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Penn State wrestling still No. 1

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UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team remains the top-ranked team in the country in the recent release of InterMat Wrestling’s Tournament Power Index.

This marked the 12th straight week that Penn State (8-0), with nine ranked individuals, holds the No. 1 spot in the TPI.

Senior Morgan McIntosh is ranked No. 1 at 197 and is 16-0 on the year, sophomore Zain Retherford is ranked No. 1 at 149 with a 17-0 mark and redshirt freshman Bo Nickal is ranked No. 1 at 174 with an 18-1 record, giving Penn State three top-ranked grapplers.

The Nittany Lions host No. 11 Nebraska on Friday at 7 p.m. in Rec Hall and then visits No. 25 Northwestern on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Elsewhere:

n The Continental Volleyball Conference released its annual preseason poll and the Juniata men’s volleyball team was picked to finish second this season. Rutgers-Newark, the defending conference champions, was picked first with 47 total votes and five first place votes. In his first full season as head coach, Patrick Shawaryn guided the Eagles to a 24-5 overall record and returns 10 players from last year’s team.

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