Penn State Wrestling

Penn State wrestling clinched its fourth consecutive national team title on Saturday morning at the 2025 NCAA Championships in Philadelphia. The Nittany Lions secured the program’s 13th national championship nearly eight hours before the finals when Shayne Van Ness pinned Ethan Stiles of Oregon State in the first period of the 149 pound consolation semifinals.…

Three Penn State wrestlers advanced to the finals and the Nittany Lions maintained their lead atop the team standing while tying the record for most All-Americans in a single season on Friday night at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. Mitchell Mesenbrink, Carter Starocci and Josh Barr will each compete for national titles…

All 10 Penn State wrestlers were in action to begin day two of action at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for the 2025 NCAA Championships, and seven advanced to the national semifinals during the tournament’s third session on Friday afternoon. Beau Bartlett, Shayne Van Ness, Mitchell Mesenbink, Levi Haines, Carter Starocci and Greg Kerkvliet…

Penn State wrestling went a perfect 10-0 in second-round bouts at the NCAA Championships on Thursday night in Philadelphia, advancing all 10 wrestlers to Friday’s quarterfinals and completing the first day of the national tournament with a perfect 20-0 record. [Session 1 Recap] The Nittany Lions remain atop team standing with a total of 39.5…

The first of six NCAA Championships sessions kicked off for Penn State wrestling on Thursday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. All 10 Nittany Lions saw action in the first round of bouts and were a perfect 10-0 on the afternoon Highlighting the session were nine Nittany Lion wrestlers scoring bonus point victories, including…

Just a few days before the NCAA Championships, Penn State wrestling head coach Cael Sanderson took the stage for the last media availability of the season on Monday afternoon. After another dominant performance in the Big Ten Championships where Penn State routed the field with five conference champions and a team total of 181.5 points,…

Four Penn State wrestlers will have No. 1 seeds at next week’s NCAA Championships and none of the 10 Nittany Lions in the tournament are seeded lower than eighth in the brackets revealed on Wednesday night. Luke Lilledahl, Tyler Kasak, Mitchell Mesenbrink and Carter Starocci will head to Philadelphia March 20-22 with top seeds. The…

Penn State’s Carter Starocci was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Year and Cael Sanderson was selected Coach of the Year after the Nittany Lions finished off their third consecutive conference tournament championship Sunday in Evanston, Illinois. Starocci, one of five Nittany Lions to capture individual conference crowns, is now 21-0 on the season after…

Penn State wrestlers won individual Big Ten championships and the Nittany Lions claimed their third consecutive conference team title on Sunday at Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois. Luke Lilledahl, Tyler Kasak, Mitchell Mesenbrink, Levi Haines, Carter Starocci each captured individual conference crowns, while Greg Kerkvliet took second. Haines and Starocci took home their third…