
The 15
th-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers won nine of the 10 bouts with bonus points, including a three by fall and four others by technical fall in a lopsided 51-0 victory over Fairmont State (WV) to wrap-up Saturday's tri-match in the Sports Center. The Mountain Cats made it four consecutive dual meet wins and improved to 6-2 on the year.
The Mountain Cats were off and running from the start. No. 8
Trevon Gray opened the match by pinning Caden Delwarte at 2:34, before
Tyson Cook secured a 16-0 technical fall at 4:29 over Nathan Pelesky at 133 lbs.
At 141 lbs.,
Mason Myers quickly pinned Caden Bayer at 1:42 and
Chad Ozias won a 20-4 technical fall over Austin High at 149 lbs. to give Pitt-Johnstown commanding, 22-0 advantage.
The Mountain Cats used
Cooper Warshel's 17-2 technical fall at 2:26 over Jim Green at 157 lbs., and a 17-7 major decision win from
Gavyn Beck at 165 lbs. to push it out to 31-0, before
Tony Salopek earned Pitt-Johnstown fourth technical fall win of the match. Salopek defeated Makiya Powell 20-4 at 6:37.
Following a forfeit win by
Noah Gnibus at 184 lbs., No. 8
Dakoda Rodgers pinned Ethan Babay at 2:41 of the opening period at 197 lbs., and red-shirt freshman
Michael Mazurek made his Pitt-Johnstown dual meet debut and used a take down a minute into overtime to earn a 7-4 win and set the final at 51-0.
With the loss, the Fighting Falcons dropped to 2-5.
Pitt-Johnstown will host a Tri-Match with Fairmont State (WV) and Findlay (OH) on Jan. 11 starting at 11 a.m. in the Sports Center, before hosting a PSAC match against Kutztown on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m.
Fairmont State (WV) at #15 Pitt-Johnstown – 01/11/25
125 lbs. #8 Trevon Gray (UPJ) Fall Caden Delwarte (FSU) 2:34
6-0 UPJ
133 lbs. Tyson Cook (UPJ) Technical Fall Nathan Pelesky (FSU) 16-0 (4:29)
11-0 UPJ
141 lbs. Mason Myers (UPJ) Fall Caden Bayer (FSU) 1:42
17-0 UPJ
149 lbs. Chad Ozias (UPJ) Technical Fall Austin High (FSU) 20-4 (3:28)
22-0 UPJ
157 lbs. Cooper Warshel (UPJ) Technical Fall Jim Green (FSU) 17-2 (2:26)
27-0 UPJ
165 lbs. Gavyn Beck (UPJ) Major Decision Elijah Wellings-Osha 17-7
31-0 UPJ
174 lbs.
Tony Salopek (UPJ) Technical Fall Makiya Powell (FSU) 20-4 (6:37)
36-0 UPJ
184 lbs. Noah Gnibus (UPJ) Won by Forfeit
42-0 UPJ
197 lbs. #8 Dakoda Rodgers (UPJ) Fall Ethan Babay (FSU) 2:41
48-0 UPJ
285 lbs. Michael Mazurek (UPJ) Decision Justin Bishop 7-4 SV
51-0 UPJ