Penn State Wrestling's Mitchell Mesenbrink defeats Owen Eck 19-4 in Penn State's dual meet against Oklahoma, November 14, 2025 Credit - Lloyd McCully
Penn State Wrestling was back in action this Sunday as they took part in the 2025 Black Knight Invite.
And in this case, “compete” was just another word for “wipe the floor with pretty much everyone”. Because in the end the Nittany Lions went a combined 60-14 and won titles at nine of the 10 weight classes. Penn State Wrestling also racked up 19 place finishers on the day.
Additionally, Penn State grapplers piled up 12 major decisions, 21 technical falls, and 16 pins throughout the whole tournament.
A total of 20 Penn State wrestlers took to the mat in Sunday’s action. And the results pretty much spoke 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 six matches pitting a Nittany Lion vs. a Nittany Lion. Heck, five of the finals matches were Lion on Lion action. However, unlike in last year’s Black Knight Invite, the coaching staff let these matches play out.
And let’s just say that they did not disappoint one bit!
So without further ado …
Full results from the 2025 Black Knight Invite!
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Credit – Lloyd McCully
Luke Lilledahl (125) – 2nd place
1st round bye
W – 17-2 tech. fall over Sawyer Ostroff (LIU)
W – 18-2 tech. fall over Sulayman Bah (COL)
L – 5-3 dec. against Nate Desmond (PSU)
Nate Desmond (125) – 1st place
W – 15-0 tech. fall over Connor Smith (COL)
W – 7-0 dec. over Cooper Flynn (UT-C)
W – 17-4 major dec. over Charlie Farmer (ARMY)
W – 5-3 dec. over Luke Lilledahl (PSU)
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Credit – Lloyd McCully
Marcus Blaze (133) – 1st place
1st round bye
W – 17-1 tech. fall over Jackson Baglio (GWU)
W – fall (0:46) over Max Elton (BUFF)
W – 18-5 major dec. over Jake Crapps (ARMY)
W – 21-6 tech. fall over Ethan Gerginc (ARMY)
Credit – Lloyd McCully
Kyison Garcia (133) – 6th place
W – 15-0 tech. fall over Troy Guerra (BUFF)
W – 4-2 dec. over Ethan Uhorchuk (UT-C)
L – 11-3 major dec. against Takeo Davis (GWU)
W – 12-4 major dec. over Ethan Lipsey (UT-C)
W – 11-2 major dec. over Byrce Luna (UT-C)
L – 6-0 dec. against Evin Gursoy (COL)
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Credit – Lloyd McCully
Aaron Nagao (141) – 2nd place
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Till Helms (GWU)
W – 18-2 tech. fall over Yuta Otero (UT-C)
W – 13-6 dec. over Hunter Mason (UT-C)
L – Inj. forfeit against Braden Basile (ARMY)
Cael Nasdeo (141) – 4th place
1st round bye
W – 15-12 dec. over Lorenzo Frezza (COL)
L – 11-3 major dec. against Braden Basile (ARMY)
L – 5-1 dec. against Hunter Mason (UT-C)
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Credit – Lloyd McCully
Shayne Van Ness (149) – 1st place
W – fall (1:12) over Marco Frinzi (COL)
W – fall (1:31) over Justin Holly (BUFF)
W – 16-1 tech. fall over Mason Barvitskie (ARMY)
W – 14-7 dec. over Connor Pierce (PSU)
Connor Pierce (149) – 2nd place
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Ryan Franco (ARMY)
W – fall (4:00) over Sam Ewing (BUFF)
W – 18-5 major dec. over Richard Fedalen (COL)
L – 14-7 dec. against Shayne Van Ness (PSU)
Dalton Perry (149)
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Billy Meiszner (UT-C)
L – Inj. forfeit against Richard Fedalen (COL)
L – Inj. forfeit against Marco Frinzi (COL)
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PJ Duke (157) – 1st place
W – fall (1:38) over Owen Hicks (ARMY)
W – fall (2:37) over CJ Liddie (UT-C)
W – fall (1:29) over Kaleb Burgess (BUFF)
W – 2-1 dec. over Joe Sealey (PSU)
Credit – Lloyd McCully
Joe Sealey (157) – 2nd place
W – fall (3:24) over Owen O’Conner (ARMY)
W – 21-8 major dec. over Kellen Smith (ARMY)
W – 22-6 tech. fall over Brayden Roberts (LIU)
L – 2-1 dec. against PJ Duke (PSU)
165
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Mitchell Mesenbrink (165) – 1st place
W – fall (4:40) over Nathan McCartney (GWU)
W – fall (1:41) over Jack Valentin (LIU)
W – 20-5 tech. fall over Mason Reiniche (UT-C)
W – fall (2:03) over Gunner Filipowicz (ARMY)
Sam Beckett (165) – 5th place
1st round bye
L – 14-3 major dec. against Cesar Alvan (COL)
W – 8-0 major dec. over Brady Unger (BUFF)
W – 4-1 dec. over Kelin Laffey (BUFF)
W – 4-1 dec. over Micah Hanau (ARMY)
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Levi Haines (174) – 1st place
W – 18-2 tech. fall over Andrew Christie (ARMY)
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Isaish Guerrero (GWU)
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Cooper Haase (ARMY)
W – 4-0 dec. over Will Henckel (PSU)
Will Henckel (174) – 2nd place
W – 19-4 tech. fall over Eric Tigue (BUFF)
W – 15-0 tech. fall over Andrew Wilson (GWU)
W – 7-3 dec. over Nick Fine (COL)
L – 4-0 dec. against Levi Haines (PSU)
184
Credit – Lloyd McCully
Rocco Welsh (184) – 1st place
1st round bye
W – 20-4 tech. fall over Cole Karpinski (ARMY)
W – 19-7 major dec. over Joseph Curtis (COL)
W – 13-5 major dec. over Asher Cunningham (PSU)
Credit – Lloyd McCully
Asher Cunningham (174) – 2nd place
1st round bye
W – 12-0 major dec. over David Barrett (ARMY)
W – 11-3 major dec. over Aaron Ayzerov (COL)
L – 13-5 major dec. against Rocco Welsh (PSU)
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Connor Mirasola (197) – 1st place
1st round bye
W – fall (2:38) over Eli Pack (ARMY)
W – fall (2:18) Adam Haselius (COL)
W – 17-2 tech. fall over Wolfgang Frable (ARMY)
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Cole Mirasola (285) – 1st place
W- fall (1:53) over Rocky Files (GWU)
W – fall (2:44) over Tristen Hitchcock (ARMY)
W – 3-1 dec. over Lucas Cochran (PSU)
W – 10-6 dec. over Brady Colbert (ARMY)
Lucas Cochran (285) – 3rd place
1st round bye
W – 19-1 tech. fall over Sam Sorenson (ARMY)
L – 3-1 dec. against Cole Mirasola (PSU)
W – 12-2 major dec. over Vincent Mueller (COL)
Next up for the Nittany Lions
Penn State hits the road once again in their next outing on December 5th. This time they are traveling to Philadelphia to take on Drexel. The dual meet starts at 7:30pm EST.
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