Brock Biddle's pin at 174 lbs. gave the eighth-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers a 13-point lead and proved to be important, as the Mountain Cats held on for a 20-16 victory over Colorado State-Pueblo, despite three straight wins by the Thunder Wolves to close out the match. Pitt-Johnstown made it 14 consecutive wins and improved to 7-0.
Pitt-Johnstown took an early 3-0 lead on
Brendan Howard's 7-6 decision win over Josiah Seaton, but Colorado State-Pueblo quickly took a one-point lead of its own when fifth-ranked D'Andre Brumfield dealt
Matt Siszka a 13-5 major decision loss at 133 lbs.
However, the Mountain Cats regained control. Fifth-ranked
Joey Alessandro scored an 18-2 technical fall at 6:27 over Paul Garcia at 141 lbs. that gave the lead back to Pitt-Johnstown and No. 1-ranked
Chris Eddins shut out Jasiah Williams, 6-0, at 149 lbs. to make it 11-4.
The Thunder Wolves cut it to 11-7 with a 6-3 win by Gavin Melendez at 157 lbs., but that was as close as it would get.
At 174 lbs., Biddle picked-up his second fall of the day. This time, Biddle pinned Jair Flores at 1:20 in build the lead to 20-7, and that proved to be enough for the Mountain Cats.
Colorado State-Pueblo went on to win the final three bouts but it was too late.
The Thunder Wolves used a take down by Tarrence Williams with 16 seconds remaining in the final period to defeat
Mike Geyer, 6-4, at 184 lbs.
Colorado State-Pueblo then got a 13-7 win by Haszell West over
Alex Delp at 197 lbs. and a 10-3 win by Gavin Nye over
Tyler Oliver at 285 lbs. that set the final at 20-16.
Colorado State-Pueblo, which upset second-ranked Nebraska-Kearney earlier in the year, slipped to 2-1.
2018 Desert Duals vs. Colorado State-Pueblo – 12/17/18
125 lbs.
Brendan Howard (UPJ) Decision Josiah Seaton (CSU-P) 7-6
3-0 UPJ
133 lbs. #5 D'Andre Brumfield (CSU-P) Major Decision
Matt Siszka (UPJ) 13-5
4-3 CSU-P
141 lbs.
#5 Joey Alessandro (UPJ) Technical Fall Paul Garcia (CSU-P) 18-2 (6:27)
8-4 UPJ
149 lbs.
#1 Chris Eddins (UPJ) Decision Jasiah Williams (CSU-P) 6-0
11-4 UPJ
157 lbs. Gavin Melendez (CSU-P) Decision
Gage Thomas (UPJ) 6-3
11-7 UPJ
165 lbs.
Devin Austin (UPJ) Decision Isaiah Diggs (CSU-P) 5-3
14-7 UPJ
174 lbs.
Brock Biddle (UPJ) Fall Jair Flores (CSU-P) 1:20
20-7 UPJ
184 lbs. Tarrence Williams (CSU-P) Decision
Mike Geyer (UPJ) 6-4
20-10 UPJ
197 lbs. Haszell West (CSU-P) Decision
Alex Delp (UPJ) 13-7
20-13 UPJ
285 lbs. Gavin Nye (CSU-P) Decision
Tyler Oliver (UPJ) 10-3
20-16 UPJ