2016-17 SCHEDULE/ RESULTS MATSIDE ACTIVE WINS LEADERS Overall: 7-1 | Home: 2-0 | Away: 3-0 | Neutral: 2-1 | B1G: 2-0 No. 2 Penn State Wrestler Year W L Date Opponent Result A. Ashnault Fr. (2013-14) 0 0 Nov. 11 vs. San Fransisco State W, 45-0 Nittany Lions R-Fr. (2014-15) 29 8 at CSU Bakerfield W, 26-15 (6-0, 2-0) R-So. (2015-16) 32 4 Nov. 13 at Cal Poly W, 38-4 R-Jr. (2016-17) 15 3 “BATTLE AT THE BRTHPLACE” Friday, Jan. 13 | 7 p.m. ET Total 76 15 NOV. 19 PRINCETON! W, 19-16 “GRAPPLE AT THE GARDEN” University Park, Pa. K. Theobold Fr. (2012-13) 16 13 Nov. 27 vs. Columbia W, 39-3 Rec Hall So. (2013-14) 22 14 vs. No. 8 Cornell L, 28-10 Jr. (2014-15) 24 9 Dec. 4 Journeymen Tussle NTS Sr. (2015-16) 0 0 Dec. 11 at Maryland*& W, 21-13 R-Sr. (2016-17) 12 4 Dec. 29-30 Midland Champs 4th, 93 Pts. MEDIA COVERAGE Total 74 40 JAN. 6 NO. 12 ILLINOIS* W, 19-17 Penn State P. Bakuckas Fr. (2012-13) 0 0 Jan. 13 at No. 2 Penn State*& 7 p.m. TV: So. (2013-14) 16 11 JAN. 20 OREGON STATE 7 P.M. Live Stream: BTN Plus Jr. (2014-15) 20 14 JAN. 22 PURDUE* NOON Results: @RUWrestling Sr. (2015-16) 18 15 Jan. 27 at Michigan* 7 p.m. Radio N/A Jan. 29 at Michigan State*& 2 p.m. R-Sr. (2016-17) 10 4 FEB. 5 INDIANA* NOON KNIGHT NOTES Total 64 44 Feb. 6 at Ohio State* 7 p.m. • The No. 11-ranked Rutgers wrestling team faces its S. McCabe Fr. (2012-13) 0 0 FEB. 12 NORTHWESTERN* NOON biggest test of the season Friday night at 7 p.m. on the road March 4-5 Big Ten Champs All Day against defending champion and No. 2-ranked Penn State. So. (2013-14) 21 12 Jr. (2014-15) 15 10 March 16-18 NCAA Champs All Day • The Scarlet Knights will wrestle their second BTN-televised dual of the season versus the Nittany Lions. PSU represents Sr. (2015-16) 14 16 & denotes match televised on BTN the third ranked foe of the year for RU. R-Sr. (2016-17) 6 4 * Match • Seven individuals are ranked in at least one poll entering ! denotes match at High Point Solutions Stadium Total 56 42 Home matches denoted by BOLD CAPS Friday's dual, including four by Intermat in No. 6 Anthony Big Ten Championships to be held in Bloomington, Ind. Ashnault (141), No. 14 Nicholas Gravina (184), No. 14 Ken NCAA Championships to be held in St. Louis, Mo. Theobold (149) and No. 16 John Van Brill (157). All Matches in Eastern Standard Time • Rutgers is tabbed No. 11 in the USA Today/NWCA *Big Ten Conference Match Coaches Poll. RU is also No. 10 by Intermat and No. 11 by FloWrestling. • RU enters the dual following a 19-17 win at the RAC last MEDIA INFORMATION Friday in front of 2,552 fans at the . RANKED SCARLET KNIGHTS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW POLICY Wrestler Wt. Intermat Flo OpenMat WIN AWN Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale and RUTGERS PROJECTED COMPETITORS S. DelVecchio 133 - - - 20 - student-athletes will be made available to the media following a brief cooling-off period. Wt. Name Yr. Hometown Record (Dual) Please direct any student-athlete requests A. Ashnault 141 6 6 6 5 6 to Assistant Director of Athletic Communi- 125 Brandon Paetzell Fr. Phillipsburg, N.J. 10-3 (2-0) cations Anthony Hernandez (ahernandez@ 133 Scott DelVecchio * R-Jr. South Plainfield, N.J. 13-6 (3-1) scarletknights.com/ 609-709-0013). 