Sunday, November 9
Bethlehem, Pa. (Freedom HS)
9:00 AM
Lehigh University
at
Journeymen Collegiate Classic
Lopes, Evanitsky Win Brackets at Journeymen Collegiate Classic
11/9/2025 5:39:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh had six wrestlers in action Sunday at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic at nearby Freedom High School. Sophomore Matty Lopes, competing unattached at 133, won the Hammer Award for winning the top black bracket at the event. First-year Anthony Evanitsky also won his bracket at the annual round-robin event. In all, five of Lehigh's six entrants finished first or second in their respective brackets.
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Lopes won a title for the second consecutive week, going 3-0 to capture the 133 Black bracket. He posted a 1-0 decision over Columbia's Evin Gursoy and then beat Mason Leiphart of Franklin & Marshall 7-2. In the final, Lopes rode a first period takedown to a 3-2 decision over Evan Mougalian of Penn.
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Evanitsky debuted with a 4-0 performance in a five-man round-robin to win at 149 Red. He opened with a technical fall victory over Columbia's Tyler Barrett then posted a major decision over Army's Shane Percelay before pinning Joey Butler of Indiana in 1:13. In his final bout, Evanitsky led Aidan O'Shea of Franklin & Marshall 11-3 after two periods before prevailing 11-7.
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Lehigh had three runners-up on Sunday. At 141 Blue, first-year Seamus Mack won his first two bouts, including a technical fall over F&M's Brayden Hartranft but dropped his finals bout to Sidney Tildsley of Harvard.
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Graduate student Zac Martin won a pair of early decisions at 157 Tan, before dropping an 11-8 decision to Josh Hilliard of Franklin & Marshall.
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Junior Remy Brancato-Roed went 3-0 in a four-man round-robin, including a pair of technical fall victories. In the finals, Brancato-Roed fell to Army's Reid Schroeder as he finished second at 197 Green.
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The only other Lehigh wrestler in a top-flight Black bracket was sophomore Jared Schoppe, who finished fifth at 184. Schoppe dropped his first two bouts before winning a 6-4 decision over Virginia's Dylan Newsome.
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The Mountain Hawks will head to Tulsa, Okla., for the National Duals Invitational, sponsored by Paycom, Nov. 15-16. Lehigh will open the dual meet tournament against No. 2 seed Nebraska Saturday at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT.
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The 2025-26 Lehigh men's wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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133 Black – Matty Lopes (unattached) – 1st place
Dec. Evin Gursoy (Columbia) 1-0
Dec. Mason Leiphart (F&M) 7-2
Dec. Evan Mougalian (Penn) 3-2
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141 Blue – Seamus Mack – 2nd place
Dec. Roman Lermer (Columbia) 7-6
Tech fall Brayden Hartranft (F&M) 20-3, 5:38
L by major dec. Sidney Tildsley (Harvard) 17-4
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149 Red – Anthony Evanitsky – 1st place
Tech fall Tyler Barrett (Columbia) 20-5, 5:21
Major dec. Shane Percelay (Army) 14-4
Fall Joey Butler (Indiana) 1:13
Dec. Aidan O'Shea (F&M) 11-7
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157 Tan – Zac Martin – 2nd place
Dec. Wyatt Hepner (Harvard) 7-2
Dec. Cody Hamilton (Clarion) 2-1
L by dec. Josh Hilliard (F&M) 11-8
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184 Black – Jared Schoppe – 5th place
L by dec. Matthew Walsh (Harvard) 9-6
L by major dec. Jaxon Smith (Maryland) 8-0
Dec. Dylan Newsome (Virginia) 6-4
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197 Green – Remy Brancato-Roed – 2nd place
Tech fall Michael Molina (SHU) 19-4, 4:49
Tech fall Anthony Bradley (Maryland) 19-4, 4:40
Dec. Matt Kowalski (Indiana) 14-9
L by major dec. Reid Schroeder (Army) 18-5
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Lopes won a title for the second consecutive week, going 3-0 to capture the 133 Black bracket. He posted a 1-0 decision over Columbia's Evin Gursoy and then beat Mason Leiphart of Franklin & Marshall 7-2. In the final, Lopes rode a first period takedown to a 3-2 decision over Evan Mougalian of Penn.
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Evanitsky debuted with a 4-0 performance in a five-man round-robin to win at 149 Red. He opened with a technical fall victory over Columbia's Tyler Barrett then posted a major decision over Army's Shane Percelay before pinning Joey Butler of Indiana in 1:13. In his final bout, Evanitsky led Aidan O'Shea of Franklin & Marshall 11-3 after two periods before prevailing 11-7.
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Lehigh had three runners-up on Sunday. At 141 Blue, first-year Seamus Mack won his first two bouts, including a technical fall over F&M's Brayden Hartranft but dropped his finals bout to Sidney Tildsley of Harvard.
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Graduate student Zac Martin won a pair of early decisions at 157 Tan, before dropping an 11-8 decision to Josh Hilliard of Franklin & Marshall.
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Junior Remy Brancato-Roed went 3-0 in a four-man round-robin, including a pair of technical fall victories. In the finals, Brancato-Roed fell to Army's Reid Schroeder as he finished second at 197 Green.
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The only other Lehigh wrestler in a top-flight Black bracket was sophomore Jared Schoppe, who finished fifth at 184. Schoppe dropped his first two bouts before winning a 6-4 decision over Virginia's Dylan Newsome.
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The Mountain Hawks will head to Tulsa, Okla., for the National Duals Invitational, sponsored by Paycom, Nov. 15-16. Lehigh will open the dual meet tournament against No. 2 seed Nebraska Saturday at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT.
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The 2025-26 Lehigh men's wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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133 Black – Matty Lopes (unattached) – 1st place
Dec. Evin Gursoy (Columbia) 1-0
Dec. Mason Leiphart (F&M) 7-2
Dec. Evan Mougalian (Penn) 3-2
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141 Blue – Seamus Mack – 2nd place
Dec. Roman Lermer (Columbia) 7-6
Tech fall Brayden Hartranft (F&M) 20-3, 5:38
L by major dec. Sidney Tildsley (Harvard) 17-4
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149 Red – Anthony Evanitsky – 1st place
Tech fall Tyler Barrett (Columbia) 20-5, 5:21
Major dec. Shane Percelay (Army) 14-4
Fall Joey Butler (Indiana) 1:13
Dec. Aidan O'Shea (F&M) 11-7
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157 Tan – Zac Martin – 2nd place
Dec. Wyatt Hepner (Harvard) 7-2
Dec. Cody Hamilton (Clarion) 2-1
L by dec. Josh Hilliard (F&M) 11-8
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184 Black – Jared Schoppe – 5th place
L by dec. Matthew Walsh (Harvard) 9-6
L by major dec. Jaxon Smith (Maryland) 8-0
Dec. Dylan Newsome (Virginia) 6-4
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197 Green – Remy Brancato-Roed – 2nd place
Tech fall Michael Molina (SHU) 19-4, 4:49
Tech fall Anthony Bradley (Maryland) 19-4, 4:40
Dec. Matt Kowalski (Indiana) 14-9
L by major dec. Reid Schroeder (Army) 18-5
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