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Penn State Wrestling’s top 10 dual meets in the Cael Sanderson era

By Chris Snyder

The crowd reacts as Aaron Brooks of the Penn State Nittany Lions gets a pin during the second period of a 184-pound bout against Rocky Jordan of the Ohio State Buckeyes at Bryce Jordan Center on February 04, 2022 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images)
The crowd reacts as Aaron Brooks of the Penn State Nittany Lions gets a pin during the second period of a 184-pound bout against Rocky Jordan of the Ohio State Buckeyes at Bryce Jordan Center on February 04, 2022 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Bo Nickal of the Penn State Nittany Lions wrestles Chandler Rogers of the Oklahoma State Cowboys (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 Wrestling 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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