For the second consecutive year, Penn State ran away with the Eastern Wrestling League Tournament title and qualified all 10 of its wrestlers for the national tournament.

"I had a feeling, and I think everyone closely associated with the program had a feeling, that we were going to do it," Coach Rich Lorenzo said.

Jeff Prescott won the Outstanding Wrestler Award for dominating the 118-pound class, considered the league's strongest. So strong, in fact, that Prescott, who has been ranked No. 1 nationally for the entire season, was seeded third.

Prescott started the tournament by pinning West Virginia's Steve Millward in 1:57 and then faced Bloomsburg's Tim Casey, seeded second because he beat Prescott during the dual-meet season when both wrestled at 126 pounds.

Prescott defeated Casey by technical fall, 16-1 at 6:33.

"Everyone keeps calling it revenge, and you can call it whatever you want to call it," Prescott said. "I don't call it anything."

Prescott then met Edinboro's Lew Rosselli, ranked fifth nationally, in the final. Rosselli was seeded first in the tournament because he was undefeated in EWL dual meets. He did not wrestle Prescott or Casey.

Rosselli couldn't manage any offense against Prescott, who defeated him, 12-4.

"I had a hard time getting my offense going because the match went so quick," Prescott said. "The action was just so quick -- it seemed like the bout was over so fast."

Penn State had two other champions -- 126-pounder Bob Truby and 150-pounder Tim Wittman. Each recorded two falls on his way to the title.

Physical exhaustion nearly prevented Truby from making weight. His teammates pushed him back and forth as he did sit-ups and the coaches tried to tape him on to a stationary bike, but he could not work out hard enough to lose the weight.

Finally, with three minutes before weigh-ins ended and Truby a tenth of a pound over weight, graduate assistant Dan Mayo shaved Truby's head to make weight.

Truby showed no effects from his exhausting night on the tournament's first day, as he pinned Pitt's Sean Moffit in 3:42 and nearly technical falled Cleveland State's Jim VanCucha, 14-1.

In the final, he pinned Edinboro's Nick Pendolino in 2:14. Pendolino upset the second and third seeds to reach the final.

"Bob was just not challenged in this tournament," Lorenzo said.

Wittman, who wrestled for the first time in three weeks after injuring his elbow, overcame a sprained ankle to win the 150-pound title. No. 1 seed Mike Carpenter of Cleveland State injured his knee in the second round and was forced to default, so Wittman, the second seed, met Clarion's Moss Grays in the final.

Grays, a freshman, took an early lead with three takedowns in the first period, but Wittman wrestled more aggressively as the match progressed and tied the score, 13-13, with about a minute remaining.

Then Wittman pancaked Grays to earn the fall at 6:12.

"I just snapped his head back as hard as I could," Wittman said. "I could tell he was tired -- I could see it in his face."

"Wittman just wouldn't be denied," Lorenzo said. "He wouldn't break, and he forced his opponent to break."

Four other Lions -- 142-pounder Troy Sunderland, 167-pounder Dave Hart, 177-pounder Matt White and 190-pounder Mike Kraft, qualified for the finals but placed second.

Chad Dubin placed third at 134 pounds and Marc Padwe placed fourth at heavyweight. Jason Suter placed fifth at 158 and earned a wild card berth to the NCAA Tournament.