Penn State is still good at wrestling.
Not that the expectation was any different coming into the 2025-26 season, since PSU started the year No. 1.
But a 45-0 win over a ranked program is always going to be impressive regardless of how used Penn State fans have grown to winning, and that’s what the team accomplished in its season opener at the Bryce Jordan Center Friday night.
The win was Penn State’s 72nd consecutive in dual meet competition, which puts it five away from the Division I record, set by Oklahoma State between 1937 and 1951. The total NCAA record is 77, set by Division II St. Cloud State from 2017-2022. The NJCAA record is held by SUNY-Delhi (92) and the NAIA record is held by Grand View (115).
If Penn State wins every dual meet this season, it will be 15-0 and seven away from passing SUNY-Delhi.
The way things are going, all records are in play.
Here’s how win No. 72 happened, with the bout staring at 197.
197: Connor Mirasola over No. 8 DJ Parker, 13-3 MD
4-0 Penn State
Heavyweight: No. 11 Cole Mirasola over No. 24 Juan Mora, 5-2
7-0 Penn State
125: No. 3 Luke Lilledahl over Conrad Hendrickson, 14-4 MD
11-0 Penn State
133: Marcus Blaze over Tyson Charmoli, 18-3 TF
16-0 Penn State
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.141: No. 11 Aaron Nagao over Alex Braun, 9-5
19-0 Penn State
149: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness over Layton Schneider, 20-1 TF
24-0 Penn State
**That’s right, 20-1.
157: Joe Sealey over Layton Sommer, 19-4 TF
29-0 Penn State
165: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink over Owen Eck, 19-4 TF
34-0 Penn State
174: No. 1 Levi Haines pins No. 33 Carter Schubert
40-0 Penn State
184: No. 2 Rocco Welsh over Anders Thompson, 19-4 TF
45-0 Penn State
