-5 tech fall at 4:26. He will face Castleton's Stone Farnsworth in his first collegiate quarterfinal matchup.

Trey LeChase battled his way to the quarterfinals at 141 pounds, taking down Cal Ehrmann of Oswego State by tech fall, 18-1, at 4:40 before pinning Cortland's Culley Bellino.

Also still in action at 141 is George McAteer, who claimed an 8-4 decision in the opening round, a 10-1 major decision in round two and a fall against Kai Ly of Emmanuel in the third round at 2:40.

Off to a strong start to his collegiate career, Philly Provenzano is headed to the 149-pound quarterfinals after earning an 18-2 tech fall over Springfield and a 9-0 major decision over Lycoming. Also advancing to the quarterfinals is William Bentrim, who received a first-round bye before earning tech fall and major decision victories.

Aiko Sanders is 2-0 at 157 pounds, receiving a first-round bye before pinning Castleton's Ryan Ball at 2:40 and Oswego's Kris Mihalitsas at 1:04. Zachary Schrage also started with a bye before claiming a 20-10 major decision and a narrow 8-5 decision.

Chris Reddy secured a quarterfinal matchup after earning a 12-1 major decision over Castleton's Isaiah Grant and a 17-2 tech fall at 4:01 over Jeremiah Johnson of Norwich.

Harrison Muller kicked off his collegiate career with a 19-3 tech fall over Lycoming's Devon Green at 4:40 and a 10-2 major decision over Anthony Archambault of Springfield to secure his place in the quarterfinals.

The Bombers' lone 197-pounder, Rocco Lore, is in the quarterfinals after earning a 20-4 tech fall in the opening round and a 7-5 decision in round two.

Still competing in the heavyweight division is Charlie Turner, who received a first-round bye before claiming a 9-3 decision over Lycoming's Tyler Lobb. Kamdyn Dorchester is also still in contention after pinning Hamza Merrick of NCC at 5:55 and earning a 9-3 decision over Evan Gillespie of Castleton.

Still in action in the consolation brackets are Charlie Boelman and Andrew Aparo at 125 pounds, Cooper Feltmann at 141, Quintin Smith and Charles Przymylski at 149, Michael Fahmie at 157, Max Casiano and Lukas Van Veen at 174 and John Bostian at 184.

The Bombers will return to action at 9 a.m. tomorrow, November 7, as they close out the Ithaca Invitational.