Penn State - Lehigh Dual Thread
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No. 21 Pitt 21, No. 18 Lehigh 12
125 – Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) dec. Nick Babin (Pitt) 6-3
133 – Matty Lopes (Lehigh) dec. Vinnie Santaniello (Pitt) 3-2
141 – Anthony Santaniello (Pitt) dec. Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 4-1
149 – Finn Solomon (Pitt) tech fall Kelvin Griffin (Lehigh) 19-4, 4:27
157 – Dylan Evans (Pitt) dec. Logan Rozynski (Lehigh) 2-1
165 – Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) dec. Kelin Laffey (Pitt) 9-4
174 – Luca Augustine (Pitt) dec. Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) 4-1
184 – Reece Heller (Pitt) major dec. Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 8-0
197 – Michael Beard (Lehigh) dec. Mac Stout (Pitt) 9-2
285 – Dayton Pitzer (Pitt) dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 1-0
Based on this (if no Crookham), I'd consider 197 a toss-up match with a couple other good matches, but it could be the second time I've seen PSU shut out Lehigh.
125 – Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) dec. Nick Babin (Pitt) 6-3
133 – Matty Lopes (Lehigh) dec. Vinnie Santaniello (Pitt) 3-2
141 – Anthony Santaniello (Pitt) dec. Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 4-1
149 – Finn Solomon (Pitt) tech fall Kelvin Griffin (Lehigh) 19-4, 4:27
157 – Dylan Evans (Pitt) dec. Logan Rozynski (Lehigh) 2-1
165 – Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) dec. Kelin Laffey (Pitt) 9-4
174 – Luca Augustine (Pitt) dec. Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) 4-1
184 – Reece Heller (Pitt) major dec. Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 8-0
197 – Michael Beard (Lehigh) dec. Mac Stout (Pitt) 9-2
285 – Dayton Pitzer (Pitt) dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 1-0
Based on this (if no Crookham), I'd consider 197 a toss-up match with a couple other good matches, but it could be the second time I've seen PSU shut out Lehigh.
AJ at his best, sure. Question is if he gets to his best by March (or if he gets to March at all)
I'm okay with calling Buchanan a favorite but he is by no means some kind of next topic favorite. He's been very good on the backside in March (hence why he is the rightful #1 right now), can't deny that but he's been beaten or taken to the brink by several wrestlers in the field and Iowa aren't exactly known as the best game planners for upperweights come March.
197 landscape is changing. By the end of this season he will look better than Kasak looked going into March.
Brooks and Hidlay dominated the field last year. This year's top 10 on Intermat went 0-10 with 8 bonus losses to them.
197 is wide open this year.
The 197 Tiers last year:
1: AB
2: Hidlay
3: Everyone else
1: AB
2: Hidlay
3: Everyone else
You should attend a match at Lehigh's Grace Hall. It has long been called the "Snake Pit" for a reason.
Brooks is a ****ing beast plain and simple. Man we are blessed to have wrestlers like that every year
Former season ticket holder. Been to many. Edit - the last season we had them, our seats were a row behind Jeff Buxton.
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I know it doesn’t mean anything until they weigh in but interesting to note that Davis is the only person at 133.
https://gopsusports.com/news/2024/12/4/notes-penn-state-visits-lehigh-sunday-for-2-pm-dual-meet
https://gopsusports.com/news/2024/12/4/notes-penn-state-visits-lehigh-sunday-for-2-pm-dual-meet
Assuming Barr will be the guy for PSU at 197 this season, he is slated to face some good competition. The ranking numbers are (Intermat / Flo):But Buchanan is getting a year in "the best lightweight room in the country".
I have Barr over Beard, btw. I think a lot of people are sleeping on Barr. It reminds me of when Mark Hall said Starocci was a future national champ during Starocci's redshirt year. Starocci put the same tag on Barr. I believe him.
- Beard (#6 / #6)
- Novak (#17 / #13)
- Elam (#4 / #3) (possible match-up at Collegiate Duals)
- McDaniel (#26 / #33)
- Poznanski (#14 / #17)
- Buchanan (#2 / #1)
- Cardenas (#3 / #2)
- Geog (#10 / #20)
- Braunagel (#13 / #10)
I hope he gets the match with Beard Saturday. That would immediately give us a clearer idea of where he stands.
Two things: Buchanan looks much more muscular this season, and did you notice how Aaron stepped on Buchanan's foot during the throw sequence, not allowing Buchanan to initially defend the throw? I'm not sure if it was intentional or not.
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Match notes for Lehigh courtesy of GoPSUsports.com:
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Whatever it was Aaron Brooks was fearless and relentless. He just manhandled people. Reminds me of Nickel same thingTwo things: Buchanan looks much more muscular this season, and did you notice how Aaron stepped on Buchanan's foot during the throw sequence, not allowing Buchanan to initially defend the throw? I'm not sure if it was intentional or not.
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Exactly. The way he was bulling Buchanan, he was going to stomp him, pin or no pin.
Wrestlestat's data driven algorithm hasn't caught up with Luke yet. I'm not worried about that one. I doubt Davis beats Crookham, but we'll see, it's not impossible, I guess, just don't ask me to put money on it. Barr over Beard is a little surprising, but Barr has never lost a college match with a 18-0 career record, so I guess the algorithm is benefitting him for that.
The Wrestlestat algorithm for guys breaking into the lineup or with limited match history is deeply flawed; really not worth even mentioning. It's pretty useless.
Pat Santoro Interview - If you move to 12:00, they ask him his thoughts on Cael
You and I see the 197 match the same way
Santoro is a class act.
Man, what a breath of fresh air.
We return you to our regularly scheduled Mark Manning show.
La Bicicleta is 1/2 block from the arena. Venezuelan -- arepas, empanadas, etc. Excellent food and nice folks.
I don't know if it's open on Sundays. If not, there's a 2nd location about 2 miles away, maybe a job for some delivery service.
There’s a Chickies n Pete’s IN the PPL . Allentown Brew Works at 812 Hamilton is nice.
Penn State travels to Lehigh to take on the Mountain Hawks at 2 PM ET.
Match can be streamed on FloWrestling. Penn State without some starters and also appears 157 isn’t entirely decided.
Match can be streamed on FloWrestling. Penn State without some starters and also appears 157 isn’t entirely decided.
Wow. Gotta be kidding with no Barr this match. Same with Facundo. Unless Barr and Kasak hurt makes no sense
