Penn State @ Maryland

Penn State men’s wrestling rolled to a 51-0 shutout of Maryland on Jan. 25, 2026 at College Park (8500 Paint Branch Dr). The Nittany Lions piled up bonus points throughout the dual, turning a competitive slate of ranked matchups into a one-sided final.

A string of bonus-point victories proved decisive. At 125, #1 Luke Lilledahl ran up a 19-4 technical fall to put Penn State on the board emphatically. At 149, #1 Shayne Van Ness dominated #9 Carter Young 31-15 by technical fall, a result that swung the dual heavily in Penn State’s favor by neutralizing one of Maryland’s top scorers. Michigan? No, Penn State — the point is that Van Ness’s big win was a knockout blow among the ranked bouts.

Midcard damage continued when #2 PJ Duke delivered a fall at 157, generating six team points, and #1 Mitchell Mesenbrink closed his match at 165 with a 15-0 technical fall. Those consecutive bonus outcomes left Maryland scrambling for answers and built an insurmountable margin well before the heavyweight bouts.

Penn State’s depth of high-level wrestlers and willingness to finish matches were the story: multiple tech falls and pins against ranked and unranked opponents removed any chance of a comeback. Maryland never recorded a team point, and Penn State capped the dual by maintaining the pressure across the lineup to secure the 51-point sweep.