EAST STROUDSBURG – The East Stroudsburg University men's wrestling team dropped their first dual of the season as #11 Pitt-Johnstown defeated the Warriors, 41-6, in the PSAC opener for both teams on Wednesday night inside Koehler Fieldhouse.

Facing a lineup with six nationally ranked wrestlers, ESU suffered their first loss the season to drop to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC, while the Mountain Cats improve to 2-0 and 1-0 in the conference.  

Notables

• Kelvin Rodriguez-Molina highlighted the match for the Warriors as the sophomore entered the third period trailing 4-2, before earning a fall over UPJ's Byron Daubert at 133 pounds to put ESU ahead 6-4. Rodriguez-Molina moves to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in duals while notching his fourth fall of the season.

How it Happened
125: Trevon Gray (UPJ) major dec. Josh Jasionowicz (ESU), 12-0 (UPJ, 4-0)

133: Kelvin Rodriguez-Molina (ESU) pinned Byron Daubert (UPJ), 5:18 (ESU, 6-4)

141: #10 Caleb Morris (UPJ) pinned Jack Dardia (ESU), 1:58 (UPJ, 10-6)

149: #2 Jacob Ealy (UPJ) dec. Eric Falleni (ESU), 8-2 (UPJ, 13-6)

157: #4 Nate Smith (UPJ) dec. Bryce Parenti (ESU), 7-2 (UPJ, 16-6)

165: #12 Dillon Keane (UPJ) dec. Luke Ciampa (ESU), 7-2 (UPJ, 19-6)

174: Alex Weber (UPJ) pinned Robert Burke (ESU), 3:26 (UPJ, 25-6)

184: #12 Brock Biddle (UPJ) tech. fall Josh Leidig (ESU), 17-0 (4:24) (UPJ, 30-6)

197: Dakoda Rodgers (UPJ) tech. fall Ajay Hiller (ESU), 17-0 (4:54) (UPJ, 35-6)

285: #11 Oggie Atwood (UPJ) pinned Thomas Flood (ESU), 4:10 (UPJ, 41-6)

Up Next
The Warriors are back on the road Sunday, traveling to Michigan for the Albion Invitational inside Kresge Gymnasium.