Please post results and any match-related discussions here. Thanks!

When:
Friday, April 19 at 10 am - 3:45 pm EDT; and at 6:30 - 10 pm.
Saturday, April 20 at 10 am - 2:30 pm EDT; and at 6:30 - 10 pm.

Where:
@ Penn State University in State College, PA (Bryce Jordan Center)

Parking info:
https://www.themat.com/news/2024/ap...c-team-trials---wrestling-parking-information

Streaming/TV:
Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
TV: USA Network - Day 1 Challenge Tournament (6:30 to 10 pm) and Day 2 Finals (6:30 to 10 pm)
Broadcast team: Jason Knapp, Jim Scherr, and Zora Stephenson

Session 1 (10 am to 3:30 pm) 4 mats will be streamed, as well as a Quad box option.
Session 2 (6:30 to 10 pm) 3 mats will be streamed.
Session 3 (10 am to 2:30 pm) 4 mats will be streamed, as well as a Quad box option.
Session 4 (6:30 to 10 pm) streamed and on TV.

PRO TIP: I subscribe to Peacock every year around the week of Black Friday for their special price of $1.99 per month or $20 per year. Can't beat it! Lots of great content (including old school WWF shows and PPV's).

Session 1:
Challenge Tournament: Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rounds, for all styles and weight classes. (Note: all Championship matches will be held prior to the consolation rounds).
Session 2:
Challenge Tournament: Semifinals and Finals, all styles and weight classes.
Session 3:
Round 1 of Best-of-3 Championship Series, all styles and weight classes, plus Round 2 of Best-of-3 Championship Series in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics. Also the completion of the Challenge Tournament: consolation semifinals, consolation finals, third place bouts and True third (if necessary).
Session 4:
Round 3 of Best-of-3 Championship Series (if necessary) in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics. Followed by Round 2 and Round 3 (if necessary) in the 13 weight classes qualified for the Olympic Games. The session concludes with the presentation of the U.S. Olympic Team.

Radio:
98.7 State College radio (local coverage only - no streaming). Friday - all day. Saturday - last couple hours.

PBP:
Hopefully someone(s) will be able to step up and provide some PBP. As always, please remember to provide the score at the end of the match. Thanks!

Mat assignments/Brackets:
Check: https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=853157132, or
https://www.flowrestling.org/articl...s-olympic-team-trials-mens-freestyle-preseeds

Here's to hoping the 2024 US Men's FS Olympic Team is fielded by 6 Nittany Lion Wrestling Club wrestlers!!

Throwing this out there now in advance of tomorrow's action. Feel free to use this thread for any and all match discussions and PBP's. As always, if you are replying to another post, please remember to use the Quote function. And please try to avoid those vague "Wow"'s, "Holy Crap"'s and "WTF"'s type posts - provide some friggin' context, for cryin' out loud! ;-)

When:
Thursday, March 21 at 12 pm EDT (Session 1), and at 7 pm (Session 2).

Where:
@ Kansas City (T-Mobile Center)

TV:
12 p.m., March 21 – First Round (Session 1) on ESPNU and ESPN+
7 p.m., March 21 – Second Round + Consi. (Session 2) on ESPN and ESPN+

ESPN+ will have coverage of each mat, for those that are subscribers. Here is the link to those streams: https://www.espn.com/espnplus/sched...84bd2e7f/channel/ESPN_PLUS/startDate/20240321 (thanks CM)

Radio:
Byers will have the radio call of the action and PBP's. The radio show starts at 11:40 am EDT, and the later session coverage starts at 6:40 pm. You can access the LionVision audio at: https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Live=2143&sport=30&type=Live, or via the Penn State Athletics app.
If LionVision ain't working, maybe this link will work: https://www.audacy.com/stations/bigfootcountrylegends.

PBP:
Hopefully, someone will step up and provide some PBP. As always, please remember to provide the score at the end of the match. Thanks!

Mat Assignments:
Mat assignments can be found here: https://bubbaland.net/wrestling/NCAA_Wrestling_Championships_2024.htm and https://twitter.com/pennstateWREST.

Team Scores:
The best source for team scoring throughout the tournament is the Penn State Wrestling Club's website. Their link for live team scoring is: https://pennstatewrestlingclub.org/. Learn it, Know it, Live it. And don't forget it!

