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Penn State wrestling: Lions move up in latest rankings, including a new top-five entrant

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel•12/14/22•

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Penn State wrestler Beau Bartlett.

Penn State wrestlign saw a few of its wrestler move up in the latest national rankings for the week of Dec. 12. One Nittany Lion even jumped into the top five at his weight.

Head coach Cael Sanderson’s team is 4-0 after beating Oregon State 31-3 last Sunday at Rec Hall.

“I think looking at the lineups going into the dual, it had the potential to be a really good dual,” Sanderson said, according to PennLive.

“Our guys were able to win some close matches and kind of separate the score a little bit but each the matches were tough. They came in here and wrestled well. (Oregon State is) definitely an up-and-coming program under (head coach Chris) Pendleton. We’re gonna keep getting better as we move along.”

Beau Bartlett was the biggest mover this week. He jumped from No. 9 to No. 5 in InterMat’s 141-pound top-30 after beating No. 24 Cleveland Belton by decision, 5-3. The Penn State wrestler is now 8-0 on the year while competing in a new weight class that is decidedly better for him than 149 pounds, which is where he wrestled the last two seasons. Bartlett expressed plenty of confidence before the season began, and it’s been so far, so good, for the third-year Lion from Tempe, Ariz.

See the full updated InterMat rankings for this week below. The number in parentheses notes where the Penn State wrestler was ranked last week.

125 pounds: Gary Steen, NR (NR)

133 pounds: Roman Bravo-Young, No. 1 (1)

141 pounds: Beau Bartlett, No. 5 (9)

149 pounds: Shayne Van Ness, No. 17 (17)

157 pounds: Terrell Barraclough, No. 28 (30)

165 pounds: Alex Facundo, No. 14 (15)

174 pounds: Carter Starocci, No. 1 (1)

184 pounds: Aaron Brooks, No. 1 (1)

197 pounds: Max Dean, No. 5 (5)

285 pounds: Greg Kerkvliet, No. 1 (1)

Dean earns Big Ten wrestler of the week honor

Penn State 197-pound wrestler Max Dean is the Big Ten wrestler of the week. He beat No. 11 Tanner Harvey of Oregon State 6-3 in last Sunday’s match at Rec Hall. It was a bounce-back performance for Dean, who lost a pair of matches two weekends ago.

What’s next for Penn State wrestling?

Penn State wrestling is off this weekend. It heads to the Collegiate Wrestling Duals in New Orleans, La., next Monday and Tuesday. The Lions will first face Central Michigan at 7 p.m. on Dec. 19. They will then battle North Carolina at 9 p.m. Both times are eastern. Sanderson’s side will then face a third and final opponent on Dec. 20, though who it will be will not be known until after Monday’s matches are completed.

Subscription service ROFKIN will air the Collegiate Wrestling Duals. A radio stream from the Penn State Sports Network will also be available.

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