Nolf vs. Jenkins headlines tonight's 12-match NLWC Rokfin card

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Tonight, the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club will host their second Senior-level card on Rokfin. The stream will start at 7:30 pm EST and matches kick off at 8:00.
The 12-match card is headlined by three-time NCAA champion Jason Nolf taking on current MMA star Bubba Jenkins.
Nolf is one of the most dominant and creative wrestlers in NCAA history. He is a two-time National Team member and currently No. 3 at 74 kg. He is a 2020 Pan Am champion and a 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial runner-up.
His opponent Bubba Jenkins was a 2011 NCAA champion at Arizona State. Jenkins started his college career at Penn State, where he became an NCAA finalist before transferring. Jenkins is a 2007 Junior World champion. Jenkins has fought in various MMA promotions across his career and currently holds a 14-4 record with his last fight coming in July of 2019.
The most recently added bout features Penn State up-and-comer Michael Beard vs. Clarion’s Greg Bulsak. Beard spent a year in gray shirt before matriculating to Penn State and redshirted last season. Over the past two years, Beard has amassed a 25-4 record against college competition.
Bulsak is a three-time NCAA qualifier going into his redshirt senior season. He competes at 197 pounds and was a NWCA Second-Team All-American in 2020. Bulsak and Beard have split matches, with Beard defeating Bulsak, 13-9, at the Clarion Open in 2018 and Bulsak besting Beard, 11-8, at the Clarion Open in 2019.
Another late addition to the card features Penn State’s Terrell Barraclough vs. Lock Haven’s Kyle Shoop. Barraclough is a four-time Utah state champion and went 18-4 redshirting at 149 pounds. Shoop is a four-time NCAA qualifier and 2019 All-American.
The card features two women’s matches, the first of which pits Mexico’s Alejandra Romero Bonilla against Alexis Porter. Romero Bonilla is a 2018 Pan Am Championships gold medalist and placed fifth at the 2018 Senior and U23 World Championships. Porter is a three-time age-group World Team member and a 2016 Junior World bronze medalist.
The second women’s match features Jane Valencia squaring off with Vayle-Rae Baker. In March, Valencia became the first woman to qualify for the Olympic Games in wrestling for Mexico. Baker is a two-time Cadet World Team member. She was a WCWA Championships runner-up for Augsburg last season as a freshman.
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov and Nestor Taffur will square off in a battle between former college stars who now compete for other countries internationally. Abdurakhmonov was an All-American for Clarion and is a two-time World bronze medalist representing Uzbekistan. Taffur competed collegiately for Boston University and now wrestles for Colombia. He is a 2017 Pan Am Championships runner-up and a 2018 Pan Am third-place finisher.
One of the most anticipated matches of the night features two-time NCAA finalist and three-time All-American Bryce Meredith vs. incoming Penn State freshman Beau Bartlett. Meredith finished sixth at the 2019 Senior Nationals, while Bartlett finished eighth at the 2019 U.S. Open while he was still in high school.
Another bout featuring incoming college talent vs. recently graduated wrestler is Carter Starocci vs. Devin Skatzka. Starocci is a 2017 Fargo 16U champion in both Greco-Roman and freestyle. In his redshirt season last year, he compiled a perfect 19-0 record and claimed four tournament titles. Skatzka was a 2019 NCAA All-American for Minnesota. Last season, he earned NWCA First-Team All-American honors.
In the second match of the night, Penn State’s redshirt junior Jarod Verkleeren will take on Clarion graduate Brock Zacherl. Verkleeren was an NCAA qualifier last season and is a 2015 Cadet World Champion. Zacherl is a four-time NCAA qualifier. Last season, he was named a NWCA Second-Team All-American.
Following Verkleeren vs. Zacherl, 2012 Olympic silver medalist Jaime Espinal will face Brett Pfarr. Espinal, an NLWC member who competes for Puerto Rico, is a two-time Pan Am Championships silver medalist and 2015 Pan Am Games bronze medalist. Pfarr is a two-time All-American for Minnesota and a 2017 NCAA finalist. He placed fourth at the both the 2019 U.S. Open and the 2019 Senior Nationals.
Penn State redshirt freshman Greg Kerkvliet will wrestle Pittsburgh graduate Demetrius Thomas in the heavyweight match. Kerkvliet is a 2017 Cadet World champion, a 2018 Cadet World silver medalist and a 2019 U23 World Championships fifth-place finisher. Thomas is a two-time NAIA finalist for Williams Baptist, winning a title his freshman season before transferring to Pittsburgh, where he was a two-time NCAA qualifier. Last season he was a NWCA First-Team All-American.
The card’s penultimate match is Roman Bravo-Young vs. Shelton Mack. Bravo-Young was an All-American in 2019 as a true freshman for Penn State, and he was a NWCA First-Team All-American in 2020. In 2016, he represented the U.S. at the Cadet World Championships. Shelton Mack is a three-time NCAA qualifier for Pittsburgh. He is the 2020 Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France champion and a 2020 Senior Nationals eighth place finisher.

Match order

Terrell Barraclough vs. Kyle Shoop 155 lbs
Jarod Verkleeren v. Brock Zacherl 155 lbs
Jaime Espinal vs. Brett Pfarr 196 lbs
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov vs. Nestor Taffur 77kg
Jane Valencia vs. Vayle-Rae Baker 60kg
Carter Starocci vs. Devin Skatzka 182lbs
Michael Beard vs. Greg Bulsak 205
Greg Kerkvliet vs. Demetrius Thomas HWT
Alejandra Romero Bonilla vs. Alexis Porter 68 kg
Beau Bartlett vs. Bryce Meredith 67 kg
Roman Bravo-Young vs. Shelton Mack 140 lbs
Jason Nolf vs. Bubba Jenkins 167 lbs