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Mountain Cat Wrestlers Garner No. 1 National Ranking in NWCA Preseason Poll

With six returning All-Americans, including three NCAA National Champions, Head Coach Pat Pecora‘s Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cat wrestlers earned the national No. 1 ranking when the 2019-20 NCAA Division II National Wrestling Coach’s Association (NWCA) Preseason Poll was released on Wednesday. Pitt-Johnstown received 88 points, six more than second-ranked and defending NCAA National Champions St. Cloud State (Minn.).  McKendree (Ill.) was third with 71 points, while Nebraska-Kearney (68 pts.) and Notre Dame (Ohio) (58 pts.) rounded out the Top-5.
All Six Pitt-Johnstown returning All-Americans were individually ranked, led by Eddins, the top-ranked wrestler at 149 lbs., and Tyler Warner, who was ranked first at 133 lbs.  Eddins, a senior two-time NCAA Champion, won the 2018 title at 141 lbs., then moved to 149 lbs. last year and made it back-to-back National Championships with a perfect 24-0 record.  The Super Region I Wrestler of the Year also claimed his second Regional title and ranked second in the NCAA’s Most Dominant Wrestler category.  After winning a NCAA Division II National Championship at Wheeling Jesuit (WV) last season, Warner transferred to Pitt-Johnstown for his junior season in 2019-20.  Warner dealt Nebraska-Kearney’s Wesley Dawkins a 4-1 loss in last season NCAA title bout at 133 lbs.  He finished his sophomore season at 25-1. Rest of the story at https://pittjohnstownathletics.com/news/2019/10/30/wrestling-mountain-cat-wrestlers-garner-no-1-national-ranking-in-nwca-preseason-poll.aspx?mc_cid=5bd3846593&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

November 4, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized