No. 22 Penn State falls to No. 6 Ohio State
Source: GoPSUsports.com
Posted: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:40:00 PM EST
Published: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:41:59 PM EST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.; February 6, 2009 – The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team, battling a spate of mid-season injuries and ranked No. 22 nationally dropped a 33-7 dual meet to No. 6 Ohio State in a Big Ten Wrestling action. Penn State started four freshmen and another reserve in the bout.

Penn State got two wins in the dual. True freshman Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.) thrilled the Rec Hall crowd with a 3-2 win over former Nittany Lion Dave Rella at 174. Sophomore Brad Pataky (Clearfield, Pa.) continued his hot run through the new year with a 14-3 major decision over Ohio State's Nikko Triggas at 125.

Penn State once again wrestled with out All-American Bubba Jenkins (Virginia Beach, Va.), who was still nursing an injury at 149. The Buckeyes also won the two bouts between ranked wrestlers. At 133, Penn State All-American Jake Strayer (South Fork, Pa.) dropped a hard-fought 8-3 decision to No. 2 Reece Humphrey, giving up a last second takedown on a final throw attempt. At 165, All-American Dan Vallimont (Lake Hopatcong, N.J.) dropped a similar 8-3 decision to No. 2 Colt Sponseller.

Penn State is now 7-9-2 the year, 0-3-2kjkj in conference duals. Ohio State is now 11-2, 2-1 in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions return to action on Sunday, February 8, when No. 1 Iowa comes to Rec Hall for a 2 p.m. dual. Single event tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for youth. Penn State students get in FREE with a Penn State ID. All Penn State dual meets and post-season action can be heard live in the Centre Region on WRSC (1390 AM State College), WHUN (1150 AM Huntingdon) and live at www.GoPSUsports.com as part of the All-Access package.

157: #17 Jason Johnstone OSU dec. Tim Darling, PSU, 9-4 0-3
165: #2 Colt Sponseller OSU dec. #20 Dan Vallimont PSU, 8-3 0-6
174: #16 Quentin Wright PSU dec. Dave Rella OSU, 3-2 3-6
184: #2 Mike Pucillo pinned WBF Matt Dodds PSU, WBF (1:35) 3-12
197: Cody Gardner OSU dec. Jack Decker PSU, 6-3 3-15
HWT: Corey Morrison OSU dec. Stefan Tighe PSU, 6-4 3-18
125: #13 Brad Pataky PSU maj. dec. Nikko Triggas OSU, 14-3 7-18
133: #2 Reece Humphrey OSU dec. #9 Jake Strayer PSU, 8-3 7-21
141: #14 J Jaggers OSU pinned Frank Molinaro PSU, WBF 3:38 7-27
149: #4 Lance Palmer OSU pinned Colby Pisani PSU, WBF 2:56 7-33