2013-14 SCHEDULE 125 #2 Nico Megaludis Jr
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#1 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (15-1, 7-1 B1G dual co-champs) WT NAME EL HT/HS REC 2013-14 SCHEDULE 125 #2 Nico Megaludis Jr. Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional 23-2 Final RPI: #2 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #2 NOVEMBER (TV in parenthesis) 133 #15 Jimmy Gulibon Fr. Latrobe, Pa./Derry Area 14-11 Sat. 16 at Rider (Comcast Sports Network) W, 34-8 Final RPI: #12 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #15 Sun. 17 at #25 Lehigh (PLN) W, 22-12 141 #2 Zain Retherford Fr. Benton, Pa./Benton 26-0 Sun. 24 LOCK HAVEN W, 34-6 Final RPI: #1 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #2 149 James English Sr. York, Pa./Central York 8-3 DECEMBER Final RPI: NR Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #26 Fri. 6 at Boston W, 34-6 157 #7 Dylan Alton Jr. Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain 16-2 Sun. 8 #23 PITTSBURGH (BTDN) W, 28-9 Final RPI: #6 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #11 Sun. 15 #6 OHIO STATE* (BTN) W, 31-6 165 #1 David Taylor Sr. St. Paris, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 26-0 Sat. 21 at #3 Iowa (BTN) W, 24-12 Final RPI: #1 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #1 174 #4 Matt Brown Jr. West Valley City, Utah/Cyprus 24-3 JANUARY Final RPI: #5 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #5 W-Th .. 1-2 Southern Scuffl e, Chattanooga 1st (189.0 pts) 184 #2 Ed Ruth Sr. Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township 25-1 (Retherford 1st/141; Taylor 1st/165; Megaludis 2nd/125; Gulibon 2nd/133; Final RPI: #3 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #2 Brown 2nd/174; Ruth 2nd/184; Lawson 3rd/285; McIntosh 4th/197; Conaway 6th/133; Gingrich 6th/285; Frey 8th/149) 197 #3 Morgan McIntosh So. Santa Ana, Calif./Calvary Chapel 25-2 Sun. 12 PURDUE* (GoPSU) W, 34-3 Final RPI: #2 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #3 Fri. 17 at #19 Indiana* (BTDN) W, 36-6 285 Jon Gingrich Jr. Wingate, Pa./Bald Eagle Area 20-5 Final RPI: #12 Final Coaches Poll Individual Rank: #14 Sun. 19 #14 NORTHWESTERN* (BTDN) W, 39-8 Fri. 24 #11 ILLINOIS* (BTDN) W, 31-3 Coaches Poll and RPI are offi cial NCAA as of 2/27 Individual rankings are Intermat and team rankings are Intermat TPI as of 2/25 Fri. 31 at Michigan State* (BTDN) W, 42-3 2014 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER BREAKDOWN FEBRUARY Sun. 2 at #11 Michigan* (BTN) W, 32-9 Conference 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Total Sun. 9 at #3 Minnesota* (BTN) L, 17-18 Atlantic Coast Conference 3 2 5 4 2 2 3 4 5 4 34 Sun. 16 #5 OKLAHOMA STATE (GoPSU) W, 23-12 Big 12 Conference 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 1 2 2 24 Sun. 23 CLARION (BTDN) W, 43-3 Big Ten Conference 7 8 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 9 74 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling 6 4 5 4 5 5 3 4 7 4 47 MARCH Association S-Su. 8-9 Big Ten Championships 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 22 Eastern Wrestling League Madison, Wis. (BTDN/BTN) Mid-American Conference 4 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 2 3 41 Sat. 8 Session 1 -- Opening Round 11 a.m. Pacific-12 Conference 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 17 Session 2 -- Semifi nals 6 p.m. Southern Conference 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 16 Sun. 9 Session 3 -- Conso, 7th place bouts 12 p.m. West Regional 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 15 TOTAL QUALIFIERS 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 290 Session 4 -- Finals: 1st, 3rd & 5th 2 p.m. T-S 20-22 2013 NCAA Championships THIS WEEK Oklahoma City, Okla. (ESPN Networks LIVE) No. 1 Penn State (15-1, 7-1 B1G dual co-champs) is set for the 2014 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, Th ur. 20 Session 1 -- 1st Round (ESPNU) 12 p.m. hosted by the University of Wisconsin on March 8-9. Penn State will be aiming for its fourth-straight Big Ten (ESPNU) crown at the Kohl Center, with action beginning on Saturday, March 8, at 11 a.