With seconds winding down in the third period of Joel Edwards' match against Wisconsin's Lee Kraemer, the weekend appeared to be a bust for the Penn State wrestling team.

The No. 6 Nittany Lions had already fallen to No. 10 Iowa on Friday night, 23-11, and were down 12-3 to the Badgers yesterday afternoon at the UW Field House. Edwards was down 5-2 in the third period, and it seemed as though Kraemer would extend Wisconsin's lead.

But with three seconds left, Edwards scored two points on a near fall and was awarded another point for riding time to tie the match going into overtime. Edwards then scored on a takedown in overtime for the 7-5 win.

The Lions (9-4, 2-2 Big Ten) won four of the next five matches to beat Wisconsin (15-3, 2-1) 24-15. Eric Bradley continued his remarkable season by getting Penn State on the board with an 11-5 win against Ryan Flaherty at 184 pounds.

However, going into the final three matches of the meet, the Badgers led 15-10. The Lions sent No. 5 Josh Moore to the mat to take on No. 18 Ed Gutnik. Moore, who broke the Penn State record for most matches wrestled, notched a 5-0 victory in his 169th match. Next, it was Marat Tomaev making his first dual meet start of the season after recovering from a knee injury that had sidelined him for much of the season.

Tomaev came up huge for the Lions by pinning Tyler Laudon and giving Penn State its first lead of the match at 19-15.

"I'm so happy for Marat that he was able to come out and get a big win with everything he's had to overcome this year," Penn State wrestling coach Troy Sunderland said on the Penn State Sports Radio Network.

Matt Storniolo closed the match out for the Lions with a 15-0 victory against Tony Turner. Storniolo, ranked No. 9 in the country, rebounded after a disappointing loss to Iowa's Ty Eustice on Friday.

The bright spots on the weekend for the Lions were heavyweight Pat Cummins, Bradley and Moore, all of whom went 2-0. They were the only Penn State wrestlers to notch victories against Iowa, as the Hawkeyes took seven of 10 matches on Friday. James Woodall continued to struggle in closing out his matches at 157 pounds. Woodall is 1-3 in Big Ten matches, but all three of his losses have come by just two points.

The Lions got no points from wrestlers at 157, 165 or 174 all weekend. At 174, freshman Rich Brooks lost to No. 3 Tyler Nixt of Iowa on Friday, but Sunderland said Brooks wrestled well and would continue to improve once the coaches get more time to work with him.

"We haven't had a chance to help him a whole lot so he's doing that on his own," Sunderland said. "He showed a lot of heart going out and not getting frustrated or giving a highly ranked kid too much respect."