Nov. 9, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Nine members of the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team opened up the open tournament season at the 2015 Bearcat Open in Binghamton, N.Y., which wrapped up late Sunday night. Five Nittany Lions wrestled attached while four more wrestled unattached.
Junior Geno Morelli (DuBois, Pa.) led Penn State with a 5-1 run at 165, advancing all the way to the finals before dropping a match. Morelli notched a tech fall and a major during his run. True freshman Kellan Stout (Pittsburgh, Pa.) posted a 5-1 mark at 184 to place sixth, including two majors. Red-shirt freshman Kenny Yanovich (Effort, Pa.) was a strong fourth at 125 after going 4-1 with a major.
Senior Caleb Livingston (Drexel Hill, Pa.) went 2-2 at 165 with a pin while red-shirt freshman Devon Van Cura (Washington, N.C.) went 2-2 with a pin at 184. True freshman Dom Giannangeli (Murrysville, Pa.) went 2-2 at 141 while classmate Francisco Bisono (Hauppauge, N.Y.) went 1-2 at 165. True freshman Scott Stossel (Pittsburgh, Pa.) went 1-2 at 125 and sophomore George Carpenter (Chapel Hill, N.C.) also competed at 125 for Penn State.
Penn State opens up the 2015-16 season at home on Friday, Nov. 13, with a 7 p.m. dual against Lock Haven in Rec Hall. While season tickets once again sold out well in advance of the season starting, Penn State is giving fans more opportunities than ever to see the Nittany Lions compete. Fans may purchase singles to Penn State's two BJC Duals (Wisconsin on 12/13 and Ohio State on 2/5) online at www.GoPSUsports.com/accountmanager or by calling 1-800-NITTANY.
BJC Dual public tickets are $16 for adults and $8 for youth (12-and-under). Group tickets for the BJC Duals are now available as well, allowing fans to purchase 20 or more tickets at only $8 per ticket. Group tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-NITTANY. With the five Rec Hall duals already at seated capacity, a limited number of Standing Room Only tickets (SROs) can be purchased for each of those five duals as well. Rec Hall SROs may only be purchased by calling 1-800-NITTANY and are $15 per person.
Penn State Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at @pennstateWREST, on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennstatewrest. The 2015-16 Penn State wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline. This is PENN STATE. WRESTLING lives here.