Andy Elder, Centre County Gazette

Cael Sanderson sat at the podium trying to put into words the emotions swirling in his head. On March 19, Penn State won its fifth team title in six years at the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Madison Square Garden.

A fair share of Penn State’s nine qualifiers to the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, scheduled for New York’s Madison Square Garden Thursday, March 17, through Saturday, March 19, have never been to the Big Apple.

Despite losing five matches in a row on March 6 and losing three of six finals matches, the Penn State wrestling team ran away with the team title at the 2016 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.

If the Penn State wrestling team keeps accumulating hardware at this rate, the university might need to add a wing to Rec Hall to house it all. The No. 1 Nittany Lions added another trophy to its season-long haul Feb. 21, winning the inaugural NWCA National Dual Championship Series.

The top-ranked Penn State wrestling team finished its regular-season schedule undefeated after turning the lights out on its final two opponents like a boxer who hits his opponent flush on the chin then stands and watches him crumple to the mat.

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State wrestling team made an emphatic statement in front of 15,983 fans Feb. 5 in the sold-out Bryce Jordan Center. The No. 1 Nittany Lions remained undefeated and sent a clear message to defending NCAA champion Ohio State that they want the trophy that Ohio State won in…

UNIVERSITY PARK — It was another weekend of domination for the No. 1 Penn State wrestling team. The Nittany Lions defeated No. 7 Nebraska, 24-10, Jan. 15 at Rec Hall and then flew to Illinois, where they blasted No. 25 Northwestern, 46-4, Jan. 17 at Evanston. Penn State outscored its two opponents…

Home or away, tournament or dual meet, ranked or unranked opponent, the No. 1 Penn State wrestling team has posed more questions than its opponents have had answers for so far this season. The Nittany Lions traveled to the state of Indiana for a pair of Big Ten dual meets and returned to Pennsylvania…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The 2016 version of the Southern Scuffle didn’t feature as strong a field as it has in years past. It did, however, give the nation’s top two teams a chance to get acquainted. And what No. 1 Penn State showed No. 2 Oklahoma State is that the Cowboys have a ways…