THIS IS PENN STATE. WRESTLING LIVES HERE. #1 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (13-0, 9-0 B1G) 2018-19 SCHEDULE WT NAME EL HT/HS REC 125 Devin Schnupp So
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THIS IS PENN STATE. WRESTLING LIVES HERE. #1 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (13-0, 9-0 B1G) 2018-19 SCHEDULE WT NAME EL HT/HS REC 125 Devin Schnupp So. Lititz, Pa./Warwick 6-14 133 #11 Roman Bravo-Young Fr. Tucson, Ariz./Sunny Side 16-2 NOVEMBER 141 #2 Nick Lee So. Evansville, Ind./Homeschool 23-1 Sun. 11 #24 KENT STATE W, 52-3 149 #11 Brady Berge Fr. Mantorville, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville 15-2 Sun. 18 at Keystone Classic 1st -- 192.0 Jarod Verkleeren Fr. Greensburg, Pa./Hempfi eld 15-6 157 #1 Jason Nolf Sr. Yatesboro, Pa./Kittanning 22-0 (Bravo-Young, 1st/133; Lee, 1st/141; Nolf, 1st/157; Joseph, 1st/165; 165 #1 Vincenzo Joseph Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic 20-0 Hall, 1st/174; Rasheed, 1st/184; Nickal, 1st/197; Cassar, 1st/285) 174 #1 Mark Hall Jr. Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley 22-0 Fri. 30 at Bucknell W, 42-3 184 #2 Shakur Rasheed Sr. Coram, N.Y./Longwood 15-0 197 #1 Bo Nickal Sr. Allen, Texas/Allen 21-0 THIS IS 285 #3 Anthony Cassar Sr. Rocky Hill, N.J./Montgomery 20-1 DECEMBER Nick Nevills Sr. Clovis, Calif./Clovis 8-2 Sun. 2 #10 LEHIGH (BTN) W, 42-0 Fri. 14 #9 ARIZONA STATE (ESPN2) W, 41-3 WRESTLING STATE. PENN BUFFALO BULLS (11-4, 4-2 MAC) WT NAME EL HT/HS REC JANUARY 125 Kyle Akins Sr. Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore 13-9 133 Derek Spann So. Boonville, N.Y./Adirondak 17-2 Tu.-Wed. 1-2 Southern Scuffl e (Chattanooga) 1st -- 216.5 141 #15 Bryan Lantry Sr. Walworth, N.Y./Wayne 9-1 (Lee 1st, 141; Nolf 1st, 157; Joseph 1st, 165; Hall 1st, 174; Rasheed 149 Jason Estevez Sr. Livingston, N.J./Livingston 7-11 1st, 184; Nickal 1st, 197; Pipher 2nd, 157; Cassar 2nd, 285; Bravo- 157 Alex Smythe Sr. Eden, N.Y./Eden 10-5 165 Troy Keller Jr. North Tonawanda, N.Y./North Tonawanda 14-6 Young 3rd, 133; Berge 3rd, 149; Nevills 3rd, 285, Manville 7th, 165) 174 Jake Lanning Fr. Pontiac, Ill./Pontiac Township 4-12 184 Logan Rill So. Hampstead, Md./Mount Saint Joseph 8-13 Fri. 11 at #11 Northwestern* W, 33-8 197 Brett Perry Sr. East Fishkill, N.Y./John Jay East Fishkill 15-8 285 #15 Jake Gunning Sr. Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty 14-4 Sun. 13 #19 WISCONSIN* W, 24-13 Sun. 20 #7 NEBRASKA* W, 25-6 LIVES HERE. LIVES Rankings listed are InterMat TPI/InterMat Individual as of 2/19/19 Fri. 25 at Purdue* W, 30-10 Sun. 27 at Indiana* W, 35-9 FEBRUARY Fri. 1 #5 MICHIGAN* (BJC / BTN) W, 25-11 Fri. 8 at #2 Ohio State* (BTN) W, 28-9 Fri. 15 MICHIGAN STATE* W, 37-10 Sun. 17 at #19 Illinois* W, 39-9 Sun. 24 BUFFALO 2 p.m. MARCH Sat.-Sun. 9-10 Big Ten Championships (Minneapolis) Sat. 9 Session 1 -- Opening Round 11 a.m. Sat. 9 Session 2 -- Semifi nals 7 p.m. Sun. 10 Session 3 -- Conso/Finals 1 p.m./4 p.m. THIS WEEK #1 Penn State (13-0, 9-0 B1G) caps off the dual meet season by hosting Buffalo (11-4, 4-2 MAC) on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. The dual meet will serve as Senior Day for Penn State. Buffalo hosts Thur.-Sat. 21-23 NCAA Championships (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Northern Illinois on Friday, Feb. 22, post-press. Thur. 21 Session 1 -- 1st Round Thur. 21 Session 2 -- 2nd Round/Consolations UP NEXT Fri. 22 Session 3 -- Quarterfi nals/Consolations Penn State heads to the University of Minnesota for the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Williams Arena. The two-day event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, and will Fri. 22 Session 4 -- Semifi nals/All-America Round serve as the NCAA qualifi er for the Big Ten Conference. Sat. 23 Session 5 -- Medal Rounds Sat. 23 Session 6 -- Championship Finals ON THE AIR TV - None Radio - ESPN Radio 1450 * Big Ten Dual Radio online - Free all year via Lionvision at GoPSUsports.com All Dates and Times Subject to Change -- All Times EASTERN Live Web Video - BTN-Plus / BTN2go for both GoPSUsports.com @PennStateWREST PennStateWrestling 1 TODAY’S ACTION 2018-19 INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Feb. 19, 2019 -- No. 1 Penn State (13-0, 9-0 B1G) caps off the dual meet sea- son by hosting resurgent Buffalo (11-4, 4-2 MAC) on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. The dual meet will serve RECORDS (as of 2/18/19) as Senior Day for Penn