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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Penn State wrestling team improved to 5-0 in the Big Ten and 12-0 overall Friday night, thanks to a convincing 29-9 victory at Ohio State.
The Nittany Lions won eight of the 10 contested bouts and gave up only three takedowns along the way.
Ohio State, 11-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten, won the first bout of the night at 125 before the Nittany Lions won the next two bouts.
Roman Bravo-Young dominated No. 9 Jesse Mendez in the next bout. Bravo-Young tallied three takedowns and built up 1:04 in riding time to roll to an 8-2 win, cutting the early Buckeye lead to 6-3. The Buckeyes Beau Bartlett went up against Dylan D'Emilio and posted a strong 4-2 win. Bartlett's victory tied the dual at 6-6.
Ohio State took its only lead, at 9-6, on the next bout as Sammy Sasso scored a 6-3 decision over Penn State's Shayne Van Ness at 149.
From there, it was all Nittany Lions who won the next six matchups.
Levi Haines, at 157, delivered a 14-2 major decision over Paddy Gallagher at 157. That was followed by Alex Facundo's 4-1 decision over Carson Kharchia at 165.
Carter Starocci (174) rolled up four takedowns in an 11-5 win over Ethan Smith. That was followed by Aaron Brooks holding on for a 3-2 win over Kaleb Romero at 184.
Max Dean needed 4:17 to get a fall over Gavin Hoffman at 197. Dean was up 2-0 when he put Hoffman on his back.
Greg Kervliet ended the night with a dominating 9-0 major decison over Tate Orndorf at 285.
The Nittany Lions won the takedowns margin, 19-3. Last week against Iowa, the Hawkeyes managed just two.
125 -- Heinselman, OSU, pinned Steen, 1:56. 133 -- Bravo-Young, PSU, dec. Mendez, 8-2 . 141 -- Bartlett, PSU, dec. D'Emilio, 4-2. 149: Sasso, OSU, dec. Van Ness, 6-3. 157 -- Haines, PSU, maj. dec. Gallagher, 14-2.
165 -- Facundo, PSU, Kharchla, 4-1. 174 -- Starocci, PSU, dec. Smith, 11-5. 184 -- Brooks, PSU, dec. Romero, 3-2. 197 -- Dean, PSU, pinned Hoffman, 4:17. 285 -- Kerkvliet, PSU, maj. dec. Orndorff, 9-0
Wrestling: Penn State at Indiana
Sunday
Start: 2 p.m., Wilkinson Hall, Bloomington, Ind.
Records: Penn State (12-0, 5-0 Big Ten); Indiana (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten)
TV: Big Ten+
Internet: www.gopsusports.com
Notable: The Hoosiers come into Sunday ranked 22nd by InterMat. Indiana has four ranked wrestlers in D.J. Washington (15th, 174 pounds), Jacob Bullock (28th, 285 pounds), Henry Porter (29th, 133 pounds), and Graham Rooks (30th, 149 pounds). … Indiana's two losses came at the hands of Ohio State (26-13) and Minnesota (28-6). … PSU's Carter Starocci is slated to wrestle Washington in the meet. Washington has one of Starocci's two losses in his collegiate career. The other one came to Iowa's Michael Kemerer. … Indiana is coached by former Hoosier great Angel Escobedo. Escobedo won the 125-pound NCAA title in 2008.
Mirror prediction: Penn State 31, Indiana 3
Mirror prediction record: 11-0
-- Andy Stine