#5 Mountain Cat Wrestlers Earn 26-12 Win at Gannon 01/24/07...Frshman heavyweight Chris Dempsey (Sewickley, Pa.) scored the Mountain Cats only fall to help lead the #5-ranked Pitt Johnstown wrestlers to a 26-12 win at East Region rival Gannon University on Wednesday. With the win, Head Coach Pat Pecora's team improved to 16-5 on the season. The Mountain Cats jumped out to an 8-0 lead with major decision wins by junior Derrek Bosso (Pequea, Pa.) at 125 lbs. and All-American and #7-ranked Brandon Reasy (New Enterprise, Pa.) at 133 lbs., but the Golden Knights came back to win the next thre matches and take a 12-8 lead. Pitt Johnstown then closed out the match with five straight wins. Red-shirt freshman Kyle Keane (165 lbs.) (Clearfield, Pa.), #7-ranked Eli Garshnick (174 lbs.) (Armagh, Pa.), #1-ranked Mike corcetti (184 lbs.) (Export, Pa.) and #6-ranked Mike Fowler (197 lbs.) (Carrolltown, Pa.) all won by decision, before Dempsey ended the match with a fall over Chris Wolski at 1:15 in the heavyweight bout. With the loss, Gannon fell to 3-4 on the season. The Mountain Cats travel to American (D.C.) University on Sunday, before returning home to host #10 Ashland (OH) University on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Sports Center. The Mountain Cats will then wrap-up the 2006-07 home schedule with Senior Night against the University of Findlay (OH) on Saturday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m.
AT GANNON UNIVERSITY - 01/24/07 #5 Pitt Johnstown 26 Gannon University 12 125 lbs. Derrek Bosso (UPJ) Decision Chris Santucci (GU) 15-5 4-0 133 lbs. Brandon Reasy (7) (UPJ) Major Decision Ed Marshall (GU) 11-3 8-0 141 lbs. Kevin McElhaney (GU) Fall Adam Whetstone (UPJ) 5:20 8-6 149 lbs. Ted Hoag (GU) Decision Brian Cook (UPJ) 4-3 8-9 157 lbs. Zack McKendree (GU) Decision Ryan McIntyre (UPJ) 10-3 8-12 165 lbs. Kyle Keane (UPJ) Decision Tony Petrella (GU) 7-2 11-12 174 lbs. Eli Garshnic (7) (UPJ) Decsion A.J. Sayles (GU) 5-4 14-12 184 lbs. Mike Corcetti (1) (UPJ) Decision Pino Scavella (GU) 7-4 17-12 197 lbs. Mike Fowler (6) (UPJ) Decision Jon Wentz (GU) 5-0 20-12 HWT. Chris Dempsey (UPJ) Fall Chris Wolski (GU) 1:15 26-12 NATIONAL RANKING NEXT TO WRESTLER'S NAME