Head Coach Pat Pecora and the top-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers will host the University of Findlay (OH), Saturday night at 7 p.m. to wrap-up a triple header of sports in the Sports Center.  Prior to wrestling, the Pitt-Johnstown men's and women's basketball teams will open PSAC-play with a doubleheader against East Stroudsburg.
 
     Coach Pecora (44^th season) and the Mountain Cats, NCAA Division II's preseason No. 1-ranked team, was 6-2 overall and 2-0 in the PSAC prior to Friday night's conference match against Kutztown.  Pitt-Johnstown is coming off of a 44-3 PSAC win at Millersville last Saturday.  Matt Siszka (133 lbs.), Dalton Group (174 lbs.), Connor Craig (184 lbs.), and Alex Delp (197 lbs.) on 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.
 
     Findlay will kick-off its dual meet scheduled tonight under 23^rd-year Head Coach Shawn Nelson.  The Oilers have wrestled in several open tournament, including the 2019 Findlay Open where Devin Rogers (149 lbs.) and Devin Trevino (165 lbs.) both earned third-place finishes.
 
     Findlay is led by 10^th-ranked Nate Vandermeer at 174 lbs.
 
     Pitt-Johnstown and Findlay last met on November 13, 2013 in the Sports Center and the No. 8 Mountain Cats came away with a 42-6 win over the No. 16 Oilers behind Gary Lantz (165 lbs.) and Josh Duplin (285 lbs.) and Travis McKillop's 3-2 decision over fellow All-American Adam Walters at 184 lbs.
 
     Key Match-Ups: 2019 All-American and NCAA No. 7 Brendan Howard (UPJ) vs. Zach Collins (UF) at 125 lbs…2019 NCAA National Champion and NCAA No. 1 Tyler Warner OR Matt Siszka (UPJ) vs. Derek Sharp (UF) at 133 lbs…2-time NCAA National Champion and NCAA No. 1 Chris Eddins vs. Devin Rogers (UF) at 149 lbs…2-time NCAA All-American and NCAA No. 2 Devin Austin OR Gage Thomas (UPJ) vs. Hunter Reed (UF) at 165 lbs…2019 All-American and NCAA No. 4 Brock Biddle OR Dalton Group (UPJ) vs. NCAA No. 10 Nate Vandermeer (UF) at 174 lbs…2019 NCAA National Champion and NCAA No 3 Connor Craig (UPJ) vs. Danny Rosales (UF) at 184 lbs……Super Region No. 5 Alex Delp OR Mike Geyer (UPJ) vs. Keigan Yuhas at 197 lbs…Super Region No. 5 Allan Beattie OR Tyler Oliver (UPJ) vs. Caleb Carpenter (UF) at 285 lbs.
 
     The Mountain Cats travel to ninth-ranked Ashland (OH) on December 7, before closing out the Fall Semester with a home match against 12^th-ranked West Liberty (WV) University on December 14 at 1 p.m. in the Sports Center.