141 ** R-Jr. South Plainfield, N.J. 15-3 (7-1) A. Giraldo 149 - - - 19 16 IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY 149 Ken Theobold ** R-Sr. Toms River, N.J. 12-4 (5-1) Rutgers holds weekly media availability -OR- Anthony Giraldo * R-So. Guttenberg, N.J. 15-6 (2-2) K. Theobold 149 14 17 14 - 20 (either in person or via teleconference). Requests for head coach Scott Goodale and 157 John Van Brill R-So. Mullica Hill, N.J. 15-6 (6-1) student-athletes should be made - if pos- 165 Willie Scott R-Fr. Brick, N.J. 12-6 (4-2) J. Van Brill 157 16 13 15 17 - sible - 24-48 hours in advance. All interviews 174 Phillip Bakuckas * R-Sr. Hammonton, N.J. 10-4 (4-3) MUST be coordinated through the Office of -OR- Jordan Pagano R-So. South Brunswick, N.J. 16-6 (2-0) Athletic Communications, and interviews will J. Pagano 174 - - - 18 - not be granted on the day of competition 184 Nicholas Gravina * R-Jr. Allendale, N.J. 12-3 (5-2) until after the event has concluded. 197 Matthew Correnti Fr. Delran, N.J. 9-6 (4-2) N. Gravina 184 14 13 14 13 19 HWT Razohnn Gross Jr. Franklin Park, N.J. 6-6 (1-4) Twitter: @RUWrestling Instagram: @RUWrestling * denotes previous NCAA Championships qualifications www.Facebook.com/RUWrestling 2016-17 B1G STANDINGS PENN STATE PROJECTED STARTERS Weight Name Year Overall Record (Dual) Team Conference Overall W-L-T % 125 No. 3 Fr. 10-0 (6-0) Iowa 3-0-0 1.000 7-0-0 1.000 133 No. 13 Jered Cortez So. 6-2 (2-1) Ohio State 2-0-0 1.000 6-0-0 1.000 -OR - George Carpenter So. 1-6 (1-2) Penn State 2-0-0 1.000 6-0-0 1.000 141 No. 12 Jimmy Gulibon Sr. 7-5 (3-3) RUTGERS 2-0-0 1.000 7-1-0 .875 149 No. 1 Zain Retherford Jr. 11-0 (6-0) Minnesota 2-1-0 .667 3-2-0 .600 157 No. 1 Jason Nolf So. 11-0 (6-0) Nebraska 1-1-0 .500 7-1-0 .875 165 No. 4 Vincenzo Joseph Fr. 9-1 (5-1) Purdue 1-1-0 .500 6-2-0 .750 174 No. 14 Geno Morelli Sr. 9-1 (5-0) Wisconsin 1-1-0 .500 3-1-0 .750 -OR- Shakur Rasheed So. 5-1 (0-1) Illinois 1-1-0 .500 2-1-0 .667 184 No. 2 Bo Nickal So. 10-0 (6-0) Indiana 0-1-0 .000 7-3-0 .700 197 No. 11 Matt McCutcheon Jr. 8-2 (4-2) Northwestern 0-2-0 .000 5-3-0 .625 HWT No. 5 Nick Nevills So. 10-0 (6-0) Michigan 0-2-0 .000 3-2-0 .600 Maryland 0-2-0 .000 2-7-0 .222 SCOUTING PENN STATE Michigan St. 0-3-0 .000 2-5-0 .286 • Defending NCAA champion and No. 2-ranked Penn State is off to a 6-0 start to the season and 2-0 against Big Ten Conference competition. The Nittany Lions, who have Updated through 1/9 won five of the last six NCAA Championships, have won all six of their matches by at least 13 points.

