A fall and technical fall to start the match set pushed the Mountain Cats out to an early 11-0 lead. Link took just 2:12 to pin Austin Petril at 125 lbs., and Troy Dolan followed with an 18-2 technical fall at 4:08 over Zach Ulerick at 133 lbs.
The Golden Bears answered right back with a fall of their own to cut it to 11-6 when Travis Roper pinned Sam Hanau at 141 lbs., but Travis Shaffer used a 16-0 technical fall at 2:08 over Dave Migliaccio to get the Mountain Cats' lead back into double digits at 16-6.
Pitt-Johnstown's Luke Palamides gave All-American and fourth-ranked Matt Martoccio everything he could handle in the 157-lb. bout, but Martoccio broke a 2-2 tie by riding Palamides out the entire third period to earn a 3-2 victory to narrow the Kutztown gap to 16-9.
However, it was all Mountain Cats after that. Eighth-ranked Tyler Reinhart (165 lbs.) recorded Pitt-Johnstown's third technical fall of the night at 4:20 (16-0) over James Meyer, and fourth-ranked John Blankenship dealt Ryan Krecker a 4-0 loss at 174 lbs. to extend it to 24-9.
Pitt-Johnstown wasn't done yet. McKillop, ranked fourth in the country at 184 lbs., needed only 42 seconds to pin Charlie Livingston to make it 30-9 and put the match out of reach with two bouts remaining.
At 197 lbs., freshman Tyler Oliver held off Collin Schildt, 9-7, and fourth-ranked Josh Duplin used a second-period escape and riding time to outlast Ryan Appleby, 2-0 at 285 lbs. that set the final score at 36-9.
With the loss, the Golden bears slipped to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC.
The Mountain Cats travel to a PSAC match at East Stroudsburg University on Tuesday, before competing in the Grappling at the Garden even in Madison Square Garden on November 29. Pitt-Johnstown will not wrestling its next home match until January 22 when Gannon University visits the Sports Center.
Results:
125 lbs. Evan Link (UPJ) Fall Austin Petril (KU) 2:12 6-0 UPJ
133 lbs. Troy Dolan (UPJ) Technical Fall Zach Ulerick (KU) 18-2 (4:08) 11-0 UPJ
141 lbs. Travis Roper (KU) Fall Sam Hanau (UPJ) 3:25 11-6 UPJ
149 lbs. Travis Shaffer (UPJ) Technical Fall Dave Migliaccio (KU) 16-0 (2:08) 16-6 UPJ
157 lbs. #4 Matt Martoccio (KU) Decision Luke Palamides (UPJ) 3-2 16-9 UPJ
165 lbs. #8 Tyler Reinhart (UPJ) Technical Fall James Meyer (KU) 17-1 (4:20) 21-9 UPJ
174 lbs. #4 John Blankenship (UPJ) Decision Ryan Krecker (KU) 4-0 24-9 UPJ
184 lbs. #4 Travis McKillop (UPJ) Fall Charlie Livingston (KU) :42 30-9 UPJ
197 lbs. Tyler Oliver (UPJ) Decision Collin Schildt (KU) 9-7 33-9 UPJ
285 lbs. #4 Josh Duplin (UPJ) Decision Ryan Appleby (KU) 2-0 36-9 UPJ
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