Caleb Morris (141 lbs.), Jacob Ealy (149 lbs.), Dillon Keane (165 lbs.) all won NCAA Division II Super Region I titles Saturday evening in the Sports Center, while three other Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championships to lead the Mountain Cats to their 24^th regional crown under Head Coach Pat Pecora.
 
The 2022 NCAA Division II National Championships will take place on March 11-12 in St. Louis, MO.
 
Pitt-Johnstown claimed the 2022 Super Region I Championship with 147 points, 17.5 points better than second-place Gannon.  Kutztown, Mercyhurst, and Millersville rounded out the Top-five in the 11-team field.
 
Eight Mountain Cats reached the semifinals, while Morris (141 lbs.), Ealy (149 lbs.), and Keane (165 lbs.) all advanced to the finals to guarantee spots in the national tournament.
 
Morris won a pair of technical falls and a 2-1 decision Shippensburg's Dean Reed in semis, before claiming his first NCAA Regional Championship with an 18-1 technical fall at 6:39 over Seton Hill's Joel Cawoski at 141 lbs.
 
Ealy followed with his second NCAA Regional title.  After a first-round bye, Ealy cruised into the finals with a 16-0 technical fall win and a fall, before pinning Alderson Broaddus' Josh Laubach at 2:58 in the championship bout at 149 lbs.
 
At 165 lbs., Keane pined American International's Dylan Kasperzyk in the first round, before back-to-back decisions got him into the finals where dealt Millersville's Brandon Connor an 8-0 major decision setback to win his first regional championship and advance to his first national tournament.
 
Matt Siszka (125 lbs.), Nate Smith (157 lbs.), Brock Biddle (174 lbs.), Alex Weber (184 lbs.), and Oggie Atwood (285 lbs.) also reached the semifinals, but suffered losses.
 
Siszka, Biddle, and Atwood won their consolation semifinal matches and wrested form third-place and a spot in the National Tournament.
 
Siszka quickly punched hit ticket to nationals by pinning Frank Bonura for the second time on the day.  After a fall at 5:59 in the quarterfinals, Siszka pinned Bonura at 2:58 to claim third place.
 
Smith clawed back to place third and earn a spot at nationals with a 6-2 decision over Mercyhurst's Max Stedeford, while Biddle defeated Millersville's Anthony Yacovetti, 4-1, in the 174-lb. bout to place third and secure a spot at the national tournament.
 
In the 285-lb. bout, Atwood took Gannon's Freddie Nixon to overtime, but suffered a 2-1 loss to place fourth.
 
In addition, Mason Myers (133 lbs.) dealt Gannon's Chase McLaughlin a 9-0 major decision loss, Weber won by medical forfeit, and Dakoda Rodgers (197 lbs.) scored a 16-4 major decision over Bruce Vaughn (Millersville) to place fifth in the tournament.
 
Final Team Scores
1.  Pitt-Johnstown  147 pts.
2.  Gannon  129.5 pts.
3.  Kutztown  110.5 pts.
4.  Mercyhust  99.5 pts.
5.  Millersville  82.0 pts.
6.  Seton Hill  63.5 pts.
7.  Alderson Broaddus (WV)  49.5 pts.
8.  American International  48.5 pts.
9.  Shippensburg  32.0 pts.
10.  East Stroudsburg  25.0 pts.
11.  Fairmont State (WV)  3.0 pts.
 
