No. 17 Rutgers Wrestling took the short trip to the Keystone state Sunday afternoon to take on the No. 1 ranked Nittany Lions of Penn State (11-0, 3-0). The Scarlet Knights (12-2, 2-2) lost to the host team 27-11, falling in seven of ten bouts in the late afternoon dual.
The first half of the meet looked promising for Rutgers as they led 11-6 at intermission on the back of a technical fall from No. 3 Sebastian Rivera and toss-up decision wins from No. 18 Mike VanBrill and Rob Kanniard.
The second half of the dual was a different story though, as the Nittany Lions took all five matches to cement their victory.