ITHACA, N.Y. – Corey Brown (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds) started his senior season off with a bang, racking up a 4-0 record while earning an individual title at 133 pounds Saturday as the Tomcat wrestlers posted a third-place finish at the 28th annual Ithaca College Invitational.

Thiel's 181 team points trailed only 2011 team champion Centenary College (216.5) and the host Bombers (208). The Tomcats finished the two-day event with 10 total place winners.

Brown, who entered this season as the sixth-ranked wrestler at 133 pounds, registered a 7-4 decision over Ithaca's Alex Gomez in the 133-pound championship match.

Alec Miller (Transfer, Pa./Grove City) secured a second-place finish at 149. He finished 3-1 after suffering a 7-3 setback against Alfred State College's Tyler Peet in the championship match.

Sean Byham (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown) also earned a second-place finish with a 4-1 mark in his first collegiate competition. Byham notched a pair of major decision victories but fell to Ithaca's Seth Ecker, the number one ranked wrestler at 133 pounds, by a second period 18-0 technical fall in the championship match.

Patrick Morris (Graysville, Pa./West Greene) finished third at 197 pounds. After falling to Centenary's William Miller by a 3-2 decision in the championship quarterfinals, Morris bounced back to go 3-0 in the consolation round, capped by a win by fall (5:35) over Alfred State's Dondrey Sharrock.

Billy Roosa (Salamanca, N.Y./Ellicottville Central) finished 5-1 and earned a third-place finish at 184 pounds. Four of Roosa's five victories were of the pin fall variety, and three of those came in the opening period. He recorded a win by fall (2:31) over Ithaca's Keith Dickey in the third-place match.

Jerrold Roosa (Randolph, N.Y./Randolph Central), another newcomer to head coach Craig Thurber's program, finished third at 157. After falling to second-ranked Chris Burdge of Centenary in the championship semifinals, Roosa registered a 10-0 major decision win over Johnson & Wales University's Michael Frick in the consolation semifinals before notching a 6-0 decision against Johnson & Wales Matthew Ross in the third-place match.

Will Ringer (Fredonia, Pa./Reynolds) finished sixth at 285 pounds. Ringer fell by pin fall (2:46) to fifth-ranked Joseph Zitone of Centenary in the championship semifinals before suffering injuries in consolation semifinals and the fifth-place match.

Ryan Murphy (Wattsburg, Pa./Seneca) fell to Ithaca's Shane Bartrum 3-2 in the 197 pound championship quarterfinals and was dealt a loss by pin fall (6:07) by Bartrum in the fifth-place match.

Elijah Flasher (Middletown, Pa./Middletown) wrestled to a sixth-place finish at 184 pounds. He fell in the championship quarterfinals to Springfield College's Nicholas Camera 3-2, and after falling 5-0 to Ithaca's Keith Dickey in the consolation semifinals, he lost to Camera in the fifth-place match 8-5.

Shayduan Velez-Lara (Belcamp, Md./Aberdeen) dropped a 9-1 major decision to Ithaca's Dominck Giacolone in the championship semifinals and fell to Springfield's Tom Casper 15-8 in the fifth-place match.

"This was a fantastic start to the season, especially for our freshmen. They wrestled with such confidence and intensity; it was really fun to watch. This team showed us a lot this weekend. With three top 25 teams here and for us to be in second after Friday's session and finish in a solid third place was a real confidence boost for everyone. We still have a lot of work to do, but it feels good to have such a solid start," said Thurber.

The Tomcats will return to the mat on Saturday, Nov. 12 when they travel to Washington, Pa. for the Washington & Jefferson College Open. Matches are set to get underway at 9 a.m.