The Nittany Lions will open up the 2009-10 season on Thursday, Nov. 5, with an intrasquad match in Rec Hall. The 7 p.m. event will replace wrestle-offs and give fans the chance to see many of the Nittany Lions, including true freshmen and red-shirts. Five regular season duals are on tap, beginning with a match-up against Bloomsburg on Sunday, Nov. 15. The Nittany Lion Open is the next Rec Hall event, with the annual event taking place on Sunday, Dec. 6.
Penn State's four home Big Ten duals begin on Friday, Jan. 22, when the Illinois Illini invade Rec Hall for a 7 p.m. dual. The Northwestern Wildcats visit Happy Valley on Friday, Feb. 5, for a 7 p.m. dual followed closely by the Michigan Wolverines on Super Bowl Sunday for a 1 p.m. match-up. Penn State's final home dual meet will against the Michigan State Spartans on Friday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m.
Penn State will take part in four competitive in-season tournaments, including the Nittany Lion Open. The Nittany Lions will trek to Binghamton, N.Y., on Sunday, Nov. 22, for the Sprawl and Brawl Duals. Penn State will meet Edinboro, Harvard and Rutgers at the event. In December, Penn State heads west for the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday, Dec. 20. Three weeks later, Penn State will head to Hampton, Va., for the Virginia Duals on Jan. 8-9.
Penn State faces a stiff road schedule this year, starting with the season opener at Lehigh on Nov. 13. Road duals at Pittsburgh (Dec. 12) and West Virginia (Dec. 13) follow and a short trek to Lock Haven on Jan. 3 closes out the non-conference portion of the slate. Penn State's four Big Ten road duals are at Ohio State on Sunday, Jan. 24; at Iowa on Friday, Jan. 29; at Wisconsin on Sunday, Jan. 31; and at Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 19.
The post-season begins with the 2010 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, hosted by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on March 6-7. The 2010 NCAA Wrestling Championships will be in Omaha, Neb., on March 18-20.
"We are excited about this year's schedule and I'm confident that it will help prepare us to do our best in March," Sanderson said. "This year's schedule has us away from home a bit more than we would like, but we're honoring some prior scheduling commitments. Our fans can expect us to wrestle at Rec Hall more often in years to come."
Penn State Wrestling season tickets for the 2009-10 season are on sale now. The five-event package (which does not include the Nittany Lion Open) costs $30 for adults ($6 per event) and $25 for youth ($5 per event). Single event tickets will cost $8 for adults and $6 for youth. Group sales are available once again for groups of 15 people or more. Group prices are $5 in advance and $6 walk-up. Fans can purchase tickets by calling 1.800.NITTANY between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Current season ticket holders will receive their renewal information shortly.
Individuals who have already made deposits on new season tickets will receive their balance due invoices soon. New season ticket applications will be assigned based on Nittany Lion Club point totals and the time/date the deposit/new application was received by Penn State Athletics. Penn State wrestling season tickets are all reserved locations in Rec Hall. In addition, new premium seating will be available for home wrestling match in Rec Hall this year. Details of this package will be announced soon.
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