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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: 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: Sophomore Steadman to take 197 spot
By Ryan Loy
Collegian Staff Writer
When the Penn State wrestling team travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the Big Ten championships, it will be Clay Steadman taking the mat at 197-pounds.
Steadman defeated teammate Dave Crowell in a wrestle-off Friday to earn the spot.
via Sophomore Steadman to take 197 spot – The Daily Collegian Online.
CDT: Gophers pin loss on Lions
Gophers pin loss on Lions
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota handed Penn State six points to begin Friday’s regular-season finale. The Nittany Lions failed to parlay the gift into their first victory over a top-10 team.
The fifth-ranked Golden Gophers won six of nine bouts contested as they dropped the 10th-ranked Nittany Lions 26-16 on Friday at the Sports Pavilion.
Penn State ends its first dual meet season under coach Cael Sanderson 13-6-1 overall and 5-3 in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions went 0-6 against teams in the top 10 of the NWCA/USA Today rankings.
