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#8 Wrestlers Roll to 36-10 Win at Seton Hill
     02/02/08...The Pitt Johnstown wrestling team, ranked #8 in NCAA Division II, used falls from Shane Valko (141 lbs.) (Windber, Pa.), Kyle Keane (165 lbs.) (Clearfield, Pa.) and #7 Albert Miles (174 lbs.) (Canonsburg, Pa.) to earn a 36-10 victory at Seton Hill University, Saturday afternoon.  With the win, Head Coach Pat Pecora's Mountain Cats improved to 15-5 overall.
     Derrek Bosso (Pequea, Pa.) got the Mountain Cats going with an 11-3 major decision over Ken Trumbetta at 125 lbs.  The Griffins quickly tied the match with their own major decision victory at 133 lbs.  However, Valko pinned Buck Watkins at 4:25, and Adam Whetstone (Claysburg, Pa.) won a tight 3-2 decision over Josh Voelker at 149 lbs. to increase the lead to 13-4.
     Once again, Seton Hill responded with a win when Bill Landefeld scored a 3-1 overtime decision over Dan Simon (Fox Chapel, Pa.) at 157 lbs. to cut the deficit to 13-7.  That was as close as the Griffins would get, as Keane recorded a fall at 1:32 over Qaude Miller at 165 lbs. and Miles pinned Lewis Spadaro in :29 to put Pitt Johnstown up, 25-7.  Mike Corcetti (Export, Pa.) the #3-ranked wrestler at 184 lbs., won by forfeit, and #6 Patrick Walsh (197 lbs.) (Leesport, Pa.) won an 18-1 techincal fall over Stephen Zubach, increasing the lead to 36-7 with one bout remaining.  The Griffins then set the final score at 36-10 when Matt Galadyk defeated Nathan Tomporoski (Natrona Heights, Pa.), 8-6, in the heavyweight bout. 
     The Mountain Cats return home to host West Liberty State (WV) College on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., before hosting #15 Mercyhurst College for Senior Night on Friday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sports Center.

#8 PITT JOHNSTOWN AT SETON HILL UNIVERSITY
#8 PITT JOHNSTOWN  36     SETON HILL UNIVERSITY  10
125 lbs. - Derrek Bosso (UPJ)  Major Decision  Ken Trumbetta (SHU)  11-3  4-0
133 lbs. - Dallas Evans (SHU)  Major Decision Scott Morgan (UPJ)  15-5  4-4
141 lbs. - Shane Valko (UPJ)  Fall  Buck Watkins (SHU)  4:25  10-4
149 lbs. - Adam Whetstone (UPJ)  Decision  Josh Voelker (SHU)  3-2  13-4
157 lbs.  Bill Landefeld (SHU)  Decision Dan Simon (UPJ)  3-1 OT  13-7
165 lbs. - Kyle Keane (UPJ)  Fall  Quade Miller (SHU)  1:32  19-7
174 lbs. - #7 Albert Miles (UPJ)  Fall  Lewis Spadaro (SHU)  :29  25-7
184 lbs. - #4 Mike Corcetti (UPJ)  Won By Forfeit  31-7
197 lbs. - #6 Patrick Walsh (UPJ)  Technical Fall  Stephen Zubach  18-1  36-7
HWT. - Matt Galadyk  Decision  Nathan Tomporoski (UPJ)  8-6  36-10

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