Penn State Wrestlers Secure 7 All American Honors in Quarterfinals | Session III Full Results
The top eight finishers at the NCAA tournament are awarded All-American Honors and a win in the Quarterfinals secures that sport. Penn State Wrestling had a grappler in all 10 quarterfinals, and came away with seven berths to the semi-finals and All-American Honors.
Beau Bartlett, Shayne Van Ness, Carter Starocci, Josh Barr, Greg Kerkvliet, Levi Haines, and Mitchel Mesenbrink all won their quarterfinal round matches and will wrestle in the Semi-Finals Friday night.
Credit – Lloyd McCully
The wrestlers that lost in the quarters all have a shot at redemption in the consolation rounds but must win 4 straight bouts to land 3rd ,but only need a single win in the consolation bracket to secure their All-American status by finishing in the top 8.
Penn State Wrestling Session III Full Results
125lbs – Sheldon Seymore (Lehigh) defeated 1 Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) on tie break 3
133lbs – Lucas Byrd (Illinois) won by major decision over Braeden Davis (Penn State)
141lbs – Beau Bartlett (Penn State) by decision over CJ Composto (Pennsylvania)
149lbs – Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) won by decision over Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
157lbs – Joey Blaze (Purdue) won by decision over Tyler Kasak (Penn State)
165lbs – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) won by decision over Cameron Amine (Oklahoma State).
174 lbs – Levi Haines (Penn State) won by decision over Danny Wask (Navy)
184lbs – Carter Starocci (Penn State) won by major decision over Jaxon Smith (Maryland)
197lbs – Josh Barr (Penn State) 19-3 won by major decision over Michael Beard (Lehigh) 22-2 (MD 14-3)
285lbs – Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) 21-1 won by decision over Joshua Heindselman (Michigan) 24-5 (Dec 5-0)
Consolation Matches
125lbs – Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) vs Luke Lilledahl (Penn State)
133lbs – Evan Frost (Iowa State) vs Braeden Davis (Penn State)
157lbs – Jude Swisher (Pennsylvania) vs Tyler Kasak (Penn State)
Credit – Lloyd McCully
Semifinal Matches
141lbs – Beau Bartlett (Penn State) vs Jesse Mendez (Ohio State)
149lbs – Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) vs Shayne Van Ness (Penn State)
165lbs – Christopher Minto (Nebraska) vs Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State)
174lbs – Levi Haines (Penn State) vs Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State)
184lbs – Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) vs Carter Starocci (Penn State)
197lbs – Josh Barr (Penn State) vs Jacob Cardenas (Michigan)
285lbs – Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) vs Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)
Credit – Lloyd McCully
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