The Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers, 3-0 on the season with wins over #4 West Liberty (WV) and No. 8 Ashland (OH), climbed three spots to No. 16 in the most recent NCAA Division II National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) rankings.  Brock Biddle (174 lbs.), Jacob Ealy (149 lbs.), and Dillon Keane (165 lbs.) are all individually ranked for the Mountain Cats.

Pitt-Johnstown, which tied for 12th at the Midwest Classic on December 18-19 with three place-winners, is ranked 16th with 25 points.  Central Oklahoma held on to the top-spot with 104 points, while St. Cloud State (Minn.) (86 points), McKendree (Ill.) (70 points), West Liberty (WV) (67 points), and Nebraska-Kearney (62 points) rounded out the top-five teams in the most recent rankings.

Biddle, a three-time NCAA All-American, jumped five spots from eighth to third at174 lbs. after his third-place finish at the Midwest Classic.  Biddle is 11-2 on the year with six wins by fall and four by technical fall.

Ealy, also 11-2 on the year, slipped on spot to No. 6 at 149 lbs., after placing fifth at the Midwest Classic, while Keane made his first appearance in the rankings.  Keane is 5-2 overall and ranked 10th at 165 lbs.