Penn State - Princeton ‘26 match thread

[mcpat]

SVN must get sharper especially in the 1st period. Must start showing he’s the #1 ranked wrestler before the big ten tournament. JMO.

Right. So that we have 8 scoring wrestlers.

 

[gimb14]

Braeden has about 16 more days which isn't a lot of time. Let's hope he's been training through the matches to prepare for the post season. Just need him to qualify for nationals.

he could go 0-2 in two weeks and should still qualify

 

[GregPickel]

 

[Reslo1]

Love to see SVN hit more duck unders and slide bys. Guys easily defend his shots when he’s going for bonus points.

Is that why he only has 17 bonus point victories this season?

 

[Sir Pin Alot]

Has PJ ever picked up a riding point? Would like to see him practice riding someone like a rented mule.
Edit: Guess its harder to get one when most of your matches end early...

 

[Rugbypoet]

That trip that Duke did is magnificent. So simple yet so breathtaking!

 

[mcpat]

Figures easiest dub would be against someone named Hawk

 

[El_Jefe]

Love to see SVN hit more duck unders and slide bys. Guys easily defend his shots when he’s going for bonus points.

HE NEEDS TO HIT A DUCK UNDER WHEN DOWN BY 1 !!!!

 

[Cstroke]

I love when these guys Transition from take down to turk

 

[SlipperyPete]

157- #4 PJ Duke vs. Gavin Hawk

Period 1:
One more match before the break. PJ didn't look happy in that pic posted earlier. This one could be quick. Circling, tying up & hand fighting. PJ works a 2 on 1. He drops to a leg. Hawk throws in a whizzer, but PJ finishes the TD, 3-0. PJ cuts Hawk, 3-1. Hawk shoots, but PJ fights him off. PJ works a 2 on 1, then drops to a leg & hits an inside trip for another TD, 6-1. PJ cuts Hawk, 6-2. PJ drops to a leg, then comes up & trips Hawk to the mat for another TD, 9-2. Out of bounds & restart. Hawk is still down. He works to his feet, but PJ picks him up & returns him to the mat. PJ cuts Hawk, 9-3. PJ gets a to an ankle, then switches to a double & finishes the TD, 12-3. PJ looks for a bow & arrow, but looses it. PJ cuts Hawk, 12-4. Hawk shoots, PJ counters, but nobody scores. PJ gets to an ankle, but it's stopped for potentially dangerous. Tying up & hand fighting. PJ shoots, but no luck. More tying up & hand fighting to end the period. 12-4 PJ, +1:06 RT

Period 2:
PJ takes neutral. PJ shoots & hits a low blast double, 15-4. PJ cuts Hawk, 15-5. PJ shoots, but they go out of bounds, neutral restart. Tying up & hand fighting. Hawk shoots, but no luck. PJ drives forward & shoots. Hawk counters. PJ steps over Hawk & finishes the TD, 18-5. Out of bounds & restart. Hawk is still down. PJ cuts Hawk, 18-6. Time quickly expires. 18-6 PJ, +1:50 RT

Period 3:
Hawk takes down. He works to his feet & PJ cuts him, 18-7. PJ presses forward. Hawk shoots, PJ counters & they scramble out of bounds, neutral restart. Hawk shoots, but PJ blocks him off. PJ gets a leg & finishes the TD, 21-7. PJ cuts Hawk, 21-8. PJ shoots & finishes another TD for the 24-7 Techfall!

PJ Duke TECH Gavin Hawk 24-7 (6:08)

Team Score
PSU: 22
PU: 0

 

[5q]

It's officially an issue now for Braeden and gassing. Almost out of time to fix it so maybe a strategy change for March?

With poor performance at BIGs, at jeopardy of not getting to round of 12

 

[District 4]

A kindle?
what are you a dinosaur?

You asking him in particular or all of us. Lol

 

[District 4]

Some days, it feels like it...

I did a kettle bell and squat workout last night couldn't sit down to **** this morning. Horrible stuff

 

[District 4]

If we absolutely needed points from Davis to win at Nationals, I'd consider pulling Desmond's shirt. However, we don't need his points, so, I don't think it is worth pulling the shirt. I'll defer to Cael to handle it.

Davis is fine. He wrestles different when tour ament time comes.

 

[Hotshoe]

His Neutral Defense and position awareness in Neutral is, and always has been, really bad. How do you give up a Body Lock (i.e., Bear Hug) takedown to an unranked wrestler??? How do you lack the Neutral positional awareness to give up a move like that to an unranked wrestler? How many times did Mendez take him directly feet-to-back in Neutral???

Braeden is a bit aloof. Almost looks like a surfer dude on the mat at times. However, his tank is the real issue now. He wasn't like this at #125.

