Penn State wrestler Quentin Wright defeated Cornell’s Mack Lewnes to claim the 185-pound title at the 2010 University World Team Trials this past weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Wright, who will be a redshirt sophomore in the Nittany Lions’ 2010-11 campaign, rallied to win after dropping his first match to Lewnes. Representing the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, Wright won by fall in the second match before winning the third and decisive bout.

Lewnes was the 2010 NCAA runner-up at the 174-pound weight class, while Wright redshirted this past season after an All-American showing as a freshman.

Wright has an opportunity to compete at the Oct. 26-30 University World Championships in Turin, Italy if he finishes in the top three at next month’s U.S. World Trials in freestyle, according to the release.