All 10 PSU weight classes feature a ranked wrestler, including six in the top-five. Among the ranked Nittany Lions are five All-America laurels, including two by defending NCAA Champion and No. 1-ranked Zain Retherford (149). No. 1 Jason Nolf (157) and No. 2 Bo B1G WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK Nickal (184) were both NCAA finalists last season, while No. 12 Jimmy Gulibon (141) finished fifth in 2015. Nov. 8 C. Medbery, WIS Nov. 15 C. Medbery, WIS Nov. 22 K. Snyder, OSU SERIES VS. PENN STATE Nov. 29 B. Pfarr, MINN • The Scarlet Knights are 0-19 all-time against Penn State and 0-1 as a member of the Big Dec. 6 L. Massa, MICH Ten. The two teams last met on Jan. 16, 2015 at the Rutgers Athletic Center, a match the Dec. 13 A. Rubinetti, NU ended in a 28-6 final in favor of PSU. The attendance of 6,071 from that dual still stands Dec. 20 D. Hughes, MSU Jan. 3 T. Gilman, IOWA as the record for a wrestling match at the RAC. E. Lizak, MINN Jan. 10 J. Nolf, PSU RUTGERS REMATCH • As a redshirt last season, Scott DelVecchio lost to Jered Cortez, 4-2, at the Mat Town Open before taking third place. Anthony Ashnault is 1-0 all-time against Jimmy Gulibon after topping the Nittany Lion 9-0 in last year's Big Ten Championship Final at 141 COMING UP IN THE BIG TEN pounds. Ken Theobold is 0-1 with an 8-1 loss against Zain Retherford at last season's Nittany Lion Open. llinois 2-1, 1-1 Nebraska 7-1, 1-1 Jan. 15 Ohio State* 2 p.m. Jan. 13 Wisconsin* 8 p.m. Jan. 20 Michigan* 8 p.m. Jan. 15 Michigan* 2:15 p.m. Jan. 22 N. Illinois 2 p.m. Jan. 20 Minnesota* 8 p.m.

Indiana 7-3, 0-1 Northwestern 5-3, 0-2 NATIONAL POLLS (bold indicates 2016-17 opponent) Jan. 13 Purdue* 8 p.m. Jan. 13 Michigan St.* 8 p.m. Jan. 22 Minnesota* 2 p.m. Jan. 22 Michigan* 3 p.m. NWCA/USA Today Coaches’ Poll Record Intermat Dual Rankings Record FloWrestling Team Rankings Last Jan. 27 Northwestern* 8 p.m. Jan. 27 Indiana* 8 p.m. 1. Oklahoma State (11) 5-0 1. Oklahoma State 5-0 1.Oklahoma State -- 2. Penn State (5) 6-0 2. Iowa 7-0 2. Iowa -- Iowa 7-0, 3-0 Ohio State 6-0, 2-0 3. Iowa 7-0 3. Penn State 6-0 3. Ohio State -- Jan. 15 Oklahoma St. 3 p.m. Jan. 15 Illinois* 2 p.m. 4. Ohio State 6-0 4. Ohio State 6-0 4. Penn State -- Jan. 20 Penn State* 9 p.m. Jan. 22 Maryland* 1 p.m. 5. Virginia Tech 7-1 5. Nebraska 7-1 5. Virginia Tech 6 Jan. 27 Ohio State* 8 p.m. Jan. 27 Iowa* 8 p.m. 6. Nebraska 7-1 6. Virginia Tech 7-1 6. Cornell 7 7. Cornell 4-1 7. Cornell 4-1 7. Nebraska 9 Maryland 2-7, 0-2 Penn State 6-0, 2-0 8. Lehigh 5-1 8. North Carolina State 4-1 8. Lehigh 10 Jan. 13 Michigan* 7 p.m. Jan. 13 Rutgers* 7 p.m. 9. Missouri 5-2 9. Missouri 5-2 9. Missouri 5 Jan. 15 Michigan St.* 1 p.m. Jan. 20 Iowa* 9 p.m. 10. NC State 4-1 10. RUTGERS 7-1 10. Stanford 11 Jan. 20 Purdue* 7 p.m. Jan. 27 Wisconsin* 8 p.m. 11. RUTGERS 7-1 11. Lehigh 5-1 11. RUTGERS 15 12. Illinois 2-1 12. Minnesota 3-2 12. Illinois 8 Michigan 3-2, 0-2 Purdue 6-2, 1-1 13. Central Michigan 2-0 13. Michigan 3-2 13. Wisconsin 12 Jan.13 Maryland* 7 p.m. Jan. 13 Indiana* 8 p.m. 14. Minnesota 3-2 14. Illinois 2-1 14. Minnesota 13 Jan. 15 Nebraska* 2:15 p.m. Jan. 20 Maryland* 7 p.m. 15. Oklahoma 2-3 15. Stanford 3-1 15. Michigan 14 Jan. 20 Illinois* 8 p.m. Jan. 22 Rutgers* Noon 16. Michigan 3-2 16. Oklahoma 2-3 16.Arizona State -- 17. Stanford 3-1 