Penn State Wrestling vs. Michigan State: Nittany Lions blank Sparty 55-0 | FULL RESULTS
Penn State Wrestling kicked off the 2025 B1G regular season with a resounding smackdown of Michigan State 55-0.
The Nittany Lion faithful filled Rec Hall Friday evening as they eagerly awaited Penn State’s first dual meet since the National Collegiate Duals back in December.
And it’s safe to say the Nittany Lions squad gave the home crowd exactly what they came for. Which was an utter domination of the Spartans.
On a side note, if you’re a casual Penn State sports fan and you’ve somehow stumbled upon this article, I would strongly suggest you follow the wrestling team. Even if you don’t know much about wrestling, just tune in and watch some of their duals. Thankfully the rest of the season will be aired nationally on the B1G Network, so it won’t be a big lift to watch.
Because if you’re still stinging from Penn State Football’s loss last night in the Orange Bowl, then I promise you that won’t happen when you watch wrestling. The program that Cael Sanderson has built here in Happy Valley is the definition of “unrivaled”. And they sure do a lot of winning along the way.
Now onto the wrestling!
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Penn State Wrestling vs. Michigan State FULL RESULTS
Look, is this year’s version of Michigan State Wrestling a good team?
Not at all. At least by B1G standards.
But Penn State Wrestling did what they always do regardless of the opponent. And that was to give 110% in each of the matches.
They rarely wrestle down to their competition and the results spoke for themselves tonight.
About the only item to note was that the dual meet started out at 285, instead of the customary start at 125.
285-149
And Greg Kerkvliet kicked off the night in prime time fashion by pinning his guy inside of the first minute.
Luke Lilledahl and Braeden Davis continued the onslaught by each piling up technical falls. From that point on, Penn State was off to the races.
About the only competitive match of the night was when Beau Bartlett and Jaden Cumpler were tied 0-0 going into the second period. However that still ended up with Bartlett on the winning side of a 12-3 major decision.
Shayne Van Ness then got the home crowd to their feet as he hit on his second takedown and worked it into Penn State Wrestling’s second fall of the first half.
Going into the intermission, the Nittany Lions led Michigan State 26-0.
157-197
Tyler Kasak and Mitchell Mesenbrink kept their foot firmly on the pedal in the next two matches. Kasak picked up Penn State Wrestling’s third pin and Mesenbrink piled on his ninth straight technical fall of the year.
Levi Haines make quick work of his opponent with a second period fall and Carter Starocci kept the score keeper busy with Penn State’s fifth pin of the dual.
Josh Barr then capped off the night with Penn State’s sixth fall of the night!
Wow.
Michigan State 0 Penn State 55
285 – No. 2 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) fall over Max Vanadia (MSU) 0:56, MSU 0 PSU 6
125 – No. 12 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) tech. fall over Nick Corday (MSU) 19-2, MSU 0 PSU 11
133 – No. 5 Braeden Davis (PSU) tech. fall over Andrew Hampton (MSU) 20-5, MSU 0 PSU 16
141 – No. 3 Beau Bartlett (PSU) major dec. over Jaden Crumpler (MSU) 12-3, MSU 0 PSU 20
149 – No. 2 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) fall over Clayton Jones (MSU) 2:25, MSU 0 PSU 26
157 – No. 3 Tyler Kasak (PSU) fall over Braden Stauffenberg (MSU) 3:46, MSU 0 PSU 32
165 – No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) tech. fall over Jay Nivison (MSU) 20-5, MSU 0 PSU 37
174 – No. 2 Levi Haines (PSU) fall over Ceasar Garza (MSU) 4:13, MSU 0 PSU 43
184 – No. 1 Carter Starocci (PSU) fall over Ryan Boucher (MSU) 5:48, MSU 0 PSU 49
197 – No. 4 Josh Barr (PSU) fall over Cory Thomas (MSU) 2:44, MSU 0 PSU 55
Notes, What’s Next for Penn State Wrestling
Penn State Wrestling ups their record to 7-0 on the season and they extend their dual meet unbeaten streak to 63.
Additionally, the Nittany Lions are 1-0 in the B1G regular season.
Cael Sanderson’s career Nittany Lion record improves to 210-16-2.
Penn State Wrestling is back on the mat next Friday as they travel to Nebraska. Action starts at 9:00pm EST and will be broadcast on the B1G Network.
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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.
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