Penn State Wrestling: Nittany Lions blast competition in the 2024 Black Knight Invite
Penn State Wrestling was back in action this Sunday as they traveled up to New York to compete in the 2024 Black Knight Invite.
And in this case “compete” was just another word for “destroy all comers” because in the end the Nittany Lions went a combined 61-15, won titles at nine of the 10 weight classes, and had 18 place finishers. Furthermore, Penn State grapplers racked up 10 major decisions, 24 technical falls, and 15 pins throughout the whole tournament.
A total of 22 Penn State wrestlers took to the mat in Sunday’s action. And the results pretty much speak for themselves. The Nittany Lions were simply overwhelming and most of the guys weren’t even really tested.
That is unless their opponent was also a member of the Penn State Wrestling Team. In all there were a total of nine matches pitting a Nittany Lion vs. a Nittany Lion. Heck, five of the finals matches were Lion on Lion action. At least on paper there were.
However, due to matches against teammates not actually counting, the Penn State staff decided to not proceed with the finals matches at 174, 184, and 285. Which is a bit of a bummer. But I get it.
The rest of the teammate matches did not disappoint one bit.
So without further ado …
Full results from the 2024 Black Knight Invite!
125
Luke Lilledahl (125) – 1st place
1st round bye
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Jeffrey Jacome (Gardner-Webb)
W – 8-2 dec. over Kurt McHenry (PSU)
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Charlie Farmer (Army)
Kurt McHenry (125) – 3rd place
1st round bye
W – 11-7 dec. over Sulayman Bah (Columbia)
L – 8-2 dec. against Luke Lilledahl (PSU)
W – 13-1 major dec. over Caleb Weiand (Michigan State)
133
Gary Steen (133)
1st round bye
L – 8-5 dec. against Takeo Davis (Gardner-Webb)
W – 11-1 major dec. over Tyler Lamon (Gardner-Webb)
L – 14-4 major dec. against Kysion Garcia (PSU)
Kysion Garcia (133) – 6th place
L – 4-1 dec. against No. 25 Ethan Berginc (Army)
W – 17-2 tech. fall over Jared Chuquilin (LIU)
W – 14-4 major dec. over Gary Steen (PSU)
L – 4-1 dec. against Tim Levine (PSU)
Tim Levine (133) – 5th place
W – 4-0 dec. over Tyler Laman (George Washington)
L – 14-2 major dec. against Boris Witmer
W – fall (5:15) over Andrew Hampton (Michigan State)
W – 4-1 dec. over Kysion Garcia (PSU)
141
Beau Bartlett (141) – 1st place
W – 16-1 tech. fall over Charlie Shy (Gardner-Webb)
W – 4-1 dec. over Joe Fongaro (Rutgers)
W – 18-3 tech. fall over Rich Treanor (Army)
W – fall (5:57) over Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb)
Cael Nasdeo (141)
W – 15-0 tech. fall over Ty Edwards (George Washington)
L – 9-4 dec. against Braden Basile (Army)
L – 5-2 dec. against Devin Matthews (LIU)
149
Shayne Van Ness (149) – 1st place
1st round bye
W – 18-1 tech. fall over Yanni Vines (Columbia)
W – 15-2 major dec. over Joey Giordan (Gardner-Webb)
W – 5-0 dec. over Richard Fedalen (Columbia)
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Andrew Clark (Rutgers)
Connor Pierce (149)
1st round bye
W – 16-7 major dec. over Trae McDaniel (Army)
L – 8-1 dec. against Michael Cetta (Rutgers)
W – 8-5 dec. over Mason Barvitskie (Army)
L – 10-4 dec. against Ivan Garcia (Binghamton)
157
Tyler Kasak (157) – 1st place
1st round bye
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Rawson Iwanicki (Columbia)
W – 19-3 tech. fall over Jordan Brown (Binghamton)
W – 18-5 major dec. over Dakota Morris (Army)
W – 5-2 dec. over Alex Facundo (PSU)
Alex Facundo (157) – 2nd place
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Mason Steward (Michigan State)
W – 21-6 tech. fall over Jake Wacha (Columbia)
W – 17-2 tech. fall over Fin Nadeau (Binghamton)
W – 24-8 tech. fall over Drew Pepin (Gardner-Webb)
L – 5-2 dec. against Tyler Kasak (PSU)
165
Mitchell Mesenbrink (165) – 1st place
W – 18-3 tech. fall over Carter Baer (Binghamton)
W – 18-1 tech. fall over Cam Adams (Michigan State)
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Anthony White (Rutgers)
W – 17-2 tech. fall over Gunner Filipowicz (Army)
Ty Watson (165)
L – 12-2 major dec. against Gunner Filipowicz (Army)
W – fall (4:10) over Cam Adams (Michigan State)
L – 11-4 dec. against Cesar Alvan (Columbia)
174
Levi Haines (174) – T-1st place
W – fall (4:29) over Marty Larkin (Michigan State)
W – fall (3:36) over Matt Romanelli (Columbia)
W – 17-1 tech. fall over Cooper Haase (Army)
NC Matt Lee (PSU)
Matt Lee (174) – T-1st place
1st round bye
W – 17-2 tech. fall over Andrew Wilson (Gardner-Webb)
W – 5-4 dec. over Dalton Harkins (Army)
NC Levi Haines (PSU)
184
Carter Starocci (184) – T-1st place
W – fall (1:37) over Spencer Fine (Columbia)
W – 20-3 tech. fall over Cole Karpinski (Army)
W – fall (4:23) over Lucas Daly (Michigan State)
NC Jack Ryder (PSU)
Zack Ryder (184) – T-1st place
W – fall (3:43) over Cory Thomas (Michigan State)
W – 4-2 dec. over Brian Soldano (Rutgers)
W – 4-1 dec. over Shane Cartegena-Walsh (Rutgers)
NC Carter Starocci (PSU)
197
Lucas Cochran (197) – 2nd place
W – fall (3:58) over Mason Rebulk (Bloomsburg)
W – 15-0 tech. fall over Chris Murphy (Army)
W – 11-1 major dec. over Remy Cotton (Michigan State)
L – 10-1 major dec. against Josh Barr (PSU)
Josh Barr (197) – 1st place
W – fall (2:26) over Jack Bernik (Columbia)
W – fall (2:53) over Josh McCutchen (Gardner-Webb)
W – 11-0 major dec. over Connor Mirasola (PSU)
W – 10-1 major dec. over Lucas Cochran (PSU)
Connor Mirasola (197) – 3rd place
W – 15-6 major dec. over Reid Schroeder (Army)
W – fall (5:33) over Kael Wisler (Michigan State)
L – 11-0 major dec. against Josh Barr (PSU)
W – 8-4 dec. over Remy Cotton (Michigan State)
285
Greg Kerkvliet (285) – T-1st place
W – fall (2:31) over Tristen Hitchcock (Army)
W – fall (1:29) over Billy McChesney (Columbia)
W – 15-0 tech. fall over Brady Colbert (Army)
NC Cole Mirasola (PSU)
Cole Mirasola (285) – T-1st place
1st round bye
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Sam Sorenson (Army)
W – fall (0:32) over Max Vanadia (Michigan State)
NC Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)
Next up for the Nittany Lions
Penn State hits the road once again in their next outing. This time they are traveling to Bethlehem where the Nittany Lions will be taking on the Lehigh Mountain Hawks on December 8th. The dual meet starts at 2:00pm EST.
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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