LANCASTER, Pa. – Campbell wrestling came away with two champions and three second place finishes at the David H. Lehman '68 Franklin & Marshall Open held at the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center on Friday.

Anthony Molton became an F&M Open champion for the second straight season, going 5-0 on the day. The No. 1 seed at 125 pounds, he started his day with two consecutive tech falls. Molton's effort builds off his third-place finish at the Southern Scuffle earlier this week.

Wynton Denkins also was undefeated in Lancaster with a 6-0 mark. The No. 2 seed, Denkins had three bonus-point wins, followed by three consecutive wins against seeded opponents. His semifinal win was against the No. 3 seed, Kai Owens from Columbia, who was an NCAA qualifier last season.

The two first-place finishers mark the first time Campbell has had multiple champions at this event. Five finalists are also the most in a single F&M Open for the Camels.

Cooper Shore, Shannon Hanna and Levi Hopkins made up the rest of the finalists. Shore was undefeated until his matchup with Molton in the championship bout at 125 pounds. The two teammates did not wrestle, and Shore was awarded second place.

Hanna split matches against All Americans on Friday, earning a win over Ryan Jack (NC State – Unattached). The two were deadlocked at five points each through the first sudden victory period, and Hanna recorded one second more of riding time in the tiebreak period to get the win.

Hopkins continued his effort to get back to full strength after missing the first two months of the season. He won four decision results and a 15-3 major decision in the quarterfinals against Harvard's Max Agresti.

Chris Earnest also found a spot on the podium, placing sixth at 157 pounds. Lane Kiser (184 pounds) had the fastest fall on the day, pinning F&M's Leo Varga in 53 seconds. Mike Slade had the quickest tech fall for the Camels, defeating Tyler Hurst (Millersville) by a score of 18-0 in just 2:20.

UP NEXT

The Fighting Camels open SoCon play with a trip to face Gardner-Webb next Friday. The match starts at 7:00 PM in Boiling Springs, N.C.

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Head Coach Scotti Sentes

"I was happy with how the team performed. Just four days ago we were at the Southern Scuffle in Tennessee where we went 0-3 in the semifinals. Four days later, we went 5-for-5 in the semifinals on the other side of the country, 687 miles away at the F&M Open in Pennsylvania.

The only thing you are looking for as a coach is improvement, and we certainly saw that this weekend. It was great to test our guys as we prepare for the SoCon and the postseason."

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CAMPBELL RESULTS

Individual Rankings according to FloWrestling.

Tournament seeding in ().

125 Pounds

(1) #24 Anthony Molton, 5-0 First Place

R32 | Molton def. Austin Zimmerman (Edinboro - Unattached), TF 5:37 (15-0)

R16 | Molton def. Jaden Felipe (Navy), TF 3:45 (19-3)

QF | Molton def. Nain Vazquez (Army), DEC 2-0

SF | Molton def. (4) Davis Motyka (PRTC), DEC 7-1

Finals | Molton def. (3) Cooper Shore (Campbell), Forfeit

(3) Cooper Shore, 4-1 Second Place

R32 | Shore def. Braxton Keiffer (Millersville), Fall 1:47

R16 | Shore def. Gunner Chambers (George Mason – unattached), Fall 1:48

QF | Shore def. (6) Sulayman Bah (Columbia), DEC 12-6

SF | Shore def. (2) #26 Charlie Farmer (Army), DEC 4-2

Finals | (1) #24 Anthony Molton def. Shore, Forfeit

133 Pounds

Logan Heil, 2-2

R32 | Heil def. Troy Guerra (Buffalo), TF 5:46 (15-0)

R16 | Spencer Barnhart (Penn) def. Heil, DEC 8-2

C16#2 | Heil def. Ty Kapusta (Bucknell), Fall 1:40

C8#1 | Conor Collins (Army) def. Heil, MD 11-0

Zander Phaturos, 1-2

R32 | (4) Maximilian Leete (American) def. Phaturos, Fall 2:14

C16#1 | Phaturos def. Dean Houser (Lock Haven – Unattached), MD 11-2

C16#2 | Conor Collins (Army) def. Phaturos, TF 4:46 (18-2)

