

Pitt-Johnstown, ranked 14
th in the latest Division II Wrestling Coaches' Poll, used four falls and bonus points in eight of the nine bouts they won to dominate the hosts, 46-3, to close out Sunday's 2023 Fairmont State University Duals in Fairmont, W.Va. The Mountain Cats improved to 3-1.
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Seventh-ranked
Trevon Gray (125 lbs.), third-ranked
Jacob Ealy (149 lbs.),
Noah Gnibus (184 lbs.), and seventh-ranked
Isaiah Vance (285 lbs.) all won by fall for the Mountain Cats.
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Pitt-Johnstown outscored No. 21 Glenville State and Fairmont State 89-9 to post a 2-0 record at the duals.
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The Mountain Cats got off to a quick start with Gray's first period fall over Brandan Myers at 125 lbs. and Bryon Daubert's 17-1 technical fall win over Ryan Martin at 133 lbs.
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Fairmont State cut it to 11-3 at 141 lbs. when Colton Stoneking held off
Mason Myers, 10-9, but Ealy quickly pinned Trace Ragland to secure his second fall of the afternoon, and
Cooper Warshel earned


his second win by technical fall with a 16-1 victory over Nick Kelbaugh at 157 lbs., to increase the Mountain Cat lead to 22-3.
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The bonus points kept coming for Pitt-Johnstown. At 165 lbs. Kyle Keane dealt Elijah Wellings-Osha a 15-0 first-period technical fall loss,
Tony Salopek shut out Evan Thompson, 8-0, at 174 lbs. and Gnibus nailed down a first period fall over Chigozie Ijeoma in the bout at 184 lbs. that pushed it out to 37-3.
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The Mountain Cats then got a 7-4 decision win by ninth-ranked
Dakoda Rodgers over Dwayne Johnson at 197 lbs., and Vance's second pin of the day pin at 285 lbs. Vance pinned Ethan Babay in the opening round.
Pitt-Johnstown returns to the Sports Center to host its next three matches. On Dec. 2, the Mountain Cats will host King (TN) before hosting 15th-ranked Ashland (OH) on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. and Findlay on Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.
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2023 Fairmont State (WV) University Duals
No. 14 Pitt-Johnstown vs. Fairmont State (WV)– 11/19/23
125 lbs. #7 Trevon Gray (UPJ) Fall Brandan Myers (FSU)Â
6-0 UPJ
133 lbs.Â
Byron Daubert (UPJ) Technical Fall Ryan Martin (FSU) 17-1Â
11-0 UPJ
141 lbs. Â Colton Stoneking (FSU)
 DecisionÂ
Mason Myers (UPJ)Â 10-9Â
11-3 UPJ
149 lbs. #3 Jacob Ealy (UPJ) Fall Trace Ragland (FSU)Â
17-3 UPJ
157 lbs. Cooper Warshel (UPJ) Technical Fall Nick Kelbaugh (FSU) 16-1Â
22-3 UPJ
165 lbs. Dillon Keane (UPJ)  Technical Fall Elijah Wellings-Osha (FSU) 16-1Â
27-3 UPJ
174 lbs. Tony Salopek (UPJ) Major Decision Evan Thompson (FSU) 8-0Â
31-3 UPJ
184 lbs.  Noah Gnibus (UPJ) Fall Chigozie Ijeoma (FSU)Â
37-3 UPJ
197 lbs.Â
#9 Dakoda Rodgers (UPJ) Decision Dwayne Johnson (FSU) 7-4Â
40-3 UPJ
285 lbs. Â
#7 Isaiah Vance (UPJ) Fall Ethan Babay (FSU)Â
46-3 UPJ
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