JOHNSTOWN, Penn. – The #12 nationally ranked Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats overpowered a young Jesuit Cardinal squad on Friday on the road in Johnstown by a final score of 41-3.
Jesuit’s lone three points came in the 174lb class where Sawyer Leppla scored a dominant 13-6 decision victory over UPJ standout Nikos Garafola. The Cardinals nearly scored one of the biggest upsets of the year in DII wrestling when 184lb freshman Ryan Winslow (Jeannette, Penn.) was seconds away from a possible defeat of the Atlantic Region’s #2 wrestler, Travis McKillop. Winslow was down by two points with 20 seconds left on the clock and was attacking, but couldn’t get the takedown needed to pull off the upset. “In wrestling a team like UPJ, who has a rich tradition, it’s important to give our guys a good perspective on what its going to take to get to a national caliber level,” said WJU head coach Sean Doyle. “We have some guys that are very confident, but are inconsistent in their results. With a young team the biggest question is consistency, but we are seeing improvement.” |
WJU freshman Sawyer Leppla took home the Cardinals only victory |