Gannon defeats Pitt-Johnstown, 18-12
ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon University wrestling program won its third-ever PSAC Dual Meet Championship with an 18-12 win over Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday evening. It is the first time that GU has held sole possession of the Championship after being co-champions with UPJ in 2021-22 and tri-champions with UPJ and Kutztown in 2018-19. Saturday's match was close throughout before things were finalized at 285 pounds. With Gannon leading 15-12, the Golden Knights' Dorian Crosby earned the decision over UPJ's Isaiah Vance to seal the win and snap a nine-year stretch of the Mountain Cats owning at least a share of the PSAC Dual Meet Championship.
Next up for both programs is the NCAA Division II Super Region 1 Championships, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 28 at East Stroudsburg University.
PREVIEW
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The 2025-26 PSAC Wrestling Dual Meet Championship will be decided on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. as Gannon hosts Pitt-Johnstown in one of the most anticipated matches of the season. Both teams enter Saturday's contest with an unbeaten 5-0 conference dual meet record, with the winner moving to 6-0 and claiming this year's championship. Pitt-Johnstown has held at least a share of the last nine dual meet championships, dating back to the 2015-16 season. On two occasions throughout that run, though, Gannon earned co-champion status with the Mountain Cats: in 2018-19 (as tri-champs along with Kutztown) and in 2021-22.
Gannon's team is also flirting with the program record for dual meet wins, as a victory on Saturday would give them 12 for the season, besting the current 11-win mark set by the Golden Knights in the 1996-97 campaign.
Saturday's matchup will feature 15 nationally-ranked wrestlers (according to
the latest TheOpenMat Division II rankings, including two No. 1-ranked wrestlers in Pitt-Johnstown's Trevon Gray at 125 pounds and Gannon's Dorian Crosby at 285 pounds.
Find a listing below featuring all ranked wrestlers at each weight class and projected matchups:
125: (GAN) No. 15 Logan Sallot (18-5) vs. (UPJ) No. 1 Trevon Gray (18-1)
133: (GAN) No. 2 Jerry Echevarria (15-1)
141: (GAN) No. 4 Jake Niffenegger (20-2) vs. (UPJ) No. 8 Chad Ozias (14-4)
149: (GAN) No. 11 Kenny Kiser (10-3) vs. (UPJ) No. 3 Matt Sarbo (21-1)
157: No ranked wrestlers
165: (GAN) No. 6 Grant MacKay (21-2) vs. (UPJ) No. 11 Trent Hoover (19-4)
174: (UPJ) No. 6 Ty Morrison (21-2)
184: (GAN) No. 7 Pat Jackson (22-2)
197: (GAN) No. 8 Joey Lyons (22-2) vs. (UPJ) No. 11 Brad Morrison (14-5)
285: (GAN) No. 1 Dorian Crosby (13-0) vs. (UPJ) No. 4 Isaiah Vance (17-2)
Saturday's match can be viewed free-of-charge on the PSAC Sports Digital Network
here.