The third ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers took advantage of four falls and a pair of forfeits to roll to a 44-6 PSAC victory over East Stroudsburg un Tuesday's home-opener in the Sports Center.  The Mountain Cats improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the PSAC.
 
After Pitt-Johnstown's Zeke was awarded at forfeit at 125 lbs., Nolan Link pinned Francesco Palagruto with eight seconds left in the third period to make it 12-0.
 
East Stroudsburg got an 8-3 win at 141 lbs. by Region No. 5 Dylan Nace over Mountain Cat freshman Chris Eddins, but Cole Landowski was able to hold off Christian Silva, 6-4, at 149 lbs. and Pitt-Johnstown began to pour it on.
 
 At 157 lbs., fifth-ranked Cody Law defeated Blake Coehn 25-9 at 4:30 to pick-up his third technical fall win of the season, and top-ranked Tyler Reinhart pinned Joey Kratochvil at 1:33 of the 165-lbs. bout to increase it to 32-3.
 
Ninth-ranked John Blankenship then received a forfeit at 174 lbs. to make it 32-3, before 2015 National Qualifier Tyler Richardson earned a 5-4 decision over Pitt-Johnstown's Levi Niebauer at 174.
 
With the match out of reach, Pitt-Johnstown recorded two more falls to close it out.  Tyler Oliver pinned Brandon Steele at 1:57 at 197 lbs., and Allan Beattie closed it out and set the final at 44-6 by pinning Dan Makagon in just 47 seconds at 285 lbs.
 
With the loss, the Warriors slipped to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC.
 
The Mountain Cats travel to New York City to wrestle Johns Hopkins (MD) and LIU-Post in Madison Square Garden on Sunday, before hosting No. 11 Ashland (OH) University on December 2 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.