This past Saturday's East Stroudsburg Open might as well have been called the "Can anyone stop the Penn State wrestling team?" Open.

The depth of the talented Nittany Lions showed as they brought home four titles and placed 13 wrestlers.

"I would say they competed well," Penn State wrestling coach Troy Sunderland said. "We were pleased with the numbers we had in the finals."

On two occasions, at 133 and 141 pounds, the final match was an All-Penn State event. Both of those finals were won by twin brothers, juniors Josh Moore (133) and Scott Moore (141). Josh Moore defeated junior Murat Tomaev, 4-3, while Scott Moore beat freshman Matt Storniolo, 3-1, in their respective finals.

For Josh Moore, this was the first action he has seen since late last season. He suffered a torn anterior crutiate ligament on Feb. 8 and was sitting out the beginning of this season with a dislocated elbow.

"It felt really good to be on the mat actually," Josh Moore said. "I guess I was pretty excited. It was pretty good competition but it wasn't the hardest. You always feel good about finishing first."

Joining the Moore brothers as champions were senior Mark Becks, who beat Maryland's Jake Stork 6-5 at 184 pounds, and junior Pat Cummins, with a 7-5 win over Clarion's John Testa at heavyweight.

Penn State won four of the five championship matches it had. The lone title loss came at 165 pounds, where senior Doc Vecchio fell to Columbia's Matt Palmer, 10-5. Vecchio, a returning All-American, was the only champion for Penn State at last year's East Stroudsburg Open.

"He [Vecchio] wrestled well but got down early," Sunderland said. "It's not that he wrestled poorly."

The Lions showed an improvement from last season, when Penn State had just one champion and placed nine wrestlers in the tournament.

Also placing for the Lions were senior Ryan Cummins (fifth at 197), sophomores Adam Smith (third at 125) and Josh Walker (third at heavyweight).

The outstanding freshman class also performed well, placing Nathan Galloway (fifth at 149), Matt Smith (fourth at 125) and James Yonushonis (sixth at 174). The only weight that Penn State did not place a wrestler in was at 157 pounds. Both Galloway and Ryan Cummins pulled off the tough task of losing their opening matches and regrouping to finish fifth. Penn State should do well if it can carry the momentum from East Stroudsburg into Saturday's match at the MatTown USA tournament at Lock Haven.