Brackets:
Lastly, here are the brackets once again (in PDF) (still have Cornella at 141): https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2024/03/13/2024NCAAd1Wrestlingbrackets.pdf

Good morning Penn State Wrestling Fans!
Feel free to use this thread for any and all of today's match discussions and PBP's. As always, if you are replying to another post, please remember to use the Quote function. And please try to avoid those totally vague "Wow"'s, "Holy Crap"'s and "WTF"'s type posts - provide some friggin' context, for cryin' out loud! ;-)

When:
Friday, March 22 at 12 pm EDT (Session 3 - Quarterfinals & Consolations), and at 8 pm (Session 4 - Championship Semifinals & Round of 12).

Where:
@ Kansas City (T-Mobile Center)

TV:
12 p.m., March 22 – Quarterfinals & Consolations (Session 3) on ESPNU and ESPN+
8 p.m., March 22 – Championship Semifinals & Round of 12 (Session 4) on ESPN and ESPN+

PRO TIP: If you haven't spent the $10 for ESPN+ yet, you may want to do that (and try to remember to do it before Session 1 next year as well).

ESPN+ has coverage of each mat for those that are subscribers. Here is the link to those individual mats and MATCAST streams: https://www.espn.com/espnplus/sched...84bd2e7f/channel/ESPN_PLUS/startDate/20240322

Radio:
Byers will have the radio call of the action and PBP's. The radio show is supposed to start at 11:40 am EDT, and the later session coverage supposedly starts at 7:40 pm. You can access the LionVision audio at: https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Live=2145&sport=30&type=Live, or via the Penn State Athletics app.
If LionVision ain't working, maybe this link will work: https://www.audacy.com/stations/bigfootcountrylegends.

PBP:
Hopefully, someone will step up and provide some PBP again (BIG THANKS to @SlipperyPete12 and @mcpat for their efforts yesterday!). As always, please remember to provide the score at the end of the match. Thanks!

Mat Assignments:
Mat assignments can be found here: https://bubbaland.net/wrestling/NCAA_Wrestling_Championships_2024.htm (be sure to select the correct tab at the bottom of the page) and also https://twitter.com/pennstateWREST. Thanks to everyone who posts the Mat Assignments in the thread.

Team Scores:
The best source for team scoring throughout the tournament is the Penn State Wrestling Club's website. Their link for live team scoring is: https://pennstatewrestlingclub.org/. Learn it, Know it, Live it. And don't forget it!


Brackets:
Here are the updated brackets thru last night (in PDF): https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/Session 2 Updated Brackets.pdf

Lastly, our guy's matches in Session 3:
125: #1 B.Davis vs. #8 R.Figueroa (ASU)
Consi 133: #10 A.Nagao vs. #24 J.Chlebove (ASU)
141: #2 B.Bartlett vs. #26 V.Vombaur (MINN)
Consi 149: #7 T.Kasak vs. #9 E.Fernandez (COR)
157: #1 L.Haines vs. #8 P.Robb (NEB)
165: #2 M.Mesenbrink vs. #10 M.Amine (MICH)
174: #9 C.Starocci vs. #1 M.Lewis (VT)
184: #6 B.Truax vs. #3 D.Plott (OKST)
197: #1 A.Brooks vs. #8 S.Buchanan (OU)
285: #1 G.Kerkvliet vs. #9 N.Feldman (OHST)

Good morning Penn State Wrestling Fans! And just like that, another Team Championship is in the books. Congrats to all of the Wrestlers, Coaches, Support staff, and families. It's been another great year!

Feel free to use this thread for today's match discussions and PBP's.

Today's schedule:

11 AM EDT (ESPNU and ESPN+):
Consi Semi-final Matches:
149: #7 T.Kasak vs. #1 R.Lovett (NEB)
184: #6 B.Truax vs. #4 Munoz (ORST)

The winner advances to 3rd place match and the loser wrestles for 5th.

7 PM EDT (ESPN and ESPN+):
Finals Matches:
141: #2 B.Bartlett vs. #1 J.Mendez (OHST)
157: #1 L.Haines vs. #2 J.Teemer (ASU)
165: #2 M.Mesenbrink vs. #4 D.Carr (ISU)
174: #9 C.Starocci vs. #6 R.Welsh (OHST)
197: #1 A.Brooks vs. #2 T.Hidlay (NCST)
285: #1 G.Kerkvliet vs. #10 L.Davidson (MICH)

The Trophy Presentation will be streamed on ESPN+.

