News & Updates

Jan 21

Matteo Pellicone International

Zain Retherford (65kg) and Kyle Snyder (97kg) both earned bronze medals at the Matteo Pellicone International in Rome, Italy over the weekend. Zain lost his first match to 2018 World silver medalist and 2019 World bronze medalist Bajrang Bajrang of India by a score of 4-5 before wrestling back with a 10-5 ...

Oct 31

Bo Nickal Dominates at U-23 World Championships

Nittany Lion Wrestling Club Resident Athlete Bo Nickal dominated the 92 kg weight class on his way to a World title at the U23 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary! Bo won by technical fall, 12-2, over returning U23 World Bronze Medalist Hossein Shahbazigazvar of Iran in his first match and followed ...

Sep 18

NLWC Competing at 2019 World Championship

World Championships Preview Nittany Lion Wrestling Club Resident Athletes Zain Retherford (65 kg/145 lbs.), Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (74 kg/163 lbs. for Uzbekistan), Franklin Gomez (74 kg/163 lbs. for Puerto Rico), and Jaime Espinal (86 kg/189 lbs. for Puerto Rico) will be competing next week at the Senior World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. ...

May 29

NLWC World Team Trials Strong Showing

The World Team Trials Challenge Tournament took place this weekend in Raleigh, NC. In this tournament, the top wrestlers in the U.S. competed for a spot in the Final X later this summer. The winners of the Final X will represent the U.S. at the 2019 World ...

May 13

NLWC Wrestlers Mark Hall and Nick Nevills Dominate

NLWC wrestlers Mark Hall (79 kg) and Nick Nevills (125 kg) won the Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier yesterday and are now qualified to compete at the U.S. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Raleigh, NC. On his way to gold, Mark scored four straight technical falls by 10-0 scores, ...

May 13

Casey Cunningham Named 2018 USA Wrestling Freestyle Coach of the Year

Nittany Lion Wrestling Club Olympic Regional Training Center and Penn State Wrestling Coach Casey Cunningham was recently announced as the winner of the prestigious 2018 Terry McCann Award as USA Wrestling Freestyle Coach of the Year. The NLWC would like to thank Coach Cunningham for all of the time and effort ...

May 13

NLWC Outstanding Weekend at U.S. Open

The NLWC came away from the U.S. Open National Championships in Las Vegas this past weekend with one gold medalist, two silver medalists, three bronze medalists, two fifth place finishers, and one sixth place finisher. Club wrestlers suffered some very close, heart-breaking losses in the semifinals and finals, ...

Jan 10

David Taylor named UWW Best Freestyle Wrestler of the Year for 2018

BY TIM FOLEY, UWW | JAN. 01, 2019, 12:50 P.M. (ET) CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (January 1) - With the 2018 wrestling season officially at a close, United World Wrestling has awarded "Best Wrestler of the Year" honors to David TAYLOR (USA) for freestyle, Petra OLLI (FIN) for women's wrestling, and Peter BACSI (HUN) ...

Jul 31

David Taylor Pins 4 Opponents at Yasar Dogu

Nittany Lion Wrestling Club Resident Athlete David Taylor (86 kg/189 lbs.) scored pins in all four matches to win a gold medal at the Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul, Turkey this weekend. This was a pre-World Championships ranking tournament, and David set himself up for a high seed at the ...

Jun 19

David Taylor Wins Final X; Makes World Team

On Saturday in Penn State's Rec Hall, NLWC Resident Athlete David Taylor defeated North Carolina State star Nick Reenan in two straight matches at 86kg to win a spot on the U.S. World Team. David dominated, winning by technical fall in both matches, 13-2 and 10-0. Rec ...