Key Highlights
- They face Pitt in Pittsburgh on Friday before their trip to Happy Valley; both those results and that of PSU’s dual against Drexel are coming after the writing of this preview. Though Lehigh is a very good team (there’s a reason they were invited to the National Duals, after all), there’s very few teams who’ll take a bout off of the Nittany Lions in a dual this year, let alone have enough firepower to beat Penn State.
- This should be a better test than the Oklahoma dual in the BJC, but not by much – if you’re a PSU fan, you’ll have fun watching this one. How To WatchWhat: #1 Penn State vs #14 Lehigh*AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhere: Rec Hall, University Park, PAWhen: Sunday, December 7, 1 PM ESTAudio: Free (via GoPSUSports)Video: B1G+ ($)Lineup#1 Penn StateWT#14 Lehigh#2 – Luke Lilledahl (So., St Charles, MO)125#5 – Sheldon Seymour (Sr., Troy, PA)#11 – Marcus Blaze (Fr., Perrysburg, OH)133Mason Ziegler (Fr., Quakertown, PA)#8 – Aaron Nagao (Jr., La Habra, CA)141Carter Bailey (Sr., Livermore, CA)#1 – Shayne Van Ness (Jr., Somerville, NJ)149Owen Reinsel (Jr., Summerville, PA)#15 – PJ Duke (Fr., State Hill, NY) OR Joe Sealey (Fr., Bear Creek Twp, PA)157#10 – Logan Rozynski (So., Sparta, NJ)#1 – Mitchell Mesenbrink (Jr., Hartland, WI)165#7 – Max Brignola (Sr., Fair Haven, NJ)#1 – Levi Haines (Sr., Arendtsville, PA)174Zeke Dubler (So., Irvona, PA) OR Bekhruz Sadriddinov (Fr., Holland, PA)#4 – Rocco Welsh (So., Waynesburg, PA)184#23 – Rylan Rogers (Jr., Coeur d’Alene, ID)#1 – Josh Barr (So., Davison, MI) ORConnor Mirasola (Fr., Jackson, WI)197#25 – JT Davis (Sr., Middletown, DE) ORRemy Brancato-Roed (Jr., Pompton Lakes, NJ)#10 – Cole Mirasola (Fr., Jackson, WI) ORLucas Cochran (Sr., Perry, UT)285#7 – Nathan Taylor (Sr., Brookville, PA)125This will likely be Luke’s toughest outing until the last month of the regular season, and it’ll be a very good test as to his ceiling this year – especially since Sheldon is who bumped him out of the tournament last year.
- Though this bout will probably be somewhat frustrating for Lightning and a less-potent-than-usual offense, he’ll pull it off in the end, much like last year in the dual meet when he won off a last-15-second takedown. Prediction: Lilledahl by decisionScore: PSU 3, Lehigh 0133 LBSZiegler is in for the still-injured Crookham, and if he stays at Lehigh, he’ll have three more years to go up against Marcus Blaze in this matchup.
- Good luck and godspeed, young man. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPrediction: Blaze by tech fallScore: PSU 8, Lehigh 0141 LBSBailey kept three-time All American Beau Bartlett to a decision in this dual meet last season, and much like many times with Beau, Nagao looks to win with low-scoring bouts.
- This is another one that I expect Aaron to have 4 minutes of r.