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Penn State wrestling live blog: NCAA Championships second round

Penn State wrestling is looking to extend its early lead during the second round of the NCAA Championships.

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March 20, 2025

March 20, 2025. Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson watches the action during the opening round of the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships. © Chris Eutsler / Basic Blues Nation, 2025.

Penn State wrestling took an early lead in Thursday afternoon’s opening session at the NCAA Championships and hasn’t looked back. The Nittany Lions enter the second round of the national tournament with 24 points, leading second-place Oklahoma State by 8.5.

Nittany Lion wrestlers went a perfect 10-0 in round one. Penn State was the only team to advance all ten of its wrestlers to the round of sixteen. Nine wrestlers posted 14 bonus points including three falls, 4 tech falls, and 2 majors in the first round. Penn State scored 24 of the 30 possible points possible in round one. Cael Sanderson will look to try and get his full lineup through to tomorrow afternoon’s quarterfinals.

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Live blog: Penn State wrestling begins pursuit of a title at 2025 NCAA Championships

Coverage of the second round can be found live on ESPN. Action from all eight mats can be found on ESPN+. Winners on Thursday night will advance to Friday’s Quarterfinals.

Match-by-match results for Penn State wrestlers can be found below. Please note this page will not update automatically. To see the latest results, please refresh your browser.

Team Standings (As of the start of round two)

1	Penn State – 24
2	Oklahoma State – 15.5
3	Michigan – 12
4	Nebraska – 11.5
4	Ohio State – 11.5
6	Iowa – 10.5
6	Northern Iowa – 10.5
8	Cornell – 10
9	Illinois – 9
10	Minnesota – 8.5

Round of 16

125: No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) vs No. 16 Blake West (NIU)

133: No. 8 Braeden Davis (PSU) vs No. 9 Braxton Brown (MD)

141: No. 2 Beau Bartlett (PSU) vs No. 18 Julian Tagg (SDSU)

149: No. 3 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs No. 19 Andrew Clark (RUT)

157: No. 1 Tyler Kasak (PSU) vs No. 16 Cody Chittum (ISU)

165: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) vs No. 16 Kyle Mosher (HOF)

174: No. 2 Levi Haines (PSU) vs No. 18 Gaven Sax (OKLA)

184: No. 1 Carter Starocci (PSU) vs No. 16 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (RUT)

197: No. 4 Josh Barr (PSU) vs No. 13 Trey Munoz (ORST)

285: No. 3 Greg Kerklvliet (PSU) vs No. 14 Gavin Hoffman (LH)

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Former contributor at Nittany Central, Patrick joined Basic Blues Nation in 2023 as the Social Media Director, Penn State Wrestling beat writer, and producer of the Penn State Roar Room spaces. Patrick is also a contributor of Penn State football, basketball, and ice hockey news for the site.