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03/10/2017
WREST: Notes - 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships!
Sanderson's squad ready for team title battle in St. Louis on March 16-18
02/27/2017
WREST: Notes - Lions Ready for B1Gs!
Penn State headed to Bloomington for Saturday/Sunday conference title tourney
02/15/2017
WREST: Lions and Cowboys Battle for Dual Meet Crown
Cael Sanderson's squad treks to Stillwater for NWCA Dual Meet title event
07/17/2013
Record 68 PSU Student-Athletes Honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Honored for earning 3.7 GPA or higher during 2012-13 academic year
03/24/2013
Nittany Lions Win Third Straight NCAA Wrestling Crown
Ruth and Wright win individual titles as Cael Sanderson's squad continues dominant run
Lion Career
2011-12:
Went 2-2 for fourth place at ESU Open on 11/12...went 0-1 at Nittany Lion Open 12/4...first dual win of the year was a 12-2 major over Lehigh's Jimmy Carucci on 12/9, followed by tough 5-4 loss to #19 Nathan Pennesi of WVU on 12/11...pinned #14 Matt Bonson of Lock Haven at the 4:22 mark in dual meet on 12/18 at LHU...named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (12/18)...went 3-2 with a pin and a tech fall at the Southern Scuffle on 1/1-2...pinned MSU's Brian Gibbs (4:21) in road dual win on 1/8...leading NU's Colin Shober 4-2 on 1/13 when Shober injury defaulted, giving Pearsall the six-point dual win...pinned Pitt's Travis Shaffer with just :03 left in Penn State's 33-6 win over the Panthers on 2/19.
Big Ten Championships (3-2, 7th): Pearsall had a superb run in a tough draw at the 2012 Big Ten Championships in Purdue, going 3-2 and earning valuable bonus points in Penn State's title run...pinned Wisconsin's Thomas Glenn (1:39) before a tough 4-1 loss to eventual national champion #1 Kellen Russell of Michigan...13-2 major over Indiana's Matt Ortega...lost tough 5-2 decision to #9 Jake Sueflohn of Nebraska...beat Purdue's Brandon Nelson 8-2 for 7th place.
2010-11:
Pinned Bloomsburg's Nick Wilcox in the first period of season-opening dual on 11/12....went 2-1 at Sprawl and Brawl Duals on 11/21, including pin over Harvard's Fermin Mendez...went 4-2 (with three pins) at the Nittany Lion Open on 12/5...pinned Lock Haven's Evan Kolb on 12/12 in Penn State's 48-0 win over the Bald Eagles...dominated #10 Ian Paddock of Ohio State in Big Ten dual meet victory on 12/19...went 4-2 with two pins at the Southern Scuffle on 12/29-30.
2009-10:
Dropped hard-fought 6-4 sudden victory decision to Tyler Saltsman in intrasquad meet....leading 11-5 vs. Bloomsburg's Dan Gaylord but caught and pinned in collegiate debut on 11/15....took eighth at the Nittany Lion Open, going 1-3 against collegiate competition but picking up three wins against non-collegiate wrestlers...went 1-2 at Reno TOC on 12/20...went 0-4 at Virginia Duals on 1/8-9...got first dual win as a Nittany Lion with a 13-12 decision over Illinois' Daryl Thomas on 1/22.
Big Ten Championships
(0-2, DNP): Went 0-2 in his first run at the Big Ten Championships.
2008-09:
Red-shirt season...posted 6-9 mark as unattached wrestler...picked up two wins by fall and one major decision victory.
Career Statistics | |||||||
YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS (B10) | TRN (B10/NCAA) | F | TF | M | Pts. |
2008-09 | Red-Shirt Season | ||||||
2009-10 | 3-23 | 1-16 (1-7) | 2-7 (0-2/0-0) | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 3 |
2010-11 | 13-6 | 5-2 (1-0) | 8-4 (0-0/0-0) | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 24 |
2011-12 | 15-12 | 7-5 (3-4) | 8-7 (3-2/0-0) | 6-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 35 |
Career | 31-41 | 13-23 (5-11) | 18-18 (3-4/0-0) | 14-6 | 1-2 | 3-7 | 62 |