"It was a good performance," head coach Jason Peters said. "We got it started with LJ Bentley and followed that with Dom Forys. We had a lot of tight matches through the middle. They took a couple from us that we thought we could get, but we finished strong with Ryan Solomon. It was a good win for the Panthers."
The night started off with 125 pound freshman LJ Bentley collecting his eighth career victory as a Panther over Sean Russell. Bentley tallied one takedown and two escapes in the match and secured his win with riding time.
At 133 pounds, sophomore Dom Forys did not disappoint as he pinned Tony Recco in 2:21. Forys recorded five takedowns in the only period, giving Pitt a 6-0 lead in the dual.
Junior Mikey Racciato followed that with a close battle with Nate Hagan at 141 pounds. Racciato had two takedowns, while Hagan escaped once, giving Racciato a 4-1 lead entering the second period. The two fought back and forth as Racciato escaped and Hagan had a takedown and repeated that once more. Racciato ended the second period with an escape to secure the 7-5 decision.
The Panthers dropped the following matches at 149, 157 and 165 pounds. The Fighting Scots were attempting to make their way back as they trailed 12-9 entering 174 pounds.
Freshman TeShan Campbell put Edinboro's efforts to a screeching halt as he fought his way to a 14-12 decision over Patrick Jennings. Campbell trailed the majority of the match, but a takedown with 32 seconds in the third tied the score at 11-11. Jennings escaped and Campbell followed that with a takedown, taking the lead 13-12 with the clock winding down. Campbell secured the win with riding time and a final score of 14-12, extending the Panthers lead to 15-9.
At 184 pounds, redshirt freshman Zach Bruce tallied two takedowns and two nearfall points en route to a 6-2 win over Chris Laird.
Redshirt senior Nick Bonaccorsi followed with a 4-0 win over Vincent Pickett. Although scoreless until the halfway point of the second period, Bonaccorsi escaped and had a takedown late in the second period to take the lead. He secured his win with riding time.
In the final bout of the night, redshirt sophomore Ryan Solomon scored the first point of his match late in the second period as he escaped from William Miller. Miller escaped in the third period to tie it 1-1, but two stalling calls against Miller handed Solomon a 2-1 victory and the finalizing the Panthers' winning score to 24-9.
Pitt returns to the Fitzgerald Field House Saturday, Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. to take on No. 15 Wisconsin.
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Results:
125: LJ Bentley (P) dec. Sean Russell (E), 6-5 - Pitt leads 3-0
133: #19 Dom Forys (P) pins Tony Recco (E), 2:21 - Pitt leads 9-0
141: #9 Mikey Racciato (P) dec. Natae Hagan (E), 7-5 - Pitt leads 12-0
149: Patricio Lugo (E) dec. Robert Lee (P), 12-6 - Pitt leads 12-3
157: Spencer Nagy (E) dec. Ronnie Garbinsky (P), 4-3 - Pitt leads 12-6
165: Casey Fuller (E) dec. Cody Wiercioch (P), 4-2 - Pitt leads 12-9
174: TeShan Campbell (P) dec. Patrick Jennings (E), 14-12 - Pitt leads 15-9
184: Zach Bruce (P) dec. Chris Laird (E), 6-2 - Pitt leads 18-9
197: Nick Bonaccorsi (P) dec. Vincent Pickett (E), 4-0 - Pitt leads 21-9
285: #19 Ryan Solomon (P) dec. William Miller (E), 2-1 - Pitt wins 24-9
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