Michigan
Columbia
Wolverines Win Gritty, Lopsided Road Dual at Columbia
11/21/2025 9:46:00 PM | Wrestling
» No. 13 Michigan claimed seven of 10 matches, including five in a row early in the dual, to defeat Columbia 25-9 in New York City.
» Taye Ghadiali and Cameron Catrabone earned technical falls at heavyweight and 157 pounds, respectively.
» Beau and Brock Mantanona defeated ranked opponents at 174 and 184 pounds, while Diego Sotelo scored seven points in the final :35 to secure a comeback win at 125.
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The No. 13-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team got back in the win column with a 25-9 dual win at Columbia on Friday night (Nov. 21) at the Lions' Levien Gymnasium. The Wolverines claimed seven bouts, including five in a row, and posted a pair of technical falls.
The Wolverines (3-2) needed to get gritty in several matches, including a third-period comeback win at 125 pounds, while all three of U-M's losses came by just one score -- and by just a point in two.
After Columbia earned an upset in the dual's first bout at 165 pounds, redshirt sophomore Beau Mantanona and redshirt freshman Brock Mantanona both used big first periods en route to back-to-back ranked wins at 174 and 184 pounds, respectively, to kick off the stretch of five straight Michigan wins and give the Wolverines a lead they would not relinquish.
Beau, ranked 13th in the latest InterMat poll, defeated No. 29 Nick Fine 11-7 after shooting in off the opening whistle to scramble for an early takedown and four-point near fall. The wrestlers traded reversals in the second before Fine narrowed the final score with a late counter takedown in the third.
Brock, ranked seventh, scored on two single legs in the first period en route to an 8-7 decision against No. 17 Aaron Ayzerov. A Columbia takedown in the second cut into his lead, then over the final 25 seconds of the third, Mantanona had to fight through a headbutt on the edge of the flat, then fight off a false-start low single leg off the ensuing restart. Mantanona improved to 4-1 on the season; it was his second ranked win.
Redshirt freshman Hayden Walters, ranked 20th at 197 pounds, earned a workmanlike 8-2 decision against Adam Haselius with takedowns in the first and third periods and 1:45 in riding-time advantage. Graduate student Taye Ghadiali, ranked fifth at heavyweight, followed with a dominant 21-5 technical fall against Vincent Mueller, scoring seven takedowns in 5:43 to give the Wolverines a cushion at the dual's midpoint. It was Ghadiali's third tech fall this season; he improved to 4-1.
Graduate student Diego Sotelo trailed by one in the third period against Sulayman Bah at 125 pounds before he came out on top of an extended scramble, locking up a cradle to take the lead with 35 seconds remaining and tacking on four near-fall points for good measure. Sotelo, ranked 26th nationally, added a point for 2:16 in riding-time advantage to secure a 12-6 decision and improve to 4-1 this season.
Columbia earned back-to-back decisions at 133 and 141 pounds. Freshman Eren Sement dropped a close 9-8 bout to 26th-ranked Lorenzo Frezza in the latter, earning four back points early in the second period then tying the bout at 8-8 with a reversal midway through the third. He gave up the escape and went back on the attack, but could not get the necessary score.
Graduate student Lachlan McNeil, ranked fifth at 149 pounds, iced the dual win with an 8-2 decision against Richard Fedalen on a pair of first-period takedowns and 2:19 riding time, then redshirt freshman -- and New York native -- Cameron Catrabone closed it out in style with a 15-0 technical fall over Charles Scanalan in the final bout at 157 pounds. Catrabone, ranked 27th, finished on a single leg just five seconds into the first period, added a reversal in the second and turned Scanalan three times for a combined 11 back points.
The Wolverines will close out the weekend -- and their first-semester dual slate -- when they host Virginia at 2 p.m. on Sunday (Nov. 23) at Crisler Center. Tickets for Sunday's dual at available through the U-M Ticket Office.
No. 13 Michigan 25, Columbia 9
Individual rankings by InterMat
165 -- Cesar Alvan (CU) dec. #15 Dylan Gilcher, 5-4 -- CU, 3-0
174 -- #13 Beau Mantanona (U-M) dec. #29 Nick Fine, 11-7 -- Tied, 3-3
184 -- #7 Brock Mantanona (U-M) dec. #17 Aaron Ayzerov, 8-7 -- U-M, 6-3
197 -- #20 Hayden Walters (U-M) dec. Adam Haselius, 8-2 -- U-M, 9-3
Hwt -- #5 Taye Ghadiali (U-M) tech. fall Vincent Mueller, 21-5 (5:43) -- U-M, 14-3
125 -- #26 Diego Sotelo (U-M) dec. Sulayman Bah, 12-6 -- U-M 17-3
133 -- Evin Gursoy (CU) dec. Gauge Botero, 3-0 -- U-M, 17-6
141 -- #26 Lorenzo Frezza (CU) dec. Eren Sement, 9-8 -- U-M, 17-9
149 -- #5 Lachlan McNeil (U-M) dec. Richard Fedalen, 8-2 -- U-M, 20-9
157 -- #27 Cameron Catrabone (U-M) tech. fall Charles Scanalan, 16-0 (5:32) -- U-M, 25-9
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