The 13
th-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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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125 – #4
Dave Fogle (UPJ)Â Won By ForfeitÂ
6-0 UPJ
133 –
Luke Palamides (UPJ) Decision Andrew Schutz (SHU)  9-2Â
9-0 UPJ
141 – A.J. Fisher (SHU) Major DecisionÂ
Craig Dawson (UPJ) Â 8-0Â
9-4 UPJ
149 –
Cole Landowski (UPJ) Decision Kevin Laubach (SHU) 10-5Â
12-4 UPJ
157 – Zach Voytek (SHU) Won By ForfeitÂ
12-10 UPJ
165 –
John Blankenship (UPJ) Decision Brett Smith (SHU) 7-2Â
15-10 UPJ
174 –
Nikos Garafola (UPJ) Decision Tyler Mohlhenrich (SHU) 10-3Â
18-10 UPJ
184 – #2
Travis McKillop (UPJ)Â Fall Tyler Dombrowski (SHU)Â 2:23Â
24-10 UPJ
197 –
Zac Bennett (UPJ) Fall Morris Lawson (SHU) 2:53Â
30-10 UPJ
285 –
Josh Duplin (UPJ) Fall Ryan Simonica (SHU) 5:54Â
36-10 UPJ