Penn State wrestling live blog: Big Ten Championships Semifinals

Penn State wrestling kicked off its postseason push earlier Saturday with a dominant opening session at the Big Ten Championships on the campus of Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois. After the action this morning and afternoon, the Nittany Lions held a dominant 25-point lead over second-place Nebraska.

The Nittany Lions went 11-1 in the first session, with nine wrestlers advancing to Saturday night’s Semifinal Round and punching their tickets to the NCAA Championships later this month. Only 133-pounder Braeden Davis, who dropped a last-second 3-1 decision to Rutgers’ Dylan Shawver, heads to the consolation bracket.

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Action will resume from Welsh-Ryan Arena with Session II beginning with consolation matches at 6 p.m. ET. The Semifinals will begin at 8 p.m.

Penn State wrestling Big Ten Semifinals live blog

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

Consolation Round

133: Braeden Davis vs. Dustin Norris (PUR)

Semifinal Round

125: Luke Lilledahl vs. Matt Ramos (PUR)

141: Beau Bartlett vs. Vance Vombaur (MINN)

149: Shayne Van Ness vs. Kannon Webster (ILL)

157: Tyler Kasak vs. Antrell Taylor (NEB)

165: Mitchell Mesenbrink vs. Beau Mantanona (MICH)

174: Levi Haines vs. Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)

184: Carter Starocci vs. Jaxon Smith (MD)

197: Josh Barr vs. Jacob Cardenas (MICH)

285: Greg Kerkvliet vs. Joshua Heindselman (MICH)

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