 

[mcpat]

I did a kettle bell and squat workout last night couldn't sit down to **** this morning. Horrible stuff

Delete

 

[gimb14]

With poor performance at BIGs, at jeopardy of not getting to round of 12

yeah. possibly with Cole, but Davis is gonna need the draw to AA. Something just seems off.

 

[District 4]

he could go 0-2 in two weeks and should still qualify

That would suck and how would the rest of the wrestling world react if we break another points record with 9 wrestlers

 

[McScoreley]

Yeah so I think the guys got the weekend off after Ohio State and are on full ramp up training mode.

 

[johnstownsteel]

PJ got the TF because he's that damn good but he was sucking wind too. Lol

 

[GregPickel]

First half results​

125 pounds: No. 1 Luke Lilledahl, Penn State DQ No. 12 Marc-Anthony McGowan, Princeton, stalling (PSU 6-0)
133 pounds: No. 4 Marcus Blaze, PSU md. Ethan Rivera, Princeton, 11-3 (PSU 10-0)
141 pounds: No. 12 Braeden Davis, Penn State d. Matthew Martino, Princeton, 11-8 (PSU 13-0)
149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness, PSU md. No. 14 Eligh Rivera, 15-6 (PSU 17-0)
157 pounds: No. 4 PJ Duke, Penn State TF. Gavin Hawk, Princeton, 24-8 (6:08) (PSU 22-0)

 

[GregPickel]

First half results​

125 pounds: No. 1 Luke Lilledahl, Penn State DQ No. 12 Marc-Anthony McGowan, Princeton, stalling (PSU 6-0)
133 pounds: No. 4 Marcus Blaze, PSU md. Ethan Rivera, Princeton, 11-3 (PSU 10-0)
141 pounds: No. 12 Braeden Davis, Penn State d. Matthew Martino, Princeton, 11-8 (PSU 13-0)
149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness, PSU md. No. 14 Eligh Rivera, 15-6 (PSU 17-0)
157 pounds: No. 4 PJ Duke, Penn State TF. Gavin Hawk, Princeton, 24-8 (6:08) (PSU 22-0)

 

[Cstroke]

PJ got the TF because he's that damn good but he was sucking wind too. Lol

I must be on a training cycle too, I was getting winded just watching that one…

 

[Cstroke]

First half results​

125 pounds: No. 1 Luke Lilledahl, Penn State DQ No. 12 Marc-Anthony McGowan, Princeton, stalling (PSU 6-0)
133 pounds: No. 4 Marcus Blaze, PSU md. Ethan Rivera, Princeton, 11-3 (PSU 10-0)
141 pounds: No. 12 Braeden Davis, Penn State d. Matthew Martino, Princeton, 11-8 (PSU 13-0)
149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness, PSU md. No. 14 Eligh Rivera, 15-6 (PSU 17-0)
157 pounds: No. 4 PJ Duke, Penn State TF. Gavin Hawk, Princeton, 24-8 (6:08) (PSU 22-0)

First half results​

125 pounds: No. 1 Luke Lilledahl, Penn State DQ No. 12 Marc-Anthony McGowan, Princeton, stalling (PSU 6-0)
133 pounds: No. 4 Marcus Blaze, PSU md. Ethan Rivera, Princeton, 11-3 (PSU 10-0)
141 pounds: No. 12 Braeden Davis, Penn State d. Matthew Martino, Princeton, 11-8 (PSU 13-0)
149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness, PSU md. No. 14 Eligh Rivera, 15-6 (PSU 17-0)
157 pounds: No. 4 PJ Duke, Penn State TF. Gavin Hawk, Princeton, 24-8 (6:08) (PSU 22-0)

Results so nice ya gotta say em twice!

 

[tullfan68]

125- #1 Lightning Luke Lilledahl vs. #12 Marc-Anthony McGowan

Period 1:
The final dual of the season. This looks like a bonus point festival. How long will it take? This looks like the best match-up of the night, and we're off! McGowan has tape around both biceps & a bunch over both of his shoulders. Circling, tying up & hand fighting to start the period. Luke presses forward & hits some snaps. The both drop to their knees. Luke pops back up & presses forward. He has McGowan on the edge. McGowan circles around the edge a little. McGowan works a tripod on the edge. Stalemate & neutral restart. Luke presses forward again & hits some snaps. McGowan pushes back to center. He's up & down off his knees. McGowan shoots, but can't get there. Luke presses forward, taking McGowan to the edge. McGowan drops to his knees. Luke drives McGowan out. Stall warning on McGowan, neutral restart. Luke presses forward off the whistle. McGowan with a very low stance. They drops to their knees. Luke works back up & presses forward. McGowan drops to both knees on the edge. Stalemate & neutral restart. Luke presses forward, McGowan backs up. The crowd is getting ornery. Stall #2 on McGowan, point Luke, 1-0. Time expires. 1-0 Luke

