Penn State Wrestling vs. Bloomsburg: Full Results

Nonetheless, Penn State Wrestling was dominant on the night winning nine of the 10 bouts. Furthermore, they won one decision, two major decisions, five technical falls, and picked up a single pin.

So with that, let’s give a quick summary for how the dual meet played out.

Penn State Wrestling vs. Bloomsburg | FULL RESULTS

And as I mentioned above, changes to the lineup were expected this evening.

Not just changes from last year to this year. Because that’s always going to be the case in the fluid world of collegiate athletics.

But more so modifications to the starting lineup that were due to recent travel, competitions, and with some guys moving weight classes.

Obviously the huge news on the night was the appearance of Masa Ono at 133 pounds. The senior World Champion made his Nittany Lion debut and he more than delivered in front of the home crowd by landing six takedowns in just the first period.

Unfortunately it looked like Masa went out a bit too fast. Due to this, he appeared a little slower as the match progressed.

In the end, Ono notched a 20-9 major decision and his season is now off and running.

Penn State Wrestling Lineup Changes

The next shakeup in the lineup was at 141 pounds. The rumor is that Marcus Blaze will eventually occupy this spot. However tonight the Penn State Wrestling faithful saw Hayden Cunningham make his Nittany Lion debut as well.

As expected, Tyler Kasak was back in the Penn State lineup at 157. Additionally, PJ Duke bumped up to 165 and Mitchell Mesenbrink moved up to 174.

The only other change in the lineup was at heavyweight. And with news from a recent press conference, head coach Cael Sanderson indicated both William Henckel and Cole Mirasola would be taking the year off for a religious mission. So for obvious reasons the Nittany Lions fans saw Connor Mirasola occupy the 285 spot tonight.

Overall the team looked fantastic as always on the evening. The Huskies are far from a world beater on the mat. But the opening dual was a great way for the Penn State Wrestling team to get an early tune up before hitting the road this weekend.

Bloomsburg 3 | No. 1 Penn State 42

125 – No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) tech. fall over Justin Jones (BLOOM) 19-4, BLOOM 0 PSU 5
133 – Masanosuke Ono (PSU) major dec. over Austin Pollard (BLOOM) 20-9, BLOOM 0 PSU 9
141 – Scott Johnson (BLOOM) dec. over Hayden Cunningham (PSU) 8-1, BLOOM 3 PSU 9
149 – No. 4 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) fall over Jay Chase (BLOOM) 1:26, BLOOM 3 PSU 15
157 – No. 2 Tyler Kasak (PSU) dec. over Michael Turi (BLOOM) 8-1, BLOOM 3 PSU 18
165 – No. 1 PJ Duke (PSU) tech. fall over Morgan Schwarz (BLOOM) 21-6, BLOOM 3 PSU 23
174 – No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) tech. fall over Mohamed Abdelhady (BLOOM) 21-4, BLOOM 3 PSU 28
184 – No. 2 Rocco Welsh (PSU) tech. fall over Gavin Hannah (BLOOM) 19-3, BLOOM 3 PSU 33
197 – No. 1 Josh Barr (PSU) tech. fall over Wyatt Bush (BLOOM) 15-0, BLOOM 3 PSU 38
285 – Connor Mirasola (PSU) major dec. over No. 28 Mason Rebuck (BLOOM) 13-4, BLOOM 3 PSU 42

Nittany Lion Notes, What’s Next for Penn State Wrestling?

With tonight’s win, Penn State Wrestling pushes their NCAA record dual meet winning streak to 87 straight.

Cael Sanderson’s career record for the Nittany Lions now improves to 234-16-2.

Up next the Nittany Lions travel to Norman, Oklahoma as they are set to square off against No. 13 Oklahoma Sunday evening. The dual meet is slated to begin at 8pm EST and will be streamed on ESPN+.