GREENSBURG, Pa. – The sixth-ranked Gannon men's wrestling team won eight of 10 bouts on Wednesday evening and stretched its current dual-meet winning streak to five with a 36-6 victory over Seton Hill. The win helped Gannon improve to 5-0 against Division II programs and the Knights also remained unbeaten in PSAC competition with a 4-0 mark.
 
Jacob Dunlop (Rostraver Township, Pa./Belle Vernon) got the Knights on the board at 125 lbs. as the 11^th-ranked (InterMat) standout earned a hard-fought 4-3 decision over Seton Hill's Frank Bonura to open the dual. Dunlop improved to 15-2 on the year with the victory. Seton Hill would win the next two bouts by decision to move ahead by a 6-3 margin. SHU's William Burgess was victorious at 133 with a 7-2 decision over Christopher Rocha-Perez (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside), while Joel Cawoski won at 141 with a 3-1 decision over Austin Hertel (Rochester, N.Y./Hilton).
 
From that point, Gannon took over with seven-consecutive wins, including four results that provided bonus points for the Knights.
 
Dom Means (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) began the run of seven-straight for Gannon with a 10-0 major decision over Seton Hill's Dominic Williams. Means, who is ranked in both national polls at No. 2 in the country, improved to 10-0 on the season.
 
At 157 lbs., sixth-ranked (InterMat) Nick Young (Batavia, N.Y./Alexander) won a 14-10 decision over Seton Hill's Tyler Alberts, while No. 1 Alex Farenchak (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside) received a forfeit win at 165 lbs. Joey Petrella (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Bishop Hartley) kept Gannon's momentum intact in the 174 bout, edging the Griffins' Luke Ewing by a 3-2 decision. Petrella, who it ranked in both national polls, improved to 16-4 following the win.
 
With Gannon already comfortably ahead by a 19-6 margin, the Knights would finish the meet with a technical fall and two falls in the final three bouts. Cameron Page (Frewsburg, N.Y./Falconer Central) (184 lbs.) blanked Riley O'Mara by a 16-0 technical fall, before Joel Leise (Transfer, Pa./Reynolds) and Freddie Nixon (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute) were both victorious by first-round falls. Leise recorded a fall at 2:44, while Nixon finished off the meet with a fall just 37 seconds into the heavyweight bout.
 
Leise improved to 8-0 following the victory, as the junior has now won six bouts in a row by fall. Leise is currently ranked No. 3 by NWCA and No. 11 by InterMat. Nixon, who is also ranked in both national polls, improved to 14-1 on the year at heavyweight.
 
Gannon's "B" team will host Lake Erie College on Thursday evening at the Hammermill Center. Wrestling will get underway at 7 p.m. The "A" team Knights will return to action on Saturday at the Shippensburg Duals.
 
Men's Wrestling Dual Results: Gannon 36, Seton Hill 6
125 - NR/#11 Jacob Dunlop (Rostraver Township, Pa./Belle Vernon) (GAN) def. Frank Bonura (SHU) (Dec 4-3)
133 - William Burgess (SHU) def. Christopher Rocha-Perez (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside) (GAN) (Dec 7-2)
141 - Joel Cawoski (SHU) def. Austin Hertel (Rochester, N.Y./Hilton) (GAN) (Dec 3-1)
149 - #2/#2 Dom Means (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) (GAN) def. Dominic WIlliams (SHU) (Major Dec 10-0)
157 - NR/#6 Nick Young (Batavia, N.Y./Alexander) (GAN) def. Tyler Alberts (SHU) (Dec 14-10)
165 - #1/#1 Alex Farenchak (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside) (GAN) won by forfeit
174 - #10/#12 Joey Petrella (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Bishop Hartley) (GAN) def. Luke Ewing (SHU) (Dec 3-2)
184 - Cameron Page (Frewsburg, N.Y./Falconer Central) (GAN) def. Riley O`Mara (SHU) (Tech Fall 16-0 6:17)
197 - #3/#11 Joel Leise (Transfer, Pa./Reynolds) (GAN) def. Brendan Finnerty (SHU) (Fall 2:44)
285 - #12/#9 Freddie Nixon (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute) (GAN) def. Sawyer Daugherty (SHU) (Fall 0:37)

RANKINGS: NWCA/InterMat