Senior Dale Mills won the 157-pound championship at the King’s Monarch Invitational, the first competition of the season for the Muhlenberg wrestling team.

The Mules finished seventh, their best showing at King’s in four

Sophomore Joseph DeCampo advanced to the consolation semifinals at 149.

years, in a strong field of 12 teams.

Mills won all four of his bouts, defeating the 2005 Middle Atlantic Conference runner-up in the championship final, for his second career tournament title. His lone previous gold medal came at the 2004 Centennial Conference Championships, although he has four second-place finishes.

One other Muhlenberg wrestler reached a championship final: freshman Billy Hall at 133. Hall stormed through the competition with two major decisions and two pins, before falling in the final to a wrestler from King’s.

Hall was one of several Mule freshmen who enjoyed success in their collegiate debuts. Of the 11 first-year wrestlers to compete, seven returned home with at least one victory. Rob Kein reached the consolation semifinals at 141, and Matt Friedman (133) and Justin Fitch (165) each won a pair of bouts.

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