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UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State (7-0, 1-0 B1G) hit the road for two Big Ten dual meets this weekend. The Nittany Lions are at Iowa (8-2, 1-0 B1G) on Friday, Jan. 16, for a 7 p.m. Eastern dual on the Big Ten Network. Two days later, Penn State visits Northwestern (3-1, 1-0) on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 3 p.m. Eastern. Northwestern battles Wisconsin while Penn State visits Iowa. All rankings are InterMat/InterMat TPI.
The Nittany Lions are coming off a 46-0 shutout win over visiting Rutgers last Saturday. Penn State picked up three pins, two techs and three majors in blanking the Scarlet Knights to improve to 7-0 on the year and win its Big Ten opener.
Penn State has ten wrestlers ranked by InterMat. Luke Lilledahl is 9-0 and No. 2 at 125. Marcus Blaze is 11-0 and No. 4 at 133. Braeden Davis is 5-0 and No. 7 at 141. Shayne Van Ness is 10-0 and No. 1 at 149. PJ Duke is 9-0 and No. 3 at 157. Mitchell Mesenbrink is 11-0 and No. 1 at 165. Levi Haines is 10-0 and No. 1 at 174. Rocco Welsh is 9-0 and No. 4 at 184. Josh Barr is 8-0 and No. 1 at 197. Cole Mirasola is 8-2 and No. 13 at 285.
A reminder that per NCAA rules, when two wrestlers from the same team meet in a tournament, the result is not official as THEY ARE NOT OFFICIAL MATCHES. 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."
Iowa enters Friday's dual with an 8-2 record, 1-0 in the conference. The Hawkeyes opened up the Big Ten season with a win over Wisconsin and have ten wrestlers ranked by InterMat. Dean Peterson is No. 6 at 125. Drake Ayala is No. 8 at 133. Nasir Bailey is No. 11 at 141. Ryder Block is No. 17 at 149. Jordan Williams is No. 12 at 157. Michael Caliendo is No. 3 at 165. Patrick Kennedy is No. 3 at 174. Angelo Ferrrari is No. 1 at 184. Massoma Endene is No. 4 at 197. Ben Kueter is No. 5 at 285. Iowa leads the all-time series with Penn State 28-14-2. Penn State has won the last four meetings, including last year's 30-8 win on Jan. 31, 2025, in the BJC. Penn State won the last meeting in Iowa City 29-6 on Feb. 9, 2024.