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Tyler Kasak Season 2024-25

Year (Elig.)SophomoreWeight149/157HometownDoylestown, Pa.High SchoolBethlehem Catholic
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Parents: JANEICE AND JOEL KASAK

Major: AGRICULTURE

 

CAREER NOTES:

Athletic: All-American (2023).

 

2023-24 / TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON:

Season: Earned the starting spot at 149 after All-American Shayne Van Ness was sideline with an injury in November...Rolled to a 24-5 overall mark...All-American as a true freshman, rolling off eight straight wins after an opening round loss to claim third place at 149 in Kansas City...Had five pins, one tech and seven majors...Went 6-2 in dual meets.

Black Knight (11/19): Went 3-1, including two majors, to reach finals at 141, only loss close 4-1 dec. to teammate #2 Beau Bartlett in finals. Lehigh (12/3): Made Penn State dual debut up at 149 and posted 7-4 win over Drew Munch in Rec Hall. Oregon State (1/5): Controlled #12 Nash Singleton for road dual meet win, using third period takedown for 4-1 victory. Indiana (1/14): Last second escape secured 15-0 tech fall (6:59) over #14 Graham Rooks in B1G dual debut. Mat-Town 2 (1/28): Went 4-0 with a pin and a major to take first. Ohio State (2/2): Rolled to 7-2 win over #9 Dylan D’Emilio in Rec Hall. Iowa (2/9): Lost tough 11-8 (sv) bout to #12 Caleb Rathjen on the road. Rutgers (2/12): Notched 7-5 win over #26 Michael Cetta. Nebraska (2/18): Close 7-3 loss to #1 Ridge Lovett. Edinboro (2/25): Pinned Colin Roberts (3:20).

Big Ten Championship (3/9-10): Went 4-1 with two pins to take third, beat #10 Dylan D’Emilio of Ohio State 3-2, #8 Caleb Rathjen of Iowa 8-1, and pinned #12 Ethan Miller of Maryland in third place bout (2:36).

NCAA Championships (3/21-23): Became only ninth wrestler in NCAA history to lose opening round match and come back to win seven straight and finish third. Earned All-America honors as a true freshman. Had two pins and four majors. Top ten wins over #9 Ethan Fernandez of Cornell (pin), #3 Jackson Ranger of NC State in the blood round, #1 Ridge Lovett of Nebraska (major) and #5 Ty Watters of West Virginia in third place bout.

 

HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:

Freshman Tyler Kasak comes to Happy Valley from Doylestown, Pa., and Bethlehem Catholic High School...He brings multiple state medals, including a Pennsylvania state title, with him from BCHS...Won numerous prestigious national titles, including Ironman, Beast of the East and Escape the Rock championships...Was world Silver Medalist and the U.S. Open Champion...Son of Janeice and Joel Kasak...Has two siblings, brother Nate and sister Angelina...Considering an agriculture major.

 

 

KASAK MATCH-BY-MATCH

 

2023-24

Date      Wt.         Result  Opponent           Place    Rec

11/19    141        W, 11-1 Logan Brown, Army (major)       BK          1-0

11/19    141        W, 2-1 (tb)           David Evans, Penn State             BK          2-0

11/19    141        W, 8-0   Todd Carter, Gardner Webb (major)       BK          3-0

11/19    141        L, 1-4    #2 Beau Bartlett, Penn State     BK (2nd)               3-1

12/3      149        W, 7-5   Drew Munch, Lehigh     dual       4-1

1/5         149        W, 4-1   #12 Nash Singleton, Oregon State         dual       5-1

1/14      149        W, 15-0                #14 Graham Rooks, Indiana (TF; 6:59)  dual       6-1

1/28      149        WBF      Cameron McKay, George Mason (1:00)                MT2       7-1

1/28      149        W, 6-2   Owen Reinsel, Lehigh  MT2       8-1

1/28      149        W, 11-3 Matt Repos, Lehigh (major)       MT2       9-1

1/28      149        W, 4-2   David Evans, Penn State             MT2 (1st)             10-1

2/2         149        W, 7-2   #9 Dylan D’Emilio, Ohio State  dual       11-1

2/9         149        L, 8-11 (sv)          #12 Caleb Rathjen, Iowa             dual       11-2

2/12      149        W, 7-5   #26 Michael Cetta, Rutgers       dual       12-2

2/18      149        L, 3-7    #1 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska         dual       12-3

2/25      149        WBF      Colin Roberts, Edinboro (3:20) dual       13-3

3/9         149        WBF      Aiden Vandenbush, Northwestern (2:48)            B1G       14-3

3/9         149        W, 3-2   #10 Dylan D’Emilio, Ohio State               B1G       15-3

3/9         149        L, 0-4    #1 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska         B1G       15-4

3/10      149        W, 8-1   #8 Caleb Rathjen, Iowa               B1G       16-4

3/10      149        WBF      #12 Ethen Miller, Maryland (2:36)           B1G (3rd)            17-4

3/21      149        L, 2-4    #26 Jaden Abas, Stanford           NCAA   17-5

3/21      149        W, 14-5                #23 Drew Roberts, Minnesota (major)  NCAA   18-5

3/22      149        WBF      #9 Ethan Fernandez, Cornell (0:36)       NCAA   19-5

3/22      149        W, 13-1 #17 Graham Rooks, Indiana (major)      NCAA   20-5

3/22      149        W, 5-4   #3 Jackson Ranger, North Carolina St. NCAA   21-5

3/22      149        W, 10-2                #11 Quinn Kinner, Rider (major)              NCAA   22-5

3/23      149        W, 10-1 #1 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska (major)         NCAA   23-5

3/23      149        W, 3-2   #5 Ty Watters, West Virginia     NCAA (3rd)         24-5

 

CAREER STATISTICS

Year       Overall Duals (B1G)       TRN (B1G/NCAA)            F             TF           M            PTS

2023-24              24-5      6-2 (3-2)              18-3 (4-1/7-1)    5-0         1-0         7-0         23

Career                 24-5      6-2 (3-2)              18-3 (4-1/7-1)    5-0         1-0         7-0         23

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