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.
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