Nov. 25, 2014 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers continue to maintain lofty rankings in the latest version of Intermat's national listing. As a team, Penn State is ranked No. 7 in Intermat's Tournament Power Index (TPI). In all, eight Nittany Lions are ranked among the top 20.
Junior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.) has moved up to No. 11 at 125 with a 3-0 mark. Sophomore Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.) holds at No. 5 at 133 with a 3-0 mark. Sophomore Zack Beitz (Mifflintown, Pa.) is 3-0 at 149 and is now ranked No. 14. Senior Dylan Alton (Mill Hall, Pa.) is ranked No. 10 at 157 and is 0-0 on the year. Alton could see action this weekend at the Mat-Town Open but that decision is not final as of Tuesday.
Senior Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) is ranked No. 3 at 174 and is 3-0 while red-shirt freshman Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.) is 6-3 and ranked No. 19 at 184. Junior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.) is 3-0 at 197 and ranked No. 4 and senior Jon Gingrich (Wingate, Pa.) is ranked No. 7 at 285 with a 3-0 record as well.
Penn State is 3-0 overall, 0-0 B1G, after winning two road duals this past weekend (24-12 at Pittsburgh on Friday and 44-0 at Clarion on Saturday). The Nittany Lions return to action in the Nittany Lion Open on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. Penn State's next home dual is set for Friday, Dec. 19, when Virginia Tech visits Rec Hall for a 7 p.m. match-up. A limited number of SRO tickets are available for select Penn State Rec Hall dual meets. For ticket inquiries, call 1-800-NITTANY. Nittany Lion fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at www.twitter.com/pennstateWREST and on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling. The 2014-15 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline.