Pitt Wins Keystone Classic

Sunday, November 22

Philadelphia, PA

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Pitt

Keystone Classic

11/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling

Nov. 22, 2015

Results

PHILADELPHIA - The Pitt wrestling team finished first with 132.0 points at the Keystone Classic Sunday night at The Palestra. Sophomore Dom Forys claimed his second individual weight class title, while junior Mikey Racciato won the 141 class and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.

"I'm proud of the way the guys pulled together as a team after a tough loss Friday night," head coach Jason Peters said. "It was a long weekend and I feel we got better. We have a long way to go and a lot of improvements to make, but we are eager to get back work. I'm looking forward to our home opener with Edinboro and Wisconsin."

Pitt produced quality results throughout the day in a tournament that lasted approximately 13 hours. The Panthers showed strength and endurance as they led the pack of 12 teams the majority of the day and had nine wrestlers finish in the top five of their respective weight classes. Forys collected his second Keystone Classic title, this time at 133 pounds. He captured his first title a year ago at 125 pounds as a freshman. Racciato finished soon after, giving Pitt its second champion.

Top Five Finishes:

1st - Dom Forys (133)

1st - Mikey Racciato (141)

2nd - Jake Gromacki (125)

2nd - Ryan Solomon (285)

3rd - Ronnie Garbinsky (157)

3rd - Cody Wiercioch (165)

3rd - Nick Bonaccorsi (197)

5th - LJ Bentley (125)

5th - TeShan Campbell (174)

Forys battled his way through five different opponents starting with Dom Gallo of VMI. Forys dominated in his first match as he won by tech. fall, 23-8. He followed that performance with a 12-3 major decision over Timothy Johnson of Sacred Heart and a 10-3 decision over Jeffrey Ott of Harvard, securing his spot in the semifinals. The returning NCAA qualifier carried his momentum from the previous matches to defeat Robert Deutsch of Rider, 11-6. In his final match of the night, Forys faced David Pearce of Drexel and came out with a 9-6 decision.

The following weight class at 141, Racciato had a bye the first round and defeated Jimmy Morris of Rider 20-5, securing his spot in the quarterfinals. He then took on AJ Vindici of Penn and won in a 15-5 major decision, advancing him to the semifinals. Racciato made his way to the final round after a 7-5 decision over Rick Durso of F & M. In his closest match of the day, Racciato came out victorious in a 3-2 decision over Todd Preston of Harvard.

The Panthers will take a two and a half week break from dual meet competition before the home opener with Edinboro on Dec. 12.

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