The 174-pound bout features a rematch between Penn State’s top-ranked Levi Haines and No. 10 Lenny Pinto (7-3), the Stroudsburg High graduate who transferred from Nebraska. Haines, who will be seeking his 85 th career win, beat Pinto 9-2 last season at Nebraska.

A shorthanded Rutgers wrestling team ran into a runaway, national-record setting freight train Saturday afternoon at Penn State University's Rec Hall.

After breezing through its nonconference schedule, a record-setting Penn State wrestling team opens Big Ten action Saturday against No. 19 Rutgers at Rec Hall.

On Saturday afternoon inside Rec Hall, Nagao was seen sitting in street clothes on the sideline as Braeden Davis made the call at 141 pounds during the Nittany Lions’ 46-0 rout of Rutgers to open Big Ten action and the second half of the season.

Record-breaking Penn State wrestling has five No. 1 competitors heading into their first Big Ten match of the season on Jan. 10.

Penn State wrestlers are ranked in all 10 weight classes following the non-conference portion of the 2025-2026 season. The Nittany Lions kick off Big Ten action on Saturday afternoon when Rutgers comes to State College for a 4 p.

Aaron Nagao was the starter for the Nittany Lions to begin the season, but injuries have been plaguing him, leaving his availability in limbo.

The Nittany Lions wrestler withdrew from a Japanese tournament in December while "working through" a medical issue, Sanderson said.