Ranking the Top 10 Penn State Wrestling Grapplers of Cael Sanderson Era
Experience the greatness of the top 10 wrestlers of the Cael Sanderson era for Penn State Wrestling. Find out who dominated and left a lasting impact
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NCAA Wrestling: Ranking the Best NCAA Wrestling Teams of All-Time
The final chapter of the 2023-2024 wrestling season has closed and the Penn State Wrestling team put on a show for the ages. Over the three days of the NCAA Wrestling Championships, the Nittany Lions compiled a team score of 172.5, breaking the previous record of 170 Iowa scored in 1997. But the question still … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Highly Rated Recruit Decommits from the Nittany Lions
Penn State Wrestling received some rare bad news, as highly-touted recruit Mason Gibson decommitted from Cael Sanderson and the Nittany Lions
Penn State Wrestling: Navigating the Transfer Portal with Precision
Penn State Wrestling is officially in the collegiate off-season, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to completely tune out your wrestling feeds. And no, I am not alluding to the 2024 USA Olympic Team Trials slated to take place on April 19th and 20th at the Bryce Jordan Center. Because if you’re a fan of … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Inside How Nittany Lions Won 2024 National Title, Set Scoring Record
Penn State Wrestling put on the most impressive performance any team has ever done in the history of the NCAA Wrestling Championships. The Nittany Lions led the pack from Session I all of the way to Session VI on Saturday evening. It’s rare for any team to wrap up a team title early on Saturday, … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Session V Results from the 2024 NCAA Championships
Penn State Wrestling still had two wrestlers fighting for high place finishes in Session V of the 2024 NCAA Championships. Just a handful of hours prior, the jam packed T-Mobile Center in Kansas City saw the Nittany Lions advance six wrestlers to the NCAA finals. And the dominant run of NCAA Championships continued as Penn … Read more
Penn State Wrestling Runs Away With 3rd Straight Team National Championship
Penn State Wrestling is once again NCAA Champions. And there you have it. With Mitchell Mesenbrinks 17-9 major decision in Session IV of Friday night’s wrestling action, the Penn State Wresting team has captured their 11th NCAA Team Championship in the past 13 NCAA Tournaments. Following the action in Session III of the 2024 NCAA … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Session III Results from the 2024 NCAA Championships
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 … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: What Does a Successful 2024 Big Ten Championship Look Like for Nittany Lions?
Penn State Wrestling is getting ready to pile into the team van and make their trek down to College Park to take part in the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships this weekend. That’s right folks, just like that, make no mistake about it, it’s Big Ten Championship week! And it’s time to fire up the … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Match Grades, Best Match, and MVP from this past weekend
No. 1 Penn State Wrestling was firing on all cylinders this past weekend in dual meet action against both Iowa and Rutgers. The Nittany Lions started off by clobbering No. 3 Iowa 29-6 in Iowa City, and then they electrified the Bryce Jordan Center crowd with a 35-3 beatdown of No. 14 Rutgers. And while … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Top-5 Nittany Lion Wrestling Moments at Bryce Jordan Center
Penn State Wrestling has had some incredible moments in Rec Hall in its long and storied history, but fans inside the Bryce Jordan Center have also experienced their fair share of exciting memories. The Nittany Lions are prepping for their clash with the No. 14 ranked Scarlet Knights this Monday evening at 7:00pm EST. So, … Read more
No. 1 Penn State Wrestling Dismantles No. 3 Iowa 29-6 | FULL RESULTS
No. 1 Penn State Wrestling shook off some early losses to throttle No .3 Iowa 29-6 on the road. With the win, Nittany Lions head coach Cael Sanderson notched his 200th dual meet victory while at Penn State, and is one of 12 active Division I coaches to accomplish this feat at the same school. … Read more
Penn State Wrestling Throttles Maryland 42-6 | FULL RESULTS
No. 1 Penn State Wrestling proved exactly whey they are “Pin State” in dominant road win against Maryland 42-6. The dual meet in College Park started off with a bang, then slowed down at times. But holy cow was the second half unbelievably exciting for the large Penn State crowd in attendance. The Nittany Lions secured four … Read more
Penn State Wrestling Recruiting Hot Streak Continues With Another Top-Ranked Commitment
Penn State Wrestling is hot on the recruiting trail and they just added their second big commitment in the past couple of days. Blair Academy’s William Henckel, the No. 12 overall recruit in the 2025 class according to FloWrestling, announced to the nation yesterday evening that he was choosing Cael Sanderson and the Nittany Lions … Read more
Penn State Wrestling Secures Another Highly Rated 2025 Commit
Learn how Penn State Wrestling is revitalizing their lightweight class with the addition of standout recruit Nate Desmond.
Penn State Wrestling Breezes Past Hofstra 43-10, In Second Dual of Season | FULL RESULTS
The No. 1 Penn State Wrestling team completely crushed the Hofstra Pride 43-10 in front of the home crowd on Sunday afternoon. Even without the services of Beau Bartlett (rest), Shayne Van Ness (out for the remainder of the season due to an injury), and Greg Kerkvliet (competing in the U.S. Senior Nationals), the Nittany … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: All-American to Miss Rest of Season
Penn State Wrestling has a team this year that looked like it could be on its way to winning yet another national championship and shattering some records along the way. The Nittany Lions returned eight All-Americans to its lineup, and includes two three-time national champions in Carter Starocci and Aaron Brooks. But, it’s the other … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Nittany Lions take down Lehigh 30-10 in opening dual | FULL RESULTS
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The No. 1 Penn State Wrestling team flexed their muscles against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 30-10 in their first dual meet action of the 2023-2024 season. Several Nittany Lions backups were in action and even though Lehigh is a talented squad, it just didn’t matter. Was the score drastically … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: How Olympic Redshirt Decision Impacts Nittany Lions’ Championship Hopes
You know Penn State Wrestling is a well oiled machine of dominance when a highly ranked grappler takes a redshirt and a Junior World Champion takes his place. And with the middle weights in the Nittany Lions‘ roster completely chock-full of super competitive guys, there were a lot of questions about how Cael Sanderson would manage … Read more
Penn State Wrestling: Nittany Lions Dominate the Mat at 2023 Journeymen Collegiate Classic
Penn State Wrestling officially kicked off the 2023-2024 season as they traveled to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to take part in the 2023 Journeymen Collegiate Classic. And let’s just say it wasn’t very pretty for the other teams and their wrestlers. All in all the Nittany Lions sent a total of 20 grapplers (including eight of their … Read more