17. Central Michigan 2-0 17. NC State -- Michigan State 2-5, 0-3 Rutgers 7-1, 2-0 18. Wisconsin 3-1 18. Appalachian State 9-2 18. South Dakota State -- Jan. 13 Northwestern* 7 p.m. Jan. 13 Penn State* 7 p.m. 19. Arizona State 3-1 19. South Dakota State 6-2 19. Oklahoma NR Jan. 15 Maryland* 1 p.m. Jan. 20 Oregon St. 7 p.m. 20. South Dakota State 6-2 20. Arizona State 3-1 20. Rider 19 Jan. 20 Central Mich. 7 p.m. Jan. 22 Purdue* Noon 21. Appalachian State 9-2 21. Wisconsin 3-1 22. Northern Iowa 4-2 22. Northern Iowa 4-2 Minnesota 3-2, 2-1 Wisconsin 3-1, 1-1 23. Pittsburgh 4-2 23. Virginia 5-2 Jan. 15 Wisconsin* 2 p.m. Jan. 13 Nebraska* 8 p.m. Jan. 20 Nebraska* 8 p.m. Jan. 15 Minnesota* 2 p.m. 24. Virginia 5-2 24. Pittsburgh 4-2 Jan. 22 Indiana* 2 p.m. Jan. 27 Penn State* 8 p.m. 25. Drexel 7-2 25. Drexel 7-2

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 2 RUTGERS BY THE NUMBERS VAN BRILL IGNITES LINEUP • Redshirt sophomore John Van Brill, new to the RU lineup in 2016-17, is wrestling nothing like a first-year starter. The Mullica Hill, , native is 15-6 to begin the year and has climbed to No. 16 in the Intermat rankings following four wins against top-20 opponents. 7 Three of those wins came against top-10 competition. Nationally ranked Van Brill cemented his reputation as a dangerous wrestler against Illinois' Kyle Langenderfer Scarlet Knights in the 19-17 win over the Fighting Illini. Trailing 7-0 in the second period, Van Brill pinned Langenderfer, an NCAA qualifier, to swing the dual in RU's favor. 9 YOUTH MOVEMENT • Brandon Paetzell (125) and Matthew Correnti (197), both top high school recruits out Returning NCAA qualifiers of the Garden State, have emerged as starters for the Scarlet Knights as true freshmen in 2016-17. Paetzell is off to a 10-3 start, while Correnti is 9-6 midway through the season. 1 54TH ANNUAL KEN KRAFT MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP • Rutgers placed fourth (93 points) at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, Returning All-American earning a total of six placewinners in the two-day tournament at Welsh-Ryan Arena. 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault placed third to lead the Scarlet Knights in the event. Also placing were Scott DelVecchio (6th-133), Nicholas Gravina (6th-184), Anthony Giraldo 25 (7th-149), Jordan Pagano (7th-174), and John Van Brill (8th-157). It was the second-straight N.J. natives on the roster year the program had at least six placewinners CLIMBING UP THE LADDER • With 76 career wins and counting three years into his Scarlet Knight career, 141-pounder 10 Anthony Ashnault is tied for 36th on Rutgers all-time list with Joe Langel (2010-13). At his current pace, Ashnault is on track to become the 17th wrestler in program history to reach Consecutive winning 100 wins. Twelve of Ashnault's 15 wins this season have come via bonus points. seasons and campaigns WIN NO. 150 of double-digit wins • Tenth-year head coach Scott Goodale is approaching the 150-win mark for his Division I career. A longtime coach at wrestling powerhouse Jackson Memorial High School in New Jersey, Goodale joined RU for the 2007-08 season and has led the program to nine consecutive seasons of double-digit wins. With a record of 148-51-1, Goodale is two wins THE LAST TIME RUTGERS ... shy from the 150 mark.

