sad news for Penn state nittany lion wrestling: he is gone

Penn State All-American Wrestler to Miss Leftover portion of 2023 Season
Shayne Van Ness, positioned No. 2 broadly at 149 pounds, is out for the season, coach Cael Sanderson said.

Penn State All-American wrestler Shayne Van Ness, positioned No. 2 broadly at 149 pounds, will miss the leftover portion of the season with an undisclosed harm, head coach Cael Sanderson told correspondents Tuesday in State College. Van Ness started the season with a 3-0 record but did not wrestle within the Nittany Lions’ 30-10 triumph over Lehigh at Ruddy Corridor final Sunday.

“Unfortunately, he’s had issues with something, and it’s kind of gotten extreme and kind of got changed once more in hone and [he will] get it repaired and get prepared for another year,” Sanderson said at his week after week media availability, according to Travis Johnson. “Clearly, he’ll be woefully missed, and there’s nothing more awful than wounds.

“When somebody’s done for the year, we’re not aiming to play diversions and say something else,” Sanderson included.

Van Ness, a redshirt sophomore, returned this season as a national-championship contender at 149 after putting third final season. Seeded 12th at the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships, Van Ness come to the elimination rounds some time recently vanquishing third-seeded Kyle Parco of Arizona State within the third-place coordinate. Van Ness wrapped up with a 24-7 record.

The Modern Shirt local started this season strongly, winning outstanding-wrestler respects at the season-opening Journeymen Classic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Van Ness scored three first-period pins at the competition and was named the Huge Ten co-wrestler of the week. Van Ness too looked solid at the NWCA All-Star Class in State College, vanquishing Parco once more 5-1. Parco was positioned third agreeing to InterMat Wrestling at the time.

At a late-November media accessibility, Van Ness examined his approach to the 2023 season. Van Ness moreover had been planned to compete at the 2023 U.S. Senior Nationals this month in Texas.

“I fair accept that I have the aptitudes and the capacities to be dominant and be the most,” excellent Van Ness told columnists Nov. 28 in State College. Here’s a clip from the accessibility, kindness of the Middle Every day Times.

“We fair feel terrible for him,” Sanderson told correspondents in State College. “When there’s an harm, I cruel, it’s fair intense. Like I said, wounds are the most noticeably awful thing. You fair feel wiped out to your stomach and fair bringing it back up, it was kind of feeling a small more typical once more, since it happened almost a week prior. But definitely, it fair makes me debilitated.”

Penn State’s Tyler Kasak competed at 149 against Lehigh, wrestling up a weight course to win a 7-6 choice over the Mountain Hawks’ Drew Chomp. Kasak is recorded on Penn State’s wrestler at 141 or 149.

Penn State returns to activity Sunday against Hofstra at Rec Lobby. The coordinate starts at 1 p.m. ET and will be gushed on Huge+.