UNIVERSITY PARK, P.A.- The Binghamton wrestling team lost in a 46-0 shutout to No. 2 Penn State Sunday afternoon. The Bearcats, now 1-2 for the season, finished up their competition for the weekend with today's dual. 

Penn State, currently ranked second behind Oklahoma State by NCAA, is fueled by a powerhouse of 10 nationally ranked wrestlers. Out of those 10, BU faced eight in today's dual. Leading Penn State's pack are Zain Retherford, ranked No. 1 in the 149 weight division and Jason Nolf, also ranked No. 1 for the 157 class. Both of these wrestlers won by fall in each of their matches today.

For Binghamton, 165-pound junior Vincent DePrez put up a hard fight in his match against No. 9 Vincenzo Joseph, but was unable to walk away with a win. Deprez fell 10-5 by decision to Joseph. At 184 pounds, No. 13 Steve Schneider and No. 2 Bo Nickal were the sole matchup of ranked opponents. Schneider started his match strong, but ultimately fell 18-7 by major decision to Nickal. 

The Bearcats return back to the West Gym on Sunday, January 8 to face Columbia in an EIWA dual starting at 1 p.m.

125: #4 Nick Suriano (PSU) MD. Steven Bulzomi (BIN) 12-2.

133: George Carpenter (PSU) TF. Ian Lupole (BIN) 17-2.

141: #13 Jimmy Gulibon (PSU) MD. Dylan Caruana (BIN) 12-3.

149: #1 Zain Retherford (PSU) F. 2:39 Parker Kropman (BIN).

157: #1 Jason Nolf (PSU) F. 3:48 Tristan Rifanburg (BIN).

165: #9 Vincenzo Joseph (PSU) dec. Vincent DePrez (BIN) 10-5.

174: Geno Morelli (PSU) MD. Anthony Lombardo (BIN) 22-9.

184: #2 Bo Nickal (PSU) MD. #13 Steve Schneider (BIN) 18-7.

197: #13 Matt McCutcheon (PSU) MD. Mark Tracy (BIN) 9-1.

285: #8 Nick Nevills (PSU) F. 3:57 Connor Calkins (BIN).