What is the bout order at Final X? Here's when Penn State, NLWC wrestlers will be on the mat
Penn State and the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club will have competitors in seven of the nine matches at Final X on Saturday that will determine Team USA’s lineup for this year’s World Championships. We now know when each of them will be on the mat after USA Wrestling released the bout order for the event to start the week.
Defending NCAA champion Mitchell Mesenbrink will lead off the best-of-three men’s freestyle schedule opposite David Carr of Iowa State in the 70 kilogram finals. Fellow reigning champion Levi Haines will follow in the 74-kilogram final against Evan Wick, who was a four-time NCAA All-American. Penn State connections will be split up from there.
Final X bout order: Penn State featured prominently on nine-match card
You can see the full order below (bolded wrestlers are either current Nittany Lions or members of the NLWC):
74 kg – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
79 kg – Evan Wick (San Gabriel, Calif./Askren Wrestling Academy/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Levi Haines (Arendtsville, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/U.S. Air Force WCAP) vs. Trent Hillger (Minneapolis, Minn./Gopher WC/Titan Mercury WC)
92 kg – Trent Hidlay (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Joshua Barr (Davison, Mich./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Hayden Zillmer (Deerwood, Minn./Gopher WC/Titan Mercury WC)
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65 kg – Joseph McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
70 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis (Rochester, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. PJ Duke (Slate Hill, N.Y./KD Training Center/Titan Mercury WC)
57 kg – Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Luke Lilledahl (Saint Charles, Mo./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
Round 1 starts at 2 p.m. ET. FLO is streaming the event. Round 2 then starts at 5 p.m. ET. Any necessary third and final matches to decide a winner will follow those.
Additionally, two Penn State connections are in third place matches, which start at 12:30 p.m. ET, to earn a backup spot on Team USA at the senior level. Incoming freshman Marcus Blaze faces Brock Hardy of Nebraska in the 65-kilogram match. And, Carter Starocci will again battle Parker Keckeisen of Northern Iowa, this time for third at 86 kilograms.
