Penn State Wrestling Runs Through Session I of NCAA Championships | FULL RESULTS
Penn State Wrestling head coach Cael Sanderson started the day looking for his 4th straight National Championship and the Nittany Lions are expected to leave Philly with the team trophy.
With only one wrestler out of ten seeded lower than fourth (8 seed Braeden Davis), stacking wins in the early rounds is putting distance between Penn State and their closest competitor.
Credit – Lloyd McCully
All ten Penn State Wrestlers won their first-round matchups and bonus Points were the theme of the round of 32 with 9 out of 10 wrestlers winning with bonus points.
After the first round the team results have Penn State in 1st with 24.0 points followed by Oklahoma State with 15.5 and Michigan with 12.0.
Penn State Wrestling Round of 32 Results
Luke Lilledahl put on a takedown clinic against Marcello Milani (Cornell) with 6 in the first two rounds to win via tech fall. I had to go back and check the stats because I couldn’t keep count live.
Braden Davis took a majority decision win with a late third-period takedown and near fall points to ice his win over Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) and earn his team’s bonus point.
Beau Bartlett took a close decision win over Jordan Titus (West Virginia) but the match was never in doubt for the 2 seeded Bartlett.
Mitchel Mesenbrink won via tech fall shutout early in the second period 16-0
Tyler Kasak, Shayne Van Ness, and Levi Haines all won via Fall in their first-round matches helping to score a combined nine team points
Carter Strarocci notched his 100th career victory with a Tech Fall win against Caden Rogers (Lehigh).
After an injury in the Big Ten Championships Josh Barrs health was uncertain coming into the NCAAs and he took MD victory 9-1 over Tucker Hogan (Lock Haven).
Greg Kerkvliet won via tech fall 15-0 against Sam Mitchell (Wyoming).
Stories from the rest of the Field Session I
197lbs Brothers Luke (Princeton) and Mac (Pittsburgh) Stout will face of in session II. This is the first time in Division I history that brothers have faced off in the NCAA tournament.
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Penn State Wrestlers Session II Matchups
Credit – Lloyd McCully
125lbs – 1 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) vs 16 Blake West (NIU)
133lbs – 8 Braeden Davis (PSU) vs 9 Braxton Brown (MD)
141lbs – 2 Beau Bartlett (PSU) Vs 18 Julian Tagg (SDSU)
149lbs – 3 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs 19 Andrew Clark (RUT)
157lbs – 1 Tyler Kasak (PSU) vs 16 Cody Chittum (ISU)
165lbs – 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) vs 16 Kyle Mosher (HOF)
174lbs – 2 Levi Haines (PSU) vs 18 Gaven Sax (OK)
184lbs – 1 Carter Starocci (PSU) vs 16 Shane Cartagena-Wals (RUT)
197lbs – 4 Josh Barr (PSU) vs 13 Trey Munoz (OKST)
HWT – 3 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) vs 14 Gavin Hoffman (LH)
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