PHILADELPHIA -- No. 23 Penn put on quite a display in The Palestra on Saturday, scoring 129 points over three duals en route to a perfect 3-0 day at the Penn Duals.
The Quakers opened the day with a 42-9 win over Delaware State, then followed that with a 49-0 shutout of Franklin & Marshall and ended the day with a 38-7 victory over East Stroudsburg.
19 matches ended with bonus points for the Red and Blue, including all five victories from the Rappo brothers. Older brother Rick picked up a forfeit victory in the dual with F&M and then added a pin of ESU's Matthew Rizzo at the 3:44 mark of their match.
Younger brother Mark did Rick one better, scoring bonus points in all three of his bouts. He started the day with a pin at 4:19 over Delaware State's Wilson Williams. In his second bout, he scored a 17-2 technical fall win over F&M's Stephen Sabreen at the 5:23 mark. He capped his remarkable day with his second pinfall, needing just 3:23 to capture ESU's David Luthy on the mat.
Matt Dragon continued his impressive 2008-09 season, picking up two tech fall wins in his two matches. Dan Zander went 2-1 on the day with two pinfall wins.
Penn ups its dual record to 4-1 heading into next weekend's Virginia Duals.
