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#13 Wrestlers Overcome Deficit in 35-15 Win at Ohio Valley

Vienna, W.Va.

The 13th-ranked Mountain Cat wrestlers erased an early five-point deficit with falls from John Blankenship (165 lbs.), Travis McKillop (184 lbs.), and Zac Bennett (197 lbs.) in a 35-15 road win at Ohio Valley (WV) University on Friday.  Pitt-Johnstown made it four straight wins and improved to 6-1.
 
Fourth-ranked Dave Fogle (125 lbs.) opened the match with a 10-0 major decision over Tyree Gardner, but Ohio Valley quickly answered with two straight wins to go up 9-4.  Cory Parsons pinned Luke Palamides in the first period at 133 lbs., before Josue' Rodriquez earned a 5-3 decision over Craig Dawson at 141 lbs.
 
Pitt-Johnstown came right back to regain the lead with wins from Sam Hanau and Sam Molina.  Hanau won an 8-0 major decision over Nick Varazashvilli at 149 lbs., and Molina rode-out Tyler Green in the third period at 157 lbs. to secure a 3-2 win that put the Mountain Cats back in front 11-9.
 
John Blankenship then increased it to 17-9 with a fall over Jabari Irons at 2:22 at 165 lbs.
 
Following a forfeit victory by Ohio Valley at 174 lbs. that cut it to two, Pitt-Johnstown closed the match strong.
 
Second-ranked Travis McKillop pinned Ben Willard in just 33 seconds, and Zac Bennett followed with a fall over Kobina Henriques at 6:18 to build it to 29-15, before Josh Duplin won by forfeit at 285 lbs. to set the final at 35-15.
 
With the loss, Ohio Valley dropped to 0-5.
 
Pitt-Johnstown closes out a stretch of five straight road matches at Alderson-Broaddus (WV) College on Saturday and at Seton Hill University on Wednesday, before returning home to host Millersville University on January 25 at 11 a.m. in the Sports Center.
 
125 – #4 Dave Fogle (UPJ)  Major Decision  Tyree Gardner (OVU)  10-0  4-0 UPJ
133 – Cory Parsons (OVU)  Fall  Luke Palamides (UPJ)  1:49  6-4 OVU
141 – Josue' Rodriguez (OV)  Decision  Craig Dawson (UPJ)  5-3  9-4 OVU
149 – Sam Hanau (UPJ)  Major Decision  Nick Varazashvilli (OVU)  8-0  9-8 OVU
157 – Sam Molina (UPJ)  Decision  Tyler Green (OVU)  3-2  11-9 UPJ
165 – John Blankenship (UPJ)  Fall  Jabari Irons (OVU)  2:22  17-9 UPJ
174 – Austin Antill (OVU) Won By Forfeit  17-15 UPJ
184 – #2 Travis McKillop (UPJ)  Fall  Ben Willard (OVU)  :33  23-15 UPJ
197 – Zac Bennett (UPJ)  Fall  Kobina Henriques (OVU)  6:18  29-15 UPJ
285 – Josh Duplin (UPJ)  Won By Forfeit  35-15 UPJ
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