Photo courtesy of Etown Athletics

Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1 the Elizabethtown College wrestling team competed in the Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational at Wheaton College in Illinois.

On the first day of competition, the team placed 25th out of the 34 teams that were present with a total of 18.5 points. After the second day the Blue Jays finished 26th with a total of 21.5 points.

On day one, senior Josh Paisley went 3-2 overall, a major decision over Otterbein University. He dropped in the fifth match to Ohio Northern University.

One of the biggest names for Etown for the weekend was first-year Brian Schneider, who earned a seventh place finish.

In the beginning of the weekend, Schneider (157) had back-to-back major decisions against competitors from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (9-1) and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (11-2).

He ended up falling to John Carroll University by the end of the first day but made an eighth place finish, pinning a competitor from Adrian College at 1:51.

On the second day, Schneider dropped his first match, but in the seventh place match the first-year pinned the competitor from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 6:30 to give him the win.

The team will be back in action Saturday, Feb. 8 at Gettysburg College. starting at 6 p.m.