Penn State @ Michigan State

Penn State defeated Michigan State 35-0 in East Lansing on January 21, 2024, handing the Spartans a shutout at Michigan State University. The Nittany Lions piled up bonus points in several key bouts, turning what could have been a closer dual into a rout.

At 133 pounds Aaron Nagao put up an emphatic technical fall, beating Andy Hampton 19-3 and earning five team points. That result broke open the scoring and forced Michigan State to chase responses throughout the middle weights. Nagao’s technical fall was one of the dual’s most decisive moments, both on the scoreboard and on match control.

Penn State kept applying pressure through the 165 and 197 pound matches. Mitchell Mesenbrink’s 18-9 major decision over Caleb Fish added four more team points, and Aaron Brooks capped the stretch with a 21-6 technical fall over Kael Wisler for another five points. Those three bonus-point performances combined for 14 of Penn State’s 35 points and represented the clearest turning stretch of the meet.

With those bonus wins and steadier outings across the other weights, Penn State closed the dual without surrendering a team point. The 35-0 final underscored how the Nittany Lions’ ability to convert opportunities into bonus points decided the meet in East Lansing.