Gannon jumped out to an early 3-0 when 2013 All-American Matt Turek dealt third-ranked Dave Fogle a 12-5 loss at 125 lbs.
 
That seemed to wake the Mountain Cats up.  Pitt-Johnstown quickly responded with Luke Palamides' 8-4 decision over region No. 6 Adam Weinell at 133 lbs. and a 10-2 major decision by Sam Hanau over Johnny Marotto at 141 lbs to take the lead, 6-2 after each team was deducted one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct following the bout.
 
At 149 lbs., Cole Landowski increased it to 9-2 won a 4-0 decision over Eric Lewandowski, before the Golden Knights answered with an 11-5 win by Buddy Blotzer over Heath Coles to cut it 9-5.
 
That was as close as Gannon would get because Gary Lantz pinned Casey pace in the 165-lb. bout at 6:39 and John Blankenship held off Christopher Matthews, 2-0, at 174 lbs. to extend it to 18-5.
 
Pitt-Johnstown wasn't done yet.  Two-time All-American and third-ranked Travis McKillop opened-up a 3-0 lead and used a riding time point to defeat fifth-ranked Zack Zelcs, 4-0 at 184 lbs.  Zac Bennett then earned his 13^th fall of the year when he pinned Trevor Beiter at 2:04 to make it 27-5.
 
 The Golden Knights closed out the match with Nick Budd's 5-3 decision over Josh Duplin at 285 lbs. to set the final at 27-8.
 
With the loss, Gannon dropped to 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the PSAC.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to Shippensburg on Thursday, before celebrating Senior Night against ninth-ranked Mercyhurst on February 19 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.  The Mountain Cats will then host the 2014 NCAA Division II Super Region I Tournament on March 1-2.
 
125 lbs. Matt Turek (GU)  Decision  #3 Dave Fogle (UPJ)  12-5  3-0 GU
133 lbs.  Luke Palamides (UPJ)  Decision  Adam Weinell (GU)  8-4  3-3 TIE
141 lbs.  Sam Hanau (UPJ)  Major Decision  Johnny Marotto (GU)  10-2  6-2 UPJ
            (Both Teams deducted one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct following bout)
149 lbs.  Cole Landowski (UPJ)  Decision  Eric Lewandowski (GU)  4-0  9-2 UPJ
157 lbs.  Buddy Blotzer (GU)  Decision  Heath Coles (UPJ)  11-5  9-5 UPJ
165 lbs.  Gary Lantz (UPJ)  Fall  Casey Pace (GU)  6:39  15-5 UPJ
174 lbs.  John Blankenship (UPJ)  Decision  Christopher Matthews (GU)  2-0  18-5 UPJ
184 lbs.  #3 Travis McKillop (UPJ) Decision  #5 Zack Zelcs (GU)  4-0  21-5 UPJ
197 lbs.  Zac Bennett (UPJ)  Fall  Trevor Beiter (GU)  2:04  27-5 UPJ
285 lbs.  Nick Budd (GU)  Decision  Josh Duplin (UPJ)  5-3  27-8 UPJ