Pitt-Johnstown Individual Results
125 lbs. – Matt Siszka
First Round - Bye
Quarterfinals – Won by Fall at 5:59 over Frank Bonura (Seton Hill)
Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 3-1 SV, to Tyshawn White (Shippensburg)
Consolation Semifinals – Won by Decision, 8-1, over Jerry Echevarria (American International)
3^rd-Place Match – Won by Fall at 2:58 over Frank Bonura (Seton Hill)
 
133 lbs. – Mason Myers
First Round – Won by Decision, 7-1, vs. Chase McLaughlin (Gannon)
Quarterfinals – Lost by Decision, 7-4, to William Burgess (Seton Hill)
2^nd Round Consolations – Bye
Consolation Quarterfinals – Won by Fall at 2:33 over Kelvin Rodriquez-Molina (East Stroudsburg)
Consolation Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 10-3, Devin Flannery (Millersville)
5^th-place Match – Won by Major Decision, 9-0, over Chase McLaughlin (Gannon)
 
141 lbs. – Caleb Morris
First Round – Won by Technical Fall, 17-1 (4:44), vs. Digger Dennison (Fairmont State)
Quarterfinals – Won by Technical Fall, 17-2 (7:00) over Richard Davis (Alderson Broaddus)
Semifinals – Won by Decision, 2-1, over Dean Reed (Shippensburg)
Finals – Won by Technical Fall, 18-1 (6:39), over Joel Cawoski (Seton Hill)
 
149 lbs. – No. 5 Jacob Ealy
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – Won by Technical Fall, 16-0 (2:18) over Elijah Tuckey (Millersville)
Semifinals – Won by Fall at 2:21 over Tommy Nichols (American International)
Finals – Won by Fall at 2:58 over Josh Laubach (Alderson Broaddus)
 
157 lbs. – No. 11 Nate Smith
First Round – Won by Major Decision, 15-3, over Jack Spahn (East Stroudsburg)
Quarterfinals – Won by Decision, 6-4, over Jamar Williams (Alderson Broaddus)
Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 8-3, to Nick Young (Gannon)
Consolation Semifinals – Won by Decision, 7-5, over Jonathan Parilla (Millersville)
3^rd-Place Match – Won by Decision, 6-2, over Max Stedeford (Mercyhurst)
 
165 lbs. – No. 7 Dillon Keane
First Round – Won by Fall at :57 over Dylan Kasperzyk (American International)
Quarterfinals – Won by Decision, 4-0, over Cade Moisey (Fairmont State)
Semifinals – Won by Decision, 3-1, Ethan Baney (Kutztown)
Finals – Won by Major Decision, 8-0, over Brandon Connor (Millersville)
 
174 lbs. – No. 9 Brock Biddle
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – Won by Technical Fall, 16-0 (1:20) over David Mundey (Fairmont State)
Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 6-4, to Joseph Petrella (Gannon)
Consolation Semifinals – Won by Fall at :57 over Luke Ewing (Seton Hill)
3^rd-Place Match – Won by Decision, 4-1, over Anthony Yacovetti (Millersville)
 
184 lbs. – Alex Weber
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – Won by Fall at 5:54 over Josh Leidig (East Stroudsburg)
Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 6-4 SV, to Matt Weinberg Kutztown)
Consolation Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 10-3, to Cam Page (Gannon)
5^th-Place Match – Won by Medical Forfeit over Josh Leidig (East Stroudsburg)
 
197 lbs. – Dakoda Rodgers
First Round – Won by Decision, 5-2, over Brendan Finnerty (Seton Hill)
Quarterfinals - Lost by Decision, 3-2, to Hunter Harnish (Mercyhurst)
2^nd Round consolations – Won by Major Decision, 15-3, over Connor Livingston (Shippensburg)
Consolation Quarterfinals – Won by Technical Fall, 23-3 (7:00) over Justin Osler (American International)
Consolation Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 6-2, to Gino Sita (Alderson Broaddus)
5^th-Place Match – Won by Major Decision, 16-4, over Bruce Vaughn (Millersville)
 
285 lbs. – Oggie Atwood
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – Won by Decision, 3-1 SV, over Bishop McCoy (Millersville)
Semifinals – Lost by Decision, 8-4, to No. 1 Andrew Dunn (Kutztown)
Consolation Semifinals – Won by Fall at 4:07 over Demetrius Daniels (Alderson-Broaddus)
3^rd-Place Match – Lost by Decision, 2-1 TB1, to Freddie Nixon (Gannon)