Panthers Host Pitt-Johnstown in Dual Meet Friday

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt Wrestling team, ranked No. 18 in the NWCA Coaches Poll and coming off a tie for fourth finish at the Midland Championships, hosts Pitt-Johnstown in a dual meet Friday evening at Fitzgerald Field House. The Mountain Cats enter the meet ranked No. 20 in the NCAA Division II rankings.

Pitt is 4-2 in dual meets this season with four of its six matches coming against nationally ranked opponents. Pitt-Johnstown enters the match with a 2-1 record.

Friday's dual meet will begin at 6 p.m.

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Pitt delivered an outstanding showing at the 2024 Midlands Championships with three Panthers earning top three finishes and a tie for fourth-place team finish. Reece Heller (184) and Mac Stout (197) took home titles with dominating performances throughout the two days, while Kade Brown delivered an impressive performance with a third-place finish at 149.
The Panthers had six wrestlers reach the podium with a pair of champions, a third-place finish, fifth-place finish, and two sixth-place finishes.
Pitt finished tied for fourth in the team standings with 95.5 points despite losing a pair of key contributors to injury on the second day of competition.
Pitt has eight individual wrestlers ranked in the InterMat rankings in their respective weight classes and nine individual wrestlers ranked in the FloWrestling rankings.
Mac Stout has won nine consecutive matches to climb to No. 12 in the InterMat rankings, while Reece Heller is Pitt's top-ranked wrestler in the FloWrestling rankings at No. 11.
Mac Stout leads the Panthers with 12 wins with five of those coming by major decision or tech fall.
Friday dual could feature ranked matches at 125, 197, and 285. No. 12 Mac Stout is slated to face Division II No. 8 Dakoda Rodgers.