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How to watch, follow, Penn State wrestling in the Big Ten semifinals; who will each Lion face?

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel•about 20 hours•

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Penn State wrestling has nine semifinalists at the Big Ten Championships. The 10th Nittany Lion starter, 133-pound sophomore Braeden Davis, lost his quarterfinal match but is still alive in the consolation bracket. His first match is just after 6 p.m. ET tonight.

Update: Davis won his first consolation bracket match and has qualified for the NCAA Tournament. He will continue to wrestle at Big Tens tonight.

We will have updates from that in this post. Then, we will have complete coverage of the semifinal round, which starts at 8 p.m. ET. That round features Nittany Lions Luke Lilledahl (125 pounds), Beau Bartlett (141), Shayne Van Ness (149), Tyler Kasak (157), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165), Levi Haines (174), Carter Starocci (184), and Josh Barr (197), and Greg Kerkvliet 285).

Information for the semifinals can be found below.

Big Ten tournament schedule

Northwestern is hosting the two-day event. The schedule is as follows (all times eastern):

Saturday

6 p.m. — Session 2 (consolation bracket action), B1G+

8 p.m. – Session 3 (Semifinals), BTN

Sunday

1 p.m. – Session 4 (Consolation Semifinals, 7th-Place Matches), B1G+

5:30 p.m. – Session 5 (1st-, 3rd- and 5th- Place Matches), BTN

How to follow Penn State wrestling at the Big Ten tournament

The Big Ten tournament will be a mixture of live television coverage and streaming. Penn State matches will be part of Big Ten Network’s over-the-air coverage of sessions one, three, and five. BTN+ will stream matside coverage for all sessions. It is also the exclusive home to watch sessions two and four.

The Penn State Sports Network will be on the air with the prematch show at 5:40 p.m. Longtime broadcaster Jeff Byers will be on the call. ET. Click here to access the free LionVision feed.

You can also follow along live and chat with other Penn State wrestling fans on Blue-White Illustrated’s The Wrestling Room forum. Access it by clicking here for live updates.

Who does each Nittany Lion have in the semifinals?

Here’s the breakdown:

125 pounds: No. 4 Luke Lilledahl, Penn State vs. No. 1 Matt Ramos, Purdue

133 pounds: No. 4 Braeden Davis, PSU vs. TBD (consolation bracket)

141 pounds: No. 1 Beau Bartlett, Penn State vs. No. 4 Vance Vombaur, Minnesota

149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness, PSU vs. No. 5 Kannon Webster, Illinois

157 pounds: No. 2 Tyler Kasak, Penn State vs. No. 3 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska

165 pounds: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink, PSU vs. No. 4 Beau Mantanona, Michigan

174 pounds: No. 1 Levi Haines, Penn State vs. No. 4 Patrick Kennedy, Iowa

184 pounds: No. 1 Carter Starocci, PSU vs. No. 5 Jaxon Smith, Maryland

197 pounds: No. 2 Josh Barr, Penn State vs. No. 3 Jacob Cardenas, Michigan

285 pounds: No. 1 Greg Kerkvliet, PSU vs. No. 3 Josh Heindselman, Michigan

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