State. Buffalo hosts Northern Illinois on Friday, Feb. 22, post-press. Name, Wt. Record The Nittany Lions are coming off a split weekend road trip that saw them earn a share of their fourth straight Big Ten Regular Season (dual meet) championship. Penn State beat Michigan State 37-10 on Aarif Asif, 165 0-2 Feb. 15 and then downed Illinois 39-9 on Feb. 17 to end the Big Ten dual season unbeaten with a 9-0 Brady Berge, 149 15-2 mark for the fourth straight year. Francisco Bisono, 174/184 2-7 The Nittany Lions feature a talented line-up. Sophomore Devin Schnupp sports a 6-14 mark at 125 for Joey Blumer, 141 3-3 Penn State. True freshman Roman Bravo-Young is 16-2 and ranked No. 11 at 133. Sophomore Nick Roman Bravo-Young, 133 16-2 Lee is 23-1 and ranked No. 2 at 141. Redshirt freshman Brady Berge is 15-2 and ranked No. 11 at 149 while classmate Jarod Verkleeren is 15-6 at 149 as well. Senior Jason Nolf is 22-0 and ranked No. 1 at Anthony Cassar, 285 20-1 57. Junior Vincenzo Joseph is 20-0 and ranked No. 1 at 165. Junior Mark Hall is 22-0 and ranked No. Austin Clabaugh, 133 1-2 1 at 174. Senior Shakur Rasheed is 15-0 and ranked No. 2 at 184. Senior Bo Nickal is 21-0 and ranked Jon Consorti, 133/141 0-6 No. 1 at 197. Senior Anthony Cassar is 20-1 and ranked No. 3 at 285. Jack Davis, 125/133 4-4 Penn State has fi ve starters who are unbeaten and a combined 100-0 and nine potential starters with Creighton Edsell, 165/174 0-0 no more than two losses and a combined record of 161-5. In all, Penn State’s potential starting line-up Paul Feite, 149 4-5 is 167-19. Brian Friery, 157/165 7-8 Buffalo enters the weekend with an 11-4 record, 4-2 in the MAC. The Bulls host Northern Illinois on Luke Gardner, 149 9-6 Friday, Feb. 24, post-press. Buffalo is being led by senior Bryan Lantry, who is 9-1 and ranked No. 15 Dominic Giannangeli, 141 3-6 at 141, and senior Jake Gunning, who is 14-4 and ranked No. 15 at 285. Sophomore Derek Spann is 17-2 at 133, senior Kyle Akins is 13-9 at 125, senior Brett Perry is 15-8 at 197 and junior Troy Keller is Mark Hall, 174 22-0 14-6 at 165. Patrick Higgins, 133/141 3-1 LIVES HERE. LIVES Penn State leads the all-time series with Buffalo 4-0. The Lions won 55-0 in the last meeting, last season James Hoeg, 197 1-2 on Feb. 18, 2018. Austin Hoopes, 184 3-4 Vincenzo Joseph, 165 20-0 Penn State heads to the University of Minnesota for the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Wil- liams Arena. The two-day event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, and will serve as Konner Kraeszig, 165 5-1 the NCAA qualifi er for the Big Ten Conference. Nick Lee, 141 23-1 Mason Lindenmuth, 133 1-2 The 2018-19 Penn State wrestling season is sponsored by The Family Clothesline. Penn State Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at @pennstateWREST, on Penn State Wrestling’s Justin Lopez, 125 5-6 Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/ Mason Manville, 165/174/184 7-9 pennstatewrest. This is PENN STATE. WRESTLING lives here. Richie McClanahan, 149 0-0 PENN STATE. WRESTLING WRESTLING STATE. PENN Brandon Meredith, 125/133 3-1 Nick Nevills, 285 8-2 Alex Nicholas, 285 3-4 THIS IS Bo Nickal, 197 21-0 Jason Nolf, 157 22-0 Scott Obendorfer, 141 5-6 Bo Pipher, 157/165 10-7 Shakur Rasheed, 184 15-0 Devin Schnupp, 125 6-13 Scott Stossel, 133/141 5-6 Brody Teske, 125 4-1 Jarod Verkleeren, 149 15-6 PENN STATE WRESTLING STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS! For more information or credentials, contact me, Pat Donghia, Penn State Wrestling SID! This includes records w/unattached Phone: 814 865 1757 -- email: [email protected] results listed in current mark FOLLOW PSU WRESTLING @ GoPSUSPORTS! https://gopsusports.com/index.aspx?path=wrestling FOLLOW PSU WRESTLING @ TWITTER! https://twitter.com/pennstateWREST FOLLOW PSU WRESTLING @ INSTAGRAM! https://instagram.com/pennstateWREST FOLLOW PSU WRESTLING @ FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling 2 8 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - 7 IN THE LAST 8 YEARS! HEAD COACH CAEL SANDERSON NATIONAL RANKINGS TEAM RANKINGS NWCA Cael Sanderson is now in his tenth season as head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team. The veteran head coach already has seven NCAA and fi ve Big Ten tournament titles in hand. He has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year INTERMAT TPI COACHES POLL fi ve times and was named the 2013 NWCA National Coach of the Year (his second such honor).