
Third-ranked
Isaiah Vance closed out a 50-0 PSAC victory by the fifth-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers over Seton Hill with a first period fall to become the 29
th Mountain Cat to reach 100 career wins during Friday's night's Winterfest Celebration in the Sports Center. Pitt-Johnstown improved to 10-0 on the year and 3-0 in the PSAC.
The Mountain Cats won nine of the 10 buts with bonus points, including five technical falls and three consecutive falls to end the match.
Vance, a two-time NCAA All-American and the third-ranked wrestler in the country at 285 lbs., put an exclamation point on the Mountain Cats' win by pinning Ritchie McCormack in just :46 to reach the milestone.
Pitt-Johnstown jumped out to an early lead with a 20-4 technical fall win at 6:23 from No. 1-ranked
Trevon Gray at 125 lbs., and
Brady Baker got a take down :32 into overtime to defeat Jacob Braun, 7-4, and put the Mountain Cats on top, 8-0.

The Mountain Cats continued to pour it on with
Gideon Bracken's 24-4 tech fall at 3:34, before fourth-ranked
Matt Sarbo used four second period back points to open up a lead on his way to a convincing, 13-2, major decision win over No. 19 Ty Linsenbigler in the bout at 149 lbs.
At 157 lbs., 20
th-ranked
Cooper Warshel picked-up a 20-4 technical fall at 6:38 over Luke Ananea to begin a streak of three consecutive tech fall victories.
Trent Hoover, ranked 13
th at 165 lbs., won by technical fall 22-6 at 7:00 over Christian Hirak, and No. 7
Ty Morrison followed with a 18-0 technical fall at 5:54 at 174 lbs.
With a commanding lead and just three bouts remaining, the Mountain Cats got a falls from
Jimmy Spindler at 3:55 at 184 lbs., and #11
Brad Morrison at 2:09 at 197 lbs., before Vance's pin completed the shutout.
Seton Hill fell to 5-2 overall and 1-2 in the PSAC.
Pitt-Johnstown continues a stretch of four straight matches in the Sports Center with PSAC matches against Millersville on Jan. 31 at noon and East Stroudsburg on Feb. 4 at 6 p.m.
Seton Hill at No. 5 Pitt-Johnstown – 01/23/26
125 lbs. #1 Trevon Gray (UPJ) Technical Fall Jacob Sombronski (SHU) 20-4 (6:23)
5-0 UPJ
133 lbs. Brady Baker (UPJ) Decision Jacob Braun (SHU) 7-4 SV
8-0 UPJ
141 lbs. Gideon Bracken (UPJ) Technical Fall Youssef Abdelsalem (SHU) 24-4 (3:43)
13-0 UPJ
149 lbs. #4 Matt Sarbo (UPJ) Major Decision #19 Ty Linsenbigler (SHU) 13-2
17-0 UPJ
157 lbs. #20 Cooper Warshel (UPJ) Technical Fall Luke Ananea (SHU) 17-1 (6:38)
22-0 UPJ
165 lbs. #13 Trent Hoover (UPJ) Technical Fall Christian Hirak (SHU) 22-6 (7:00)
27-0 UPJ
174 lbs.
#17 Ty Morrison (UPJ) Technical Fall Kane Kettering (SHU) 18-0 (5:54)
32-0 UPJ
184 lbs. Jimmy Spindler (UPJ) Fall Troy McClelland (SHU) 3:55
38-0 UPJ
197 lbs. #11 Brad Morrison (UPJ) Fall Luke Boylan (SHU) 2:09
44-0 UPJ
285 lbs. #3 Isaiah Vance (UPJ) Fall Ritchie McCormack (SHU) :46
50-0 UPJ