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March 19 Newsletter

Penn State Sports Magazine

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Penn State hopes to enter elite com- pany at the 2014 NCAA Wrestling Championships. With three national ti- tles in their back pocket, the Nittany Lions are on the cusp of becoming only the third program in history to win four consecutive national crowns. They'll begin their tournament run at noon (ET) Thursday, and it will end Sat- urday night. Blue White Illustrated will provide live coverage of the entire tour- nament in the Lions Den message board, but first, we take a look at how Penn State arrived at this point, and explore a few tournament scenarios. What has happened... Penn State has shaken the college wrestling landscape during the past four years. With its 2011 NCAA champi- onship, PSU became the first East Coast program in nearly 60 years to win a na- tional title, and the Nittany Lions haven't stopped since. Led by the oBen written-about but never-duplicated David Taylor and Ed Ruth, who were red- shirt freshmen in 2011 and placed second and third, respectively, PSU has become the class of Division I wrestling. Taylor has since won one individual championship in 2012 at 165 pounds, while Ruth has won the past two at 184. They played key roles in every team title, too, and last year's race was particularly W I N T E R S P O R T S R E P O R T M A R C H 1 9 N E W S L E T T E R T I M   O W E N | O W E N . T I M . B W I @ G M A I L . C O M Bill Anderson M A R C H 1 9 , 2 0 1 4 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 1 COWBOY UP Ruth tangles with Okahoma State's Nolan Boyd during the regular season. THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AT A GLANCE WHERE Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City WHEN March 20-22 TV ESPNU will air the first three sessions beginning at noon (ET) Thursday, as well as the medal round from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. ESPN will carry the semifinals at 8 p.m. Friday and the finals at 8 p.m. Saturday.

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