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CDT: Sandersons shift to next season
Guy Cipriano
Whether he was ordering bacon and eggs or visiting his barber, the older brother of Penn State’s celebrated first-year wrestling coach couldn’t escape the chatter.
“Everywhere I would go, whether it was getting breakfast or a haircut, people were saying they can’t wait for 2010-11,” associate head coach Cody Sanderson said. “People are excited about the recruits that are going to be in our lineup. But we left it at that. We owed it to the program to keep our focus on 2009-10.”
Such was the conundrum facing the start of Cael Sanderson’s tenure.
CDT: PSU’s Lynch plans to return for fifth season
Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com
Senior Adam Lynch has informed coach Cael Sanderson he will return next season to use his fifth year of eligibility.
The move is a mild surprise because Lynch hinted at various points this past season he might end his career with one year of eligibility remaining. Lynch was even honored with fellow starters David Erwin, Cyler Sanderson and Dan Vallimont during the Nittany Lions’ Senior Night ceremonies.
via PSU’s Lynch plans to return for fifth season – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA.
Collegian: Coach lays foundation in debut
By Ryan Loy
Collegian Staff Writer
Year one: complete. In the first season under the guidance of Cael Sanderson, the Penn State wrestling team performed amid the excitement and expectations that came along with its new coach.
The Nittany Lions compiled a 13-6-1 dual meet record — a vast improvement on the 2008-09 mark of 8-12-2.
Add a Big Ten champion, three All-Americans and a ninth-place finish at the NCAA championships to the list of improvements in Sanderson’s first season at the helm.
via Coach lays foundation in debut – The Daily Collegian Online.
CDT: Reality pins PSU in semis
Sanderson lone wrestler to reach today’s finals, Lions fall to fifth in race
Penn State went 1-6 in the semifinals to drop to fifth place in the team standings Saturday at Crisler Arena.
Senior 157-pounder Cyler Sanderson is the Nittany Lions’ lone finalist. Sanderson defeated Michigan State’s Anthony Jones 6-0 in the semifinals to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Sanderson meets Minnesota’s Dustin Schlatter in today’s finals. Schlatter defeated Sanderson 4-0 in the regular-season finale. The 157-pound weight class receives four NCAA qualifiers.
via Reality pins PSU in semis | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.
SID: Cyler Sanderson Advances to Big Ten Finals with Semifinal Win at 2010 Big Ten Wrestling Championships
Three Lions on to Omaha, four more needing wins to earn their spots.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers are sitting in fifth place after one day of wrestling at the 2010 Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Nittany Lions will have one wrestler competing in tomorrow’s Big Ten finals, have three NCAA qualifiers so far and four others still needing wins in tomorrow's consolation action to advance to nationals.
Penn State senior Cyler Sanderson (Heber City, Utah) advanced to the finals at 157 with a strong 6-0 win over Michigan State’s Anthony Jones in the semifinals. Sanderson clinched an automatic bid to NCAAs and will meet top-seeded Colton Salazar in the finals tomorrow.
SID: Nittany Lions in Second Place after Session I at Big Ten Championships
Sanderson’s squad has seven wrestlers through into semifinals.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.; March 6, 2010 – The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team finds itself in second place after the first session of the 2010 Big Ten Wrestling Championships. Penn State will have seven wrestlers in tonight’s semifinals with the other three continuing wrestling in consolation action.
Iowa leads the team race with 93.0 points while Penn State is in second with 59.0. Minnesota sits in third with 56.5 while Wisconsin is in fourth with 47.5. Ohio State is also close by with 46.0. Michigan State (28.0), Illinois (22.0), Indiana (20.0), Purdue (18.0), Michigan (16.0) and Northwestern (4.0) round out the field.
