Pitt's Micky Philllippi takes 2nd at world trials
Pitt red-shirt sophomore Micky Phillippi placed second at 61kg at the U23 World Team Trials on Saturday in Akron, Ohio.
Phillippi (Derry), and Pitt teammates Cole Matthews (Reynolds), Taleb Rahmani and Nico Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) all finished in the top eight.
Phillippi lost to Cornell junior Chaz Tucker in the finals. He began the tournament seeded seventh.
He won five matches before falling to Tucker in the best of three finals.
Phillippi wrestled in his first NCAA Division I Nationals at PPG Paints Arena and was a win away from earning All-American honors last season.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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