Johnstown, Pa. – No. 5 ranked Pitt-Johnstown started fast with a pair of technical falls wins en route to claiming a 30-6 victory over the 18th-ranked Millersville wrestlers on Friday night.

Redshirt senior Shane Ruhnke and freshman Ryan McGuire opened conference duals with wins.

DUAL HIGHLIGHTS
• The Marauders went down early by a 7-1 decision in 125-pound weight class.
• Freshman 133-pound Ryan McGuire locked up the first Marauders win in overtime, bringing the team score to an even 3-3. McGuire trailed Matt Siszka 2-1 at the end of the second period but had a minute of riding time on his side. From a restart with a minute to go, McGuire was in the down position and brought himself out of Siszka's reach to escape and push the bout to 2-2 and extend the bout to overtime. Seconds into the overtime period, McGuire took control with a spin move and took down his opponent to clinch the victory.
• The Mountain Cats responded with three-straight wins coming from the 141, 149 and 157 weight classes, earning two technical falls and a decision, putting Pitt-Johnstown up 16-3.
• At the 165-pound weight class, with wrestlers ranked fourth and fifth in the nation, redshirt senior Shane Ruhnke captured a 12-6 decision victory against Devin Austin. Ruhnke had the lead throughout the whole bout and then pulled away in the final seconds with two takedowns and two near-fall points.
• After Ruhnke's win, the Mountain Cats won the last four bouts, clinching the team victory.

HEAD COACH KERRY REGNER QUOTES
• "They are a strong team. They wrestled tough. We have work to do. Success is a process and we must keep it up."
• "Ruhnke wrestled well. He has small adjustments to make to continue to move forward and find more success."
• "[Ryan McGuire] was able to wrestle a pace that was able to give him a win."

RESULTS
125 - Brendan Howard (UPJ) by dec. over Connor Sheehan (VILLE); 8-1 (0-3 UPJ)
133 – Ryan McGuire (VILLE) by dec. over Matt Siszka (UPJ); 4-2 (OT) (3-3 VILLE)
141 – Joey Alessandro (UPJ) by tech. fall over Ryan Juarez (VILLE); 16-0 (5:05) (3-8 UPJ)
149 – No. 4 Chris Eddins Jr. (UPJ) by tech fall over D.J. Mele (VILLE); 19-0 (4:23) (3-13 UPJ)
157 – Gage Thomas (UPJ) by dec over Nicholas Tomasiello (VILLE); 11-4 (3-16 UPJ)
165 – No. 4 Shane Ruhnke (VILLE) by dec. over No. 5 Devin Austin (UPJ); 12-6 (6-16 UPJ)
174 – Brock Biddle (UPJ) by tech fall over Reece Muldoon (VILLE); 18-2 (4:55) (6-21 UPJ)
184 – Alexandra Delp (UPJ) by dec. over Ryan Kokawski (VILLE); 7-2 (6-24 UPJ)
197 -  No. 5 Levi Liebaurer (UPJ) by dec. over No. 6 Colton Dull (VILLE); 5-1 (6-27 UPJ)
285 – Tyler Oliver (UPJ) by dec. over Joshua Walls (VILLE); 6-5 (6-30 UPJ)

NOTES
• The 165-pound bout was a rematch from 2017 NCAA Super Region 1 dual where Austin won 12-8 in decision. Ruhnke evened up the series matchup against Austin today at 2-2. 
• Ruhnke and McGuire earned their first dual wins. McGuire improved to 4-2 overall.
• Joshua Walls, Nicholas Tomasiello and Ryan Juarez recorded their collegiate dual match debuts.

UP NEXT
• The Marauders stay on the road this weekend as they wrestle against Seton Hill on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 12 p.m. Last season's result went to the Griffins in a close 20-18 match.

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