In the first round, Shank defeated Dave Breines of Ursinus with an 18-1 technical fall. He followed that bout with three consecutive 6-0 decisions en route to the championship. Shank beat Hudson Collins of Blair in the quarterfinals, Kyle Nasdeo of Centenary in the semifinals and Gloucest Community College's Darren Carrero in the finals.
Freshman Patrick Doherty (Garden City, N.Y./Chaminade) won two matches, including a 12-2 major decision over Corey Ranno of Oneonta State, on the way to the semifinals of the 165-pound bracket.
After losing his first bout, junior John Leinberger (Great Falls, Va./Langley) made a run through the 197-pound consolation bracket. He tallied back-to-back major decisions over Wallace Lytle of Valley Forge Military Academy and John Gottfried of Wesleyan before losing to Jason Reilly of King's in the semifinals of the consolation round.
In the heavyweight division, senior Mike Pattanite (Tabernacle, N.J./Holy Cross) advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Adam Pearsall of Centenary, 11-4. Pattanite lost a close 3-2 decision before beating Ursinus' Dan Witmer, 9-1. His day was ended by Matt Williams of Ursinus in the quarterfinals of the consolation bracket.
Freshman Peter Menchaca (West Port, Conn./Staples) wrestling at 141 pounds advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 decision over Wesleyan's Brendan Steele-Cleary before losing his next two bouts.
Gettysburg returns to action on Tuesday at home for a dual match against Centenary (N.J.). The match is set to begin at 5:00 p.m.
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