Wrestlers Defeat Pitt-Bradford in Season Opener

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend wrestling team captured their first win of the season in the home opener, defeating Pitt-Bradford 28-17 on Friday night in Erie Hall.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 28, Pitt-Bradford 17

Records: Penn State Behrend (1-0), Pitt-Bradford (0-1)

Location: Erie, Pa. |  Erie Hall

Key Moments:

* The Lions won six out of the 10 bouts
* Behrend picked up three wins by technical fall, one major decision and one forfeit
* The Lions never trailed in the match beginning with a 6-0 lead after a forfeit awarded to Michael Gabler (Harborcreek, PA/Harbor Creek)

Bout-By-Bout Results:

125 – Gabler (PSB) won by forfeit (6-0)
133 – Elijah Hernandez (UPB) dec. Michael Binni (Canonsburg, PA/Canon McMillan), 8-7 OT (3-6)
141 – Cole Ruffo (Mercer, PA/Hickory) tech. fall Colton Davis (UPB), 21-5 (11-3)
149 – Jake Ognibene (Washington, PA/Chartiers-Houston) tech. fall Nieko Kuntz (UPB), 16-0 (16-3)
157 – Brandon Miller (Hermitage, PA/Hickory) dec. Victor Elias (UPB), 7-5 (19-3)
165 – Derek Ridgeway (UPB) maj. dec. Tyler Speraw (Annville-Cleona, PA/Annville-Cleona), 14-2 (7-19)
174 – Levko Higgins (Palmyra, PA/Palmyra) maj. dec. Deven Simpson (UPB), 10-3 (23-7)
184 – Jake Paulson (Erie, PA/McDowell) tech. fall Quentin Ellis (UPB), 18-2 (28-7)
197 – Mitch Dowd (UPB) pinned Sam Tubbs (Mt. Lebanon, PA/Mt. Lebanon), 0:51 (13-28)
HWT – Sam Colebert (UPB) maj. dec. Jimmy Turici (Franklin, PA/North Allegheny), 9-2 (17-28)

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Saturday, November 10 at the W&J Invitational beginning at 9 a.m.