Penn State Wrestling's Mitchell Mesenbrink defeats Iowa's Mike Caliendo 8-2 to win the individual title at 165 in the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Credit: Lloyd McCully
The grind that is the NCAA Wrestling Championships has concluded it’s third session of wrestling and let’s recap the results for Penn State Wrestling.
Following the first two sessions, the Nittany Lions were out to a decent lead in the team race. But there were still plenty of teams in the hunt and plenty of matches to be wrestled.
Credit – Lloyd McCully
And boy was the action in Session III just as exciting as ever!
But before that, here is a quick look at the team scores and the schedule for the action set for later today.
Team Scores (as of 2:57pm)
1. Penn State 103.5
2. Oklahoma State 64
3. Nebraska 57.5
4. Iowa 48.0
5. Ohio State 42.0
Friday Evening Schedule
Credit: Lloyd McCully
Friday Evening Schedule – 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Session IV
Time: 8:00 p.m. EST
Where: Cleveland, Ohio (Rocket Mortgage Field House)
TV: ESPN2 and ESPN+
Online Radio: Free via Lionvision at GoPSUsports.com
Session Duration: 3 hours
Penn State Wrestling Session III Results
Session III Matches for Penn State Wrestling – Quarterfinals
Championship Bracket
125
No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) dec. over No. 8 Dean Peterson (IOWA) 2-1 TB1
133
No. 3 Marcus Blaze (PSU) dec. over No. 6 Drake Ayala (IOWA) 5-3
149
No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) dec. over No. 8 Casey Swiderski (OKST) 5-2 SV
157
No. 1 PJ Duke (PSU) tech. fall over No. 8 Brandon Cannon (OHST) 21-5
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165
No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) dec. over No. 9 Bryce Hepner (UNC) 6-0
174
No. 1 Levi Haines (PSU) tech. fall over No. 9 Beau Mantanona (MICH) 18-3
184
No. 1 Rocco Welsh (PSU) deff. over No. 8 Silas Allred (NEB) 7-1 (5:11)
197
No. 1 Josh Barr (PSU) tech. fall over No. 9 Angelo Posada (STAN) 19-3
Consolation Bracket (upcoming)
141
No. 14 Braeden Davis (PSU) vs. No. 29 Jordan Titus (WVU)
285
No. 9 Cole Mirasola (PSU) vs. No. 26 Luke Luffman (ILL) or No. 23 Stephan Monchery (APP)
Penn State Wrestling Session IV Matchups
Credit – Lloyd McCully
Session IV Matchups for Penn State Wrestling – Semifinals
Championship Bracket
125
No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) vs. No. 5 Troy Spratley (OKST)
133
No. 3 Marcus Blaze (PSU) vs. No. 2 Ben Davino (OHST)
149
No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs. No. 20 Chance Lamer (NEB)
157
No. 1 PJ Duke (PSU) vs. No. 5 Landon Robideau (OKST)
165
No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) vs. No. 12 Cesar Alvan (COL)
174
No. 1 Levi Haines (PSU) vs. No. 5 Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)
184
No. 1 Rocco Welsh (PSU) vs. No. 5 Brock Mantanona (MICH)
197
No. 1 Josh Barr (PSU) vs. No. 5 Joey Novak (WYO)
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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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