Wrestling | 2/27/2026 9:40:00 PM
ITHACA, N.Y. – Two St. John Fisher wrestlers punched tickets to the semifinals in their respective weight classes and six others kept themselves alive with wins in the wrestlebacks during the first day of the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships at Ithaca College's Athletics and Events Center. The Cardinals (67.5 points) stand tied for third place with RIT in the team race, behind second-place Stevens (86.5 points) and first-place Ithaca (94 points).
Sophomore Trevor Bishop (149 pounds) and junior Paul Lichter (157 pounds) will wrestle for spots in the championship round on Saturday morning. With semifinal victories, they would secure automatic bids to the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Junior Dylan Devine (174 pounds) and seniors Carl Santariello (125 pounds), Derek Bernardino (133 pounds), Trevor Sheehan (165 pounds) and Braydon Vandenberg (197 pounds) will vie for third-place finishes on the backside of their respective brackets on Saturday.
Bishop, who had a first-round bye, advanced to Saturday with an 8-1 decision over SUNY Brockport's Mason Mangialino and an 8-5 decision in sudden victory over Avery Leonard of Oneonta State. He will face Stevens' Cole Handlovic, the No. 1 seed in the 149-pound bracket, in the semifinals.
Lichter had to win three matches to earn his trip to the semifinals, in which he will face SUNY Cortland's Colton Havens. Lichter earned bonus points for the Cardinals with all three of those wins, beating Centenary's Colin Neale 10-0 by major decision, Pitt-Bradford's Ray Worsen 21-4 by technical fall and SUNY Oswego's Steven Ventricilli 12-0 by major decision.
Santariello and Bernardino both won two straight matches after starting the day with losses, while Vandenberg ripped off three consecutive victories after losing his first bout.
Sheehan won his first two matches before losing his third and avoiding elimination with a win on the backside. Devine won his first match, lost in the quarterfinals and kept himself in contention with a win in the consolation bracket to finish the day.
Junior Luke Yorke (141 pounds), sophomore Charlie Rossner (184 pounds) and senior Nathan Coon (285 pounds) have been eliminated.
Match-By-Match Results
Carl Santariello (125)
Evan Whiteside (Penn State Behrend) def. Santariello by fall
Santariello def. Muhamadu (Hunter) 15-5 by major decision
Santariello def. Mason Drew (Alfred State) by forfeit
Saturday (Consolation Round of 5): Santariello vs. Gus Smith (Wilkes)
Derek Bernardino (133)
Botensky Bauzile (Hunter) def. Bernardino by fall
Bernardino def. Tanner Pringle (Keystone) by fall in 14 seconds
Bernardino def Ben Burkhardt (Oswego) by fall in 2:13
Saturday (Consolation Round of 5): Bernardino vs. Rocco Futia (Cortland)
Luke Yorke (141)
Yorke def. Jaden Friel (SUNY Brockport 4-0 by default
Nate Diaz (Stevens) def. Yorke 19-4 by technical fall
Richard Morales (Alfred State) def. Yorke 11-9 by decision
Trevor Bishop (149)
Bishop def. Mason Mangialino (SUNY Brockport) 8-1 by decision
Bishop def. Avery Leonard (Oneonta) 8-5 by decision in sudden victory
Saturday (Semifinals): Bishop vs. Cole Handlovic (Stevens)
Paul Lichter (157)
Lichter def. Colin Neal (Centenary) 10-0 by major decision
Lichter def. Ray Worsen (Pitt-Bradford) 21-4 by technical fall
Lichter def. Steven Ventricelli (Oswego) 12-0 by major decision
Saturday (Semifinals): Lichter vs. Colton Havens (Cortland)
Trevor Sheehan (165)
Sheehan def. Zahier Chiles (New Jersey City University) 9-7 by decision
Sheehan def. Brandon DellaPia (Alfred State) 9-3 by decision
Kaiden Wagner (Lycoming) def. Sheehan by fall
Sheehan def. Max Morrison (Brockport) by default
Saturday (Consolation Round of 5): Sheehan vs. Donavan Smith (Elmira)
Dylan Devine (174)
Devine def. George Travinsky (Keane) 19-3 by technical fall
Jack Lamson (RIT) def. Devine 5-4 by decision
Devine def. Dennis Slovick (Pitt-Bradford) 12-4 by major decision
Saturday (Consolation Round of 5): Devine vs. Ayden DeForest (Oneonta)
Charlie Rossner (184)
Rossner def. Mariano Monacelli (Keystone) by fall in 3:31
Nicholas Smith (RIT) def. Rossner by major decision
Koran Hinton (Keane) def. Rossner by medical forfeit
Braydon Vandenberg (197)
Elon Martin (RIT) def. Vandenberg 12-4 by major decision
Vandenberg def. Simeon Hunte (New Jersey City University) by fall in 6:35
Vandenberg def. Alimkhan Guseinov (Hunt) 9-3 by decision
Vandenberg def. Angelo Piazza (Centenary) 14-3 by major decision
Saturday (Consolation Round of 5): Vandenberg vs. Ivan Neal (Lycoming)
Nathan Coon (285)
Mike Welch (Brockport) def. Coon 17-2 by technical fall
Trevor Gitski def. Coon 8-3 by decision
Up Next
Saturday's championship semifinal round begins at 10 a.m. The wrestleback round will follow at noon.
