FAIRFAX, Va. – Looking to pick up a few more matches before the start of the postseason, No. 33 Mikey Squires bolstered his resume by defeating No. 3 Stephen Little of Little Rock at the Patriot Last Chance Open Sunday at George Mason University's Field House.
 
Squires, who had reentered the national rankings in the InterMat poll last week, ultimately won all three of his matches to improve his overall record to 17-2. He was one of three Binghamton wrestlers to go undefeated at the open tournament. Both Carson Wagner and Fin Nadeau also went 3-0 at 125 and 157 lbs., respectively.
 
Highlights

• Squires started his day by defeating Minnesota's Silas Dailey 7-5, setting up his match with Little. Facing the wrestler who defeated Lou DePrez in his final match as a Bearcat at the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships, Squires got the first takedown with 44 seconds left in the first period to take a 3-0 lead. Little countered with a reversal at the start of the second, and after an escape from Squires, recorded a takedown to move ahead 5-4. Squires would register an escape before the end of the period to tie the bout at 5 heading into the third. The Bearcat then escaped Little four seconds into the third before successfully defending himself for the final 1:56 to get the win. Squires completed his run by defeating Bloomsburg's Wyatt Bush in a 15-1 major decision, his fifth one of the season.
• Nadeau first pinned Sacred Heart's Antonio Jimenez in 1:20 for his first fall of the season, advancing to the semifinals in the process. The Bigfork, Mont., native then Lock Haven's Nick Stampoulos 8-5 in sudden victory to reach the finals. Stampoulos entered the tournament ranked No. 33 in The College Wrestling Report's rankings. Finally, Nadeau shut out Northwestern's Ty Wilson 3-0 to complete his undefeated appearance at the tournament.
• Wagner registered an 18-3 technical fall in his first match of the day against Edinboro's Austin Zimmerman. That marked Wagner's second technical fall of the season. He followed that by defeating Little Rock's Tyler Harper 9-5 to advance. In his final match, he took down Rocco Hayes of the Cavalier Wrestling Club 2-1 in overtime after he received a point following a penalty called on Hayes.
• Of the 15 Binghamton wrestlers who competed on Sunday, 14 won at least one match. Among them was Jacob Hanlon, won picked up four wins to finish fifth at 133 lbs. Both Marco Albanese and Luke Geleta won three matches to finish third at 165 and 149 lbs., respectively.

 
 
 
Patriots Last Chance Open Results
Carson Wagner
125 Quarterfinals | Carson Wagner (Binghamton) def. Austin Zimmerman (Edinboro) TF 18-3 7:00
125 Semifinals | Carson Wagner (Binghamton) def. Tyler Harper (Little Rock) DEC 9-5
125 Finals | Carson Wagner (Binghamton) def. Rocco Hayes (Cavalier Wrestling Club) DEC 2-1 SV
 
Dillon Arrick
133 Quarterfinals | Dillon Arrick (Binghamton) def. Gauge Shipp (Hofstra) FALL 3-5 4:08
133 Semifinals | Blaine Frazier (Indiana) def. Dillon Arrick (Binghamton) DEC 11-6
133 Third Place | Dillon Arrick (Binghamton) def. Jimmie Jones (Michigan State) TF 18-0 6:08
 
Jacob Hanlon
133 R16 | Jacob Hanlon (Binghamton) def. Rafael Otero (VMI – Unattached) DEC 5-1
133 Quarterfinals | Charlie Colantonio (Franklin & Marshall) def. Jacob Hanlon (Binghamton) FALL 4-0 3:32
133 Consi of 8 #2 | Jacob Hanlon (Binghamton) def. Vincent Gioffree (Franklin & Marshall) FALL 3-0 0:56
133 Consi of 4 | Jacob Hanlon (Binghamton) def. Ricky Gomez (Rider) TF 17-1 3:51
133 Fifth Place | Jacob Hanlon (Binghamton) def. Aiden Grogg (Bloomsburg - Unattached) MD 15-1
 
Ryan Hartung
141 Quarterfinals | Ryan Kennedy (Maryland – Unattached) def. Ryan Hartung (Binghamton) MD 18-8
141 Consi of 8 #2 | Ryan Hartung (Binghamton) def. Jayden Smallwood (Unaffiliated) TF 18-0 4:37
141 Consi of 4 | Ryan Hartung (Binghamton) def. Shawn Ryncarz (Morgan State) M FOR 5:06
141 Fifth Place | Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) def. Ryan Hartung (Binghamton) MD 16-4
 
Jack Kazalas
141 Quarterfinals | Jack Kazalas (Binghamton) def. Brady Mercer (Spartan Combat RTC) FALL 6-1 1:48
141 Semifinals | Lucas Peters (Indiana) def. Jack Kazalas (Binghamton) DEC 4-1
141 Third Place | Jack Kazalas (Binghamton) def. Cael McIntyre (American – Unattached) DEC 2-1 SV
 
