Penn State, NCAA and Big Ten Championships
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A few years ago, when the current Penn State streak was in its infancy, Michigan was the team best poised to take down the dynasty, with a ton of transfers (including former Lion Nick Suriano) and the Amine family.
Mitchell Mesenbrink won his 17th match of the season, all of them in bonus-point fashion. This time, FloWrestling's top overall wrestler took out unranked Justin Gates in the third period. It was his seventh technical fall of the season. He ended this one at 20-5 in the final 30 seconds.
All-powerful Penn State wrestling has six starters ranked No. 1 and nine in the Top 10 ahead of its road meet at Michigan.
With a boisterous Bryce Jordan Center crowd supporting them, Shayne Van Ness and Rocco Welsh escaped upset bids to join seven of their Penn State teammates to win quarterfinal bouts at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships on Saturday.