La Plume, Pa. – Keystone College celebrated its first home wrestling match in 25 years on Thursday night, taking on the University of Scranton before a large in spirited crowd in the Gambal Athletic Center, but dropped a 39-6 decision to the Royals. 
 
Ryan Celenza (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) and Charlie Johnson (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley) picked wins for the Giants in the match that was preceded by a reception for alumni and friends along with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the return of varsity wrestling to the campus. Scranton (1-0) opened the match with a Nick DePierro pin at 125 pounds, but Keystone (0-3) got back-to-back decision from Celenza and Johnson at the 133 and 141 weight classes to level the match at 6-6.
 
John Sheedy posted a major decision win at 149 pounds to put Scranton ahead for good. Ian Evans and Andrew Gombas followed with tight decisions over Zack LeBarron (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) and George Stilgenbauer (Northampton, Pa./Northampton) at the 165 and 174 weight classes, and the Royals closed the match with a pair of pins, a technical fall, and a forfeit to close out the final score. 
 
Keystone will return to action on Saturday at the NY/PA Duals hosted by Mount Saint Vincent College starting at 12:00 p.m. in Riverdale, New York.
 
University of Scranton 39, Keystone College 6
125 –Nick DePierro (UofS) fall over Josh Rivera (Scranton, Pa./Scranton) (KC), :28                               
133 –Ryan Celenza (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) (KC) decision over Nick Ciaccia (UofS), 6-1                  
141 –Charlie Johnson (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley) (KC) decision over Thomas Conlon (UofS), 9-4               
149 – John Sheedy (UofS) major decision over Jacob Richards (Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock), 17-5           
157 –Ian Evans (UofS) decision over Zack LeBarron (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) (KC), 2-1                        
165 – Andrew Gombas (UofS) decision over George Stilgenbauer (Northampton, Pa./Northampton) (KC), 5-3     
174 – Zachary D'Apolito (UofS) fall over Caleb Subach (Nottingham, Pa./West Chester East), 1:54                                
184 – Dan D'Agostini (UofS) technical fall over Zachary Briggs (Wyoming, Pa./Wyoming Area) (KC), 20-3              
197 – Keegan Connelly (UofS) fall  over Matt Ebanez (Reno, Nev./Reno) (KC), 4:07                         
285 – Sal Montuori (UofS)/Christopher Spurlock (UofS) by forfeit