COLLEGEVILLE (PA) – Nationally-ranked Tim Ambacher finished in second place in the 141-pound weight class to highlight Delaware Valley University's showing at the Ursinus College Fall Brawl. Team scoring was not held at the event.
 
Ambacher, a 2017 national qualifier and ranked seventh in this season's first poll, opened with three wins to reach the finals. The senior opened with a 15-6 major decision over Daniel Bliss (Ursinus) and followed with a 130 major over Lucas Escobar (Johns Hopkins) and a 15-8 decision over Wyatt Long of Division I Navy. Ambacher then faced another Midshipmen in the finals, Kyle Trybus, and was edged by a 5-3 score.
 
Sophomore Kordell Rush also placed at the Fall Brawl as he took fourth at 133 pounds. Freshman Anthony Costanza also reached the consolation finals at 174 pounds, but he could not wrestle in the match due to a six-match in one day limit rule that was enacted this year. As a result, Costanza placed fourth.
 
For Rush, he earned a trio of major decisions to reach the championship finals. All the majors were shutouts as he won 10-0 over Anthony Monahan (Apprentice), 8-0 over Connor Murphy (TCNJ) and 9-0 over Ray Caideraio (Ursinus). In the semifinals, Rush dropped a 6-2 decision to Stephen Jendritz (Worcester Poly), but advanced right to the consolation finals due to the match limit rule. There, he lost, 11-5, to Ryker Eckenberger (McDaniel).
 
Costanza dropped his first match of Saturday, but bounced back with five straight victories in the consolation bracket. He pinned Daniel Jerrens (Elizabethtown) in 83 seconds and followed with a 12-9 triumph over Tyler Wilson (Worcester Poly). Costanza then faced teammate Brandon Rudy and had an 8-6 triumph. He added an 8-3 win over Matt O'Donnell (Camden County) and a 7-0 blanking of William Gilliam (Johns Hopkins) to reach the consolation finals and his match limit.
 
Rob Duxbury (149) had a strong showing at the tournament thanks to a pair of wins in the championship bracket and one in the consolation bracket. Heavyweight Oscar Daniels also won three contests with one in the championship bracket and two in consolations.
 
Rudy had two wins in consolations before falling to Costanza. Parker Velez (125), Shawn Phillips (157) and Anthony Snyder (165) also had two wins apiece in consolations.
 
DelVal will return to action next Saturday, November 18 when it travels to Annapolis, Maryland to take part in the Navy Classic.