The Army Black Knight Invite wrestling tournament on Sunday really wasn’t held in the Penn State wrestling room; it only looked that way.

As expected, dominance was the word of the day for the top-ranked Nittany Lions wrestlers as they controlled the eight-team event with nine champions, six runners-up and four others who placed third, fourth, fifth and sixth.

Penn State sent 17 wrestlers to the semifinal round and five bouts in the finals were Nittany Lion vs. Nittany Lion. The most surprising of those was at 125 where freshman Nate Desmond knocked off top-ranked Luke Lilledahl 5-3 with a takedown with about 15 seconds left.

The head-to-head teammate matches will not count on the wrestlers’ records, and Desmond is expected to redshirt.

Two causes for concern were injuries to Aaron Nag

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