Penn State Wrestling results in Session V of the 2025 NCAA's

Having three wrestlers in the finals as a team, Penn State Wrestling and Cael Sanderson came out in the medal round determined to win. Excluding Greg Kerkvliet, who forfeited due to injury, the remaining wrestlers won out in the medal round.

For only the second time in history a team had 10 All-Americans (2001 Minnesota). And just like the Gophers, the Nittany Lions have done it this year. All ten Penn State wrestlers earned All-American honors yesterday, and they came out today to cement the weekend.

Losing tough semifinal or quarterfinal bouts and having to come back the next day to keep wrestling is never easy mentally. But Penn State wrestlers showed the reason they are on pace to break their team point total from last season.

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Penn State Medal Round Results

Penn State Wrestling, Tyler Kasak — A bloodied Tyler Kasak of Penn State Wrestling celebrates after defeating Iowa’s Jacori Teemer 5-2 in the 157-pound bout on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in State College, Pa. The Nittany Lions won 30-8.

5th Place Matches

133 – Braeden Davis (Penn State) over Connor McGonagle (Virginia Tech) Fall 2:33

Davis scored an early takedown in the first. Then he followed that with a quick escape from McGonagle. During the ensuing scramble, Braeden Davis put his opponents back down and earned 5th place with a pin fall victory.

285 – Owen Trephan (Lehigh) over Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) Medical Forfeit

Kerkvliet lost his semifinal matchup and was not looking 100%. Kerkvliet decided to medically forfeit his medal round matches.

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3rd Place Matches

125 – Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) over Matt Ramos (Purdue) Fall 6:18

Lilledahl and Ramos battled closely for most of the bout. With was similar to their matchup at the B1G’s. However in the third period Lilledahl put Ramos on his back for the fall. Walking off the mat Luke stopped for autographs from Penn State fans in the crowd.

141 – Beau Bartlett (Penn State) over CJ Composto (Pennsylvania) MD 11-2

Bartlett stayed poised and business-like until he knew he had the win in the bag. He had a big smile on his face after his win. Bartlett was being interviewed on ESPN while Lilledhal was on the other mat and couldn’t help himself but cheer on his teammate as he got the pin.

149 – Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) over Dylan D`Emilio (Ohio State) MD 15-4

157 – Tyler Kasak (Penn State) over Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) MD 8-0

174 – Levi Haines (Penn State) over Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) MD 11-3

Van Ness, Kasak and Haines were all on the mat back to back right after Bartlett and Lilledhal won their bouts. Each Penn State grappler came out and showed their dominance with three straight bonus point wins.

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Team Results

Penn State Wrestling, Shayne Van-Ness — Penn State’s Shayne Van Ness has his hand raised after scoring a fall at 149 pounds during the first session of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Thursday, March 16, 2023, at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
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As a team, Penn State has been dominating with bonus points in almost all of their bouts growing their lead after each session. With just the Championship Matches this evening, Penn State has secured their 2025 National Championship and looks to only add to their lead and potential record tonight.

Penn State: 169.0
Nebraska 109.0
Oklahoma State 94.5
Iowa 77.0
Minnesota 51.0

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Kolin Hurlbut

Penn State Wrestling Reporter at NittanyCentral

Kolin Hurlbut covers Penn State Wrestling for NittanyCentral.

New to sportswriting, Hurlbut Launched his personal blog, The Casual Fan in the past year.

He has a passion for sports, growing up in the midwest watching AFC North and Big Ten Football.

Kolin Attended THE Ohio State University and Purdue University earning a BS in Communication and MS in IT Project Management. Kolin also enjoys writing short stories based on his 12 year career in the US Army.