Jeremy Hart threw his headpiece to the mat and stormed out of the wrestling practice room in Rec Hall.

The redshirt freshman from State College had just lost 7-3 to Jarrad Turner in a wrestle-off for the spot at 165 pounds.

But the two continued to battle with one another even after the whistle had blown.

The referee told them to knock it off and Penn State wrestling coach Troy Sunderland walked over to calm them down.

In the two other wrestle-offs, Marat Tomaev beat DeWitt Driscoll 7-5 at 141 pounds, and James Yonushonis defeated Rich Brooks, 3-2, for the spot at 174 pounds.

Penn State wrestling assistant coach Dave Hart said the scuffle in the match between Turner and Hart was not a big deal.

"Wrestle-offs are always intense," he said. "I think that was just frustrations building up."

Hart also said the three weight classes are still not set in stone, and the coaches will meet to decide who will wrestle this weekend and for the rest of the year.

"Even though we had a wrestle-off, it really didn't solve everything," Hart said.

At 141 pounds, Tomaev suffered tears in both his ACL and MCL earlier this season, but has been cleared by doctors to wrestle. In the Nittany Lions' match against Wisconsin earlier this season, Tomaev wrestled and pinned the Badgers' Tyler Laudon. Tomaev lost a wrestle-off to Driscoll last week, and Penn State wrestling assistant coach John Hughes said the two will likely face off one more time to determine who goes to Big Ten and NCAA Championships.

Driscoll's health was also in question early in the season when he had surgery on his right arm to repair an infection.

Following his surgery, Driscoll struggled for the Lions, with the low point coming in a match against Illinois. Driscoll thought that the referee had blown the whistle in his overtime match after he suffered a takedown. However, the whistle hadn't blown and Driscoll was pinned, putting the Lions in a 6-0 hole.

Recently, it appeared as though things were turning around for Driscoll, as he won all three of his matches last weekend. However, Hart said the coaches thought that holding a wrestle-off would be the only fair thing to do for Tomaev, who is in his last year of eligibility.

Driscoll was visibly disappointed after yesterday's wrestle-off, as Penn State wrestling coach Troy Sunderland took him into the hallway to try to relax him.

After a win against Northwestern on Friday night, Driscoll said confidence was everything to him and he was finally starting to feel good.

Hart said that the loss to Tomaev is just another bump in the road for Driscoll and he knows the wrestler will bounce back.

"It's always tough losing, but he's been knocked down before and always gets back up swinging," Hart said. "He's a resilient guy."

The wrestlers at 165 and 174 have struggled all year, going just 1-11 in Big Ten matches.

Hughes said that Hart, Brooks and Yonushonis are simply making mistakes that most young wrestlers make -- all three are in their first year of eligibility.

As far as Turner is concerned, Hughes said he just needs to wrestle in matches the same way he does in the practice room.

"Jarrad is a great practice wrestler," Hughes said. "I just think that in front of the crowd, the nerves sometimes take over."