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Central). Th ur. 20 Session 2 -- 2nd Round/Cons 7 p.m. Th e event is the NCAA qualifi er for all 12 Big Ten teams. Fri. 21 Session 3 -- Quarters/Cons (ESPNU) 11 a.m. Fri. 21 Session 4 -- Semis/All-Am (ESPN/ESPNU) 8 p.m. UP NEXT Th e Nittany Lions trek to Oklahoma City, Okla., on March 20-22, for the 2014 NCAA Championship at Sat. 22 Session 5 -- Medal Rounds (ESPNU) 11 a.m. Chesapeake Energy Arena. Penn State is seeking its fourth straight National Championship. Sat. 22 Session 6 -- Championship Finals (ESPN) 8 p.m. * Big Ten Dual (dual at Iowa was a non-conference dual) ON THE AIR TV - Day one NONE; Finals BTN All Dates and Times Subject to Change Live Web Video - BTDN via GoPSUsports.com’s All-Acccess. Team rankings are Intermat TPI at time of dual Radio - Full season live on WRSC (103.1 FM/1390 AM) State College; WBPZ 1230 AM Lock Haven; 1370 All Times EASTERN WWCB Corry; WLAK (103.5 FM) Huntingdon; WMRF (95.7 FM) Lewistown; WIEZ (670 AM) Lewistown. Also live at GoPSUsports.com as part of the All-Access package as are select home duals. 1 PENN STATE NITTANY2011–12 •LION NITTANY WRESTLING LION WRESTLING • 2013-14 MATCH • 2011 NOTESBIG TEN CHAMPIONS • 2011 NCAA CHAMPIONS TODAY’S ACTION 2013-14 INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; March 3, 2014 -- Th e No. 1-ranked Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team (15-1, 7-1 B1G Regular Season Co-Champs) will head to Madison, Wis., on Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9, for the 2014 Big Ten Wrestling Championships. Th e tournament is the NCAA qualifi er RECORDS (as of 2/24/14) for all 12 Big Ten teams and head coach Cael Sanderson’s squad will be seeking its fourth-straight Big Ten title. Action begins in the University of Wisconsin’s Kohl Center on Saturday at 11 a.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Central). Th e Big Ten will qualify 74 wrestlers automatically to the 2014 NCAA Championships in two weeks, the highest among any qualifying event. Th e conference topped the list overall at each weight class as well. Th e conference garnered seven at 125, eight at 133, six at 141, six at 149, eight at 157, Name, Wt. Record eight at 165, seven at 174, seven at 184, eight at 197 and nine at 285. Andrew Alton, 149 8-1 All ten Penn State wrestlers were either ranked among the top 33 in RPI, top 33 in the coaches poll or both. Junior Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.) earned the conference a spot at 125 with a No. 2 RPI and No. 2 coaches rank. Red-shirt freshman Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.) secured the Dylan Alton, 157 16-2 conference a spot at 133 with a No. 12 RPI and No. 15 ranking. True freshman Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.) grabbed a 141-pound spot for the Big Ten with the nation’s No. 1 RPI and a No. 2 nod from the coaches. Senior James English (York, Pa.) was ranked No. 26 in the fi nal coaches poll at Seth Beitz, 149/157 4-0 149 but did not meet minimum bouts wrestled for an RPI listing and his win percentage vs. Division I competition was bronze standard, not gold or silver. Junior Dylan Alton (Mill Hall, Pa.) earned a 157-pound qualifi er for the conference with No 6 RPI and a No. 11 ranking. Senior David Taylor Zack Beitz, 141/149 11-9 (St. Paris, Ohio) secured a qualifi er at 165 with the nation’s No. 1 RPI and the No. 1 nod from the coaches while junior Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) earned the Big Ten a 174-pound slot with a No. 5 RPI and No. 5 ranking. Senior Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.) garnered a qualifi er slot at 184 for Devon Bentley, 133/141 2-6 the conference by virtue of his No. 3 RPI and No. 2 ranking. Sophomore Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.) pocketed a qualifi er for the Big Ten at 197 with the No. 2 RPI and a No. 3 nod from the coaches. Junior Jon Gingrich (Wingate, Pa.) secured a heavyweight qualifi er for the Big Ten with a Matt Brown, 174 24-3 No. 12 ranking and a No. 14 RPI. Andrew Church, 174/184 6-4 Pre-seeds for the Big Ten tournament will be released on Monday, March 3, but seeds are not offi cial and fi nalized until aft er the pre-tournament coaches meeting on Friday, March 7 (post-press). Jordan Conaway, 125/133 15-5 Penn State’s line-up looks to be an explosive mix of veteran scoring power and youthful excellence that has Sanderson’s squad prepared to battle for a Dylan Dailey, 174/184 2-8 fourth-straight Big Ten crown. Megaludis comes in with a 23-2 overall record including a pin, fi ve technical falls and 11 majors. He was 6-0 in Big Ten dual meets and went 8-0 against Big Ten competition this year. Gulibon is making his fi rst trip to the Big Ten Championships and will carry a 14-11 James English, 149 8-3 overall mark with him.