Penn State Wrestlers Remain No. 1

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team (6-0, 1-0 B10) remains the top-ranked team in the country in the latest release of InterMat Wrestling’s Tournament Power Index (TPI).  Head coach Cael Sanderson’s squad also tops InterMat’s Dual Meet Rankings.  This marks the 11th straight week that Penn State, with nine ranked individuals, holds the No. 1 spot in the TPI.
 
Penn State sits in the No. 1 spot with 118.5 points while Oklahoma State is in second at 99.5.  Iowa is third at 90.5.
 
Senior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.) is ranked No. 1 at 197 and is 14-0 on the year and sophomore Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.) is ranked No. 1 at 149 with a 15-0 mark to lead Penn State’s nine ranked wrestlers.  Red-shirt freshman Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas) is ranked No. 1 at 174 with a 17-0 record, giving Penn State three top-ranked grapplers.

 
Red-shirt freshman Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.) is ranked No. 3 at 157 with a 16-0 record and senior Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.) is ranked No. 4 at 125 with a 15-1 mark.  Senior All-America Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.) is ranked No. 4 at 133 with a 13-2 record, giving Penn State six individuals ranked in the top four at their respective weights.
 
Junior All-American Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.) is ranked No. 13 at 141 at 6-4 and sophomore Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.) is ranked No. 13 at 184 with a 10-1 record.  Junior Geno Morelli (DuBois, Pa.) is ranked No. 19 at 165 and is 16-4 on the year.
 
Penn State is now 6-0 on the year, 1-0 in Big Ten dual meets. The 2016 Southern Scuffle Champions (its sixth straight Scuffle title) visits Purdue on Friday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m. and Indiana on Sunday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m.
 
Penn State’s next home meet will be on January 15 when the Nittany Lions host Nebraska at 7 p.m. in Rec Hall.