Head Coach Pat Pecora and the top-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers will make their 2019-20 home debut against No. 15 Kutztown, Friday at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.
 
      Prior to Friday's match, Pitt-Johnstown will recognize last year's National Champion, All-Americans, National Qualifiers, All-PSAC Team members, and all other Award winners.
 
      Coach Pat Pecora (44^th season) and the Mountain Cats, NCAA Division II's preseason No. 1-ranked team, is 6-2 overall and 2-0 in the PSAC following a 44-3 conference win at Millersville last Saturday.  Matt Siszka (133 lbs.), Dalton Group (174 lbs.), Connor Craig (184 lbs.), and Alex Delp (197 lbs.) all won by fall against the Marauders.
      The Mountain Cats are led by two-time National Champion Chris Eddins (149 lbs.), 2019 National Champions Tyler Warner (133 lbs.) and Connor Craig (184 lbs.), two-time All-American Devin Austin (165 lbs.), 2019 All-Americans Brendan Howard (125 lbs.) and Brock Biddle (174 lbs.).
      Nationally for Pitt-Johnstown, Eddins (149 lbs.) and Warner (133 lbs.) are both ranked first in their respective weight classes, while Austin (165 lbs.) is ranked second at 165 lbs., Craig (184 lbs.) is ranked third, Biddle (174 lbs.) is fourth, and Howard is ranked seventh at 125 lbs.
 
     Fifteenth-ranked Kutztown, under Head Coach Rob Fisher (19^th season), opened its dual meet season with a 24-13 PSAC victory over Millersville on Wednesday behind Collin Wickramaranta's technical fall win at 133 lbs. and 11^th-ranked Chad Haegele's major decision victory at 165 lbs.  The Golden Bears also got a championship from defending National Champion Andrew Dunn, Jr. (285 lbs.) at the East Stroudsburg Open on November 10.
     Kutztown is led by 2019 NCAA National Champion and No. 1-ranked Dunn, Jr. at 285 lbs. and No. 11-ranked Haegele (165 lbs.).
 
      Last year, Pitt-Johnstown traveled to Kutztown on November 20 and got pins from Joey Alessandro (141 lbs.) and Eddins (149 lbs.) and a technical fall win from Levi Niebauer (197 lbs.) in a 23-15 win over the Golden Bears.
 
      Key Match-Ups: 2019 All-American and NCAA No. 7 Brendan Howard (UPJ) vs. Region No. 3 Matt Wilde (KU) at 125 lbs…2019 NCAA National Champion and NCAA No. 1 Tyler Warner OR Matt Siszka (UPJ) vs. Collin Wickramarantna (KU) at 133 lbs…2-time NCAA National Champion and NCAA No. 1 Chris Eddins vs. Mike Cusick (KU) at 149 lbs…2-time NCAA All-American and NCAA No. 2 Devin Austin OR Gage Thomas (UPJ) vs. NCAA No. 11 Chad Haegele (KU) at 165 lbs…2019 All-American and NCAA No. 4 Brock Biddle OR Dalton Group (UPJ) vs. Connor Rogovich (KU) at 174 lbs…2019 NCAA National Champion and NCAA No 3 Connor Craig (UPJ) vs. James Potts (KU) at 184 lbs…Allan Beattie OR Tyler Oliver (UPJ) vs. 2019 NCAA National Champion and NCAA No. 1 Andrew Dunn, Jr. (KU) at 285 lbs.
 
After Friday's match, the Mountain Cats will host Findlay (OH) on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center, before traveling to ninth-ranked Ashland (OH) on December 7.  Pitt-Johnstown will then close out the Fall Semester with a home match against 12^th-ranked West Liberty (WV) University on December 14 at 1 p.m.