Big Ten Wrestling Championships Session II: Nittany Lions' Dominance Continues

Penn State Wrestling dominated session I with 9 out of 10 wrestlers moving on to the semifinals and securing bids to the NCAAs.

Braeden Davis made it a perfect 10 for 10 on Lions to the NCAAs with his run through the consolation bracket early in session II.

Penn State went on to win six of nine semi-final matches. The three Nittany Lion wrestlers that lost all have a chance at redemption at the NCAA tournament as all three matches were closely contested with one going to sudden victory.

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Saturday Session I Results for Penn State Wrestling

Penn State Wrestling, Luke Lilledahl — Luke Lilledahl pins Christian Tanefeu at the 5:38 mark in Penn State’s dual meet against Michigan, February 7, 2025.
Credit – Lloyd McCully

Big Ten Wrestling Championship Bracket

Semifinals

125lbs

Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) 18-2 won by major decision over Matt Ramos (Purdue) 24-1 (MD 12-4)

141lbs

Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) 23-3 won by decision over Beau Bartlett (Penn State) 19-1 (Dec 5-3)

149lbs

Kannon Webster (Illinois) 14-5 won by decision over Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) 18-2 (Dec 4-2)

157lbs

Tyler Kasak (Penn State) 16-1 won by fall over Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) 21-3 (Fall 1:18)

165lbs

Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) 21-0 won by tech fall over Beau Mantanona (Michigan) 13-4 (TF-1.5 6:29 25-8)

174lbs

Levi Haines (Penn State) 19-1 won by decision over Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) 12-4 (Dec 10-3)

184

Carter Starocci (Penn State) 20-0 won by major decision over Jaxon Smith (Maryland) 19-6 (MD 12-2)

197

Jacob Cardenas (Michigan) 19-1 won in sudden victory – 1 over Josh Barr (Penn State) 16-2 (SV-1 4-1

285

Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) 18-0 won by major decision over Joshua Heindselman (Michigan) 21-3 (MD 9-1)

Big Ten Wrestling Consolation Bracket

133Lbs

Cons. Round 2 – Braeden Davis (Penn State) 11-4 won by tech fall over Dustin Norris (Purdue) 8-12 (TF-1.5 2:03 17-2)

Cons. Round 3 – Braeden Davis (Penn State) 11-4 won by decision over Angelo Rini (Indiana) 20-9 (Dec 10-

What’s Next for Penn State at the Big Ten Championships?

Penn State Wrestling, Carter Starocci — Carter Starocci pinned (2:22) Lucas White in Penn State’s dual meet against American, February 21, 2025.
Credit – Lloyd McCully

Nittany Lion grapplers competing in session III are in the consolation semifinals.

A win here puts them in the 3rd place match and a loss to the 5th place match. Allen wrestlers know they have booked a trip to Philadelphia for a shot at the national championship, but conference pride is on the line tomorrow.

Sunday Session III starts at 1PM EST with coverage on B1G+

Consolation Semifinals

133 – #4 Braeden Davis (PSU) vs #3 Braxton Brown (MD)

141 – #1 Beau Bartlett (PSU) vs #6Joseph Olivieri (RUT)

149 – #1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs #6 Andrew Clark (RUT)

197 – #2 Josh Barr (PSU) vs #4 Isaiah Salazar (MINN)

Semifinal winners have secured their spot for the Big Ten Championship and will wrestle for 1st place along with 3rd and 5th place matches taking place during session IV starting at 6PM EST live on Big Ten Network

1st Place Matches

125 – #4 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) vs #2 Caleb Smith (NEB)

157 – #2 Tyler Kasak (PSU) vs #8 Brandon Cannon (OSU)

165 – #1 Mitchell Mesenbrink( PSU) vs #2 Mike Calends (IOWA)

174 – #1 Levi Haines (PSU) vs #3 Lenny Pinto (NEB)

184 – #1 Carter Straocci (PSU) vs #2 Max McEnelly (MINN)

285 – #2 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) vs #1 Gable Stevenson (MINN)