The sixth-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers got technical fall wins from Joey Alessandro (141 lbs.), Chris Eddins (149 lbs.), and Brock Biddle (174 lbs.) and a decision by No 5 Levi Niebauer over No. 6 Colton Dull at 197 lbs. on its way to celebrating the 2018-19 home-opener and kicking off the PSAC schedule with a 30-6 win over No. 18 Millersville University, Friday night in the Sports Center.  The Mountain Cats improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC.
 
Pitt-Johnstown's Brendan Howard build a 6-0 first period lead and went on to defeat Connor Sheehan 6-1 in the opener at 125 lbs., before Millersville answered to tie it with Ryan McGuire's  4-2 sudden victory over Matt Siszka at 133 lbs.
 
However, the Mountain Cats quickly took control.  Sixth-ranked Alessandro scored a 16-0 technical fall at 5:05 over Ryan Juarez at 141 lbs., and fourth-ranked Eddins followed with his own technical fall win at 149 lbs.  Eddins defeated D.J. Mele, 19-0 at 4:23, to increase Pitt-Johnstown's lead to 13-3.
 
At 157 lbs., Gage Thomas earned an 11-4 decision over Nick Tomasiello to push it out to 16-3.
 
The Marauders snapped the streak of three straight losses with a win at 165 lbs.  In a match-up between Millersville's fourth-ranked Shane Ruhnke and Pitt-Johnstown's fifth-ranked Devin Austin, Ruhnke jumped out to a 6-1 second-period lead, and downed Austin 12-6 to narrow the deficit to 16-6.
 
The Mountain Cats then got their third technical fall victory with an 18-2 win at 4:44 by Biddle at 174 lbs., and Alex Delp's 7-2 win at 184 lbs. over Ryan Kokawski  built the lead to 24-6 and lock-up the Pitt-Johnstown victory with two bouts remaining.
 
Pitt-Johnstown's fifth-ranked Levi Niebauer and the Marauders' sixth-ranked Colton Dull met at 197 lbs.  Niebauer held a 2-0 lead entering the third period and used a point for riding time to pick-up a 3-1 win.
 
Pitt-Johnstown closed out the 30-6 victory with a 6-5 decision by Tyler Oliver over Josh Walls at 285 lbs.
 
With the loss, Millersville dropped to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to 16^th-ranked Kutztown for a PSAC match on Tuesday, before hosting 13^th ranked Ashland (OH) on December 1 at 3 p.m. in the Sports Center.