Shippensburg wrestling traveled to Alvernia University last Saturday to start its 2025-2026 season at the Tonee Ellis Memorial Invitational. They placed fourth overall with 10 individual place-winners.
Graduate Nick Delp won the 165-pound bracket with five wins. Freshman Kyle Von Schmidt (133) and redshirt freshman Matt Jones (285) also recorded five wins on the day to each place fifth in their respective brackets.
Redshirt junior Mike Trainor secured four wins to place fifth at 149 pounds. Sophomore Kaden Casey and senior Anthony Lavish placed fourth at 133 and 157, respectively.
Redshirt freshman Cole Coffin placed second at 141 pounds, while junior Diesel Koser placed third at 197. The last two place winners were sophomore Anthony DeAngelo (165) and senior Cole Lang (184), who both placed eighth.
Delp scored bonus points in four of his five wins. He started the day with a technical fall against Alfred State’s Christian Warren and then a pin against Rowan’s Aiden Rhea. His quarterfinal and semifinal matches were major decisions. In the final, he posted a 9-3 decision over Delaware Valley’s Luke Moore.
Most winners earned bonus points in their matches as well.
Von Schmidt began his collegiate career with an impressive showing. He incurred bonus points in all five of his wins, including three falls.
Jones earned two falls, one major decision and two decisions. Trainor earned bonus points in all four of his wins with four major decisions.
Casey went 3-2 in his Raider debut and earned one fall and two decisions. Lavish had one fall and one decision. Coffin impressed with one fall and two tech falls, while Koser secured a variety with a fall, a tech fall and a decision.
DeAngelo secured bonus points with two pins and one major decision, while Lang earned one pin and one decision.
Overall, the placement winners helped propel the Raiders to fourth out of 16 teams. They had 157.5 points, trailing Alvernia, Gettysburg and Kutztown. They improved from last year’s sixth-place finish.
Shippensburg’s next matches will be against Frostburg State and Fairmont State on Nov. 9.
The Slate welcomes thoughtful discussion on all of our stories, but please keep comments civil and on-topic. Read our full guidelines here.