Penn State Wrestling: Journeymen Dual results

Covering Penn State Wrestling’s first action of the season in a tri dual versus Sacred Heart and Oregon State in the Journeymen Duals

Penn State Wrestling got off to a fast and furious start in the 2021 Journeymen Duals at Spooky Nook (Manheim, PA).

The Nittany Lions‘ first dual meet was against Sacred Heart. And to say it wasn’t pretty is putting it mildly. Penn State Wrestling racked up four falls, three technical falls, and two major decisions on their way to a dominating 47-3 win over Sacred Heart.

Roman Bravo-Young, Nick Lee, Carter Starocci, and Greg Kerkvliet accounted for the four falls and newly added transfer Max Dean earned a technical fall in his Nittany Lion debut.

Next up on the evening for Penn State were the Oregon State Beavers.

The second of the two duals on the evening didn’t start the way the first one did as OSU’s Brandon Kaylor earned a decision over Penn State Wrestling’s Baylor Shunk to give the Beavers an early 3-0 lead.

The Nittany Lions then won each of the next three matches via decisions to take the lead 9-3. Oregon State’s Hunter Willits defeated Penn State’s Joey Blumer by a major decision to cut the lead to 9-7.

Then Penn State shut the door on the evening by winning the next four matches by technical fall, fall, major decision, and technical fall to win the dual 32-7 over Oregon State.

Of note on the evening were a couple of ranked matchups between PSU and OSU.
-No. 2 Nick Lee defeated No. 10 Grant Willits
-No. 5 Greg Kerkvliet defeated No. 24 Gary Traub

Penn State 47 def Sacred Heart 3

125 Baylor Shunk PSU tech fall over Kyle Randall SHU 19-0, PSU 5 SHU 0
133 Roman Bravo-Young PSU fall over Anthony Petrillo SHU 3:40, PSU 11 SHU 0
141 Nick Lee PSU fall over Jordan Carlucci SHU 0:54, PSU 17 SHU 0
149 Beau Bartlet PSU maj dec over Shaun Williams SHU, 12-3 PSU 21 SHU 0
157 Nick Palumbo SHU dec over Joey Blumer PSU 8-3, PSU 21 SHU 3
165 Creighton Edsell PSU maj dec over Scotty Jarosz SHU 11-3, PSU 25 SHU 3
174 Carter Starocci PSU fall over Alex Marciniak SHU 2:12, PSU 31 SHU 3
184 Aaron Brooks PSU tech fall over Joe Accousti SHU 23-8, PSU 36 SHU 3
197 Max Dean PSU tech fall over Donte DelBonis SHU 18-0, PSU 41 SHU 3
285 Greg Kerkvliet PSU fall over Mark Blokh SHU 3:57, PSU 47 SHU 3

Penn State 32 def Oregon State 7

125 Brandon Kaylor OSU dec over Baylor Shunk PSU 16-9, PSU 0 OSU 3
133 Roman Bravo-Young PSU dec over Jason Shaner OSU 8-3, PSU 3 OSU 3
141 Nick Lee PSU dec over Grant Willits OSU 11-4, PSU 6 OSU 3
149 Beau Bartlett PSU dec over Cory Crooks OSU 1-0, PSU 9 OSU 3
157 Hunter Willits OSU maj dec over Joey Blumer PSU 19-6, PSU 9 OSU 7
165 Creighton Edsell PSU dec over Mathew Olguin OSU 7-3, PSU 12 OSU 7
174 Carter Starocci PSU tech fall over Mateo Olmos OSU 17-2, PSU 17 OSU 7
184 Aaron Brooks PSU fall over Jackson McKinney OSU 1:03, PSU 23 OSU 7
197 Max Dean PSU maj dec over J.J. Dixon OSU 16-3, PSU 27 OSU 7
285 Greg Kerkvliet PSU tech fall over Gary Traub OSU 16-0, PSU 32 OSU 7

Overall the tri dual was a great tune up for the Nittany Lions heading into the 2021-2022 season. Up next for Penn State is a home dual against Army on November 18th at 7:00 P.M. in Rec Hall.