Wrestling Wreport: Penn State pummels Utah Valley

by Galen on Feb 13, 2012 2:00 PM EST in Wrestling

Matt Brown didn't have to give up two weight classes to wrestle Saturday night (photo: BSD/Galen).

Cael Sanderson returned to his home-state Saturday night to take on Utah Valley in a rare Saturday night dual. Penn State won 9 of 10 bouts beating the Wolverines 39-3 drawing in almost 5,500 fans for the meet. Frank Martellotti was the only Lion to lose, giving up a tough 3-1 decision to Blake Mangum of Utah Valley. Penn State closed out the road portion of their dual season going undefeated away from Rec Hall. Penn State returns home to take on Pitt next Sunday at 2 p.m. the last dual meet of the season.

Results

Wt	Winner	dec.	Loser	Bout Score	Team Score
165:	#1 David Taylor PSU	pinned	Ethan Smith UVU,	WBF (2:40)	6-0
174:	Matt Brown PSU	maj. dec.	Monte Schmalhaus UVU,	13-3	10-0
184:	#3 Quentin Wright PSU	pinned	David Prieto UVU	WBF (4:46)	16-0
197:	#13 Morgan McIntosh PSU	dec.	Brian Chamberlain UVU	4-3	19-0
285:	#6 Cameron Wade PSU	pinned	Dustin Dennison UVU	WBF (1:15)	25-0
125:	# 8 Nico Megaludis PSU	maj. dec.	Colby Christensen UVU	19-7	29-0
133:	Blake Mangum UVU	dec.	Frank Martellotti PSU	3-1	29-3
141:	Bryan Pearsall PSU	maj. dec.	Avery Garner UVU	13-4	33-3
149:	#1 Frank Molinaro PSU	dec.	#14 Josh Wilson UVU	6-0	36-3
157:	#8 Dylan Alton	dec.	Napoleon Aniciete UVU	12-9	39-3

Penn State used three pins, and three majors to rack up 12 bonus points and won the takedown edge 31-6. Quentin Wright, David Taylor and Cameron Wade all got pins and Frank Molinaro beat UVU’s only ranked wrestler, No 14 Josh Wilson 6-0 including over 4:30 minutes of riding time.

Ed Ruth took the night off to let Utah native Matt Brown wrestle at 174 and he didn’t disappoint, getting a major decision over Monte Schmalhaus 13-3. Bryan Pearsall and Nico Megaludis were the other two wrestlers to get major decisions.

Before the official match started, backup heavyweight Jon Gingrich wrestled a preliminary bout (didn’t count in the team score) and beat Utah Valley’s Zac Jensen by a 13-2 major decision. It was that kind of night for Penn State, almost everything went well.

Penn State will wrestle Pitt to finish out the dual season. Pittsburgh will come into the dual ranked in the top-10 (they currently are ranked 9^th), and just got done beating No. 22 Hofstra 22-12 Friday night. Pitt brings in a quality team and will make it a good match to end the season. Check back in Friday night for my preview of Pitt.

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Man, what happened to the Frank Martelotti we saw last year. The talent is definitely in there, it just seems like he has absolutely no confidence right now.

by Governator on Feb 13, 2012 2:17 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, there is definitely a confidence problem right now.

Frank needs to get a win, ANY win and get back on track

by Galen on Feb 13, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions

Missing the 1st half of the season is tough.

Hard to get back in a groove; you’re 3 months behind everyone.

Still…………..

What the hell just happened?

by Pete the Streak on Feb 13, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

I think he's also had trouble adjusting to the weight

Just a guess, but he doesn’t look as comfortable at 133 as 125.

I also think part of it was over inflated expectations of the fans. Frank was good last year but he beat mostly guys in the high teens. I think a lot of people expected him to come in this year and take a big step forward and that might have been a bit of a reach.

That being said, Saturday’s match showed that no matter what is going on he’s no where near in the form Penn State needs to him to be in. They have a couple weeks to straighten things out and anything can happen, but right now I’m not overly optimistic.

by psuwresfan on Feb 13, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions

What happened to 52-0?

...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...

by jesse. on Feb 13, 2012 4:44 PM EST reply actions

Yeah,

I went a little over the top with that but…

If Frank wins that’s a 6 point swing which puts the score to 45 – 0, and if Ed Ruth wrestled he would have pinned Schmalhaus , that’s another 2 points. So yeah, I was a little off.

by Galen on Feb 14, 2012 7:20 AM EST up reply actions

Morgan

He seemed to be bothered by his knee injury. I hope he can recover enough to be competitive in the tournaments. So far this season luck has not been his friend, with those oh so close losses and now this freak “accidental” injury.

Stop blaming Joe -- media mobs!
Vote out all nine alumni incumbents over next three years

by OlderBudweiser on Feb 13, 2012 6:30 PM EST reply actions

In other wrestling

I’ve got Minny beating Iowa 17-15 due to no bonus points for Evans this time and Ok St beating Illinois 24-9. Then Ok State wins 17-16 over Minnesota. The score will be tied 17-17 after the last bout but Minny loses due to a point deduction for unsportman like conduct when J Robinson pulls a Woody Hayes on OK St’s HWT Gelogaev in the last seconds of the match.

Striving for Success with Honor

by Frank O'Brien on Feb 14, 2012 12:09 AM EST reply actions