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#13 Wrestlers Dominate Alderson-Broaddus, 43-4

Philippi, WV

Sam Hanau, Travis McKillop, and Zac Bennett all won by first period fall to lead the 13th-ranked Mountain Cat wrestlers to a dominating 43-4 victory at Alderson-Broaddus (WV) College, Saturday afternoon in Philippi, W.Va.  Pitt-Johnstown extended its winning streak to five straight matches and improved to 7-1 on the season.
 
The Mountain Cats, who won nine of the 10 bouts, dominated from start to finish.
 
Along with the pins from Hanau (149 lbs.), McKillop (184 lbs.), and Bennett (197 lbs.), Pitt-Johnstown also secured forfeit wins at both 125 and 285 lbs.
 
True freshman Cole Landowski wrestled his first collegiate dual meet and came away with a 10-2 major decision over Cody Sprinks at 157 lbs., while Craig Dawson picked-up his first dual meet win of the year with an 11-5 decision over Sam Jones at 141 lbs.
 
Pitt-Johnstown also got decision victories from Luke Palamides (133 lbs.) and John Blankenship (174 lbs.).
 
Alderson-Broaddus, which dropped to 1-12 on the year, earned its lone win at 174 lbs., where Keith Stednitz defeated Sam Molina, 12-0.
 
Pitt-Johnstown ends a stretch of five straight road matches 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)  Won By Forfeit  6-0 UPJ
133 – Luke Palamides (UPJ)  Decision  Jason West (AB)  8-3  9-0 UPJ
141 – Craig Dawson (UPJ)  Decision  Sam Jones (AB)  11-5  12-0 UPJ
149 – Sam Hanau (UPJ)  Fall  Tyler Cross (AB)  2:50  18-0 UPJ
157 – Cole Landowski (UPJ)  Major Decision  Cody Sprinks (AB)  10-2  22-0 UPJ
165 – Keith Stednitz (AB)  Major Decision  Sam Molina (UPJ)  12-0  22-4 UPJ
174 – John Blankenship (UPJ)  Decision  Davis Solak (AB)  4-1  25-4 UPJ
184 – #2 Travis McKillop (UPJ)  Fall  Corbin White (AB)  :31  31-4 UPJ
197 – Zac Bennett (UPJ)  Fall  Garrett Onderko (AB)  :35  37-4 UPJ
285 – Josh Duplin (UPJ)   Won By Forfeit  43-4 UPJ
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