No. 1 Penn State Defeats No. 2 Ohio State to get 85th Consecutive Dual Meet Win

Penn State is rolling in college wrestling. After defeating No. 2 Ohio State on Friday night 36-5, they have now won 85 consecutive dual meets. Penn State Head Coach Cael Sanderson has built the most successful program in college sports.

It is time to start paying attention to what is happening in “Happy Valley” with the Penn State wrestling team. On Friday night, they dominated the Ohio State Buckeyes. Do you think the Nittany Lions will ever lose?

Penn State Defeats Ohio State In Wrestling

Penn State hosted the Buckeyes, but did so rudely. Ohio State wrestler Jesse Mendez won by technical fall. That was one of the few bright spots for the Buckeyes, who were outclassed by the top-ranked Nittany Lions. In this article, we will go through the weight classes.

125 Pounds

No. 1 Luke Lilledahl from Penn State wrestled against No. 4 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State at the 125-pound weight class. This match between undefeated wrestlers was won in overtime by Lillendahl. This was a match the Buckeyes needed to win; the Nittany Lions went up 3-0.

133 Pounds

We had another match of undefeated wrestlers in this weight class. Ohio State’s Ben Davino, ranked No. 2, went against No. 4 Marcus Blaze. This was another match that Ohio State needed, and another match they did not get. This was another match that went to sudden death. Blaze dramatically scored a takedown. Three more points for the inhabitants of “Happy Valley.”

141 Pounds

At 141 pounds, Jesse Mendez defeated Braden Davis by technical fall.

149 Pounds

Here was the first fill-in for Ohio State, Brogan Fielding. He had no chance against Shayne Van Ness and lost 20-4.

154 Pounds

A second Ohio State fill-in, this one named Dylan Chase, was a heavy underdog to PJ Duke. He lost the match and was pinned.

165 Pounds

The Buckeyes used 16th-ranked Paddy Gallagher against Mitchell Messenbrink. It was tough for the Buckeye, and Messenbrink won 12-2.

174 Pounds

Topped-ranked Levi Hayes defeated substitute T.J. Schierl. Hayes has won three consecutive Big Ten Conference championships, and he has only lost four times in his career.

184 Pounds

Ohio State almost got a surprise at the weight class as eighth-ranked Buckeye Dylan Fishbak led for most of the match with top-ranked Rocco Welch. Welch won in the final seconds 7-6. That made it 29-5, Penn State.

197 Pounds

At 197 pounds, the top-ranked Josh Barr faced Ohio State’s tenth-ranked Luke Geog. This match was scoreless for most of the first period. However, Barr scored a takedown in the waning seconds of the first period. Barr ended up winning the match 11-2. He is now 15-0 on the season, and he has scored bonus points in every match this season.

Heaveyweight

The Barr victory left one more match for the beleaguered Buckeyes. They turned to All-American Nick Feldman. He is the third-ranked heavyweight in the country. He faced 12th-ranked Cole Mirasola, who is a redshirt freshman. This was one of the few matches in which Ohio State was favored. This match was decided in a sudden-death victory by Mirasola.

Parting Shots

The Nittany Lions have six top-ranked wrestlers. They are also very young, so they are not going anywhere. There were 16,006 fans in attendance. The largest crowd to ever see a college wrestling match.

There was a lot of attention paid to this wrestling match; it is a shame the Buckeyes could not give them a better test. However, they did wrestle with a bunch of backups. They are a little banged up and are preserving themselves for the Big Ten Championships. Ohio State suffered its first defeat of the season, as Penn State won 36-5.