Penn State wrestling: Latest on Braeden Davis; Lions earn nine top preseeds for Black Knight Invitational
Penn State wrestling returns to the mat this weekend when it will take a large contingent to the Army Black Knight Invitational in West Point, N.Y. The annual tournament kicks off at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday. FLO Wrestling will stream it exclusively. Head coach Cael Sanderson’s team will have most if not all of its starters on hand. However, according to Flo Wrestling, 133-pound starter Braeden Davis is not on the entries list. While that could change before tonight’s deadline, it’s unlikely to, as the Lions are likely opting to rest the sophomore after he needed injury time for a knee issue during the first period of an eventual 7-5 win over Drexel’s Kyle Waterman last weekend.
“He doesn’t have, like, a long-term, any kind of injury [like] that,” Sanderson said Tuesday. “But just determining whether it makes sense. Each day is a day that he’s getting better. So we’ll see where we’re at by the time it’s time to leave.”
The projected decision to allow Davis two weeks to recover before Penn State takes on Lehigh in Allentown on Dec. 8 makes plenty of sense. Per Flo, the Lions will enter Gary Steen, Kysion Garcia, and Timothy Levine on Sunday. That will not be official until weigh-ins are complete. But, as of now, Steen is the No. 3 in the preseeds at 133 pounds.
Penn State preseeds, entries at the Army Black Knight Invitational
All are courtesy of Flo. Note that changes can be made both before the entry deadline and also before weigh ins on Sunday. Any rankings listed below are preseed figures, not national rankings
125 pounds
No. 1 Luke Lilledahl
Kurt McHenry
133 pounds
No. 3 Gary Steen
Kysion Garcia
Timothy Levine
141 pounds
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No. 1 Beau Bartlett
Cael Nasdeo
149 pounds
No. 1 Shayne Van Ness
Connor Pierce
157 pounds
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No. 2 Alex Facundo
165 pounds
No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink
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174 pounds
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184 pounds
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Zack Ryder
197 pounds
No. 1 Lucas Cochran
No. 2 Joshua Barr
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285 pounds
No. 1 Greg Kerkvliet
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Teams competing at the Black Knight Invitational include Army, Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Columbia, Gardner-Webb, LIU, Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers.
