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#13 Wrestlers Pin Their Way to 36-10 Win at Seton Hill

Greensburg, Pa.

The 13th-ranked Mountain Cat wrestlers finished strong with pins from Travis McKillop, Zac Bennett, and Josh Duplin to close out the match in a 36-10 victory at Seton Hill University on Wednesday.  Pitt-Johnstown has won six straight matches and improved to 8-1 overall and 2-1 in the PSAC.
 
After a forfeit win by fourth-ranked Dave Fogle at 125 lbs., Luke Palamides scored a 9-2 win over Andre Schutz at 133 lbs. to put Pitt-Johnstown up 9-0.
 
Seton hill answered with a major decision win at 141 lbs., but Cole Landowski won a 10-5 decision over Kevin Laubach to get the lead out to 12-4.
 
After a forfeit win at 157 lbs. got the Griffins to within two, the Mountain Cats won the next five bouts, to put the match away.
 
John Blankenship (165 lbs.) and Nikos Garafola (174 lbs.) each won by decision to increase it to 18-10, before the three straight falls to end it.
 
At 184 lbs., second-ranked McKillop pinned Tyler Dombrowski at 2:23, and Bennett followed by pinning Morris Lawson 2:53 at 197 lbs.  Then, Duplin set the final at 36-10 win a fall over Ryan Simonica with just over a minute remaining in the third period.
 
Pitt-Johnstown returns home to host Millersville University on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Sports Center, before traveling to Lake Erie (OH) College on January 29.
 
125 – #4 Dave Fogle (UPJ)  Won By Forfeit  6-0 UPJ
133 – Luke Palamides (UPJ)  Decision  Andrew Schutz (SHU)  9-2  9-0 UPJ
141 – A.J. Fisher (SHU)  Major Decision  Craig Dawson (UPJ)  8-0  9-4 UPJ
149 – Cole Landowski (UPJ)  Decision  Kevin Laubach (SHU)  10-5  12-4 UPJ
157 – Zach Voytek (SHU) Won By Forfeit  12-10 UPJ
165 – John Blankenship (UPJ)  Decision  Brett Smith (SHU)  7-2  15-10 UPJ
174 – Nikos Garafola (UPJ)  Decision  Tyler Mohlhenrich (SHU)  10-3  18-10 UPJ
184 – #2 Travis McKillop (UPJ)  Fall Tyler Dombrowski (SHU)  2:23  24-10 UPJ
197 – Zac Bennett (UPJ)  Fall  Morris Lawson (SHU)  2:53  30-10 UPJ
285 – Josh Duplin (UPJ)  Fall  Ryan Simonica (SHU)  5:54  36-10 UPJ
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