No. 1 Penn State Downs No. 19 Wisconsin
UNIVERSITY PARK – No. 1 Penn State (6-0, 2-0 B1G) defeated No. 19 Wisconsin (6-3, 1-3 B1G) in a Big Ten home dual on Sunday. Penn State took down the Badgers 24-13 to remain unbeaten on the year.
Penn State, which trailed at the midway point of a dual for the first time all year, came back on the shoulders of four straight victories to win its 51st straight dual meet. The final four Nittany Lions who wrestled outscored their Badger opponents by a combined score of 54-14, with all 14 Wisconsin points coming via escape. The first half of the dual did not go nearly as well.
The dual began at 125 where Penn State sophomore took on No. 15 Connor Brown of Wisconsin. Schnupp may have lost the match 18-9, but he thrilled the Rec Hall crowd in a match that featured seven reversals, three for the Lion sophomore. True freshman Roman Bravo-Young (Tucson, Ariz.), ranked No. 14 at 133, tied the dual at 4-4 with a 12-4 major over Wisconsin senior Jens Lantz. Sophomore Nick Lee (Evansville, Ind.), ranked No. 4 at 141, suffered his first loss of the season in a 12-10 (sv2) bout to Wisconsin Tristan Moran.
Redshirt freshman Brady Berge (Mantorville, Minn.), ranked No. 9 at 149, also suffered a tough loss as Wisconsin junior Cole Martin used a late takedown to secure an 8-7 upset win to push Wisconsin out to a 10-9 lead. Senior Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 157, moved Penn State closer at the break, notching a 25-10 tech fall over Devin Bahr at the 6:37 mark. Nolf’s big win sent Penn State into the halftime locker room trailing for the first time all season, 10-9.
Redshirt freshman Mason Manville (Lorton, Va.) made his Penn State dual meet debut at 165, stepping up for No. 1 Vincenzo Joseph (Pittsburgh, Pa.) who did not wrestle once again. Manville battled Wick tough but the third-ranked Badger posted a 6-1 win to push Wisconsin’s lead to 13-9. Junior Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.), ranked No. 1 at 174, gave Penn State its first lead of the dual with a 24-5 technical fall over Patrick Spray, ending the match at the 6:13 mark. It was a lead that Penn State would not relinquish.
Senior Shakur Rasheed (Coram, N.Y.), ranked No. 3 at 184, pushed Penn State’s lead to 17-3 with a 5-0 shutout win over Badger Mason Reinhardt. Senior Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), ranked No. 1 at 197, clinched the dual meet with a 14-4 major over UW’s Beau Breske, putting Penn State up 21-13. Senior Anthony Cassar (Rocky Hill, N.J.), ranked No. 4 at 285, capped off the strong Lion finish by dominating No. 9 Trent Hillger. Cassar notched the bout’s only takedowns, five, and rolled to an 11-5 win to ice Penn State’s 24-13 dual meet victory.
Penn State owned a lopsided 37-7 takedown advantage over Wisconsin. The Lions dropped four bouts in a dual for the first time all year but collected six bonus points off two tech falls (Nolf, Hall) and two majors (Bravo-Young, Nickal).
The Nittany Lions have now won 51-straight dual meets dating back to the end of the 2014-15 season. Sanderson’s Lions won their last dual of that campaign, went 16-0 in 2015-16, went 14-0 in 2016-17 and went 14-0 in 2017-18.kjlkjlkjlkj Penn State is now 6-0, 2-0 in Big Ten duals, while Wisconsin falls to 5-3, 1-3 B1G. Penn State will return to action next Sunday, Jan. 20, when it hosts No. 7 Nebraska. The dual is set for 1 p.m. in Rec Hall.
#1 Penn State 24, #19 Wisconsin 13
January 13, 2019 – Rec Hall – University Park, Pa.
125: #15 Connor Brown WIS maj. dec. Devin Schnupp PSU, 18-9 0-4
133: #14 Roman Bravo-Young PSU maj. dec. Jens Lantz PSU, 12-4 4-4
141: Tristan Moran WIS dec. #4 Nick Lee PSU, 12-10 (sv2) 4-7
149: Cole Martin WIS dec. #9 Brady Berge PSU, 8-7 4-10
157: #1 Jason Nolf PSU tech fall Devin Bahr PSU, 25-10 (TF; 6:37) 9-10
165: #3 Evan Wick WIS dec. Mason Manville PSU, 6-1 9-13
174: #1 Mark Hall PSU tech fall Patrick Spray WIS, 24-5 (TF; 6:13) 14-13
184: #3 Shakur Rasheed PSU dec. Mason Reinhardt WIS, 5-0 17-13
197: #1 Bo Nickal PSU maj. dec. Beau Breske WIS, 14-4 21-13
285: #4 Anthony Cassar PSU dec. #9 Trent Hillger WIS, 11-5 24-13
Attendance: 6,589 (45th straight Rec hall sellout; 49th of 51 including 4 of 6 in BJC)
Records: Penn State (6-0, 2-0 B1G); Wisconsin (6-3, 1-3 B1G)
Up Next for Penn State: Home vs. #7 Nebraska, Sunday, Jan. 20, 1 p.m., Rec Hall
