WAYNESBURG, Pa. – The Thiel College wrestling team won a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match on the road Friday over the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets, 38-8.
 
Thiel improved to 9-2 overall and 2-0 in the PAC with Friday's win.
 
The Tomcats opened the match with six consecutive wins and built up a 26-0 lead. Thiel picked up bonus points in six matches, including pins by Jake Alberts (Ellwood City, Pa./Lincoln) at 141 (5:46) and Seth Phillips (Hubbard, Ohio/Western Reserve) at 285 (2:10).
 
Hunter Martz (Hawthorn, Pa./Redbank Valley) and Alexander Anderson (Warren, Pa./Warren) won by technical fall at 157 and 165, respectively. Martz won 22-5 in 6:30 while Anderson won 19-3 in 5:21. Peyton Hearn (Conneaut, Pa./Conneaut Area), who was named the PAC Wrestler of the Week Monday after posting a 5-0 record last week, won by major decision (14-1) at 149.
 
The Tomcats will compete in the John Summa Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 4. Thiel will host the PAC Championships at Maenpa Court at Beeghly Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 11.
 
Results
Thiel 38, Waynesburg 8
125 – McCarthy (THI) dec. Lamb, 14-9 [THI 3-0]
133 – Whiteside (THI) dec. Constable, 11-8 [THI 6-0]
141 – Alberts (THI) pinned Michaels, 5:46 [THI 12-0]
149 – Hearn (THI) maj. dec. Evans, 14-1 [THI 16-0]
157 – Martz (THI) tech. fall Hinerman, 22-5 (6:30) [THI 21-0]
165 – Anderson (THI) tech. fall Bachar, 19-3 (5:21) [THI 26-0]
174 – Morris (WAY) maj. dec. Gill, 10-0 [THI 26-4]
184 – Bishoff (WAY) maj. dec. Roae, 14-6 [THI 26-8]
197 – Herbster (THI) won by forfeit [THI 32-8]
285 – Phillips (THI) pinned Patrick, 2:10 [THI 38-8]
Exhibition
285 – Lavanway (WAY) dec. Traupman, 8-4