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NCAA Wrestling Championships: Penn State Wrestling’s paths to titles

By Chris Snyder

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 19: Nico Megaludis (L), Zain Retherford (C) and Morgan McIntosh of the Penn State Nittany Lions pose with the first place team trophy after the finals of the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 19, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 19: Nico Megaludis (L), Zain Retherford (C) and Morgan McIntosh of the Penn State Nittany Lions pose with the first place team trophy after the finals of the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 19, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /
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Roman Bravo-Young of the Penn State Nittany Lions gets his hand raised. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

133

No. 2 Roman Bravo-Young

Looking at the 133 bracket, RBY’s first hurdle will most likely occur in the quarter finals match, where he could be matched up against No. 7 Lucas Byrd of Illinois.

Byrd fell to Iowa’s Austin DeSanto 4-5 in a thrilling semi final in match in the B1G Wrestling Championships two weeks ago. Byrd then cruised his way to a 3rd place finish.

RBY and Byrd have never faced off in college and on any given day you can throw out seeding when it comes to wrestling. I’m expecting a tough match, but a Bravo-Young victory in the end.

Talk about tough, the next match and the semi final match in the 133 bracket would be against Virginia Tech’s No. 3 Korbin Myers. The redshirt senior is 8-0 on the season and claimed his first ACC title and his third conference title overall (previously won 2 in the EWL).

Somehow in his 147 career collegiate matches at 133, Myers has also never faced RBY. Of Korbin’s 8 victories on the season, 3 were against top 12 seeded wrestlers in the 133 bracket.

Again, this is going to be a really tough match. But I believe RBY has turned a corner this season and he takes down Myers in a narrow 1 point decision.

This leaves Oklahoma State’s Daton Fix in the 133 finals match. Fix is the reigning NCAA runner-up at 133 and he’s gone 44-2 in the 2019 and 2021 seasons as he did not wrestle in 2020.

Remember when I said I was being optimistic?

You’re gosh darn right I’m going to be optimistic here! RBY snags a late takedown in sudden victory and hoists his first ever NCAA Championship title in a match for the ages!!

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