After falling behind early, the sixth-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers got three falls and three straight wins by technical fall to storm back for a 37-13 victory over Super Region I rival West Liberty (WV) University in Thursday 2017-18 home-opener in the Sports Center.  The Mountain Cats moved to 2-1.
 
West Liberty got off to a quick start and ran out to a 10-0 lead with Corey Secrist's 15-7 major decision over Sam Holandez at 125 lbs., and Darius Bunch's fall at 5:18 over Noah Burkhart at 133 lbs.
 
However, it was all Pitt-Johnstown after that.  The Mountain Cats came back to win seven of the final eight bouts to pull away.
 
At 141 lbs., fifth-ranked Chris Eddins used four back point as time was running out in the final period to secure a 10-2 major decision over Josh Ridgeway, before Falleroni pinned Tanner Sutton at 3:33 at 149 lbs. to even the match at 10.
 
Pitt-Johnstown then recorded three consecutive technical falls.  Second-ranked Cody Law gave the Mountain Cats their first lead of the night with a dominating 25-10 technical fall at 5:16 over Josh Cornell at 157 lbs. and 11^th-ranked Devin Austin followed with his own technical fall at 165 lbs.  Austin used a point for riding time to secure a 16-1 win over Dillon Shaw to put Pitt-Johnstown up 20-10.
 
The Mountain Cats kept it going with a third consecutive technical fall victory.  This time, second-ranked Tyler Reinhart downed Chase Morgan 24-6 at 5:00.
 
The Hilltoppers broke the streak and cut it to 25-13 at 184 lbs.  Chris Cook took advantage of a late takedown and back points for an 8-3 tie breaker win over Steve Edwards.
 
It didn't get any closer as 12^th-ranked Levi Niebauer pinned Logan Kemp at 3:47 in the 197-lb. bout, and 11^th-ranked D.J. Sims recorded the Mountain Cats' third fall of the night at 4:34 over Ronnie D'Amico at 285 lbs. to set the final at 37-13.
 
With the loss, West Liberty slipped to 0-1 to start the year.
 
Pitt-Johnstown opens-up the PSAC portion of its schedule with a home match against Kutztown on Friday, November 17 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center, before traveling to a conference match at East Stroudsburg on Tuesday, November 21.