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Penn State Wrestling’s top 25 dual meets in the Cael Sanderson era

By Chris Snyder

STATE COLLEGE, PA - JANUARY 31: A view of the sell out crowd during a match between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Michigan Wolverines on January 31, 2016 at Recreation Hall on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. Penn State won 35-7. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA - JANUARY 31: A view of the sell out crowd during a match between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Michigan Wolverines on January 31, 2016 at Recreation Hall on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. Penn State won 35-7. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /
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Morgan McIntosh of the Penn State Nittany Lions. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

No. 3

February 19, 2017
Stillwater, Ok
No. 1 Penn State 27, No. 2 Oklahoma State 13

The No. 1 ranked Nittany Lions (13-0) rolled into Stillwater to take on No. 2 wrestling powerhouse Oklahoma State (14-0) late in the 2016-2017 season. The dual meet ended up featuring 18 ranked wrestlers and seven matchups where top 10 wrestlers squared off against one another.

This is what the wrestling experts call a solid, to quite solid tune-up for the upcoming B1G Championships.

Penn State started off in a 13-0 hole as Nick Suriano (PSU) had an injury default loss, George Carpenter (PSU) lost a major decision, and No. 10 Jimmy Gulibon (PSU) lost a tough decision to No. 1 Dean Heil.

No problem.

The buzzsaw of No. 1 Zain Retherford (PSU), No. 1 Jason Nolf (PSU), No. 4 Vincenzo Joseph (PSU), No. 7 Mark Hall (PSU), No. 2 Bo Nickal (PSU), No. 9 Matt McCutheon (PSU), and No. 3 Nick Nevills (PSU) accounted for 27 unanswered points. Nolf got a tech fall against No. 6 Joe Smith, Joseph scored a major decision over No. 8 Chandler Rogers, and Nickal pinned No. 4 Nolan Boyd.

Penn State ended up rolling the Cowboys to the tune of 27-13. The 2016-2017 Nittany Lion lineup was unrelenting and no lead by the other team was safe at any time.

And at this point in the Sanderson era at Penn State, this was simply routine.

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