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Nittany Lions Grab Four Seeds as 2010 NCAA Championships Brackets are Announced
Cyler Sanderson’s four-seed at 157 leads six Nittany Lion qualifiers
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The NCAA has announced the brackets for the 2010 NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held on March 18-20 and the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers have received four seeds. Head coach Cael Sanderson’s will send six wrestlers to the event, led by senior Cyler Sanderson (Heber City, Utah), who will be the No. 4 seed at 157.
CDT: Lions endure uneven results
Guy Cipriano
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Brad Pataky had stitches below his eye. Frank Molinaro’s face was bleeding. Cyler Sanderson wrestled with a bandage around an entire leg.
Physically, Penn State left the Big Ten Championships battered, although their aches appeared mild compared to Michigan State’s Nick Palmieri, who competed with an eye swollen shut.
Mentally, the Nittany Lions appear fine.
The tournament yielded mixed results for Penn State, which went 17-18 in individual bouts and finished fifth in the two-day event. The Nittany Lions, who placed seventh against a stronger field last year, currently have six NCAA qualifiers.
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.
Collegian: Wrestling sits in second at Big Tens
Ryan Loy
Collegian Staff Writer
The Penn State wrestling team is in second place heading into Session II of the Big Ten Championships.
As a team, the Nittany Lions have 59.0 points, trailing only Iowa who has 93. Minnesota is in third place with 56.5 and Wisconsin is fourth with 47.5.
via Wrestling sits in second at Big Tens – The Daily Collegian Online.
