Collegian Staff Writer

A five-day span during winter break saw three wrestlers leave the Penn State wrestling team as coach Cael Sanderson’s intense approach begins to test his wrestlers.

Sanderson confirmed Dec. 30 that Bubba Jenkins and Luke Macchiaroli had left the team. Following the team’s Jan. 3 dual meet at Lock Haven, he announced that Colby Pisani had also departed. He said he did not know if the departures were a result of his intense coaching style.

via Changes spark questions – The Daily Collegian Online.

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The decision was made by Penn State’s coaching staff, something Jenkins and Sanderson confirmed Thursday.“It was definitely forced upon me,” Jenkins said. “I respect Cael’s decision and I know he’s trying to do what’s good for the team and the program. I’m not mad at him. It’s just part of the game.”

via Lions, Jenkins cut ties | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.

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Collegian Staff Writer

Head coach Cael Sanderson confirmed Wednesday that redshirting senior Bubba Jenkins has left the Penn State wrestling team.

Jenkins redshirted the first half the 2009-10 because of academic ineligibility. In three seasons as a Nittany Lion, Jenkins amassed a 73-21 record.

“Bubba won’t be here next semester,” Sanderson said in a phone conversation. “I don’t know [about his future] for sure. We’re taking requests for releases and that kind of thing, but he won’t be here.”

via Jenkins, Macchiaroli leave Nittany Lions – The Daily Collegian Online.

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UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s starting lineup, precocious freshmen and recent signees are in.

Other top-25 teams such as Lehigh, Missouri, Virginia, Virginia Teach and Pitt are bringing most of their lineups.

Some of Centre County’s current and past high school stars will be there, too.

And if you listen to Penn State coach Cael Sanderson, it took little selling to construct the massive and intriguing field for Sunday’s Nittany Lion Open at Rec Hall.

via Intriguing field ready for open | Penn State News | Penn State Sports – Centre Daily Times.

UncleLar Notes:  Both the Altons, PSU signee Sam Sherlock, and high school phenom freshman Chance Marsteller are entered.  No word on why Bubba Jenkins is not.

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TODAY’S ACTION The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team, ranked No. 15 nationally, will return to action after a weekend off to take part in the 2009 Nittany Lion Open. Penn State (4-1, 0-0 Big Ten) will be in action beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Rec Hal. The NLO is not part of the Penn State season ticket package and tickets can be purchased at the door the day of the event. Head coach Cael Sanderson will send much of his starting line-up and most of his vaunted red-shirts on to the mats.

via No. 15 Penn State Set for 2009 Nittany Lion Open – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE.

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VESTAL, N.Y. — With no mat-side prodding from his coaches, Penn State’s Frank Molinaro ran to the center of the mat.

He waited for company as Edinboro’s Torsten Gillespie adjusted his left knee pad twice. Gillespie then lumbered to the center for the final 38 seconds of the 149-pound bout.

Even during the third dual of the season’s first demanding day, Molinaro demonstrated subtle changes emerging within the Penn State wrestling program.

Instead of casually trudging toward restarts, these Nittany Lions run, and on Sunday they bounced into three victories, including a 22-9 triumph over 15th-ranked Edinboro during the Sprawl and Brawl Duals at Binghamton University.

via Energized Nittany Lions sweep three foes at duals | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.

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UNIVERSITY PARK — The week was one of the strangest in Quentin Wright’s wrestling career.

He spent last Friday in Bethlehem, watching Penn State wrestle Lehigh. Two days later, he sat in the Rec Hall bleachers for the first time since high school.

Wright must grow accustomed to the new seating arrangements. Coach Cael Sanderson isn’t wavering on his plan to redshirt the sophomore All- American.

via Taking his seat | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.

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Penn State spent the day following its season-opening loss at Lehigh by practicing.

Two days later, the Nittany Lions will do something coach Cael Sanderson cherishes.

Any prolonged sulking over Friday’s 23-14 loss ends today when Penn State meets Bloomsburg at Rec Hall. Sanderson welcomes the quick turnaround.

“Yeah, we’re ready,” he said. “We like to compete and that’s what we train year-round for. Those are the fun days.”

via Lions ready to rebound | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.

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BlueWhiteIllustrated.com Assistant Editor

The matches didn’t count for anything but experience and there was no team score, but that didn’t prevent 2,400 fans from streaming into Rec Hall on Thursday evening for the unofficial start to the Cael Sanderson Era.

In a departure from years past, when varsity wrestle-offs served to help set the lineup and whet the appetites of Penn State wrestling fans, Sanderson introduced the intrasquad dual meet, where the top two healthy wrestlers at each weight, plus one exhibition bout, squared off in blue and white singlets.

Each wrestler had to get down to scratch weight. One team wore the traditional blue singlets. The other team wore the recently introduced white singlets.

While a majority of the matchups were clearly mismatches between established starters and young backups, there were four matches that piqued the interest of fans and one that produced the biggest surprise of the night.

What follows is a weight-by-weight analysis of the night’s 11 bouts:

via BlueWhiteIllustrated.com – Fans get their first look at Lion grapplers.

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