Champion Filipowicz pushes Army to team title at Southern Scuffle

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Army held on to an early day one lead in the team race to secure the team title with one champion at the 2025 Southern Scuffle.

Army’s Gunner Filipowicz secured the only individual title for the Black Knights. Filipowicz earned the title with a second period technical fall over Duke’s Aidan Wallace, 18-3. After the first period, Filipowicz held a 10-1 lead through two takedowns and four near fall points. In the second period, he didn’t let up as a reversal and two more takedowns would be enough to end the match early.

After pushing seven into the semifinals on day one, the Black Knights had nine athletes place, with two finalists in Filipowicz at 165 pounds and Lucas Stoddard at 285 pounds. Stoddard was stopped in the finals by Penn State’s Cole Mirasola, 9-0, to place second on day two.

Penn State and Oklahoma tied for second in the team race, totaling 126.5 points. The Nittany Lions had three champions in Zack Ryder (184), Connor Mirasola (197) and Cole Mirasola (285).

There was one athlete able to repeat last year’s title run as Northern Colorado’s Stevo Poulin defeated North Carolina’s Spencer Moore, 5-0, in the finals. Poulin helped the Bears to an eighth place finish overall, with two finalists. Dom Serrano fell in a close match to Little Rock’s Nasir Bailey at 133 pounds. The pair were tied at 1-1 before Bailey’s overtime takedown to secure the match.

Little Rock had two champions at the Southern Scuffle, Bailey at 133 pounds and Jordan Williams at 149 pounds.

Host Chattanooga saw one champion in Sergio Desiante at 165 pounds. Desiante bested Oklahoma’s Gaven Sax, 3-2, for the teams only individual title, as the Mocs finished in 12th in the team race. Desiante was also named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.

Other individual champions included Dylan Cedeno of Virginia (141) and Blake Saito of Brown (157). Cedeno capped off his tournament with a 2-0 decision over North Carolina’s Jordan Williams, and Saito defeated North Dakota State’s Max Petersen, 6-0, in the finals.

North Carolina finished in fourth with two finalists. Rounding out the top five was North Dakota State with one finalist and five placers.

Final results and complete brackets of the Southern Scuffle are available on FloArena. Replays of the action are available online with a FloWrestling subscription.

At Chattanooga, Tenn., January 4-5

1       Army, 132.5 points

2       Oklahoma, 126.5 points

2       Penn State, 126.5 points

4       North Carolina, 91 points

5       North Dakota State, 90.5 points

6       Campbell, 86.5 points

7       The Citadel, 80 points

8       Northern Colorado, 73.5 points

9       Virginia, 71.5 points

10     Virginia Tech, 70.5 points

125 pounds

1st – Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) dec. Spencer Moore (North Carolina ), 5-0

3rd – Anthony Molton (Campbell) dec. Antonio Lorenzo (Oklahoma), 4-2

5th – Kurt McHenry (Penn State) M FOR Keyveon Roller (Virginia)

7th – Beric Jordan (Oklahoma) dec. Jeff Jacome (Gardner-Webb), 11-7

133 pounds

1st – Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) dec. Dom Serrano (Northern Colorado), 4-1 SV

3rd – Ethan Oakley (North Carolina ) dec. Kyle Burwick (North Dakota State), 4-1 SV

5th – Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) dec. Tk Davis (Gardner-Webb), 6-5

7th – Cleveland Belton (Oklahoma) dec. Bryce Luna (Chattanooga), 4-3

141 pounds

1st – Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) dec. Jayden Scott (North Carolina ), 2-0

3rd – Richard Treanor (Army) pin Shannon Hanna (Campbell), 2:43

5th – Braden Basile (Army) dec. Kyren Butler (Virginia), 5-4

7th – Aj Rallo (Bellarmine) M FOR Tyson Sherlock (Davidson)

149 pounds

1st – Jordan Williams (Little Rock) dec. Connor Pierce (Penn State), 10-5

3rd – Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec. Wynton Denkins (Campbell), 5-3 TB2

5th – Kyle Schickel (Clarion) maj. dec. Tyler McKnight (Davidson), 16-5

7th – Carson Desrosier (The Citadel) dec. Benji Alanis (Northern Colorado), 7-4

157 pounds

1st – Blake Saito (Brown) dec. Max Petersen (North Dakota State), 6-3

3rd – Tyler Badgett (The Citadel) dec. Brayden Roberts (Long Island), 4-1 SV

5th – Dakota Morris (Army) tech. fall Gabriel Schumm (North Dakota State), 15-0 4:44

7th – Nick Sanko (Virginia) maj. dec. Hayden Watson (The Citadel), 11-2

165 pounds

1st – Gunner Filipowicz (Army) tech. fall Aidan Wallace (Duke), 18-3 4:39

3rd – Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) maj. dec. Boeden Greenley (North Dakota State), 11-2

5th – Thomas Snipes (The Citadel) maj. dec. Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga), 15-4

7th – Domonic Baker (Campbell) dec. Mannix Morgan (Oklahoma), 18-12

174 pounds

1st – Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga) dec. Gaven Sax (Oklahoma), 3-2

3rd – Caleb Campos (American) DEF John Worthing (Clarion), 6-1 5:04

5th – Dalton Harkins (Army) dec. Lennox Wolak (Virginia Tech), 4-1 SV

7th – Devin Wasley (North Dakota State) dec. Ty Finn (Virginia Tech), 2-1

184 pounds

1st – Zack Ryder (Penn State) dec. Aj Heeg (Northern Colorado), 6-1 SV

3rd – Dj Parker (Oklahoma) dec. Aiden Brenot (North Dakota State), 8-1

5th – Tj Stewart (Virginia Tech) dec. Marcus Murabito (North Carolina ), 10-6

7th – Sam Fisher (Virginia Tech) dec. Jake Gilfoil (Army), 4-2

197 pounds

1st – Connor Mirasola (Penn State) dec. Patrick Brophy (The Citadel), 7-3

3rd – Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech) pin Wolfgang Frable (Army), 2:56

5th – Levi Hopkins (Campbell) maj. dec. Cade Lautt (North Carolina ), 15-4

7th – Bradley Hill (Oklahoma) dec. Josh McCutchen (Gardner-Webb), 5-1

285 pounds

1st – Cole Mirasola (Penn State) maj. dec. Lucas Stoddard (Army), 9-0

3rd – Brady Colbert (Army) dec. Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech), 4-1

5th – Will Jarrell (American) MFFL Xavier Doolin (Morgan State)

7th – Connor Barket (Duke) maj. dec. Daulton Mayer (Bellarmine), 10-2