Scranton, PA. -- The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford traveled to Scranton over the weekend to participate in the Electric City Duals, hosted by the University of Scranton. The Panthers wrestled 5 dual matches, winning 2 of them.

The Panthers began their day with a matchup against the hosts. Scranton won the first two matches by pin before Dylan Slovick got Pitt-Bradford on the board with an 8-2 victory by decision. Nikolas Fegert followed this with a dominating 22-5 tech fall victory. The Panthers fell in the next three matches, putting them down 26-8. D.J. Slovick picked up a 9-4 win and Cameron Carter-Green finished the match with a victory by fall at 3:15.

In the second dual of the game, the Panthers won 42-6 over Rowan College of South Jersey. Pitt-Bradford dropped the first two matches by decision, before earning 4 wins by forfeit to go ahead 24-6. D.J. Slovick pinned his opponent at 184 lbs in 1:40. Following another win by forfeit at 197, Gavin Thompson finished the match with a pin in 1:04.

Match three saw the Panthers take on Keystone. Pitt-Bradford took an early lead against the Giants and then held on for a 32-15 win. Cade Stern and Jacob Rogers each won their weight classes by forfeit before Dylan Slovick pinned his opponent in 48 seconds to put the Panthers ahead 18-0. At 149, Fegert picked up his second tech fall of the game, shutting out his opponent 15-0. Carter-Green earned his second win of the day at 285, defeating the Keystone heavyweight by an 11-5 decision. 

The Panthers faced a buzzsaw in their fourth dual of the event, as they took on SUNY Oneonta. The Panthers fell 40-9 to the Red Dragons, who eventually won the event. The Panthers picked up one win by forfeit at 174 and then closed the match with a victory when Gavin Thompson ground out a 1-0 victory at 285.

Pitt-Bradford closed the day with a match against New Jersey City, falling to the Gothic Knights 46-10. The Panthers won one contested match, as D.J. Slovick picked up a 20-9 major decision victory at 184.

D.J. Slovick led the Panthers with a 4-1 record on the day. He had 1 win by pin, and another by major decision. Nikolas Fegert went 3-2, picking up 2 victories by technical fall. Cameron Carter-Green won both his matches and pinned 1 opponent, while his fellow heavyweight Gavin Thompson went 2-1 with a pin. Dylan Slovick also had a winning record on the day, finishing 3-2 with a pin.

The Panthers are now 2-5 in dual matches this season. They will be on the road next weekend, as they take on Penn State-Behrend and Hiram in a trimatch hosted by Penn State-Behrend. The action is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m.