No. 1 Penn State Wrestling vs. No. 8 Ohio State: Nittany Lions power through 27-13 over Buckeyes | FULL Results
Penn State Wrestling took care of business on the mat Friday night as they downed No. 8 Ohio State 27-13.
It was no Tyler Kasak and no Greg Kerkvliet, but that wasn’t a problem for the Nittany Lions.
Penn State Wrestling won seven of the 10 matches on the evening and they tacked on bonus points in three of the matches. The Buckeyes battled hard all night, however their lineup simply does not match up with the juggernaut that is Penn State.
Now onto the action!
Penn State Wrestling vs. Ohio State FULL RESULTS
125-157
The dual started out at 125 where Luke Lilledahl looked in full control. He lead 6-2 following the opening period. However after choosing down to start the second, he got caught in a really bad spot.
Lilledahl tried to wriggle free but the damage was already done. Ohio State led 6-0 following a fall in the first match.
Then Braeden Davis saw action for the first time in a couple of weeks. And after shaking off some rust early in the match, he ultimately powered through with the 8-5 decision.
Beau Bartlett had an excellent start to his match. He snagged a takedown in the first period and rode the 2024 NCAA Champion for the remainder of the period. Both guys swapped escapes in the second and third period but that was the extent of all of the scoring.
After losing his last two matches to Jesse Mendez, Beau Bartlett prevailed 4-2.
Then at 149, Shayne Van Ness put together a workman like effort en route to a 4-2 decision as well. After the first four matches of the evening, Penn State Wrestling clawed its way back to a 9-6 lead.
Joe Sealey got the nod in place of Tyler Kasak at 157. And let’s just say his first career dual meet appearance was certainly a learning experience.
Sealey dropped the 10-1 major decision and going into the break Ohio State led 10-9.
165-285
The hammers of the Penn State Wrestling squad were on full display Friday evening.
Mitchell Mesenbrink was dominant in a 19-4 technical fall, Levi Haines pulled out the late comeback with a 6-4 decision, and Carter Starocci was overwhelming in his 22-7 technical fall.
With only two matches remaining in the dual the Nittany Lions were out to a 22-10 lead.
Then at 197, Josh Barr started out his match a bit slow. Barr led 4-0 going into the third period, but as the Nittany Lion faithful have seen before, this is where he kicked it into another gear.
Barr picked up his energy significantly and he ended up rolling to the 20-5 technical fall.
And in the final match of the evening Cole Mirasola got the nod in place of Greg Kerkvliet as he was dealing with a bout of the flu.
In his first dual meet action Mirasola put together a fine effort. However it wasn’t enough to overcome an All-American from last season.
Cole dropped the 10-3 decision, however Penn State Wrestling still took down Ohio State to the tune of 27-13.
Penn State 27 Ohio State 13
125 – No. 21 Brendan McCrone (OSU) fall over No. 7 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) 3:58, PSU 0 OSU 6
133 – No. 8 Braeden Davis (PSU) dec. over No. 11 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) 8-5, PSU 3 OSU 6
141 – No. 3 Beau Bartlett (PSU) dec. over No. 1 Jesse Mendez (OSU) 4-2, PSU 6 OSU 6
149 – No. 2 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) dec. over No. 7 Dylan D’Emilio (OSU) 4-2, PSU 9 OSU 6
157 – Brandon Cannon (OSU) major dec. over Joe Sealey (PSU) 10-1, PSU 9 OSU 10
165 – No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) tech. fall over Brock Herman (OSU) 19-4, PSU 14 OSU 10
174 – No. 2 Levi Haines (PSU) dec. over No. 5 Carson Kharchla (OSU) 6-4, PSU 17 OSU 10
184 – No. 1 Carter Starocci (PSU) tech. fall over No. 18 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) 22-7, PSU 22 OSU 10
197 – No. 3 Josh Barr (PSU) tech. fall over No. 23 Seth Shumate (OSU) 20-5, PSU 27 OSU 10
285 – No. 9 Nick Feldman (OSU) dec. over Cole Mirasola (PSU) 10-3, PSU 27 OSU 13
Nittany Lion Notes, What’s Next for Penn State Wrestling
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Penn State Wrestling moves to 13-0 on the season and they extend their dual meet unbeaten streak to 69 straight.
With only one dual meet left in the B1G regular season, the Nittany Lions are a perfect 7-0 in the B1G.
Cael Sanderson’s career record with the Nittany Lions climbs to 216-16-2.
Penn State Wrestling travels from Columbus to Champaign for a dual meet against Illinois on Sunday. Action is set to kickoff at 2:00pm EST and will be streamed on B1G+ (hopefully with better announcers this time).
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Even though he had no prior journalism experience, Chris has now covered Penn State Wrestling and Penn State Football for the past three years, including as the Penn State Wrestling Beat Writer for VictoryBellRings.com, part of the FanSided network.
And it's clear he also likes constant torture as he's been a PSU Basketball fan for way too long.
Several years back, Chris made the seamless transition from PGA Professional to computer programmer and thoroughly enjoys following and writing about all things related to Penn State sports during his spare time.