CLEVELAND — Penn State is well on its way to a fifth consecutive championship after the second day of the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Friday at Rocket Arena. The Nittany Lions lead the team race with 153 points and have advanced six to the finals, with two more still in ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — As the NCAA cycles through repeat sites for its Division I Wrestling Championships, Penn State fans have been treated to a trip down memory lane. Last year’s jaunt to Philadelphia evoked memories of where this Penn State dynasty under Cael Sanderson started in 2011 with ...
Wrestling fans have a week to engage in their second-favorite pastime — poring over brackets and debating matchups for the NCAA tournament. The NCAA announced Wednesday evening the seeds and pairings for the 330-man field of the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships scheduled for ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State 165-pound junior Mitchell Mesenbrink has already done just about everything there is to do in college wrestling, except win the most coveted trophy that the sport has to offer in the Hodge Trophy. He’ll be a strong possibility in the postseason, and he was one ...
For the most part, there wasn’t much of a problem for Penn State coach Cael Sanderson with the preliminary seeds for this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament, announced Monday by the conference. After all, the Nittany Lions have six wrestlers out of 10 weight classes as the top seed. But one ...
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 ...
