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Penn State wrestling: Latest on Braeden Davis; Lions earn nine top preseeds for Black Knight Invitational

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel11/22/24

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Penn State 133-pound wrestler Braeden Davis. (Mark Selders/Penn State Athletics)

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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Cael Nasdeo

149 pounds

No. 1 Shayne Van Ness
Connor Pierce

157 pounds

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No. 2 Alex Facundo

165 pounds

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Aurelius Dunbar

174 pounds

No. 1 Levi Haines
No. 2 Matt Lee

184 pounds

No. 1 Carter Starocci
Zack Ryder

197 pounds

No. 1 Lucas Cochran
No. 2 Joshua Barr
Connor Mirasola

285 pounds
No. 1 Greg Kerkvliet
Cole Mirasola

Teams competing at the Black Knight Invitational include Army, Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Columbia, Gardner-Webb, LIU, Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers.

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