West Liberty got off to a quick start and ran out to a 10-0 lead with Corey Secrist's 15-7 major decision over Sam Holandez at 125 lbs., and Darius Bunch's fall at 5:18 over Noah Burkhart at 133 lbs.
However, it was all Pitt-Johnstown after that. The Mountain Cats came back to win seven of the final eight bouts to pull away.
At 141 lbs., fifth-ranked Chris Eddins used four back point as time was running out in the final period to secure a 10-2 major decision over Josh Ridgeway, before Falleroni pinned Tanner Sutton at 3:33 at 149 lbs. to even the match at 10.
Pitt-Johnstown then recorded three consecutive technical falls. Second-ranked Cody Law gave the Mountain Cats their first lead of the night with a dominating 25-10 technical fall at 5:16 over Josh Cornell at 157 lbs. and 11th-ranked Devin Austin followed with his own technical fall at 165 lbs. Austin used a point for riding time to secure a 16-1 win over Dillon Shaw to put Pitt-Johnstown up 20-10.
The Mountain Cats kept it going with a third consecutive technical fall victory. This time, second-ranked Tyler Reinhart downed Chase Morgan 24-6 at 5:00.
The Hilltoppers broke the streak and cut it to 25-13 at 184 lbs. Chris Cook took advantage of a late takedown and back points for an 8-3 tie breaker win over Steve Edwards.
It didn't get any closer as 12th-ranked Levi Niebauer pinned Logan Kemp at 3:47 in the 197-lb. bout, and 11th-ranked D.J. Sims recorded the Mountain Cats' third fall of the night at 4:34 over Ronnie D'Amico at 285 lbs. to set the final at 37-13.
With the loss, West Liberty slipped to 0-1 to start the year.
Pitt-Johnstown opens-up the PSAC portion of its schedule with a home match against Kutztown on Friday, November 17 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center, before traveling to a conference match at East Stroudsburg on Tuesday, November 21.
Results:
125 lbs. Corey Secrist (WLU) Major Decision Sam Holandez (UPJ) 15-7 4-0 WLU
133 lbs. Darius Bunch (WLU) Fall Noah Burkhart (UPJ) 5:18 10-0 WLU
141 lbs. #5 Chris Eddins (UPJ) Major Decision Josh Ridgeway (WLU) 10-2 10-4 WLU
149 lbs. Corey Falleroni (UPJ) Fall Tanner Sutton (WLU) 3:33 10-10 TIE
157 lbs. #2 Cody Law (UPJ) Technical Fall Josh Cornell (WLU) 25-10 (5:16) 15-10 UPJ
165 lbs. #11 Devin Austin (UPJ) Technical Fall Dillon Shaw (WLU) 16-1 (7:00) 20-10 UPJ
174 lbs. #2 Tyler Reinhart (UPJ) Technical Fall Chase Morgan (WLU) 24-6 (5:00) 25-10 UPJ
184 lbs. Chris Cook (WLU) Decision Steve Edwards (UPJ) 8-3 TB1 25-13 UPJ
197 lbs. #12 Levi Niebauer (UPJ) Fall Logan Kemp (WLU) 3:47 31-13 UPJ
285 lbs. #11 D.J. Sims (UPJ) Fall Ronnie D'Amico (WLU) 4:34 37-13 UPJ
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