UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team finished the regular season at 15-0, thanks to a 50-0 win over Princeton Friday night at Rec Hall.

It was their sixth straight regular season with an undefeated record, having not lost since the 2019-2020 season. The shutout victory was the eighth of the year for Penn State, meaning the Nittany Lions posted shutouts in over half their duals this year. Penn State now has 33 shutouts since Sanderson’s arrival as head coach in 2009-10.

The dual began at 125. Luke Lilledahl, ranked No. 1 at 125, opened up the dual by forcing No. 12 Marc-Anthony McGowan into five stalls, winning by disqualification at the 6:54 mark to put Penn State on top 6-0. True freshman Marcus Blaze, ranked No. 2 at 133, dominated No. 32 Ethan Rivera in the next bout and posted an 11-3 major decision. Junior Braeden Davis, ranked No. 12 at 141, notched three takedowns in an 11-8 win over Matthew Martino to put Penn State up 13-0.

Junior Shayne Van Ness, ranked No. 1 at 149, used four takedowns to control No. 14 Eligh Rivera in a 15-6 major decision. True freshman PJ Duke, ranked No. 4 at 157, put on a takedown clinic against Gavin Hawk. Duke tallied eight takedowns to roll to a 24-8 technical fall at 6:08. Penn State led 22-0 at halftime.

Junior Mitchell Mesenbrink, ranked No. 1 at 165, opened up the second with a fall over No. 19 Ty Whalen. Mesenbrink pinned the Tiger early in the second period, getting the fall at 3:31 to give the Lions a 28-0 lead.

Haines, ranked No. 1 at 174, wrestled in Rec Hall for the last time and walked away with Penn State’s second straight fall. Haines pinned Cody Tavoso at the 4:06 mark in the second stanza. Sophomore Rocco Welsh, ranked No. 1 at 184, used seven takedowns to roll to a 21-6 tech fall over Xavier Giles to put Penn State up 39-0.

Sophomore Josh Barr, ranked No. 1 at 197, notched Penn State’s third pin of the dual by turning Conor McCloskey to his back for a fall in the first period (1:29). Redshirt freshman Cole Mirasola, ranked No. 6 at 285, closed out the dual with Penn State’s third technical fall. Mirasola rolled up seven takedowns in a 21-6 tech fall over Sebastian Garibaldi at the 3:46 mark.

Penn State will host the Big Ten Championships on March 7-8 at the Jordan Center.

125–Lilledahl, PSU, def. McGowan, 6-0; 133–Blaze, PSU, major dec. Rivera, 11-3. 141–Davis, PSU, dec. Martino, 11-8. 149–Van Ness, PSU, major dec. El. Rivera, 15-6. 157–Duke, PSU, tech fall Hawk, 24-8 (6:08).

165–Mesenbring, PSU, pinned Whalen, 3:31. 174–Haines, PSU, pinned Tavoso, 4:06. 184–Welsh, PSU, tech fall Giles, 21-6 (4:11). 197–Barr, PSU, pinned McCloskey, 1:29. 285–Mirasola, PSU, tech fall Garibaldi, 21-6 (3:46).

Records: Princeton (4-11), Penn State (15-0).

Attendance: 6,356