Wrestling Jan 1&2- "PSU heads to Southern Scuffle" by Tim Owen

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Full article at the link...

PSU heads to Southern Scuffle

Tim Owen
BlueWhiteIllustrated.com Staff Writer

It might be the start of a new year, but Penn State wrestling will be aiming for the same results.

Following a holiday break, Penn State wrestling returns to action Jan. 1-2 in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the Southern Scuffle, a tournament that it has won for the past five consecutive seasons. With the first six weeks of the 2015-16 collegiate season in the books, in which PSU has jumped out to a 6-0 dual meet record, it still has four of 10 starters undefeated.​

https://bwi.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1841329​

 

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From the linked article:

Flowrestling and Trackwrestling provide complete coverage of the event through live video and live scoring.

Links for both are on www.TheSouthernScuffle.com.​

 

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Penn State Match notes pdf at the link...

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...o_pdf/2015-16/release/release_20151229aaa.pdf

Also from gopsusports...

http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/122915aab.html

NOTES: No. 1 Penn State Ready for 2016 Southern Scuffle

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- No. 1 Penn State (6-0, 0-0 B1G) treks to Chattanooga, Tenn., to take part in the 2016 Southern Scuffle at Chattanooga. Head coach Cael Sanderson’s squad will be looking to defend five straight Scuffle championships. Action begins in Chattanooga’s McKenzie Arena at 9 a.m. on both Jan.1 and Jan. 2, 2016.

Penn State will send 15 wrestlers into action looking to claim its sixth straight Scuffle crown. In addition, three unattached Nittany Lions will compete (each of whom cannot count towards the team score). At the Southern Scuffle, team scoring is weight-by-weight in the same fashion as the NCAA Championships but, if a team has more than one wrestler at a weight, whichever wrestler has amassed the most team points will have his score count towards the team total (meaning that a team does not dictate its starter/scoring wrestler ahead of time).

Penn State’s 15 attached competitors will be: Senior Nico Megaludis (ranked No. 4) and freshman Kenny Yanovich at 125; senior Jordan Conaway (ranked No. 6) at 133; junior Jimmy Gulibon (ranked No. 6) and sophomore Kade Moss at 141; sophomore Zain Retherford(ranked No. 1) at 149; freshman Jason Nolf(ranked No. 3) and junior Zack Beitz at 157; junior Geno Morelli (ranked No. 18), freshman Shakur Rasheed and sophomore Garett Hammond at 165; freshman Bo Nickal (ranked No. 5) at 174; sophomore Matt McCutcheon(ranked No. 13) at 184; senior Morgan McIntosh (ranked No. 1) at 197; and freshman Jan Johnson at 285. Penn State’s three unattached grapplers will be freshman Jered Cortez at 133, freshman Gary Dinmore at 141 and freshman Vincenzo Joseph at 157.

Penn State is coming off a resounding 38-4 win at Rider back on Dec. 19. The Nittany Lions won the first nine bouts on their way to the lopsided win and enter the scuffle with a perfect 6-0 dual meet mark.

The 2016 Southern Scuffle field makes it, once again, the regular season’s top team-scored tournament. In addition to penn State, Cornell, Edinboro, Lehigh, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Pitt and West Virginia will be among the teams competing.​

 

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Bump for wrestling fans.

Happy New Year!