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Maryland at Penn State
Sunday
Start: 1 p.m., Rec Hall, State College, Pa.
Records: Maryland (9-7, 1-6 Big Ten); Penn State (14-0, 7-0 Big Ten)
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Notable: The Lions return to Rec Hall for the first time since Jan. 22, and their first home meet since the Bryce Jordan Center dual meet against Iowa on Jan. 27. … A win over the Terrapins would give Penn State its third straight season of going undefeated in Big Ten competition. … Maryland picked up their first Big Ten victory of the season on Friday night with a 19-18 victory over Purdue. Penn State is coming off a 33-8 win at Rutgers on Friday night. … Four of Maryland's starters are ranked by InterMat, led by 13th-ranked 197-pounder Jaxon Smith.
Mirror prediction: Penn State, 37-3
Mirror prediction record: 13-0
-- Andy Stine
From Mirror reports
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team rolled over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 33-8 in its final road dual of the season Friday night.
Penn State won the dual's final eight bouts (seven for bonus) to grab the impressive Big Ten road win. With the win, the Nittany Lions improved to 14-0 overall and 7-0 in the conference.
The dual meet began at 125 where redshirt freshman Gary Steen lost to No. 16 Dean Peterson, 21-6, in 6:11. Junior Baylor Shunk took the mat at 133 and dropped a hard fought 7-2 decision to No. 15 Joe Heilmann, giving Rutgers an early 8-0 lead.
Beau Bartlett, ranked No. 6 at 141, controlled the action in his bout with No. 19 Joseph Olivieri. Van Ness scored eight points in the third period to roll to a 12-1 major decision.
Redshirt freshman Shayne Van Ness, ranked No. 13 at 149, controlled Tony White in a 21-9 major decision. Van Ness, like Bartlett, dominated the third period. He scored 11 points in the final two minutes and tied the dual meet at 8-8 with his major.
True freshman Levi Haines, ranked No. 8 at 157, posted an impressive 8-2 win over No. 33 Andrew Clark for Penn State's third straight win in the dual. Haines' win sent Penn State into the halftime break leading 11-8.
Redshirt freshman Alex Facundo, ranked No. 9 at 165, rolled up 10 takedowns to post an impressive 25-12 major over Luke Gayer to start the second half (five of them came in the third period).
Carter Starocci, ranked No. 1 at 174, rolled up five takedowns and a four-point turn in a convincing 16-3 major over Jackson Turley. Aaron Brooks, ranked No. 1 at 184, rolled up five takedowns and two four-point turns to post an impressive 18-3 tech fall over No. 14 Brian Soldano at the 4:05 mark.
Max Dean, ranked No. 3 at 197, yet another Penn State bonus point victory with an 11-1 major over Billy Janzer. Dean's win put Penn State on top 28-8. Greg Kerkvliet, ranked No. 2 at 285, capped off the Nittany Lion performance with a quick 16-0 tech fall over RU's Kyle Epperly. Kerkvliet used a first period takedown and then three four-point turns and a two-pointer to post the tech at the 2:06 mark.
Penn State rolled up 37 takedowns while Rutgers had 14. The Nittany Lions picked up nine bonus points.
Penn State returns to Rec Hall to host Maryland on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 1 p.m.
125 -- Peterson, RU, tech fall Steen PSU, 21-6 (TF; 6:11); 133 -- Heilman, RU, dec. Shunk, 7-2. 141 -- Bartlett, PSU, maj. dec. Olivieri 12-1. 149 -- Van Ness, PSU, maj. dec. White, 21-9
157 -- Haines, PSU, dec. Clark, 8-2. 165 -- Facundo, PSU, maj. dec. Gayer, 25-12. 174 -- Starocci, PSU, maj. dec. Turley, 16-3 .184 -- Brooks, PSU, tech fall, Soldano, 18-3. 197 -- Dean, PSU, maj. dec. Janzer, 11-1. 285: #2 Greg Kerkvliet PSU tech fall Kyle Epperly RU, 16-0 (TF; 2:06) Attendance: 7,848