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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.
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.
Hbg Patriot: Nittany Lions add to honors at NCAA Division I wrestling championships
Penn State's Dan Vallimont, right, tries to get free from Stanford's Nick Amuchastegui, during the 2010 NCAA Wrestling Championships match in Omaha, Neb. on Friday.
OMAHA, Neb. – Even to the most demanding fan, Cael Sanderson’s first year as Penn State wrestling coach would be deemed a success.
Even with obvious weaknesses in the lineup, highlighted by redshirting four talented freshmen, Sanderson nudged the Nittany Lions to a 13-6-1 regular-season record and a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Tournament.
Sanderson can add three All-Americans and a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Championships to that modest list of accomplishments.
Pa. boasts most qualifiers in Omaha – Wrestling | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA
Andy Elder For the CDT
OMAHA, Neb. — Cael Sanderson said he left his alma mater because of the fertile recruiting area Penn State was surrounded by, not only the rest of Pennsylvania but Ohio, New Jersey and New York.
A couple stats support Sanderson’s decision.
Pennsylvania once again leads the way in qualifiers with 47. Ohio is next with 31 and New Jersey right behind at 29. New York is tied with California with 24 each. Interstate 80 is a thread connecting the three states with the most qualifiers
Paatriot: Penn State’s Sanderson brothers are on stage at NCAA Wrestling Championships
BY ANDY ELDER, For The Patriot-News
Any parent can relate to the anxiety and angst of watching a son or daughter compete in an athletic endeavor.
Multiply that by a factor of at least 10 and you’ll start to approach what Penn State head wrestling coach Cael Sanderson and assistant coach Cody Sanderson will be experiencing as they watch younger brother and Nittany Lion 157-pounder Cyler Sanderson compete at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
YDR: Cael Sanderson, brothers stick together for wrestling
Cael Sanderson’s jump to Penn State was a little easier with his brothers in Happy Valley.
Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson is the only grappler in NCAA championship history to win four Most Outstanding Wrestler awards. He went 159-0 at Iowa State. (Assocated Press)
By GENARO C. ARMAS
Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE — The Sanderson boys stuck together from Iowa State to Penn State.
Now they’re making one more trip to the NCAA tournament together nearly a year after a whirlwind courtship lured Cael Sanderson from his alma mater to coach the Nittany Lions.
