Penn State wrestling dominated Bloomsburg for its 87th consecutive dual meet win, opening the 2026-27 season in style.
Here’s how it happened.
The 2026-27 Penn State wrestling season is underway. Follow this thread for updates on tonight’s dual meet against Bloomsburg at Rec Hall.
125: Luke Lilledahl (Penn State wrestling) vs. Justin Jones
Lilledahl goes in on the legs early and gets a takedown within the first 20 seconds. He holds riding time for 41 seconds until Jones escapes for a point, but gets three more quickly with a double-leg takedown. Another escape makes it 6-2. Lilledahl gets Jones by the ankle and takes him to the ground to make it 9-2. Lilledahl enters the second period up 9-2 and starts on bottom. He dominates the second period and gets a win, 19-4.
Penn State 5, Bloomsburg 0
133: Masanosuke Ono (Penn State) vs. Austin Pollard
Ono led 12-3 within 78 seconds. An escape followed by a takedown made it 15-4. Another escape made it 15-5, and a takedown at the buzzer made it 18-5 and put Ono in position for a techfall. Ono started the second period on bottom and escaped to make it 19-5. Ono didn’t get the techfall in the second period and went into the third period up 19-5. Pollard kept fighting in the third period, getting an escape and then a takedown to make it 19-9. An escape point makes it 20-9. That’s how it ended.
Penn State 9, Bloomsburg 0
141: Hayden Cunningham (Penn State) vs. Scotty Johnson
Cunningham got the start at 141, with Marcus Blaze still moving to a new weight and Nate Desmond being scratched from the weigh-in. The two wrestle to a scoreless first period. Cunningham starts on bottom and gets an escape point to go up 1-0 in the second. With 50 seconds left in the period, Johnson gets a takedown to go ahead 3-1. Johnson rides out Cunningham for the rest of the period to go into the third period with a 3-1 lead. Johnson starts on bottom in the third period and escapes to make it 4-1. A takedown with 1:20 left gives Johnson a 7-1 lead. That score ends up holding.
Penn State 9, Bloomsburg 3
149: No. 4 Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) vs. Jay Chase
Van Ness gets a single-leg takedown a minute in, then gets a pin.
The match lasted 1:26
Penn State 15, Bloomsburg 3
157: No. 2 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) vs. Michael Turi
The first half of the dual meet ends with Kasak’s first dual meet in almost two years. Kasak gets an early takedown for three, before Turi escapes to make it 3-1. With 17 seconds left, Turi gets a stall warning. The first period ends with Kasak up 3-1. Kasak accumulates more than two minutes of riding time before the end of the second period, ending at 2:42. Turi keeps battling, but Kasak ultimately has too much firepower and wins. 8-1.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Penn State 18, Bloomsburg 3
165: No. 1 PJ Duke (Penn State) vs. Morgan SchwarzÂ
This is Duke’s first match at 165. He takes down Schwarz in 36 seconds to go ahead 3-0. Schwarz gets an escape point, but it’s immediately followed by a Duke takedown to give him a 6-1 lead. Schwarz escapes to make it 6-2, but Duke picks the leg and goes ahead 9-2. Duke leads 9-2 at the end of the first period and accrues 1:59 of riding time. The second period starts in neutral. Duke gets Schwarz’s back leg and gets another takedown to push the lead to 12-2. An escape makes it 12-3. Duke gets another takedown with 50 seconds left to go ahead 15-3 and put him on the brink of a tech fall. Duke cuts Schwarz loose to make it 15-4, and that’s how it stays going into the third period. Schwarz starts the third period on bottom and quickly escapes to make it 15-5. But a blast double puts Duke ahead 18-5. A quick escape by Schwarz makes it 18-6, but a quick double leg takedown gives Duke a 21-6 tech fall.
Penn State 23, Bloomsburg 3
174: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) vs. Mohamed Abdelhady
This is Mesenbrink’s first bout at 174 after winning two national titles and a Hodge Trophy at 165. Mesenbrink leads 9-2 after the first period. It takes Mesenbrink five seconds to get a reversal to make it 11-2. Although an escape makes it 11-3, Mesenbrink gets a double-leg takedown to make it 14-3. An escape is followed by another takedown, making it 17-4 and putting Mesenbrink on the brink of a tech fall. Mesenbrink enters the third period up 18-4 with 2:50 of riding time secured. Mesenbrink gets a takedown early to get the tech fall win and secure the team win for Penn State.
Penn State 28, Bloomsburg 3
184: No. 2 Rocco Welsh (Penn State) vs. Gavin Hannah
A tech fall for Welsh. What else is new?
Penn State 33, Bloomsburg 3
Penn State will hit the road to take on Oklahoma. That dual meet is scheduled for 8 on ESPN+.
197: No. 1 Rocco Welsh (Penn State) vs. Wyatt Bush
Tech-fall city
Penn State 38, Bloomsburg 3
Heavyweight: Connor Mirasola (Penn State) vs. No. 28 Mason RebuckÂ
Mirasola gets an early takedown, and an escape makes it 3-1. Another takedown right on the edge of the out of bounds line puts Mirasola ahead 6-1 less than a minute in. An escape makes it 6-2. Another takedown on the edge makes it 9-2 Mirasola with a little more than a minute left in the first period. An escape makes it 9-3. Roebuck survives a takedown to keep it at 9-3 going into the last period. Mirasola starts on bottom in the second period and gets an escape to make it 10-3. That’s how it stays going into the third period. Roebuck starts the third period on bottom and gets a quick escape to make it 10-4. Mirasola appears to get a takedown to make it 13-4, but Bloomsburg challenges with 18 seconds left in the dual meet. The takedown is negated without a review. But Mirasola gets a takedown with three second left to get a 13-4 major decision win.
Final: Penn State 42, Bloomsburg 3
Penn State will hit the road to take on Oklahoma. That dual meet is scheduled for 8 on ESPN+.
