Penn State Wrestling

No. 1 Penn State wrestling scored bonus points in nine of 10 bouts to trample Princeton 50-0 in the final dual meet of the regular season on Friday night at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions (15-0, 8-0) wrapped up their sixth consecutive undefeated season with their eighth shutout of the year while extending their NCAA-record…

No. 1 Penn State wrestling (14-0, 8-0) won nine of 10 bouts against No. 2 Ohio State (17-1, 7-1) to run away with a 36-5 victory on Friday night before a program-record crowd of 16,006 in the Bryce Jordan Center. The win secured the Nittany Lions’ 12th Big Ten regular season title in 17 seasons…

How long will Cael Sanderson and the Nittany Lions dynasty last? Are they truly unbeatable?   Those questions have hovered over college wrestling for years as Sanderson and Penn State continue to extend their undefeated dual meet streak. But on Friday night, wrestling fans may get closer to an answer. No. 1 Penn State is set to face No. 2 Ohio State at the Bryce…

No. 1 Penn State wrestling continued to dominate its dual meet schedule, winning nine of 10 bouts for a 38-3 victory against Michigan on Friday night in Ann Arbor. Luke Lilledahl, Marcus Blaze, Mitchell Mesenbrink, Levi Haines and Josh Barr all won by technical fall, while Shayne Van Ness claimed a major decision. Filling in…

No. 1 Penn State wrestling got its toughest challenge of the season so far, but still won seven of 10 bouts to defeat No. 6 Nebraska 26-12 on Friday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Nittany Lions got technical falls from two top-ranked wrestlers, with Luke Lilledahl taking out Alan Koehler and Mitchell Mesenbrink…

Penn State wrestling has set the standard this season, not just in the Big Ten, but across all college wrestling.  Coach Cael Sanderson and his team have been rolling through opponents, earning two shutout victories over Indiana and Maryland in just 24 hours last weekend. Those victories marked a new program record, with the Nittany Lions recording seven shutouts this season.  Their dominance will be put to…

Penn State remained atop the latest NWCA Coaches Poll released on Tuesday, while six Nittany Lion wrestlers maintained their No. 1 individual InterMat rankings. The Nittany Lions (11-0, 5-0) received all but one first-place vote in the coaches poll after dismantling Indiana and Maryland in back-to-back shutouts on Friday and Saturday. Ohio State was No.…

Penn State wrestling wrapped up its weekend by scoring bonus points in all 10 bouts for a 51-0 blowout of Maryland on Saturday in College Park. The victory was Penn State’s third consecutive shutout, sixth in its last seven dual meets and seventh on the year. Now 11-0 on the season and 5-0 in conference,…

Penn State wrestling continued to steamroll through its dual meet schedule with a 48-0 shellacking of Indiana on Friday night at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions got pins from Luke Lilledahl and Mitchell Mesenbrink, technical falls from Marcus Blaze, Shayne Van Ness, PJ Duke, Levi Haines and Cole Mirasola, and major decisions from Braeden Davis…