GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Seton Hill won five consecutive bouts and got a match-clinching pin at 197 pounds in sending the 17th-ranked Kutztown University wrestling team to a 21-16 PSAC defeat Saturday night in Greensburg.

Things got off to a great start for the Golden Bears as Joe Renne (Great Meadows, N.J./Hackettstown) won by major decision, 16-4, over Frank Bonura at 125 and Collin Wickramaratna (Malton, N.J./Cherokee) secured his team-leading sixth pin of the season at 4:41 against Vincent DiStefanis in the 133-pound matchup for a 10-0 KU lead.

The host Griffins (7-5, 4-2 PSAC) won the next five weight classes, though many of the matches could have gone either way and a lack of bonus points kept the Maroon and Gold in it. Nationally-ranked No. 11 Austin Shaw held off Michael Cusick (McDonald, Pa./South Fayette) in overtime, 7-6, at 149, while AJ Bencivenga (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) (3-2 decision at 157), Connor Rogovich (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) (3-0 decision at 165) and Anthony Emig (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) (10-8 decision at 174) dropped their matches by a combined six points.

Kutztown (8-4, 2-3) drew within 15-13 on James Potts' (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) 11-9 overtime victory against William Romjue at 184, but nationally-ranked No. 12 Billy Bowlen's first-period pin of Robert Spezza (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) at 197 secured the match for Seton Hill.

The final bout of the night was a classic, however, as top-ranked Andrew Dunn Jr. (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) kept his unbeaten season alive with a 2-1 win in a tiebreaker against ninth-ranked Jake Beistel. Dunn improved to 41-0 against DII competition since joining the Golden Bears for the 2018-19 season.

Kutztown returns to Keystone Arena for the final time this season when it hosts Shippensburg on Senior Night, Wednesday, at 7 p.m.

 

#17 KUTZTOWN at SETON HILL Saturday, February 8, 2020 | Greensburg, Pa. (McKenna Center)
WT.		KUTZ	SHU
125	Joe Renne (KUTZ) major dec. Frank Bonura (SHU), 16-4	4	0
133	Collin Wickramaratna (KUTZ) pinned Vincent DiStefanis (SHU), 4:41	10	0
141	Joel Cawoski (SHU) dec. Jake Jones (KUTZ), 6-1	10	3
149	#11 Austin Shaw (SHU) dec. Michael Cusick (KUTZ), 7-6 (SV-1)	10	6
157	Logan McKoy (SHU) dec. AJ Bencivenga (KUTZ), 3-2	10	9
165	Luke Ewing (SHU) dec. Connor Rogovich (KUTZ), 3-0	10	12
174	Brandon Matthews (SHU) dec. Anthony Emig (KUTZ), 10-8	10	15
184	James Potts (KUTZ) dec. Joey Romjue (SHU), 11-9 (SV-1)	13	15
197	#12 Billy Bowlen (SHU) pinned Robert Spezza (KUTZ), 1:31	13	21
285	#1 Andrew Dunn Jr. (KUTZ) dec. #9 Jake Beistel (SHU), 2-1 (TB-1)	16	21