BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell wrestling turned in a strong showing at the Lucha Open on Saturday, earning five top-four finishes, including two individual titles. Graduate student Logan Heil won the 133-pound bracket, while sophomore Pablo Macias captured the 157-pound title, as both finished the day 4-0.

Heil collected two decisions, a major decision and a tech fall on his path to the championship. His final came down to a 9-6 decision over conference foe Gardner-Webb's Leland Reeves. Macias opened his run with a first-period pin and added a tech fall before clutching a tie-breaker victory in the semifinals and a 4-3 decision in the title bout.

Graduate student Ryan Bolletino at 174 pounds and redshirt senior Conor Maslanek at 197 pounds each secured third-place finishes. Bolletino opened his day with a tech fall, added a decision and then prevailed in sudden victory to advance to the semifinals. Maslanek powered through the early rounds with back-to-back first-period pins and a dominant major decision before securing third place with a hard-fought 1-0 decision.

Sophomore Jonathan Chang rounded out Campbell's place-winners with a fourth-place finish at 149 pounds.

Overall, the Camels posted 21 wins across 33 individual matches in the Gold Division.

UP NEXT

Campbell will take a nearly month-long break from competition before returning to action on Dec. 19, traveling to Greeley, Colorado, for a road dual against Northern Colorado of the Big 12 Conference. The matchup is scheduled for 6 p.m. Mountain time and 8 p.m. Eastern at the Bank of Colorado Arena.

CAMPBELL PARTICIPANTS

Gold Division

133

Logan Heil (4-0) | First Place
Champ. Round 1 – Heil def. Geno Cardenas (MBU), MD 9-0
Quarterfinal – Heil def. Zac Bosken (REIN), Dec. 6-2
Semifinal – Heil def. Adrian Morales (LCLU), TF 5:54
1st Place Match – Heil def. Leland Reeves (GU), Dec. 9-6

141

Hudson Waldrop (0-2)
Champ. Round 2 – Sammy Shires (CUTE) def. Waldrop, Dec. 4-0
Cons. Round 2  – Daryl Mills (MBU) def. Waldrop, TF 6:29

Zander Phaturos (2-2)
Champ. Round 1 – Phaturos def. Daryl Mills (MBU), Dec. 4-4
Champ. Round 2 – Phaturos def. Jeffery Richards (MTOL), TF 5:22
Quarterfinal – Ruben R Calderon (PW) def. Phaturos, MD 15-6
Cons. Round 4 – Shane Watson (CAKY) def. Phaturos, MFF

149

Jonathan Chang (3-2) | Fourth Place
Champ. Round 1 – Chang def. Ronny Marlow (Unattached), Dec. 7-5
Champ. Round 2 – Chang def. Brayden Eikermann (MBU), Dec. 10-4
Quarterfinal – Chang def. Davis Dollar (REIN), MD 13-3
Semifinal – Brandon Higgins (None) def. Chang, MD 15-3
3rd Place Match – Kolton Malone (SOOR) def. Chang, TF 6:22

Ryan Phillips (0-2)
Champ. Round 1 – Gavin Andreoni (CAKY) def. Phillips, MFF
Cons. Round 1 – Nathan Payton (LWK) def. Phillips, MFF

157

Pablo Macias (4-0) | First Place
Champ. Round 2 – Macias def. Joe Parisi (CUTE), Fall 2:31
Quarterfinal – Macias def. Abriel Padilla (UMO), TF 4:48
Semifinal – Macias def. Victor Jacinto (LIUN), Dec. TB1 3-1
1st Place Match – Macias def. Jaden New (LIUN), Dec. 4-3

174

Ryan Bolletino (4-1) | Third Place
Champ. Round 1 – Bolletino def. Shemar Barthelus (St. Tom), TF 2:34
Champ. Round 2 – Bolletino def. Tyson Barnhart (SOEA), Dec. 10-6
Quarterfinal – Bolletino def. Nathan Bukovich (REIN), Dec. SV 6-3
Semifinal – Reese Jones (LIUN) def. Bolletino, MD 11-1
3rd Place Match – Bolletino def. Joel Romero (LIUN), MFF



197

Conor Maslanek (4-1) | Third Place
Champ. Round 1 – Maslanek def. Darrius Montgomery (FM), Fall 1:14
Champ. Round 2 – Maslanek def. Mekhi Linton (MTOL), Fall 0:45
Quarterfinal – Maslanek def. Marcus James (GC), MD 16-7
Semifinal – Asher Ruchti (SOOR) def. Maslanek, Dec. 12-10
3rd Place Match – Maslanek def. Gentry Smith (SOEA), Dec. 1-0

Sawyer Van Rider (0-2)
Champ. Round 2 – Gentry Smith (SOEA) def. VanRider, Dec. 7-2
Cons. Round 3 – Caleb Staub (UMO) def. VanRider, MD 13-5