#5 Wrestlers Earn 23-17 Win at Division I American 01/28/07...Mountain Cat sophomore heavyweight Jon Neese (Chambersville, Pa.) broke a 17-17 tie and gave Pitt Johnstown a 23-17 victory at Division I American (D.C.) University Sunday afternoon with a fall over Evan Murtaugh at :27. With the victory, Head Coach Pat Pecora's #5 Mountain Cat wrestlers improved to 17-5 overall and 2-4 against Division I opponents. After falling behind, 3-0, Pitt Johnstown All-American and #7-ranked Brandon Reasy (New Enterprise, Pa.) scored a 7-3 decision over Jordan Lipp at 133 lbs. to tie the score. Red-shirt freshman and #2-ranked Shane Valko (141 lbs.) (Windber, Pa.) followed with a fall over Nick Pitas at 1:16 to give Pitt Johnstown a 9-3 lead. American won a major decision at 149 lbs, but senior National Qualifier Joe Strittmatter (157 lbs.) answered with his own major major decision, 14-6, over Jimmy Pepper. However, the Eagles got a 6-2 decision win by Division I #16 Mike Cannon at 165 lbs.and a 6-0 win by Rudy Rueda at 174 lbs. to even the score at 13-13. The Mountain Cats responded with #1-ranked and undefeated Mike Corcetti's (Export, Pa.) 13-0 major decision over Anthony Fuschino at 184 lbs. American's #5-ranked Josh Glenn tied the score for the third time with a 12-3 major decision at 197 lbs. to set up the heavyweight finale. In the final bout, Neese sealed the match with an emphatic fall over Evan Murtaugh at :27 to give Pitt Johnstown the 23-17 win. With the loss, the Eagles fell to 7-7 on the season. The Mountain Cats host #12 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 #19 University of Findlay (OH) on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
AT DIVISION I AMERICAN (D.C.) UNIVERSITY - 01/28/07 #5 Pitt Johnstown 23 American University 17 125 lbs. Jasen Borshoff (AU) Decision Derrek Bosso (UPJ) 6-2 0-3 133 lbs. Brandon Reasy (7) (UPJ) Decision Jordan Lipp (AU) 7-3 3-3 141 lbs. Shane Valko (2) (UPJ) Fall Nick Pitas (AU) 1:16 9-3 149 lbs. Damian Swietlik (AU) Major Decision Brian Cook (UPJ) 14-5 9-7 157 lbs. Joe Strittmatter (UPJ) Major Decision Jimmy Pepper (AU) 14-6 13-7 165 lbs. Mike Cannon (16) (AU) Decision Albert Miles (UPJ) 6-1 13-10 174 lbs. Rudy Rueda Decision Eli Garshnick (7) (UPJ) 6-0 13-13 184 lbs. Mike Corcetti (1) (UPJ) Major Decision Anthony Fuschino (AU) 13-0 17-13 197 lbs. Josh Glenn (5) (AU) Major Decision Mike Fowler (6) (UPJ) 12-3 17-17 HWT. Jon Neese (UPJ) Fall Evan Murtaugh (AU) :27 23-17 NATIONAL RANKING NEXT TO WRESTLER'S NAME
