Penn State Wrestling's Mitchell Mesenbrink defeats Beau Mantanona 18-4 in Penn State's dual meet against Michigan, February 7, 2025. Credit - Lloyd McCully
The penultimate session of the 2025 B1G Wrestling Championships is in the books for Penn State Wrestling.
With several of the Nittany Lion wrestlers securing wins last night in the consolation bracket, Cael Sanderson and his coaching staff have locked down automatic NCAA bids for all 10 guys. And hey, even for a program with a winning pedigree like Penn State, that’s not an easy feat to accomplish.
But before we turn the page to this evening’s finals, third place matches, and possibly fifth place match, let’s highlight what happened in Session III of the B1G’s.
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Sunday Session I Results for Penn State Wrestling
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Big Ten Wrestling Consolation Bracket
133
No. 4 Braeden Davis (PSU) dec. over No. 3 Braxton Brown (MD) 9-7
141
No. 1 Beau Bartlett (PSU) dec. over No. 6 Joseph Oliveri (RUT) 4-2
149
No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) major dec. over Andrew Clark (RUT) 12-1
197
No. 4 Isaiah Salazar (MINN) inj. forfeit over No. 2 Josh Barr (PSU) 1:07
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Session IV Matchups for Penn State Wrestling
Credit – Lloyd McCully
5th Place Match
197
No. 2 Josh Barr (PSU) vs. No. 7 Camden McDanel (NEB)
On a side note here, I see now way that Josh Barr laces up his shoes for the 5th place match. With NCAA’s only two weeks left and with an injury to his left knee, it’s certainly best he just sits this one out. Hopefully he’ll be able to recover in time to get anywhere close to 80% by then.
3rd Place Matches
133
No. 4 Braeden Davis (PSU) vs. No. 9 Nic Bouzakis (OSU)
141
No. 1 Beau Bartlett (PSU) vs. No. 2 Jesse Mendez (OSU)
149
No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs. No. 2 Kyle Parco (IOWA)
Finals Matches
Credit – Lloyd McCully
125
No. 4 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) vs. No. 2 Caleb Smith (NEB)
157
No. 2 Tyler Kasak (PSU) vs. No. 8 Brandon Cannon (OSU)
165
No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) vs. No. 2 Mike Caliendo (IOWA)
174
No. 1 Levi Haines (PSU) vs. No. 3 Lenny Pinto (NEB)
184
No. 1 Carter Starocci (PSU) vs. No. 2 Max McEnelly (MINN)
285
No. 2 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) vs. No. 1 Gable Steveson (MINN)
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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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