UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State wrestling team (1-0, 0-0 B1G) is set for a road-home split this weekend. The Nittany Lions visit Drexel (2-0) on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Philadelphia. Two days later, Penn State hosts Lehigh (3-2*) on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 1 p.m. in Rec Hall. *Lehigh hosts Pittsburgh on Friday night as well. All rankings listed are InterMat/InterMat Tournament Power Index (TPI).

The Nittany Lions last wrestled on Nov. 23 in the Black Knight Invitational at Army West Point. Nine Penn Staters won titles at the event: Nate Desmond (125), Marcus Blaze (133), Shayne Van Ness (149), PJ Duke (157), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165), Levi Haines (174), Rocco Welsh (184), Connor Mirasola (197) and Cole Mirasola (285).

Penn State has ten wrestlers ranked by InterMat. Luke Lilledahl is 3-0 overall and No. 2 at 125. Marcus Blaze is 5-0 and No. 11 at 133. Aaron Nagao is 4-1 and No. 8 at 141. Shayne Van Ness is 4-0 and No. 1 at 149. PJ Duke is 3-0 and No. 15 at 157. Mitchell Mesenbrink is 5-0 and No. 1 at 165. Levi Haines is 4-0 and No. 1 at 174. Rocco Welsh is 3-0 and No. 4 at 184. Josh Barr is 0-0 and No. 1 at 197, true freshman Connor Mirasola is 4-0 at 197. Cole Mirasola is 4-0 and No. 10 at 285.

A reminder that per NCAA rules, when two wrestlers from the same team meet in a tournament, the result is not official. It does not count as a win or a loss. Please see rule 9, section 6, article 4, found on page 79 of the official 2025-26 NCAA Wrestling rule book.

“Art. 4. Non-Allowable ISRF Matches. Matches between teammates, against opponents who are not listed on an institutional roster, a club-level wrestler, a prospective student-athlete or an armed services student-athlete shall not be counted.”

Drexel, 2-0 in duals, last competed at the Keystone Classic at Penn on Nov. 23. The Dragons have dual wins over Duke (37-4) and Morgan State (38-9). Drexel has two ranked wrestlers. lJasaiah Queen is 5-1 and No. 17 at 174. Ibrahim Ameer is 4-2 and No. 31 at 197. Penn State leads the all-time series with the Dragons 2-0. The Lions won the last meeting, 41-3, last year in Rec Hall on Nov. 17, 2024.

Lehigh heads into the weekend 3-2 in dual meets. The Mountain Hawks last competed on Nov. 15, dropping duals to Nebraska (35-7) and Illinois (21-13) while beating Arizona State (24-18). Lehigh also has dual wins over Duke (38-7) and Virginia (21-17). The Hawks have six ranked wrestlers. Sheldon Seymour is 5-0 and No. 5 at 125. Logan Rozynski is 3-1 and No. 10 at 157. Max Brignola is 4-1 and No. 7 at 165. Rylan Rogers is 6-2 and No. 23 at 184. JT Davis is 4-3 and No. 25 at 197. Nathan Taylor is 0-0 and No. 7 at 285. Penn State owns a 75-34-3 lead in the all-time series with Lehigh, winning the last contest 36-3 at LU on Dec. 8, 2024.