March 2, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- All ten Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers competing at this weekend's Big Ten Wrestling Championships earned pre-seeds as announced by the conference on Monday. While the seeds are not finalized until after the official seeding confirmation at the coaches meeting on Friday afternoon, head coach Cael Sanderson's squad is well represented.
Junior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.) is the No. 5 pre-seed at 125 with a 20-5 record. Sophomore Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.) is No. 3 at 133 with a 20-4 mark. Red-shirt freshman Kade Moss (South Jordan, Utah) is No. 9 at 141 with a 17-14 record. Sophomore Zack Beitz (Mifflintown, Pa.) is No.6 at 149 with a 15-7 record. Junior Luke Frey (Montoursville, Pa.) is No. 9 at 157 with a 12-5 record.
Red-shirt freshman Garett Hammond (Chambersburg, Pa.) is No. 6 at 165 with a 21-9 record. Senior Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) is No. 2 at 174 and is 22-2 on the year. Red-shirt freshman Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.) is tied for No. 7 at 184 with a 21-11 record. Junior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.) is 23-2 at 197 and is the No. 2 pre-seed. Senior Jimmy Lawson (Toms River, N.J.) is No. 5 at 285 with a 12-1 record.
The Nittany Lions will feature five wrestlers making their Big Ten Championship debuts: Moss at 141, Beitz at 149, Frey at 157, Hammond at 165 and McCutcheon at 184.
The Nittany Lions have won the last four Big Ten titles and will battle for this year's crown at the two day event on Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8, in Columbus, Ohio. The event, hosted by Ohio State University, will be held in St. John Arena. Penn State 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.