KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Back-to-back-to-back pins to start the match gave No. 12 Kutztown an insurmountable lead as the Golden Bears toppled East Stroudsburg 36-11.
 
Before the match, Kutztown honored its three seniors – Vinny Campanile (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley), Ricky Pena (Reading, PA/Reading) and Mitch Voelker (Shoemakersville, PA/Schuylkill Valley).
 
The bout at 125 appeared headed for a decision win, but in the third period, Tony Farace (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) pinned Anthony Marino at the 6:35 mark for a 6-0 KU lead.
 
Kutztown's next two pins came in less than two minutes total.
 
Brandon Davis (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) had the Golden Bears' fastest fall of the season at 133, putting Nick Kaiser on his back in just 25 seconds.  Evan Yenolevich (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh (Edinboro)) followed with his quickest pin of the year in 1:18 against Devin Holmes at 141.
 
After Voelker accepted a forfeit at 149, Matt Martoccio (Kintnersville, Pa./Council Rock South) kept Kutztown rolling with a 10-4 decision at 157 to give KU a 27-0 lead midway through the match.  Voelker's win was his 10th on the year, while Martoccio notched his 15th in his first season in the Maroon & Gold.
 
The Warriors began chipping away after that with wins by Braden Turner, Brendan McKeown and Luke DeLuise in the next three bouts to cut the deficit to 27-11.
 
Kutztown's two nationally ranked wrestlers were credited with wins to end the match. Campanile, No. 8 at 197, outlasted Tyson Searer 1-0 and Ziad Haddad (Orefield, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic (North Carolina)), rated sixth at 285, accepted a forfeit. Haddad's win was his 20th of the year.
 
The win gave the Golden Bears 11 dual wins on the season, the most since KU's school record of 17 in 2009-10. 
 
Kutztown will seek its 12th win on Friday, February 15 at Shippensburg.  After that, the Golden Bears host the Division II Super Regional on February 22-23 at Keystone Arena.

Kutztown (KUTZ) 36.0 East Stroudsburg (EAST) 11.0
125: Tony Farace (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills), KUTZ, pinned Anthony Marino, EAST, 6:35. 133: Brandon Davis (Allentown, Pa./Parkland), KUTZ, pinned Nick Kaiser, EAST, 0:25. 141: Evan Yenolevich (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh (Edinboro)), KUTZ, pinned Devin Holmes, EAST, 1:18. 149: Mitch Voelker (Shoemakersville, PA/Schuylkill Valley), KUTZ, forf. . 157: Matt Martoccio (Kintnersville, Pa./Council Rock South), KUTZ, dec. Nate Silverthorn, EAST, 10-4. 165: Braden Turner, EAST, dec. Ricky Pena (Reading, PA/Reading), KUTZ, 10-4. 174: Brendan McKeown, EAST, maj. dec. Andrew Wesner (York, PA/Central York), KUTZ, 16-4. 184: Luke DeLuise, EAST, maj. dec. Matt Cosgrove (/), KUTZ, 10-2. 197: Vinny Campanile (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley), KUTZ, dec. Tyson Searer, EAST, 1-0. 285: Ziad Haddad (Orefield, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic (North Carolina)), KUTZ, forf. .