The newly started Pitt-Johnstown women's wrestling team will make its second home appearance when Bethany (WV) visits the Sports Center, Thursday night. Match-time is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Head Coach Shane Valko's Pitt-Johnstown women's wrestling squad enters the match at 1-0 after an impressive, 27-10, victory over Waynesburg in the program's first ever home meet last Wednesday. The Mountain Cats, who will close out their inaugural season in the Sports Center, also had a solid showing at Sunday's 2025 Wilkes Women's Open. Fourteenth-ranked
Tamara Humphries won the title at 117 lbs. to become Pitt-Johnstown's first individual tournament champion, and No. 20
Makayla Paclib (131 lbs.) and
Emma Hoppe (145 lbs.) each finished as runners-up in their respective weight classes.
Bethany, in its second season as a varsity program under
Head Coach Pete Di Pol, is 4-1 following a 39-10 win at Penn State-Altoona on Nov. 12. On Sunday,
McKenna Acampora (103 lbs.),
Taelor Rae Busch (117 lbs.),
Rose Mary Dodd (131 lbs.), and 2025 National Qualifier and No. 20-ranked
Trinity Barrus (180 lbs.) all won individual championships at the Millersville Open.
Following Thursday's match against Bethany, Pitt-Johnstown will travel to the Baldwin-Wallace Open in Berea, Ohio on Sunday to finish the first semester. The Mountain Cats will then begin the Spring Semester with a dual meet at Penn State-Altoona on Jan. 7.
PROBABLE STARTERS VS. BETHANY
103 lbs. – McKenna Acampora OR Ava Paul (BC) vs.
OPEN (UPJ)
110 lbs. – Ashley Campbell (BC) vs.
OPEN (UPJ)
117 lbs. – Taelor Rae Busch OR Angelina Watson (BC) vs. #14
Tamara Humphries OR Leah Shoemaker (UPJ)
124 lbs. – Malia Tocco OR Taelor Rae Busch OR Angelina Wilson (BC) vs.
Emma Cunningham (UPJ)
131 lbs. – Rose Mary Dodd (BC) vs. #20
Makayla Paclib OR Rome Alvarez (UPJ)
138 lbs. – Ari Tyson OR Jasmine Craddock (BC) vs.
Isabella Taranto (UPJ)
145 lbs. – Jasmine Craddock (BC) vs.
Emma Hoppe (UPJ)
160 lbs. – Chase Marie Ryan (BC) vs
OPEN(UPJ)
180 lbs. – #20 Trinity Barrus (BC) vs.
OPEN (UPJ)
207 lbs. – MyJanniea (BC) vs.
OPEN (UPJ)