While it's not all about the team scoring record, it should be noted that it is in play (170). PSU currently has 148 points. 33 points are available in today's matches (plus any bonus):

• Finals win = 4 placement points, 0 advancement points
• Consi semi win = 3 placement points, .5 advancement points
• 3rd or 5th win = 1 placement point
• Plus any bonus

Another record that's in play: In 1986, Iowa won by 73.75 points. PSU currently leads by 83.5.

Lastly, thanks again to @SlipperyPete12 for his PBP's this weekend. Great job! And to everyone else for their informative posts as well!

also this, boys. this. let's have some perspective, huh?

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Apparently just went up. He talked some about the trials and the problems with trying to cut, trying to heal and to wrestle at a high level. What may be more interesting is that he now says that he's MORE LIKELY THAN NOT returning (he says 60/40 in favor of returning). He also mentions that Cael mentioned the possibility of him bumping to 197 for next year. Hmmmmmmm.......

Wow - unbelievable day. Biggest problem is that there were way too many matches going on at the same time. I missed Shapiro's first match on matt4 because the other 3 mats had PSU associated guys wrestling.

Here are my thoughts:
- Levi learned a hell of a lot. Would have liked to see him wrestling Jordan more than Facundo due to a different type of match up.

- Bummed on the damn passivity stall point and if you get the second one then you're losing.. thought Kerk had to get a little desperate as a result. Free vs folk - Gwiz didn't shoot once... Any way I wanted a PSU rep at every weight going into the finals.. bummer... but he will be primed and in his prime 4 years from now.
- Beau - I thought he should have not only have gotten the fall but another 2 with the half... it is ironic that a leg lace can get you unlimited points but that action didn't warrant another 2.
- Luke - looks big, sure hope he can make 25 next year
- MM learned a lot as well. Valuable experience. Jordan got the crowd against him by his stalling antics... MM wrestles to the whistle and not the OB lines... Yeah, he had a little physicality bordering post whistle but if you are the goat - you stay above it or take it out via performance.
Nolf – surprised by JBs match from a conditioning perspective after looking pretty spent after his first two matches. The ironic thing is that Nolf wrestled that match seemingly identical to past JB matches

Cenzo – not sure why he forfeited out. Was surprised to see him lose.

Nick and Zane – great to see them ‘back’. Can’t wait until tomorrow

Star – needs time to resize. Downey – sad joke. Needs some type of help.

Mirasola – even though he lost to Dean this time, we have a good hand off from AB!

Nico – just can’t finish on Spencer.

The young kids are the real deal – everyone who made the tournament. Trials in 4 years, for that matter, every world team trials is simply going sustain this high level of wrestling!





Thoughts:

Wonder how many matches would have been different if international ref’s were working. Maybe it is just me, just seems passivity, grounding, and pins (i.e. Beau’s) would have been called a little differently…

JB - The crowds sentiments carried over to the Nolf match. Manning, even if a good guy, simply is a whiner. Regardless, these aren’t amateurs any more and you should be prepared to be heckled. I do agree extra jeering isn’t needed, especially when your guy won. But… being the goat doesn’t mean everyone lays down in front of you.

General warning… I was in my seat and someone came and sat down beside me (my seat but wife didn’t come). He had a ticket just purchased from stubhub – all sessions – for ~$100. No harm since wife wasn’t there but had to wonder ‘how’ and ‘what-if’. Could have been ugly. Turned out he bought a scam ticket off of stubhub - ~30 mins earlier. Even though it got him in the door (scanned). He did get a message while we were sitting there from Stubhub indicating the ticket seller wasn’t verified.

Women’s wrestling is getting better. Also wish PSU fans applauded Jen half as much as the PSU men.

BJC is getting old. In good shape but you can tell it’s old.

Can’t wait until tomorrow

The Transfer Portal opens up this coming Wednesday and remains open thru May 3.

Does anyone transfer in? Does anyone transfer out (ie Bearclaw)?

Seriously amazing accomplishment tonight but if a certain 4x champ comes back I could easily see next year's team beating this record.

