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Penn State claims Big Ten regular season wrestling title

Penn State's Beau Bartlett, now ranked No. 1 nationally at 141, downed Iowa's Cullan Schriever 7-3 to give the Nittany Lions an 8-5 lead early in the duel meet between the two Big Ten rivals on Jan. 31. Top ranked Penn State dominated the second-ranked Hawkeyes, winning 30-8 in front of an enthusiastic and sell-out crowd at the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State finished the regular season undefeated, with an 8-0 mark in the Big Ten.  Credit: Mark Selders / Penn State. Creative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With a dominating 29-9 performance against Illinois on Feb. 16 at Rec Hall, the Penn State wrestling team clinched the 2025 Big Ten regular season championship.

Penn State is now 14-0 and 8-0 in conference as it concludes the Big Ten portion of its dual schedule. 

This year's regular season crown is the 11th in Penn State history — all since head coach Cael Sanderson's arrival — and the Nittany Lions' fifth straight.

Penn State will close out its dual meet season at home on Feb. 21 when it hosts American University at 7 p.m. at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions will then head to the 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Championships March 8-9 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Last Updated February 20, 2025

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