Period 2:
McGowan takes down. He works to his feet & gets the escape, 1-1. Luke presses forward. McGowan reaches for a leg. Luke takes McGowan out of bounds. Stall #3 on McGowan, point Luke, 2-1, neutral restart. Luke pushes forward. Hand fighting & tying up. Luke snaps, then keeps coming forward. Luke reaches, but no luck. Out of bounds & neutral restart. Luke presses forward off the whistle. Tying up & hand fighting. McGowan is down on 1 knee. Luke takes McGowan to the edge. Stall #4 on McGowan, 2 points Luke, 4-1. Luke drives McGowan out of bounds, neutral restart. Luke presses forward. Luke takes McGowan to the edge & out, just as time expires. 4-1 Luke

Period 3:
Luke takes neutral. He presses forward again. McGowan reaches, but doesn't get close. Luke has McGowan on the edge. Stalemate & neutral restart. Luke comes forward again. McGowan grabs some singlet. Luke has McGowan on the edge again. McGowan drops to his knees. Another point for Luke, McGowan grabbed the headgear, 5-1. Luke presses forward off the restart. McGowan reaches, but Luke sprawls back. Luke snaps & snoots, but no luck. Luke has McGowan on the edge again. McGowan reaches with a half shot. Out of bounds & neutral restart. Luke presses forward off the whistle. McGowan gets stall call #5, 2 points Luke, 7-1. The refs are at the table counting up all the stall calls now. Back to action. McGowan has 1 stall warning left, 8-sec to go. Now the match is over. The score has been changed to 5-1 Luke, but Luke wins by DQ. That's 6, right?

Luke Lilledahl OVER Marc-Anthony McGowan DQ

Team Score
PSU: 6
PU: 0

did I read this guy hasnt been taken down all yr,now we know why!

 

[dbldoofus]

I did a kettle bell and squat workout last night couldn't sit down to **** this morning. Horrible stuff

I did a bag of Middleswarth Kettle BBQ last night. I had no problems ****ting.

 

[Misalorales]

Takedowns PSU: 18 Princeton : 2
Stalls PSU (Davis) : 3. Princeton: 8? Honestly lost count at 125 and don't know how many it takes to stall out. Feel like I should know but I don't see it often lol

 

[GregPickel]

Results so nice ya gotta say em twice!

Ha, I really wish I could figure out why my posts sometimes go twice (or more). Do not have a rhyme or reason to it, but sorry about that.

 

[Cstroke]

Ha, I really wish I could figure out why my posts sometimes go twice (or more). Do not have a rhyme or reason to it, but sorry about that.

No way!! If we are needling you it saves someone like JTs from the fire

 

[RBOld]

If we absolutely needed points from Davis to win at Nationals, I'd consider pulling Desmond's shirt. However, we don't need his points, so, I don't think it is worth pulling the shirt. I'll defer to Cael to handle it.

The problem is that there really isn't a path for Desmond to start for the next two years. Why not just use him now and shirt him when LL, Blaze and Ono man the lightweights?

 

[GregPickel]

Mirasola giving up around 25 pounds to Sebastian Garibaldi, per Byers.

 

[trufan]

You could tell PJ was gassed at the end of the 2nd period because he pushed Hawk away for an easy escape with less than 10 seconds left in the period.

 

[funkisfun10]

I haven't read previous posts, but a couple of things going on here...the PSU kids look shot, lol....and Princeton has skates on, backing up and looking for some sort of opportunity. I'm guessing Cael and company really worked these kids the past few days.

 

[RBOld]

I'll let you worry about SVN. He wrestles with a style where he does give up points here and there, but, he always remains calm and under control.

The problem isn't that he gives up points, it's that he might get pinned.

 

[Nitlion1986]

I like Marc Anthony Mcgowan. Got the talent to pull and upset or two in March.

Not if he gets call for stalling appropriately. He embarrassed himself out there tonight.

 

[Rugbypoet]

Students announcers doing so well, until half time. "The noise down here is unmatched, just like always." Ummm...do you know what unmatched means, Gigi?

 

[Fatwoodchuck]

Princeton has seemed to figure out how to make an attack off of finger grabbing with a slick slide by, happened in two different matches worked well but if I noticed it they already figured it out.

 

[nerfstate]

Braeden is a bit aloof. Almost looks like a surfer dude on the mat at times. However, his tank is the real issue now. He wasn't like this at #125.

Cael:

Status of Braeden Davis and his path to peaking in March​

I think he was a little behind starting late, and so training has been a little different for him. He’ll be at his best in March, and that’s something we’re excited to see.


They are working him hard, with a purpose.

 

[tullfan68]

with all that tape on his body he must be hurting shouldn't have even been out there!

 

[GregPickel]

The problem isn't that he gives up points, it's that he might get pinned.

Agreed.