The PSAC Division II Dual Meet Championship will be on the line when No. 3 Pitt-Johnstown hosts No. 7 Mercyhurst, Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.  Pitt-Johnstown will also close out the 2015-16 regular season and recognize this year's seniors, Craig Dawson (149 lbs.), Josh Duplin (285 lbs.), Sam Hanau (141 lbs.), Evan Link (125 lbs.), Travis McKillop (184 lbs.), and Travis Shaffer (149 lbs.).
 
Head Coach Pat Pecora's Mountain Cats, also ranked second in Super Region I with a 14-1 overall record and a 6-0 mark in the PSAC, are coming off of a 37-9 victory at PSAC rival Shippensburg University on Tuesday.
 
Pitt-Johnstown is led by three-time All-American Travis McKillop (184 lbs.), All-American John Blankenship (174 lbs.), two-time National Qualifier Sam Hanau (141 lbs.) and National Qualifiers Evan Link (125 lbs.), Tyler Reinhart (165 lbs.), and D.J. Sims (285 lbs.).
 
Nationally for Pitt-Johnstown, McKillop (184 lbs.) and Sims (285 lbs.) are ranked second, Link (125 lbs.) is third, Nick Roberts (133 lbs.) is sixth, and Hanau (141 lbs.) is eighth.
 
All ten Mountain Cat starters are ranked in the region, including Link (125 lbs.), Roberts (133 lbs.), and Sims (285 lbs.), who are all No. 1 in their weight classes.  Hanau (141 lbs.) and McKillop (184 lbs.) are both second, while Devin Austin (157 lbs.), Reinhart (165 lbs.) and Blankenship (174 lbs.) are third. Travis Shaffer (149 lbs.) is fifth, and Jacob Hart (197 lbs.) is sixth.
 
Mercyhurst, ranked seventh in the nation and third in the region under ninth-year Head Coach Mike Wehler, is 11-3 overall and 6-0 in the PSAC.  The Lakers, who have won the last three PSAC Dual Meet titles, have won six straight dual meets, including a 23-19 victory at No. 14 University of Findlay (OH) on Wednesday.
 
Mercyhurst is led by two-time All-American Willie Bohince (125 lbs.), All-Americans Francis Mizia (165 lbs.), August Mizia (174 lbs.), and Andy Welton (285 lbs.), and National Qualifiers Michael Griffith (157 lbs.) and Angelo Bortoluzzi (184 lbs.).
 
Eight Lakers are regionally-ranked and three others are nationally-ranked, including Francis Mizia (2^nd at 165 lbs.), August Mizia (3^rd at 174 lbs.), and Bohince (4^th at 125 lbs.).
 
Last season, Pitt-Johnstown traveled to Erie on Valentine's Day and suffered a 24-15 loss.
 
Key Match-Ups: National Qualifier and NCAA No. 3 Evan Link (UPJ) vs. 2-time All-American and NCAA No. 4 Willie Bohince at 125 lbs…NCAA No. 6 Nick Roberts (UPJ) vs. Region No. 5 Kevin Kinyua at 133 lbs…2-time National Qualifier and NCAA No. 8 Sam Hanau (UPJ) vs. Joey Miller at 141 lbs…Region No. 5 Travis Shaffer (UPJ) vs. Joel Bowers at 149 lbs…Region No. 3 Devin Austin (UPJ) vs. National Qualifier Michael Griffith or Keller Watkins at 157 lbs…National Qualifier Tyler Reinhart (UPJ) vs. NCAA All-American and NCAA No. 2 Francis Mizia at 165 lbs…All-American John Blankenship (UPJ) vs. All-American and NCAA No. 3 August Mizia at 174 lbs…3-time All-American and NCAA No. 2 Travis McKillop (UPJ) vs. National Qualifier Angelo Bortoluzzi at 184 lbs…Region No. 6 Jacob Hart (UPJ) vs. Jamar Henry at 197 lbs…National Qualifier and NCAA No. 2 D.J. Sims vs. All-American Andy Welton at 285 lbs.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to the 2015 Super Region I Tournament at Mercyhurst on February 26-27 and to the NCAA National Championships in Sioux Falls, SD on March 11-12.
 
 
PROBABLE STARTERS
125 lbs. - #4 Willie Bohince (MU) vs. #3 Evan Link (UPJ)
133 lbs. – Kevin Kinyua (MU) vs. #6 Nick Roberts (UPJ)
141 lbs. – Joey Miller (MU) vs. #8 Sam Hanau (UPJ)
149 lbs. – Joel Bowers (MU) vs. Travis Shaffer (UPJ)
157 lbs. – Michael Griffith OR Keller Watkins (MU) vs. Devin Austin (UPJ)
165 lbs. – #2 Francis Mizia (MU) vs. Tyler Reinhart (UPJ)
174 lbs. – #3 August Mizia (MU) vs. John Blankenship (UPJ)
184 lbs. – Angelo Bortoluzzi (MU) vs. #2 Travis McKillop (UPJ)
197 lbs. – Jamar Henry (MU) vs. Jacob Hart (UPJ)
285 lbs. – Andy Welton (MU) vs. #2 D.J. Sims (UPJ)