Caleb Sweet
149 R16 | Caleb Sweet (Binghamton) def. Brendan Sholders (Franklin & Marshall) MD 12-3
149 Quarterfinals | Gage Owen (American-Unattached) def. Caleb Sweet (Binghamton) MD 8-0
149 Consi of 8 #2 | Elijah White (American) def. Caleb Sweet (Binghamton) DEC 8-5
 
Luke Geleta
149 R16 | Luke Geleta (Binghamton) def. CJ Ferree (Franklin & Marshall) MD 11-2
149 Quarterfinals | Luke Geleta (Binghamton) def. Connor Swaim (Pittsburgh) FALL 8-3 1:06
149 Semifinals | No. NR/33 Dylan Layton (Rider) def. Luke Geleta (Binghamton) MD 14-5
149 Third Place | Luke Geleta (Binghamton) def. Evan Boblits (Unaffiliated) DEC 4-2
 
Fin Nadeau
157 Quarterfinals | Fin Nadeau (Binghamton) def. Antonio Jimenez (Sacred Heart – Unattached) FALL 3-0 1:20
157 Semifinals | Fin Nadeau (Binghamton) def. Nick Stampoulos (Lock Haven – Unattached) DEC 8-5 SV
157 Finals | Fin Nadeau (Binghamton) def. Ty Wilson (Northwestern) DEC 3-0
 
Marco Albanese
165 R16 | Marco Albanese (Binghamton) def. Alexaner Ortiz (Franklin & Marshall) DEC 7-3
165 Quarterfinals | Marco Albanese (Binghamton) def. Peter Simkins TF 19-4 1:58
165 Semifinals | Nick Sanko (Virginia) def. Marco Albanese (Binghamton) MD 12-3
165 Third Place | Marco Albanese (Binghamton) def. JT Bowers (Unaffiliated) MD 13-4
 
Jordan Brown
165 Quarterfinals | Jordan Brown (Binghamton) def. Seth Weaver (Franklin & Marshall) TF 15-0 2:00
165 Semifinals | Jordan Brown (Binghamton) def. Chase Hontz (Hofstra) DEC 8-1
165 Finals | Chris Crawford (Indiana) def. Jordan Brown (Binghamton) DEC 12-5
 
Deakon Bailey
174 R16 | Deakon Bailey (Binghamton) def. Latrell Schafer (NC State) FOR
174 Quarterfinals | Michael Baldwin (West Virginia) def. Deakon Bailey (Binghamton) DEC 8-3
174 Consi of 4 | Deakon Bailey (Binghamton) def. Javier Lopez (Unaffiliated) FALL 3-0 2:13
174 Fifth Place | Latrell Schafer (NC State) def. Deakon Bailey (Binghamton) DEC 3-1
 
Kayleb Martin
174 Quarterfinals | Clayton Whiting (Minnesota) def. Kayleb Martin (Binghamton) TF 21-6 4:41
174 Consi of 4 | Antoine Glasgow (Morgan State) def. Kayleb Martin (Binghamton) DEC 5-0
 
Mikey Squires
197 Quarterfinals | No. NR/33 Mikey Squires (Binghamton) def. Silas Dailey (Minnesota) DEC 7-5
197 Semifinals | No. NR/33 Mikey Squires (Binghamton) def. No. 3/3 Stephen Little (Little Rock) DEC 6-5
197 Finals | No. NR/33 Mikey Squires (Binghamton) def. Wyatt Bush (Bloomsburg – Unattached) MD 15-1
 
Trent Sibble
285 R16 | Trent Sibble (Binghamton) def. Kyle Beverly (West Virginia - Unattached) DEC 5-0
285 Quarterfinals | Trent Sibble (Binghamton) def. Dirk Morley (Northwestern) DEC 2-1
285 Semifinals | Rocco Dellagata (Spartan Combat RTC) def. Trent Sibble (Binghamton) MD 8-0
285 Third Place | Jay Henderson (Cornell) def. Trent Sibble (Binghamton) DEC 7-1
 
Charlie Tibbitts
285 R16 | Charlie Tibbitts (Binghamton) def. Elijah Hunter (West Virginia – Unattached) DEC 4-2
285 Quarterfinals | Jay Henderson (Cornell) def. Charlie Tibbitts (Binghamton) MD 11-2
285 Consi of 8 #2 | Charlie Tibbitts (Binghamton) def. Tim Gray (Bloomsburg – Unattached) MD 9-0
285 Consi of 4 | No. 30/NR Ashton Davis (Cornell) def. Charlie Tibbitts (Binghamton) DEC 6-2
 
*Rankings based on FloWrestling/InterMat
 
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