Penn State's Carter Starocci (184 lb), Josh Barr (197 lb), and Mitchell Mesenbrink (165 lb) will all compete for NCAA gold on Saturday night. Lilledahl, Davis, Beau Bartlett (141 lb), Shayne Van Ness (149 lb), Kasak, Levi Haines (174 lb), and Greg Kerkvliet (285 lb) will all be in action in the consolation rounds.

Despite losses by No. 1 wrestlers Luke Lilledahl and Tyler Kasak, Penn State still built its NCAA Championships lead in quarterfinal round.

PHILADELPHIA — Penn State’s Friday night performance in the NCAA Wrestling Championships looked like it was going to be similar to the Nittany Lions’ regular season: Even if things got dicey down below, the team’s upperweights would pull away.