The Penn State wrestling fans that made the trip to Rec Hall Sunday got a chance to see one of the Nittany Lions' biggest victories in years.

It was an 18-17 upset over No. 10 Lehigh that was their first win over a top-10 team since the upset of No. 3 Minnesota in 1998.

This was despite the fact that the Penn State wrestler who has reached the highest ranking of any Nittany Lion in the Intermat poll so far this year wasn't among their ranks.

Sophomore Scott Moore, who was ranked as high as No. 11 at 133 pounds earlier this year had a seat in the bleachers instead of a chair on the floor. He was also dressed in a black and gray sweater with a blue sling on his arm instead of a blue and white singlet for the first time this season at Rec Hall. Moore recently had shoulder surgery after dealing with a nagging injury since last season.

"The muscles around my shoulder were weak, and my shoulder kept coming out of place," Moore explained. "I hurt it at freestyle wrestling in the summer last year, but I expected it to be healed in time for this season, but in all the open meets I was at, the shoulder kept popping out."

Moore had been going to therapy, but began looking into surgery early in the season. Coaches made sure he would not wrestle in too many matches to maintain the possibility of gaining a medical redshirt. He was 9-3 with five falls after Penn State's first two dual meets, and won his weight class at the Penn State open, but his promising season ended with the surgery.

Redshirt freshman Marat Tomaev was forced to scale down from 141 pounds to fill in for Moore. Tomaev took second place at the Wilkes Open at the weight, but has since lost all three of his dual meet matches. Penn State has petitioned the NCAA for the redshirt, but has not received confirmation on it yet.

The doctors have told Moore to expect to be out of action for five months, but like all athletes, Moore hopes to speed up that timetable to between three and four, so that he will be able to wrestle in the summer on the freestyle circuit.

"He's going to have a period of adjustment once he gets back on the mat," coach Troy Sunderland said. "But once he gets through the rehab he should be back at the level he's been wrestling at."

For now Moore will have to be around for moral support only and will have to watch his teammates go into battle without a chance to go out on the mat himself. Despite that, he is intensely engrossed in the Lions' matches.

"I was really nervous coming to watch the game today," Moore said of the Lehigh contest. "It's really hard not being able to wrestle, but I know the guys need support. It just makes me a lot more nervous watching the meets. This was a big win."