Nolen Zeigler
Senior Nolen Zeigler posted three pins on Saturday to win the Ithaca Invitational 174-pound bracket.

Wrestling

Zeigler wins title, three place at Ithaca Invitational

ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior 174-pounder Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry) won the 174-pound bracket at the Ithaca Invitational to highlight a group of three to place for the Lycoming College wrestling team, which finished fifth in the 12-team field, on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Glazer Arena.
 
Senior 197-pounder Ivan Neal (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) placed fourth and first-year 125-pounder Teli Bobotas (South Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area) finished fifth.
 
The Warriors posted 87 points to finish fifth, ahead of Penn College (63), Emmanuel (58.5), 16th-ranked Springfield (58), Oswego (54), Cortland (52.5), Norwich (49.5) and Elmira (15.5) and behind Niagara C.C. (108), 22nd-ranked Ithaca (154.5), 10th-ranked Castleton State (156) and 14th-ranked Johnson & Wales (184.5).
 
Zeigler opened the day with a pair of second-period pins, getting past Norwich's Jordan Sonon-Hale in the quarterfinal and Johnson & Wales' Thomas Vecchio in the semifinal before pinning Ian Sutherland of Johnson & Wales in the first period in the final.
 
Neal posted a 20-2 tech fall of Cortland's Chris Ayala in the quarterfinals before Avery Canzano notched a 12-4 major decision in the semifinal and Springfield's Oliver Parker earned a 2-1 win in the third place match.
 
Bobotas was pinned in his quarterfinal match, but came back to post a 19-3  tech fall of Penn College's Rowen Humphrey before he pinned Niagara C.C.'s Kadin Cole in 2:04 to reach the fifth-place match, where he tech-falled Emmanual's Brentan Ritchie.
 
The Warriors are back in action on Sunday, Nov. 15, when they head to Arcadia University to face Rowan College of South Jersey at 11:30 a.m. and 20th-ranked Arcadia at 1 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Ivan Neal

Ivan Neal

197
6' 1"
Senior
Nolen Zeigler

Nolen Zeigler

174
6' 0"
Senior
Teli Bobotas

Teli Bobotas

125/133
5' 5"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Ivan Neal

Ivan Neal

6' 1"
Senior
197
Nolen Zeigler

Nolen Zeigler

6' 0"
Senior
174
Teli Bobotas

Teli Bobotas

5' 5"
First Year
125/133