News & Updates
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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May 22
NLWC Weekend Results
World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Rochester, Minnesota Resident Athlete Nico Megaludis (61 kg) earned a silver medal at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. Nico earned a win over Tyler Graff in the semifinals but dropped two matches in the best-of-three finals to Nahshon Garrett. Regional Training Center ...
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May 10
3 NLWC Wrestlers Win Gold at Pan American Championships
From the desk of the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club The NLWC had an outstanding weekend with three wrestlers winning Gold Medals at the Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru! One week after capturing a U.S. Open National Championship, Resident Athlete Ben Provisor (87 kg/192 lbs.) won a Bronze Medal in ...
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May 10
NLWC Wrestlers have Outstanding Weekend at U.S. National Championships
From the desk of the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club The NLWC had two gold medalists, two silver medalists, and one bronze medalist at the U.S. Open National Championships in Las Vegas this past weekend. It was an outstanding showing by the Club wrestlers! Ben Provisor Wins Gold ...
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