Hudson Waldrop, 1-2

R32 | Waldrop def. Mason Beatty (Millersville), M FOR 3:39 (7-2)

R16 | (8) Mason Gibson (Rutgers – Unattached) def. Waldrop, TF 5:17 (15-0)

C16#2 | Dan Jones (Princeton) def. Waldrop, TF 2:39 (15-0)

141 Pounds

(3) #25 Shannon Hanna, 4-1 Second Place

R32 | Hanna def. Cole French (Buffalo), TF 4:39 (20-5)

R16 | Hanna def. Dante Frinzi (Harvard), DEC 7-4

QF | Hanna def. (6) Pat Phillips (F&M – Unattached), DEC 4-2

SF | Hanna def. (2) Ryan Jack (NC State – Unattached), DEC 6-6 TB1

Finals | (1) Luke Stanich (Lehigh – Unattached) def. Hanna, DEC 9-2

Ryan Phillips, 0-2

R32 | (5) Eligh Rivera (Princeton) def. Phillips, TF 4:00 (17-1)

C32#2 | Mason Tieffel (Kent State) def. Phillips, DEC 8-7

149 Pounds

Jonathan Chang, 2-2

R64 | KJ Monaco (Columbia) def. Chang, Fall 3:42

C32#1 | Chang def. Thomas VonEschenbach (Army), Fall 4:01

C32#2 | Chang def. David Kreidler (Navy), Forfeit

C16#1 | Eli Carr (Unattached) def. Chang, TF 4:51 (17-0)

Reese Courtney, 0-2

R64 | Sam Ewing (Buffalo) def. Courtney, TF 3:41 (17-0)

R32#1 | BYE

R32#2 | Bryce Shelton (Air Force) def. Courtney, DEC 5-2

(2) #32 Wynton Denkins, 6-0 First Place

R64 | Denkins def. Yanni Vines (Columbia), MD 17-4

R32 | Denkins def. Jackson Polo (PRTC), MD 14-5

R16 | Denkins def. J. Brown (Unattached), TF 6:39 (28-12)

QF | Denkins def. (7) Alex Nini (Rutgers – Unattached), DEC 4-1 SV1

SF | Denkins def. (3) Kai Owens (Columbia), DEC 6-3

Finals | Denkins def. (5) Richard Fedalen (Columbia), DEC 4-1 SV1

Oliver Fairchild, 0-2

R64 | Chris Martino (Princeton) def. Fairchild, DEC 11-4

C32#1 | (4) Kelvin Griffin (Lehigh) def. Fairchild, Fall 1:58

Parker Lyden, 0-2

R64 | Danny Sinclair (Millersville) def. Lyden, DEC 5-1

C32#1 | Brandon Sauter (F&M) def. Lyden, TF 5:17 (21-6)

157 Pounds

Ryan Bolletino, 2-2

R64 | Reese Stephen (Cleveland State) def. Bolletino, DEC 7-0

C32#1 | Bolletino def. Nico Romero (Brown), DEC 6-3

C32#2 | Bolletino def. JT Hogan (Lock Haven), DEC 8-3

C16#1 | Dagen Condomitti (Rutgers) def. Bolletino, MD 12-2

(9) Chris Earnest, 7-2, Sixth Place

R64 | Earnest def. AJ Rodrigues (Maryland – Unattached), TF 3:52 (18-0)

R32 | Doug Terry (Cleveland State) def. Earnest, DEC 9-8

C32#2 | Earnest def. Luke Bender (F&M), Forfeit

C16#1 | Earnest def. Jadon Skellenger (Lehigh – Unattached), DEC 11-5

C16#2 | Earnest def. Ty Watson (Penn State – Unattached), DEC 7-2

C8#1 | Earnest def. (10) Tyler Vazquez (NJRTC), Fall 3:25

C8#2 | Earnest def. Doug Terry (Cleveland State), Forfeit

C-SF | Earnest def. Mike Cetta (Rutgers), Forfeit

5^th | Latrell Schafer (NC State – Unattached) def. Earnest, MD 12-3

Pablo Macias, 1-2

R64 | Nick Campagna (Columbia) def. Macias, DEC 11-6

C32#1 | Macias def. Thomas Stofka (George Mason – Unattached), DEC 9-7

C32#2 | Kenny Hermann (Harvard) def. Macias, DEC 8-1

165 Pounds

(3) #31 Dom Baker, 5-2

R64 | BYE

R32 | Richie Grungo (Lehigh) def. Baker, MD 14-6

C32#2 | Baker def. Brian Wilson (Rider – Unattached), TF 4:01 (22-7)

