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Five Lycoming wrestlers reach quarterfinals at Ithaca Invitational

Ithaca, N.Y. — Five Lycoming College wrestlers — first-year 125-pounder Teli Bobotas (South Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area), sophomore 141-pounder Luke Magnani, senior 174-pounder Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry), senior 197-pounder Ivan Neal (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) and junior heavyweight Cole Yonkin (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) — reached the quarterfinals to highlight the team's first day at the Ithaca Invitational on Friday evening, Nov. 6. First-year 125-pounders Adam Froehlich (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) and Michael Copello (Ridgway, Pa./Ridgway), senior 149-pounder Major Lewis (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity), junior 184-pounder Isaiah Betz (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), senior 184-pounder Devon Green (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown), first-year heavyweight Noah Johnson (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run) and sophomore heavyweight Tyler Lobb (Brisbin, Pa./Moshannon Valley) also advanced to the second day of competition, which was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 7. Bobotas, seeded seventh at 125 pounds, posted tech falls of Matthew Frueh of Johnson & Wales (21-6) and Ithaca's Andrew Aparo (19-4) before pinning Penn College's Harris Keares in 2:45 to reach the quarterfinals, where he was scheduled to face Castleton's Gavin Bradley. Seeded eighth at 141 pounds, Magnani posted tech falls over Johnson & Wales' Nicholas Torres (18-1) and North Central's Jonathan Campbell (15-0) and was scheduled to face the top-seed Kaden Ware of