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#12 Wrestlers Defeat Wheeling Jesuit For Ninth Straight Win

Johnstown, PA

Pitt-Johnstown won nine of the 10 bouts, including falls from Sam Hanau (141 lbs.) and Zac Bennett (197 lbs.), in a 41-3 drubbing of Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University, Friday night in the Sports Center.  The Mountain Cats, ranked 12th in the country, made it nine straight wins and improved to 11-1.
 
Dave Fogle won by forfeit to open the match and Luke Palamides won a 9-3 decision over Scott Lopez at 133 lbs. to make it 9-0 Pitt-Johnstown.
 
At 141 lbs., Hanau pinned Damon Outward at 4:00, before Cole Landowski won a 14-4 major decision over Jonathan Barrett at 149 lbs.
 
Back-to-Back technical falls at 157 and 165 lbs. built the lead to 29-0.  True freshman Heath Coles defeated Hans Rogerson 17-2 (5:57), and Gary Lantz followed with a 16-0 (3:12) technical fall over Cody Eggers.
 
Wheeling Jesuit got on the scoreboard at 174 lbs. with Sawyer Leppla's 13-6 decision over Nikos Garafola.
 
However, third-ranked Travis McKillop scored a 9-7 win over Ryan Winslow at 184 lbs., and Bennett pinned Maxwell Lacey at 1:11 at 197 lbs. to push the Mountain Cat lead out to 38-3.
 
Pitt-Johnstown closed it out and set the final at 41-3 when Josh Duplin held off Corey Siegfried, 2-0 at 285 lbs.
 
With the loss, Wheeling Jesuit fell to 3-7.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will host Gannon University on February 8 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center, before traveling to Shippensburg University on February 13.
 
125 lbs.  #4 Dave Fogle (UPJ)  Won By Forfeit  6-0 UPJ
133 lbs.  Luke Palamides (UPJ)  Decision  Scott Lopez (WLU)  9-3  9-0 UPJ
141 lbs.  Sam Hanau (UPJ)  Fall  Damon Outward (WLU)  4:00  15-0 UPJ
149 lbs.  Cole Landowski (UPJ)  Major Decision  Jonathan Barrett (WLU)  14-4  19-0 UPJ
157 lbs.  Heath Coles (UPJ)  Technical Fall  Hans Rogerson (WLU)  17-2 5:57  24-0 UPJ
165 lbs.  #8 Gary Lantz (UPJ)  Technical Fall  Cody Eggers (WLU)  16-0 (3:12)  29-0 UPJ
174 lbs.  Sawyer Leppla (WLU)  Decision  Nikos Garafola (UPJ)  13-6  29-3 UPJ
184 lbs.  #2 Travis McKillop (UPJ)  Decision  Ryan Winslow (WLU)  9-7  32-3 UPJ
197 lbs.  Zac Bennett (UPJ)  Fall  Maxwell Lacey (WLU)  1:11  38-3 UPJ
285 lbs.  Josh Duplin (UPJ)  Decision  Corey Siegfried (WLU)  2-0  41-3 UPJ
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