UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- No. 1 Penn State (15-0, 9-0) claimed a share of the Big Ten regular season (dual meet) title with a 41-3 win over Michigan State (1-14, 1-8) on Saturday night. Head coach Cael Sanderson's team earned a share of the crown with Iowa, which ended its Big Ten dual season with a 9-0 mark as well.

The dual was wrestled in front of 6,419 fans, the 28th straight Rec Hall sell-out and the 31st of 32 including the Bryce Jordan Center.

The dual began at 125 where senior Nico Megaludis, ranked No. 4, dominated Mitch Rogaliner and rolled to a 17-5 major. Senior Jordan Conaway, ranked No. 5 at 133, then thrilled the Senior Night crowd with a pin at the 5:59 mark to put Penn State up 10-0. Junior Jimmy Gulibon, ranked No. 14 at 141, suffered a 6-2 upset loss to Javier Gasca, cutting Penn State's lead to 10-3.

Sophomore Zain Retherford, ranked No. 1 at 149, dominated Kaelan Richards, rolling up a 24-9 technical fall at the 6:49 mark. Red-shirt freshman Jason Nolf, ranked No. 1 at 157, then picked up his second first period pin in as many nights, getting a fall at the 2:02 mark over MSU's Mark Bozzo. Nolf's pin, his 12th of the year, sent Penn State into intermission with a 21-3 lead.

Junior Geno Morelli got the call at 165 and posted a strong 8-2 win over Dean Vettese. Red-shirt freshman Bo Nickal, ranked No. 1 at 174, matched Retherford's tech fall, posting a 24-9 tech at the 3:09 mark to put Penn State up 29-3. Sophomore Matt McCutcheon, ranked No. 6 at 184, notched a 3-0 win over Shawn Shadaia as well.

Senior Morgan McIntosh, ranked No. 1 at 197, thrilled the capacity Rec Hall crowd, pinning Spartan Jacob Cooper at the 4:22 mark. Red-shirt freshman Nick Nevills, fresh off his Penn State debut last night in Lehigh, made his Rec Hall debut at 285 and picked up his first Nittany Lion win, a 5-2 decision over Dimitrus Renfroe. Nevills' decision gave Penn State the 41-3 victory.

The Nittany Lions are now 15-0, 9-0 in the Big Ten, while Michigan State falls to 1-14, 1-8. Penn State dominated the dual from start to finish. The Lions accumulated a gaudy 47-2 takedown advantage and tallied 14 bonus points off three pins (Conaway, Nolf, McIntosh), two tech falls (Retherford, Nickal) and a major (Megaludis).

The 41-3 victory gives this year's team the all-time best Big Ten dual meet record in school history. The 2015-16 Penn State squad went 9-0 in conference duals, only the second-ever Penn State team to run through the conference schedule unblemished. Penn State went 6-0 in 1997-98 and 5-0-1 in 1992-93. The nine dual victories is also a school record for Big Ten dual wins in a single season.

The dual meet served as Senior Night for Penn State with Conaway, McIntosh, Megaludis, Zack Beitz and Dylan Dailey were all honored as well as senior managers Sarah Graber, Claudia Bogdan and Rachel Sackett.

Penn State will now await word of its opponent in the 2016 NWCA Dual Meet Championship match-up. Penn State has secured a spot in the 1 vs. 1 battle which will determine the 2016 NWCA National Dual Meet Champion. The Nittany Lions will host the top-ranked non-Big Ten team, to be announced Sunday night. The dual meet will take place in sold out Rec Hall at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21, in a dual meet that will air live on the Big Ten Network.