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NCAA D1 Wrestling Week 6 Roundup: Much Happened In Vegas

The world’s finest collection of noteworthy happenings from the 6th week of the 2024-25 NCAA D1 wrestling season.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Wrestling season!
It’s also nice to be in the full swing of holiday season. Now that we’re all done stuffing our faces with turkey and leftovers it’s time to break out the music and decorations!

Box Scores | Rankings | Last Week’s Roundup

Last week was light on action due to Thanksgiving, but just about everyone was back on the mats this week, so let’s get to it. 
We’ll start the week as we did last week, with the Dual of the Century of the Week, because this is a pro-dual blog. Duals are the lifeblood of college wrestling. No duals, no season. No season, no fans. No fans, no new wrestlers, and the sport is forever diminished. 

The Dual of the Century, of the Week

Lions Maul Mountain Hawks In The PPL Center

Okay so maybe it was a blowout, and maybe they’re closing all the factories down, and maybe they’re all killing time, filling out forms, standing in line. But also there were 9,769 watching here in Allentown, and that counts for something!
Lehigh hosted their in-state rival in the PPL Center, an arena whose primary tenant is the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, which is a minor league hockey team affiliated with the Flyers. 
The Mountain Hawks normally wrestle in Bethlehem, the city that inspired Billy Joel’s song ‘Allentown’, which is where you can find the PPL Center. 
Anyhow, here is the box score:
125: #23 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) dec. #17 Sheldon Seymour (LEH), 4-1
133: #1 Ryan Crookham (LEH) dec. #8 Braeden Davis (PSU), 4-2 
141: #3 Beau Bartlett (PSU) dec. Carter Bailey (LEH), 5-0 
149: #2 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) maj. dec. Matt Repos (LEH), 17-3
157: #4 Tyler Kasak (PSU) dec. Logan Rozynski (LEH), 5-2 
165: #1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) tech fall Thayne Lawrence (LEH), 18-1 (TF; 4:37)
174: #2 Levi Haines (PSU) pinned Rylan Rogers (LEH), WBF (4:12)
184: #1 Carter Starocci (PSU) maj. dec. Jack Wilt (LEH), 15-1
197: #21 Josh Barr (PSU) maj. dec. #6 Michael Beard (LEH), 11-3 
285: #2 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) tech fall Calvin Lachman (LEH), 15-0 (TF; 2:07)

Penn State won 36-3.
Lehigh’s sole victory came from 133-pound standard-bearer Ryan Crookham, who also got the only takedown
The Nittany Lions won 9 of 10 bouts. … more at … https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/13165110-ncaa-d1-wrestling-week-6-roundup-much-happened-in-vegas

December 13, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | sports, wrestling