No. 1 Penn State Wrestling at No. 3 Michigan key matches, predictions

No. 1 Penn State Wrestling at No. 3 Michigan preview, key matches, predictions

PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 3: Carter Starocci of the Penn State Nittany Lions gets his hand raised after defeating Nick Incontrera of the Penn Quakers at The Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania on December 3, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

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MARCH 20: Aaron Brooks of Penn State celebrates (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) /

Final Score Prediction

Penn State 19
Michigan 14

Same as last week, as long as there are no surprise scratches from either side (pretty please?), this dual meet should be a fairly low-scoring affair with not many opportunities for either team to score many bonus points.

And as the Penn State Wrestling faithful have seen a handful of times already this season, I believe Penn State will be losing going into the last four matches of the night. But, I have confidence the shoulders of Starocci, Brooks, Dean, and Kerkvliet are strong enough to bear the burden.

Which they will undoubtedly have to do. Because it’s very possible the outcome of the dual could come down to the match between Kerkvliet and Parris.

I’m already getting excited for this dual!

“It’s the best dual meet in the history of all college sports, ever!!”

Yep. Cool, calm, and collected as always.

The dual meet will air at 6:00 p.m. this Friday (1/21/22) on the Big Ten Network.

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