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How to watch, stream Penn State wrestling at Illinois: What time is the match? Projected lineups, more

Greg Pickelby: Greg Pickel02/16/25GregPickel
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Penn State wrestler Luke Lilledahl. (Carr/BWI)

No. 1 Penn State finishes the Big Ten dual meet portion of its regular season schedule today when it takes on Illinois. With a win, the Nittany Lions can set a conference record with 70 consecutive meet victories. They are favored to do so. DraftKings sets the point spread at 28.5 points.

Get ready for Penn State-Illinois with our match preview below. And, check back to BWI for live updates once the match is underway.

What time, channel, is Penn State-Illinois on?

Penn State-Illinois will stream exclusively on B1G+. Click here to learn more about and purchase the subscription service.

Today’s match starts at 2 p.m. ET.

Those who will not be on hand or who don’t have a B1G+ subscription can listen to the radio call from longtime program play-by-play man Jeff Byers for free on LionVision by clicking here. The Penn State pre-match show goes live at 1:40 p.m. ET. Blue-White Illustrated will also have updates on The Wrestling Room forum.

Projected starting lineups

The headliner bout comes at 133 pounds. No. 8 Braeden Davis, who returned to the mat and won on Friday, faces No. 4 Lucas Byrd. He is one of two Fighting Illini in the top 10. The other is heavyweight Luke Luffman, who is No. 10 at 285 pounds. We don’t yet know if Greg Kerkvliet, who was sick Friday night, will wrestle him. And, while we expect Davis to go again, we do not think Tyler Kasak will be in the lineup.

Here’s a look at the projected starting lineups. Note that they could change after weigh-ins:

125 pounds: No. 7 Luke Liledahl, PSU vs. Caelan Riley, Illinois

133 pounds: No. 8 Braeden Davis, PSU vs. No. 4 Lucas Byrd, Illinois

141 pounds: No. 3 Beau Bartlett, PSU vs. No. 17 Danny Pucino, Illinois

149 pounds: No. 2 Shayne Van Ness, PSU vs. No. 14 Kannon Webster, Illinois

157 pounds: No. 1 Tyler Kasak OR Connor Pierce OR David Evans OR Joe Sealey, PSU vs. No. 30 Jason Kraisser, Illinois

165 pounds: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink, PSU vs. No. 14 Braeden Scoles, Illinois

174 pounds: No. 2 Levi Haines, PSU vs. No. 23 Danny Braunagel, Illinois

184 pounds: No. 1 Carter Staorcci, PSU vs. No. 12 Edmond Ruth, Illinois

197 pounds: No. 3 Josh Barr, PSU vs. No. 17 Zac Braunagel, Illinois

285 pounds: No. 2 Greg Kerkvliet, Penn Sate vs. No. 10 Luke Luffman, Illinois

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