LARAMIE, Wyo. — Penn State wrestling (4-0) rolled to a 40-7 win at Wyoming (2-3) in a non-conference dual meet in Laramie, Wyo., on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions tallied four pins in the lopsided road victory.

A Wyoming wrestling all-time record crowd of 4,686 watched as Penn State dominated the Cowboys. The Nittany Lions added two technical falls to its four pins and won the first eight bouts of the dual meet.

The dual began at 125 pounds. Nittany Lion sophomore Luke Lilledahl, ranked No. 2 at 125, used four takedowns and a couple turns to roll to an 18-3 technical fall at the 3:26 mark to give the Nittany Lions an early 5-0 lead. True freshman Marcus Blaze, ranked No. 10 at 133, followed that up with a second period pin of No. 22 Luke Willochell, getting the fall at 3:39.

True freshman Nate Desmond moved up two weights to make his Penn State dual meet debut at 141. He used two takedowns; a reversal and a two-point turn to post a strong 11-4 win. Junior Shayne Van Ness, ranked No. 1 at 149, picked up Penn State’s second fall of the dual. The Lion junior pinned No. 30 Gabe Willochell at the 2:54 mark in the first period.

True freshman PJ Duke, ranked No. 8 at 157, then picked up the third Nittany Lion fall in the first half, pinning No. 23 Jared Hill at the 4:09 mark. Penn State led 26-0 at the midway point.

Junior Mitchell Mesenbrink, ranked No. 1 at 165, opened up the second half with Penn State’s fourth pin. Mesenbrink dominated the first period, getting the fall at 2:00. Senior Levi Haines, ranked No. 1 at 174, used three takedowns and two near falls to roll to an 18-1 tech fall at 4:50, giving the Lions a 37-0 lead.

Sophomore Rocco Welsh, ranked No. 4 at 184, used a first period takedown and a second period escape to post a hard fought 4-1 win over No. 12 Eddie Neitenbach.

Redshirt freshman Connor Mirasola, ranked No. 8 at 197, lost a tough 10-2 major decision to No. 4 Joey Novak as Wyoming got on the board, cutting the Lion lead to 40-4. Redshirt freshman Cole Mirasola, ranked No. 11 at 285, battled No. 10 Christian Carroll in the dual meet’s final bout and dropped a hard-fought 10-4 decision to the Cowboy. Penn State walked away from Laramie with a dominant 40-7 victory.

Penn State posted a 20-8 takedown edge over Wyoming. The Nittany Lions won eight of ten bouts and tallied 16 bonus points off four pins (Blaze, Van Ness, Duke, Mesenbrink) and two technical falls (Lilledahl, Haines).

No. 1 Penn State 40, No. 18 Wyoming 7

125: No. 2 Luke Lilledahl (PSU) tech fall Sefton Douglass, 18-3, 3:26. 133: No. 10 Marcus Blaze (PSU) pinned No. 22 Luke Willochell, 3:39. 141: Nate Desmod (PSU) dec. John Aiden, 11-4. 149: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) pinned No. 30 Gabe Willocehll, 2:54. 157: No. 8 PJ Duke (PSU) pinned No. 23 Jared Hill, 4:09. 165: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) pinned Sloan Swan, 2:00. 174: No. 1 Levi Haines (PSU) tech fall No. 28 Riley Davis, 18-1, 4:50. 184: No. 4 Rocco Welsh (PSU) dec. No. 12 Eddie Neitenbach, 4-1. 197: No. 4 Joey Novak (W) maj. dec. Connor Mirasola, 10-2. 285: No. 10 Christian Carroll (W) dec. No. 11 Cole Mirasola, 10-4.

Records: Penn State (4-0), Wyoming (2-3).