C16#1 | Baker def. Sean Coughlin (George Mason – Unattached), DEC 8-5

C16#2 | Baker def. Grant MacKay (Pittsburgh), DEC 8-2

C8#1 | Baker def. Josh Palmucci (F&M), DEC 12-5

C8#2 | Baker def. Kelin Laffey (Pittsburgh), DEC 6-5

C-SF | Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) def. Baker, No Contest

174 Pounds

Riley Augustine, 3-2

R32 | BYE

R16 | Ty Raines (Buffalo) def. Augustine, DEC 11-4

C16#2 | Augustine def. Matt Waddell (Hofstra), Fall 3:46

C8#1 | Augustine def. Ronald Dimmerling (Cleveland State), DEC 4-2

C8#2 | Augustine def. Gavin Ricketts (Cleveland State), DEC 2-1

C-SF | (5) Rafael Knapp (Buffalo) def. Augustine, DEC 4-1

Logan Heckert, 0-2

R32 | BYE

R16 | (1) Sam Beckett (Penn State – Unattached) def. Heckert, MD 17-5

C16#2 | Nolan O'Boyle (UNC – Unattached) def. Heckert, MD 8-0

184 Pounds

Lane Kiser, 1-2

R64 | Aiden Schlett (UNC – Unattached) def. Kiser, DEC 8-6

C32#1 | BYE

C32#2 | Kiser def. Leo Varga (F&M), Fall 0:53

C16#1 | Andrew Christie (Army) def. Kiser, TF 5:10 (17-2)

Mike Slade, 2-2

R64 | (2) James Conway (Unattached) def. Slade, Fall 5:47

C32#1 | BYE

C32#2 | Slade def. Tyler Hurst (Millersville), TF 2:20 (18-0)

C16#1 | Slade def. Aiden Schlett (UNC – Unattached), DEC 2-0

C16#2 | Matt Walsh (Harvard) def. Slade, DEF 5:07

197 Pounds

Brock Hacker, 0-2

R64 | Hadyn Packer (Rutgers) def. Hacker, TF 2:48 (15-0)

C32#1 | BYE

C32#2 | Gage Yackee (Navy WC) def. Hacker, Fall 3:57

#32 Levi Hopkins, 5-1 Second Place

R64 | Hopkins def. Joey Lyons (Cleveland State), DEC 5-0

R32 | Hopkins def. Gage Yackee (Navy WC), DEC 5-1

R16 | Hopkins def. Steven Burrell (Virginia), DEC 6-3

QF | Hopkins def. Max Agresti (Harvard), MD 15-3

SF | Hopkins def. (5) Joe Curtis (Columbia), DEC 5-1

Finals | (2) JT Davis (Lehigh) def. Hopkins, DEC 11-7

Sawyer VanRider, 0-2

R64 | BYE

R32 | Jackson Van Kley (Army) def. VanRider, DEC 2-0

C32#2 | Carsten Rawls (American) def. VanRider, DEC 8-2

Heavyweight

Marko Mihalopoulos, 0-2

R64 | BYE

R32 | Shane Whitney (Drexel – Unattached) def. Mihalopoulos, Fall 6:20

C32#2 | BYE

C16#1 | Will Sather (Princeton) def. Mihalopoulos, Fall 2:34

Landon Sargent, 1-2

R64 | BYE

R32 | Sargent def. Brandon Stiehler (Lock Haven – Unattached), Fall 2:24

R16 | Sam Sorenson (Army) def. Sargent, DEC 5-4

C16#2 | Juliano Marion (Pittsburgh) def. Sargent, TF 4:25 (15-0)

Kaleb Wright, 0-2

R64 | BYE

R32 | Shane Cook (Cleveland State) def. Wright, MD 16-3

C32#2 | BYE

C16#1 | Logan Marissal (Harvard) def. Wright, MD 15-3