The sixth-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers used falls from Evan Link (125 lbs.) and Travis McKillop (184 lbs.) and three other technical falls to pin a 36-9 loss on Kutztown University in Thursday's 2015-16 PSAC-opener in the Sports Center.  The Mountain Cats improved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC.
 
A fall and technical fall to start the match set pushed the Mountain Cats out to an early 11-0 lead.  Link took just 2:12 to pin Austin Petril at 125 lbs., and Troy Dolan followed with an 18-2 technical fall at 4:08 over Zach Ulerick at 133 lbs.
 
The Golden Bears answered right back with a fall of their own to cut it to 11-6 when Travis Roper pinned Sam Hanau at 141 lbs., but Travis Shaffer used a 16-0 technical fall at 2:08 over Dave Migliaccio to get the Mountain Cats' lead back into double digits at 16-6.
 
Pitt-Johnstown's Luke Palamides gave All-American and fourth-ranked Matt Martoccio everything he could handle in the 157-lb. bout, but Martoccio broke a 2-2 tie by riding Palamides out the entire third period to earn a 3-2 victory to narrow the Kutztown gap to 16-9.
 
However, it was all Mountain Cats after that.  Eighth-ranked Tyler Reinhart (165 lbs.) recorded Pitt-Johnstown's third technical fall of the night at 4:20 (16-0) over James Meyer, and fourth-ranked John Blankenship dealt Ryan Krecker a 4-0 loss at 174 lbs. to extend it to 24-9.
 
Pitt-Johnstown wasn't done yet.  McKillop, ranked fourth in the country at 184 lbs., needed only 42 seconds to pin Charlie Livingston to make it 30-9 and put the match out of reach with two bouts remaining.
 
At 197 lbs., freshman Tyler Oliver held off Collin Schildt, 9-7, and fourth-ranked Josh Duplin used a second-period escape and riding time to outlast Ryan Appleby, 2-0 at 285 lbs. that set the final score at 36-9.
 
With the loss, the Golden bears slipped to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC.
 
The Mountain Cats travel to a PSAC match at East Stroudsburg University on Tuesday, before competing in the Grappling at the Garden even in Madison Square Garden on November 29.  Pitt-Johnstown will not wrestling its next home match until January 22 when Gannon University visits the Sports Center.
 
125 lbs.  Evan Link (UPJ)  Fall  Austin Petril (KU)  2:12  6-0 UPJ
133 lbs.  Troy Dolan (UPJ)  Technical Fall  Zach Ulerick (KU)  18-2 (4:08)  11-0 UPJ
141 lbs.  Travis Roper (KU)  Fall  Sam Hanau (UPJ)  3:25  11-6 UPJ
149 lbs.  Travis Shaffer (UPJ)  Technical Fall  Dave Migliaccio (KU)  16-0 (2:08)  16-6 UPJ
157 lbs.  #4 Matt Martoccio (KU)  Decision  Luke Palamides (UPJ)  3-2  16-9 UPJ
165 lbs.  #8 Tyler Reinhart (UPJ)  Technical Fall  James Meyer (KU)  17-1 (4:20)  21-9 UPJ
174 lbs.  #4 John Blankenship (UPJ)  Decision  Ryan Krecker (KU)  4-0  24-9 UPJ
184 lbs.  #4 Travis McKillop (UPJ)  Fall  Charlie Livingston (KU)  :42  30-9 UPJ
197 lbs.  Tyler Oliver (UPJ)  Decision  Collin Schildt (KU)  9-7  33-9 UPJ
285 lbs.  #4 Josh Duplin (UPJ)  Decision  Ryan Appleby (KU)  2-0  36-9 UPJ