
The eighth-ranked Mountain Cat wrestlers spotted No. 15 Seton Hill University a seven-point lead to start, but
Cody Law's technical fall win at 157 lbs. sparked a streak of six straight Pitt-Johnstown win in a 26-10 PSAC victory over the Griffins, Wednesday night in the Sports Center. The Mountain Cats improved to 9-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference.
Seton Hill started fast and jumped out to an early 7-0 win after two bouts. Alan Diltz shout out
Zeke Beatty, 4-0, to open at 125 lbs., and Tyler Kenney scored a 13-5 major decision over
Tanner Cahill at 133 lbs.
Chris Eddins' answered for the Mountain Cats at 141 lbs., by downing Austin Shaw, 6-4, before Seton Hill's seventh-ranked Ty Lydic earned a 6-5 win over
Corey Falleroni at 149 lbs. with a third period escape and a point for riding time to rebuild the Griffins' lead to 10-3.
However, Pitt-Johnstown got a 23-8 technical fall at 6:08 from No.2-ranked
Cody Law over two-time National Qualifier Zach Voytek at 157 lbs., and
Steve Edwards held off Damon Greenwald, 1-0, at 165 lbs. to give the Mountain Cats their first lead of the night at 11-10.
Pitt-Johnstown kept it going with an 8-0 major decision win by No. 11
John Blankenship at 184 lbs., and an 8-1 decision by
Levi Niebauer over Billy Bowlen at 184 lbs. to increase it to 18-10.
With just two bouts remaining
Nico Pecora dealt Morris Lawson an 8-0 major decision loss at 197 lbs., and No. 11
D.J. Sims closed out the Mountain Cat with a lopsided 16-3 major decision over Lou Maser at 285 lbs.
With the loss, Seton Hill dropped to 3-5 overall and 1-4 in the PSAC.
Pitt-Johnstown travels to a PSAC match at Gannon on Saturday to begin a stretch of three straight road matches, before returning home to celebrate Senior Night against Shippensburg on February 7 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.
vs. #15 Seton Hill University
125 lbs. Alan Diltz (SHU) Decision
Zeke Beatty (UPJ) 4-0
3-0 SHU
133 lbs. Tyler Kenney (SHU) Major Decision
Tanner Cahill (UPJ) 13-5
7-0 SHU
141 lbs.
Chris Eddins (UPJ) Decision Austin Shaw (SHU) 6-4
7-3 SHU
149 lbs. #7 Ty Lydic (SHU) Decision
Corey Falleroni (UPJ) 6-5
10-3 SHU
157 lbs.
#2 Cody Law (UPJ) Technical Fall Zach Voytek (SHU) 23-8 (6:08)
10-8 SHU
165 lbs.
Steve Edwards (UPJ) Decision Damon Greenwald (SHU) 1-0
11-10 UPJ
174 lbs.
#11 John Blankenship (UPJ) Major Decision Zach Mattucci (SHU) 8-0
15-10 UPJ
184 lbs
. Levi Niebauer (UPJ) Decision Billy Bowlen (SHU) 8-1
18-10 UPJ
197 lbs.
Nico Pecora (UPJ) Major Decision Morris Lawson (SHU) 8-0
22-10 UPJ
285 lbs.
#11 D.J. Sims (UPJ) Major Decision Lou Maser (SHU) 16-3
26-10 UPJ