LL should outscore Davis' output
Davis/Nagao should score more
Bartlett should at least equal this season
SVN/Kasak should score more
Haines should at least equal this season
MM should score more
Carter should score more if he has access to both legs
Barr should be able to match Truax
Mirasola will score less but will score
Kerkvleit should at least equal this season

That's three weights were they improve and only one where they take a hit. There is no doubt this is the most dominant team in sports.

Just kidding Delco. Penn State wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith has scheduled his first two official visits, a source tells On3.

The fifth-year player led the Nittany Lions with 53 catches for 673 yards and four touchdowns in 2023. Texas A&M, Auburn, Colorado, Georgia, USC and West Virginia were among the teams who contacted the wide receiver. KeAndre Lambert-Smith, who is 6-foot-1 and 184 pounds, leaves a Penn State team looking to make the first edition of the 12-team College Football Playoff.

A source tells On3 that Lambert-Smith will visit Auburn from Thursday to Saturday. He will close out the weekend traveling to College Station, visiting Texas A&M from Saturday to Monday.

I guess he was not worth a little NIL $, since: Voila, over night, CJF says the receiver room is loaded with talent. I'm guessing he will get a little NIL love now. Just guessing.

Honestly, I think the passing game will thrive as long as Wallace and Evans stay healthy and develop and the backs play a more prominent role in the passing game. The TEs will do well, too.

No matter, I hope the double standard with NIL for transfers in vs HS recruits doesn't lose PSU some of these talented youngsters CJF is talking about. I kinda doubt that partial scholarships and minimal NIL vs NIL and full scholarships isn't gonna keep young talent in the fold very long. I hope I am wrong. We will find out in the fall and next spring. Onward....

Thought consi started at 12

So unlikeable

I really can’t think of anyone on the wrestling scene that is worst.

I would let my daughter date a Ferrari brother before I would buy a coffee for PD3

Next weekend is the Olympic Team Trials Last Chance Qualifier in Fairfax, VA.

Several individuals affiliated with PSU are trying to make it to the Olympic Trials on April 19&20. Only the winner of each weight advances to the Trials.

57kg:
Nate Desmond
Josh Rodriguez
Cael Nasdeo
Mason Gibson
Gary Steen
Jax Forrest

65kg:
Bo Bassett
David Evans

74kg:
Joe Sealey
Cenzo
Will Henckel
Terrell Barraclough

86kg:
Morgan McIntosh
Aarif Asif

97kg:
Cole Mirasola

130kg:
Michael Rogers (Greco)

Men’s Freestyle Schedule
Sunday, April 7
(Late entry deadline 6 pm the night before)
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations
4:00 p.m – 6:30 p.m. - Consolation Semifinals and Third Place Match followed by Finals

Coming up in in less than a month. April 19th-20th. I’ll post the entire list of qualifiers but first look at 74kg. Absolutely loaded! Whoever comes out will be battle tested. I’m hoping it’s Nolf but still think Dake wins it. I’m most interested to see how Mesenbrink does against this group of killers though

74 KG​

Sitting To Best of Three Final Series

2023 Senior World silver medal at Olympic weight - Kyle Dake (Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC)

Challenge Tournament

2019 World Team member – Jordan Burroughs (Sunkist Kids/Pennsylvania RTC)

2023 U20 World champion – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Askren Wrestling Academy)

2023 U23 World champion – Keegan O'Toole (Tiger Style WC)

2023 Bill Farrell champion – Jason Nolf (Nittany Lion WC)

2023 Senior Nationals champion – Quincy Monday (NJRTC/Titan Mercury WC)

2023 Senior Nationals 2nd place – Alex Marinelli (Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

2023 Senior Nationals 3rd place – Alex Facundo (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

2023 Senior Nationals 4th place – Jarrett Jacques (Tiger Style WC)

2023 Senior Nationals 5th place – Tyler Berger (Pennsylvania RTC)

2024 NCAA D1 champion at 157 lbs - Levi Haines (Penn State)

2024 NCAA D1 champion at 165 lbs - David Carr (Iowa State)

Davis is #1 and will possibly get Peterson after the winner of the pigtail.

Nagao is #10, will probably get Bailey to get to the quarters to face Crookham (who got robbed by not getting the #1 seed)