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Penn State Wrestling: Ranking all 10 NCAA Championship Teams

By Chris Snyder

Mar 19, 2022; Detroit, MI, USA; Penn State wrestler Aaron Brooks helps hold up the trophy after the team takes first place at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Little Cesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 19, 2022; Detroit, MI, USA; Penn State wrestler Aaron Brooks helps hold up the trophy after the team takes first place at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Little Cesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /
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No. 4 – 2019

Dual Record: 14-0

Conference Champions: 4
157 Jason Nolf
174 Mark Hall
197 Bo Nickal
285 Anthony Cassar

All-Americans: 7
133 Roman Bravo-Young
141 Nick Lee
157 Jason Nolf
165 Vincenzo Joseph
174 Mark Hall
197 Bo Nickal
285 Anthony Cassar

NCAA Champions: 3
157 Jason Nolf
197 Bo Nickal
285 Anthony Cassar

NCAA Final Team Standings
1. Penn State 137.5
2. Ohio State 96.5
3. Oklahoma State 84.0

Dan Hodge Trophy
Bo Nickal – winner
Jason Nolf – finalist

Now we’ve reached the point in this article where some tough decisions have to be made. But luckily for everyone, if tough decisions need to be made then I’m your guy to get them

wrong

right.

The talented 2019 Nittany Lion team had a staggering seven wrestlers awarded All-American status. And a new and fresh face emerged on the team that year as Roman Bravo-Young took over the reins at 133 pounds.

You may have heard of him before.

Bravo-Young was impressive throughout the season with a 25-7 record and fifth-place finish in the Big Tens. RBY then had, by Cael Sanderson and Penn State standards, an okay NCAA tournament by finishing eighth.

Anthony Cassar also got his first full season under his belt in 2018-2019 and all he did was go 30-1, win a Big Ten title, and then go on to win his only NCAA title at 285.

No big deal.

This team did not have Zain Retherford as he wrestled his final match for the Nittany Lions in the 2018 NCAA Championships (probably not a surprise he won).

However, they had a plethora of household names in Mark Hall, Vincenzo Joseph, Jason Nolf, and Bo Nickal. This humble quartet proceeded to go 118-3 with two-second place finishes and two NCAA titles.

Oh, and there was also another relatively new name on the team. Some guy named Nick Lee finished third in the Big Ten Championship and fifth in the NCAAs. I don’t know about you, but something tells me Lee will do some great things in the future for Penn State.

Just a hunch.

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