Penn State Wrestling's Luke Lilledahl pins Jacob Moran (4:20) in Penn State's dual meet against Indiana (1/23/26). Credit - Lloyd McCully
Penn State Wrestling is back in the giant halls of the Bryce Jordan Center Friday night as they host No. 6 Nebraska.
Even though the Nittany Lions have traveled to Iowa City and taken on both No. 15 Rutgers and No. 16 Lehigh, this home dual against the Cornhuskers may represent their toughest challenge to date. But then again when you look at the well oiled machine that is the Penn State Wrestling team, the definition of the word “challenge” changes slightly.
Credit – Lloyd McCully
But before we look at the possible starting lineup and predictions, let’s take a look at how you can tune into Friday’s action.
How to watch Penn State Wrestling
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Date: Friday, January 30th
Time: 8:00 p.m. EST
Where: Bryce Jordan Center (University Park)
TV: B1G
Listen: Free via Lionvision at GoPSUsports.com
Now let’s turn to the potential matchups.
Potential matchups for Nebraska vs Penn State Wrestling
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No. 1 Penn State (11-0) vs. No. 6 Nebraska (9-5)
125 – No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) vs Kael Lauridsen or Alan Koehler (NEB)
133 – No. 4 Marcus Blaze (PSU) vs No. 10 Jacob Van Dee (NEB)
141 – No. 12 Braeden Davis (PSU) vs No. 4 Brock Hardy (NEB)
149 – No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs No. 18 Chance Lamer (NEB)
157 – No. 3 PJ Duke (PSU) vs No. 5 Antrell Taylor (NEB)
165 – No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) vs No. 7 LJ Araujo (NEB)
174 – No. 1 Levi Haines (PSU) vs No. 4 Christopher Minto (NEB)
184 – No.1 Rocco Welsh (PSU) vs No. 6 Silas Allred (NEB)
197 – No. 1 Josh Barr (PSU) vs No. 9 Camden McDanel (NEB)
285 – No. 12 Cole Mirasola (PSU) vs No. 4 AJ Ferrari or Cade Ziola or Harley Andrews (NEB)
Prediction for Nebraska vs. Penn State Wrestling
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On paper, this dual meet could potentially have nine ranked matchups tonight.
Additionally, there could be six top-10 ranked matchups.
Now the question is this, based on how the dual meet starts out, will the Nebraska coaching staff sub out some of their starters later in the night if the Nittany Lions jump out to a huge lead? Well that’s going to be hard to answer. Mark Manning and his staff run a phenomenal program and he doesn’t sit his starters that often when facing a tough matchup.
In either case, I do believe the Penn State Wrestling fans in attendance should get to see a Blaze/Van Dee matchup as well as a Duke/Taylor matchup. And hopefully they also get to see the Haines/Minto and Welsh/Allred matchups. Because those are for sure going to be good matches.
However at the end of the night, I fully expect to still see a lopsided score on the BJC scoreboard.
Predictions for Nebraska vs Penn State Wrestling
125 – No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) major dec. over Alan Koehler (NEB)
133 – No. 4 Marcus Blaze (PSU) major dec. over No. 10 Jacob Van Dee (NEB)
141 – No. 4 Brock Hardy (NEB) dec. over No. 12 Braeden Davis (PSU)
149 – No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) tech. fall over No. 18 Chance Lamer (NEB)
157 – No. 3 PJ Duke (PSU) dec. over No. 5 Antrell Taylor (NEB)
165 – No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) major dec. over No. 7 LJ Araujo (NEB)
174 – No. 1 Levi Haines (PSU) dec. over No. 4 Christopher Minto (NEB)
184 – No.1 Rocco Welsh (PSU) dec. over No. 6 Silas Allred (NEB)
197 – No. 1 Josh Barr (PSU) major dec. over No. 9 Camden McDanel (NEB)
285 – No. 12 Cole Mirasola (PSU) dec. over Cade Ziola (NEB)
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Education: Penn State University
Location: State College, PA
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.
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