
The 14
th-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers took advantage of a fall from
Dillon Keane at 165 lbs. and seven wins by technical fall in a 47-0 victory over East Stroudsburg in Wednesday's 2023-24 home and PSAC-opener in the Sports Center. The Mountain Cats evened their record at 1-1 overall and improved to 1-0 in the PSAC.
Back-to-back 15-0 technical fall wins from seventh-ranked
Trevon Gray at 125 lbs. and
Byron Daubert at 133 lbs. got the Mountain Cats off and running., before
Mason Myers' 8-2 decision over Shawn Redfield in the bout at 141 lbs. increased it to 13-0.
Pitt-Johnstown rolling. Three-time All-American and third-ranked
Jacob Ealy and
Cooper Warshel recor4ded the Mountain Cats' third and four wins by technical fall. At 149 lbs., Ealy secured 16-1 victory at 3:00 over Jacob Remolina, and Warshel tech falled Jack Spahn 19-4 at 6:39 to push it out to 23-0.
After
Dillon Keane pinned Luke Schirmacher at 2:23 in the 165-lb. bout,
Tony Salopek scored a 16-1 technical fall at 5:00 over Kasim Bahar at 174 lbs., and
Noah Gnibus won by technical fall, 16-1 at 5:18 over Jarrett Pantuso at 184 lbs. that made it 39-0.
The Mountain Cats closed it out with ninth-ranked
Dakoda Rodgers' 17-2 technical fall at 5:40 over Ajay Hiller at 197 lbs. and No. 7
Isaiah Vance's 10-4 win decision over Layton Schmick at 285 lbs. set the final at 47-0.
East Stroudsburg is now 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC.
Pitt-Johnstown travels to the Fairmont State (WV) Duals to take on Glenville State (WV) and the hosts on Nov. 19, before returning home to host non-conference match against King (TN) on Dec. 2 in the Sports Center.
East Stroudsburg at No. 14 Pitt-Johnstown – 11/15/23
125 lbs. #7 Trevon Gray (UPJ) Technical Fall Daniel Principe (ESU) 15-0 (3:00)
5-0 UPJ
133 lbs. Byron Daubert (UPJ) Technical Fall Ben Makaritis (ESU) 15-0 (3:00)
10-0 UPJ
141 lbs. Mason Myers (UPJ) Decision Shawn Redfield (ESU) 8-2
13-0 UPJ
149 lbs. #3 Jacob Ealy (UPJ) Technical Fall Jacob Remolina (ESU) 16-1 (3:00)
18-0 UPJ
157 lbs. Cooper Warshel (UPJ) Technical Fall Jack Spahn (ESU) 19-4 (6:39)
23-0 UPJ
165 lbs. Dillon Keane (UPJ) Fall Luke Schirmacher (ESU) 2:23
29-0 UPJ
174 lbs. Tony Salopek (UPJ) Technical Fall Kasim Bahar (ESU) 16-1 (5:00)
34-0 UPJ
184 lbs. Noah Gnibus (UPJ) Technical Fall Jarrett Pantuso (ESU) 16-1 (5:19)
39-0 UPJ
197 lbs. #9 Dakoda Rodgers (UPJ) Technical Fall Ajay Hiller (ESU) 17-2 (5:40)
44-0 UPJ
285 lbs. #7 Isaiah Vance (UPJ) Decision Layton Schmick (ESU) 10-4
47-0 UPJ