


On a night Pitt-Johnstown Athletics welcomed back alumni, families, and friends, the second-ranked Mountain Cat wrestlers didn't disappoint the large crowd in the Sports Center. Pitt-Johnstown took advantage falls from No. 13
Caleb Morris (141 lbs.), No. 8
Nate Smith (157 lbs.), and
Oggie Atwood (285 lbs.) dealt 19
th-ranked Kutztown a 37-9 PSAC loss, to improve to 13-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference.
In the opening bout at 125 lbs., Pitt-Johnstown's 15
th-ranked
Trevon Gray won by forfeit, before Kutztown cut the deficit in half with KJ Fenstermacher's, 5-2, decision over
Dajauhn Hertzog at 133 lbs.
However, it was all Mountain Cats after that. Pitt-Johnstown quickly broke it when Morris pinned Trent Thompson at 3:58 at 141 lbs. and No. 1-ranked
Jacob Ealy won by forfeit at 149 lbs.
Pitt-Johnstown's Smith followed by pinning Sean Smith at 4:39 at 157 lbs. to increase it to 24-3, the Golden Bears answered with Dalton Gimbor's 9-5 win over No. 11
Dillon Keane at 165 lbs.
At 174 lbs., 13
th-ranked
Alex Weber scored an 8-2 decision win over Hunter Horton to make it 27-6.
In a battle of nationally ranked wrestlers at 184 lbs., Kutztown's ninth-ranked Matt Weinberg defeated Pitt-Johnstown no. 11-
Brock Biddle, 7-0, but the Mountain Cats closed it out strong.
Tenth-ranked
Dakoda Rodgers dealt Tyler Fisher a 10-2 major decision loss at 197 lbs., and Atwood set the final at 37-9 with Pitt-Johnstown's third fall of the night. Atwood pinned Dustin Swanson at 4:03.
With the loss, the Golden Bears slipped to 6-4 overall and 2-3 in the PSAC.
The Mountain Cats travel to Shippensburg for a PSAC match on Tuesday, before returning home to celebrate Senior Night with a conference match against Mercyhurst next Friday at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.
No. 2 Pitt-Johnstown vs. #19 Kutztown – 02/03/23
125 lbs.
#15 Trevon Gray (UPJ) Won by Forfeit
6-0 UPJ
133 lbs. KJ Fenstermacher (KU) Decision
Dajauhn Hertzog (UPJ) 5-2
6-3 UPJ
141 lbs. #13 Caleb Morris (UPJ) Fall Trent Thompson (KU) 3:58
12-3 UPJ
149 lbs. #1 Jacob Ealy (UPJ) Won by Forfeit
18-3 UPJ
157 lbs. #8 Nate Smith (UPJ) Fall Sean Smith (KU) 4:39
24-3 UPJ
165 lbs. Dalton Gimbor (KU) Decision
#11 Dillon Keane (UPJ) 9-5
24-6 UPJ
174 lbs. Alex Weber (UPJ) Decision Hunter Horton (HU) 8-2
27-6 UPJ
184 lbs. #9 Matthew Weinberg (KU) Decision
#11 Brock Biddle (UPJ) 7-0
27-9 UPJ
197 lbs. #10 Dakoda Rodgers (UPJ) Major Decision Tyler Fisher (KU) 10-2
31-9 UPJ
285 lbs. Oggie Atwood (UPJ) Fall Dustin Swanson (KU) 4:03
37-9 UPJ