CLEVELAND, Ohio — The top two teams at this year’s NCAA Wrestling Championships have been Penn State and Oklahoma State.
Penn State has piled up 153 points through two days and could potentially produce eight medalists. Oklahoma State, meanwhile, has surged into second place behind its standout freshman class, as Jax Forrest, Cody Merrill, Sergio Vega and Landon Robideau all advanced to Saturday’s finals. The Cowboys have amassed 111.5 points to lead the chase pack.
No other team has topped 100 points. Nebraska sits in third place with 90.5, Iowa is fourth with 81, and Ohio State rounds out the top five with 77.5.
Penn State will send six wrestlers into Saturday night’s championship finals: Luke Lilledahl, Shayne Van Ness, Mitchell Mesenbrink, Levi Haines, Rocco Welsh and Josh Barr.
Here are the results from Friday’s semifinal round:
125 Pounds
No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) over No. 5 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State), 8-3 decision.
No. 10 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) over No. 14 Jacob Moran (Indiana), 4-1 decision.
133 Pounds
No. 1 Jax Forrest (Oklahoma State) over No. 4 Aaron Seidel (Virginia Tech), 14-3 major decision.
No. 2 Ben Davino (Ohio State) over No. 3 Marcus Blaze (Penn State), 3-2 tiebreak decision.
141 Pounds
No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) over No. 5 Luke Stanich (Lehigh), 4-1 sudden victory decision.
No. 2 Sergio Vega (Oklahoma State) over No. 3 Brock Hardy (Nebraska), 5-4 decision.
149 Pounds
No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) over No. 20 Chance Lamer (Nebraska), 22-1 technical fall.
No. 10 Aden Valencia (Stanford) over No. 11 Lachlan McNeil (Michigan), 9-5 decision.
157 Pounds
No. 5 Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State) over No. 1 PJ Duke (Penn State), 3-1 tiebreak decision.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.No. 2 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) over No. 11 Ty Watters (West Virginia), 4-2 decision.
165 Pounds
No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) over No. 12 Cesar Alvan (Columbia), 15-0 technical fall.
No. 3 Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) over No. 2 Joey Blaze (Purdue), 8-5 sudden victory decision.
174 Pounds
No. 3 Chris Minto (Nebraska) over No. 7 Cam Steed (Missouri), 5-1 decision.
No. 1 Levi Haines (Penn State) over No. 5 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa), 18-3 technical fall.
184 Pounds
No. 1 Rocco Welsh (Penn State) over No. 5 Brock Mantanona (Michigan), 4-3 decision.
No. 3 Max McEnelly (Minnesota) over No. 7 Angelo Ferrari (Iowa), 2-1 tiebreak decision.
197 Pounds
No. 1 Josh Barr (Penn State) over No. 5 Joey Novak (Wyoming), 14-3 major decision.
No. 7 Cody Merrill (Oklahoma State) over No. 3 Stephen Little (Little Rock), 2-1 tiebreak decision.
285 Pounds
No. 1 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) over No. 4 AJ Ferrari (Nebraska), 15-7 major decision.
No. 2 Isaac Trumble (NC State) over No. 3 Taye Ghadiali (Michigan), 4-1 decision.
