Wildcats to Host No. 1 Penn State in Big Ten Home Opener

1/9/2019 9:51:00 AM | Wrestling

NORTHWESTERN WRESTLING: MATCH DAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	BROADCAST	LIVE STATS
Friday, January 11	#1 Penn State	7 p.m.	The New Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Ill.	BTN Plus	TrackWrestling
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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern wrestling is set to host No. 1 Penn State on Friday at 7 p.m. in the new Welsh-Ryan Arena.

The Wildcats will host the Two for Takedown Night to go along with the match. Early-arriving fans can grab Two for Takedown foam fingers and students can get free Buffalo Wild Wings. Faculty/staff can get $2 off their tickets for the match and an autographed poster of the team. All fans in attendance can also purchase tickets to future matches for $2 off.

Redshirt sophomore Sebastian Rivera — the top-ranked wrestler in the nation — will look to keep his unbeaten season going against the Nittany Lions. He is projected to match up against sophomore Devin Schnupp (5-6).

Rivera moved to 14-0 with a first-period pin over No. 12 Zeke Moisey of Nebraska in last weekend's dual against the Huskers. Rivera moved up to no. 1 among wrestlers in the 125-pound weight class with the win.

Along with Rivera's matchup, No. 3 Ryan Deakin and No. 18 Conan Jennings will both have highly-anticipated bouts against No. 1 Jason Nolf and No. 4 Anthony Cassar, respectively.

The match will be NU's second in the Big Ten following a setback to No. 11 Nebraska on Sunday. Sophomore Colin Valdiviez and junior Shayne Oster joined Rivera in winning their bouts against the Cornhuskers.

PROBABLE NORTHWESTERN LINEUP
125: #1 Sebastian Rivera (14-0) OR Matt Vinci (7-7)
133: Colin Valdiviez (11-7)
141: Yahya Thomas (11-6) OR Alec McKenna (6-4)
149: Shayne Oster (8-5)
157: #3 Ryan Deakin (16-1)
165: Tyler Morland (0-2) OR Eric Yang (2-5)
174: Johnny Sebastian (4-3)
184: Brendan Devine (0-10)
197: Zack Chakonis (2-10)
285: #19 Conan Jennings (10-5)

PROBABLE PENN STATE LINEUP
125: Devin Schnupp (5-6)
133: #14 Roman Bravo-Young (12-1)
141: #4 Nick Lee (15-0)
149: #9 Brady Berge (12-1)
157: #1 Jason Nolf (13-0)
165: #1 Vincenzo Joseph (13-0)
174: #1 Mark Hall (13-0)
184: #3 Shakur Rasheed (12-0)
197: #1 Bo Nickal (12-0)
285: #4 Anthony Cassar (11-1)

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