Penn State Wrestling

Penn State wrestlers sit atop the rankings for six of 10 weight classes and every Nittany Lion starter is in the top of 12 of the new InterMat rankings released on Tuesday. Luke Lilledahl and Rocco Welsh are the latest Nittany Lions to ascend to No. 1 in their weight classes after impressive wins over…

Top-ranked Penn State wrestling scored bonus points in every bout en route to a 51-0 thrashing of Northwestern on Sunday afternoon at Welsh Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois. The Nittany Lions 80th consecutive dual victory marked their fifth shutout of the season and fourth in the last five meets. Josh Barr and P.J. Duke each…

Luke Lilledahl isn’t looking for payback. He’s just looking for another challenge.   That challenge comes Friday night, when the Penn State 125-pounder is set to face Iowa’s Dean Peterson in one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the weekend. Last season, Lilledahl posted a 25-3 record as a true freshman, with one of those three losses coming against Peterson. In their previous meeting last January, Peterson narrowly defeated Lilledahl in a 4-1 decision.  Since then, both wrestlers have established themselves…

No. 1 Penn State wrestling returned to dual meet action for the first time in three weeks with a record-setting 46-0 throttling of Rutgers on Saturday at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions’ 78th consecutive dual meet win set a new all-division NCAA wrestling record. Penn State had tied Division II St. Cloud’s mark of 77…

Add another historic achievement to Cael Sanderson’s tenure as Penn State wrestling coach. The Nittany Lions won their 77th consecutive dual meet with a 42-0 victory over Stanford on Saturday night, eclipsing the previous NCAA Division I record of 76 set by Oklahoma State from 1937-51. Wrestling at the Journeymen Duals in Nashville, Penn State…

Penn State wrestling (4-0) won eight of 10 bouts, scoring bonus points in six, en route to a nonconference dual meet road victory at Wyoming on Saturday. Marcus Blaze, Shayne Van Ness, Mitchell Mesenbrink and PJ Duke each won by fall, while Luke Lilledahl and Levi Haines scored technical falls in the win. It marked…

Top-ranked Penn State wrestling (3-0) continued to roll through the nonconference schedule with a 36-6 victory over Lehigh (3-4) Sunday afternoon in Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions won eight of 10 bouts on the day, highlighted by pin from Levi Haines and technical falls from Luke Lilledahl and Marcus Blaze. Freshman PJ Duke won by…

No. 1 Penn State wrestling (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) secured its second dual win of the season with a 43-3 demolition of the Drexel Dragons (2-1, 1-0 EIWA) Friday night at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia. The Nittany Lions won all but one match with highlight performances from Marcus Blaze and PJ Duke, who…