STANFORD, Calif. - In the third episode of Cardinal Clips, head coach Jason Borrelli recaps the Roadrunner Open, gives a rundown of the program's six National Letter of Intent signees and previews the squad's home opener against top-ranked Penn State on Sunday, Nov. 22 on Pac-12 Bay Area.
No. 18 Stanford (2-0) has four wrestlers ranked in the top-20 of the InterMat individual rankings: No. 4 Joey McKenna (141 pounds), No. 6 Jim Wilson (165 pounds), No. 17 Nathan Butler (285 pounds) and No. 18 Connor Schram (125 pounds). McKenna and Butler were both Hokie Open champions on Nov. 8, while Wilson finished runner-up at the tournament. Schram is coming off a first-place finish at the Roadrunner Open on Nov. 15.
No. 1 Penn State (2-0) brings eight nationally ranked wrestlers to The Farm this weekend, including No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (197 pounds), No. 2 Zain Retherford (149 pounds), No. 4 Nico Megaludis (125 pounds), No. 4 Jason Nolf (157 pounds), No. 5 Jimmy Gulibon (141 pounds), No. 8 Jordan Conaway (133 pounds), No. 8 Bo Nickal (174 pounds) and No. 14 Matt McCutcheon (184 pounds). The nittany Lions have won four of the past five NCAA team titles.
Probable Match-ups
125: No. 4 Nico Megaludis, Sr. (1-1) vs. No. 18 Connor Schram, RS So. (5-0)
133: No. 8 Jordan Conaway, Sr. (2-0) vs. Mason Pengilly, So. (6-3)
141: No. 5 Jimmy Gulibon, Jr. (1-1) vs. No. 4 Joey McKenna, Fr. (6-0)
149: No. 2 Zain Retherford, So. (2-0) vs. Paul Fox, RS Fr. (9-2)
157: No. 4 Jason Nolf, Fr. (2-0) vs. Walker Dempsey, RS Fr. (0-0)
165: Shakur Rasheed, Fr. (1-1) vs. No. 6 Jim Wilson, RS Jr. (5-1)
174: No. 8 Bo Nickal, Fr. (2-0) vs. Keaton Subjeck, RS So. (6-1)
184: No. 14 Matt McCutcheon, So. (2-0) vs. Garet Krohn, RS So. (4-0)
197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh, Sr. (2-0) vs. Michael Sojka, RS Sr. (7-5) OR Boomer Fleming, RS Fr. (5-5)
285: Jan Johnson, Fr. (1-0) vs. No. 17 Nathan Butler, RS So. (4-1)
