Which Penn State wrestling non-conference matches are we most excited for? Ranking them 6-1
Penn State wrestling announced its 2025-2026 schedule this week. We rank the duals we are most excited to see here.
Which Penn State wrestling non-conference matches are we most excited for? Ranking them 6-1
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There's another dual that, unfortunately, we won't get to see if it happens. Cael can take the starting lineup and put them against all the non-starters and redshirts. $100 says this would end up being closer than a lot of the scheduled duals.
Yeah, they had a better lineup than I realized. Honestly, I went looking to research this year's opponents and figured since I was doing that, I might as well rank 'em.
There will be some big time matches vs Lehigh! (seymour, crookham, stanich right off the bat) rozynski, bringola, JT davis, nate taylor... this is a good test and a fun match... I think the final score will not be indicative of the strength of the match however... PSU will win this one big but some of these matches will be very tough!
It is good to gain experience wrestling tough competition that forces you to chase them.
Agreed... Seymour, crrokham and stanich wont run though... i think they will bring the fight to us!
It isn't necessarily running. Lehigh will hand fight and wrestle hard, but a Lehigh personality trait is to run their offense from circling, sliding away from the handfighting looking to attack as the opposition steps into their attack. If the opposing wrestler does not chase it will appear as though Lehigh is wrestling in reverse.
agreed ... for Lehigh in general. Stanich, Bringola will handfight... but they will look to get into their offense but agreed that probably 70% of their team will counter wrestle
Not unless Soldano hits one of his weird moves from bottom, or Cael gives some guys a break after Bill Farrell the week before. Or they sneak Mark Hall into the lineup.
Oklahoma has a decent lineup. 149 Gioffre, 157 Hipolito, 165 Kellar, and 197 Parker are all ranked top 12 by Intermat. 4 other guys are ranked. Parker made the blood round last year. I'd still expect a shutout.
Even if they put Mark in the lineup. At 174 past prime Mark against prime time and newly crowned world silver medalist Levi, Mark isn't putting any points on the board for Oklahoma.
I remember wrestling nomad (who I can’t stand) saying while Mark was in college he thought Mark’s senior career would be short lived and we wanted to get into coaching right away. It annoyed me to hear that as I felt Mark would go on to senior world medals but as it turns out a broken clock is right twice a day
Seyko still thinks Mirasola is getting better and will bear Barr but no mention of Barr getting better! LOL
If Connor Marisola can beat Barr - that is a great problem for us to have!
I feel like Connor is really good and wouldn't be surprised at anything... but I don't see him beating out Rocco or Barr so his best bet would be to get on the Anthony Cassar regimen bc I think he would beat our Cole !
It doesn't surprise me. Zach openly touted Conner as a future 4xer, before he even hit our practice room. Now he "might" never be our starter. Zach's middle initial is H, for hyperbolic
Every match on the schedule is exciting for me equally! I plan my days/nights around the schedule ... the 2025 opener against Oklahoma is #1 on my list just because it's the first one for this new team.
Lehigh is the #1 non conference competition for the boys in blue - PSU 125-141 vs Lehigh murderer's row will be fun to watch!
Lehigh is the #1 non conference competition for the boys in blue - PSU 125-141 vs Lehigh murderer's row will be fun to watch!
Hoping it’s not true, but word around Lehigh is that Stanich is injured and likely out until January.
He hurt his knee trying to trick knee at Worlds in his first match. It actually helped him because he went to conventional defense the old school sprawl and thigh block
Stanich is out the beginning of the season with a knee injury he got at U20s. Word is a few Lehigh guys may be out early in the season.
I think Oklahoma is on the rise but they dont match up well at all but it wouldn’t shock me to see Soldano catch Rocco , if Barr is out I think Parker/ Mirsola is a toss up,Heavyweight is no guarantee , Hipalito at 157 can be a dangerous match up if it’s Duke.. all that being said I think Penn state probably shuts them out but it’s nice to see Oklahoma with a competitive line up I think that’s good for the sport
Don't sleep on Braun at 141 he was a good recruit Flo had him #20 and Willie #19 in the 2024 class. He was 6-3 while in RS he took an odd loss but he did beat Titus in a dual . Not saying he's gonna win but he will end up being a solid D1 wrestler wouldn't shock me if hes an AA before he's done
YEP.... and this will be a great early test for our guys - especially a youngster like Blaze (and maybe even ONO)???