Well, this is a surprise.
Instead of turning around and heading back to State College after Saturday’s tri-meet in Evanston, the Nittany Lions instead turned north to Madison, where they were supposed to participate in another tri-meet this upcoming weekend. Instead, due to Michigan’s cessation of all sports activities due to COVID, PSU and Wisconsin will have a standalone dual meet on Tuesday evening.
It’s a quick, but not too-quick, turnaround, and provides even more of a barometer of the team’s readiness to compete for titles this year.
This past weekend saw Penn State win the tri-meet at Northwestern, albeit not without some surprises along the way—everyone’s favorite potential 5-time champ Carter Starocci got stuck to start his Penn State career, finding himself in a 10-1 hole early before clawing his way back to a 10-9 loss, and some scratches due to lack of medical clearances at 125 and 197 revealed some holes in the PSU lineup.