Won at the RAC...... Jan. 6, 2017 vs. No. 12 Illinois - 19-17 SCARLET KNIGHTS VS. INTERMAT RANKED FOES Won at High Point Solutions Stadium...... Nov. 19, 2016 vs. • 157-pounder John Van Brill leads Rutgers with four wins over Intermat ranked opponents ...... Princeton - 19-16 Won at the CAG...... Nov. 1, 2015 vs. Binghamton - 38-0 in 2016-17. Below is a full tally of each projected starters' record against top-20 foes. Won at a neutral site...... Nov. 27, 2016 vs. Columbia - 39-3 Lost at the RAC...... Feb. 7, 2016 vs. No. 8 Michigan - 16-27 QUICK FACTS Lost at the CAG...... Feb. 1, 2015 vs. No. 4 Ohio State - 17-23 Lost at a neutral site...... Nov. 27, 2016 vs. No. 8 Cornell - 10-28 Location New Brunswick, N.J. Won on the road...... Dec. 11, 2016 at Maryland- 21-13 Enrollment 65,000 Lost on the road...... Jan. 17, 2016 at Minnesota - 16-17 Nickname Scarlet Knights Won a B1G dual...... Jan. 6, 2017 vs. No. 12 Illinois - 19-17 Arena (Capacity) RAC (8,000) Lost a B1G dual...... Feb. 7, 2016 vs. No. 8 Michigan - 16-27 Attendance Record (Overall) 16,178 (Princeton-Battle at the Birthplace: Nov. 19, 2016) Tied an opponent....Jan. 16, 2010 at Michigan State - 16-16 Attendance Record (RAC) 6,071 (Penn State: Jan. 16, 2015) Head Coach Scott Goodale Won by criteria...... Dec. 12, 2015 vs. No. 4 Nebraska - 17-16 (3.15.3) Years at School (Record) 10th (148-51-1) Lost by criteria...Feb. 6, 2015 at No. 18 Wisconsin - 18-19 (3.15.3) Years as head coach (Record) Same Beat a ranked opponnent...Jan. 6, 2017 vs. No. 12 Illinois - 19-17 Associate Head Coach Donny Pritzlaff Lost to a ranked opponent.....Nov. 27, 2016 vs. No. 8 Cornell - 10-28 Assistant Coach John Leonardis Wrestled No. 1 team...... Iowa, Jan. 2, 2015 - L, 9-27 Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Pollard Wrestled a top-five team...... Dec. 12, 2015 vs. No. 4 Nebraska - W, 17-16 2015-16 Dual Meet Record 16-5 Beat a top-five team....Dec. 12, 2015 vs. No. 4 Nebraska - 17-16 2015-16 Big Ten Dual Meet Record 5-4 Shut out an opponent.....Nov. 11, 2016 vs. San Francisco St.- 45-0 Big Ten Tournament Finish 5th, 106.5 points Scored 50+ points...... Nov. 7, 2010 vs. Sacred Heart - 56-0 NCAA Tournament Finish 15th, 30 points Scored 40-49 points....Nov. 11, 2016 vs. San Francisco St. - 45-0 Sports Information Contact Anthony Hernandez Scored 30-39 points...... Nov. 27, 2016 vs. Columbia - 39-3 Phone 732-445-8119 Scored 20-29 points...... Dec. 11, 2016 at Maryland - 21-13 Email [email protected] Scored less than 20 points...Jan. 6, 2017 vs. No. 12 Illinois- 19-17 Website www.scarletknights.com Shut out...... Feb. 24, 2013 vs. No. 3 Penn State - 0-34 Dual starters returning/lost 7/3 Top-three in conference...... 2014 EIWA Championships (Third) NCAA qualifiers returning/ lost 9/3 Top-five in conference...... 2016 Big Ten Championships (Fifth) All-Americans returning/lost 1/1 Had an All-American...2016 - Anthony Ashnault, Fourth (141 Pounds) Program History ...... Anthony Perrotti, Eighth (165 Pounds) EIWA Champions 11 Placed at NCAAs...... 2016 - 15th, 30 points Big Ten Champions 1 All-Americans 12 100-win wrestlers 16

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 3 125 Brandon Paetzell 0-2 JOURNEYMEN TUSSLE 12/4 No. 13 Nathan Krasser (Campbell) L-D, 7-1 • Fourteen Rutgers wrestlers competed at the 2016 Journeymen 12/30 No. 17 Shakur Laney (Ohio) L-D, 5-3 (SV) Tussle, hosted by at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. 157-pounder John Van Brill had the 133 Scott DelVecchio 0-2 biggest day among the No. 12-ranked Scarlet Knights, pinning 12/4 No. 6 Seth Gross (South Dakota St.) L-TF, 19-3 No. 4 Max Rohskopf (NC State) and defeating No. 16 May Bethea 1/6 No. 4 Zane Richards (Illinois) L-D, 9-7 (Penn).

141 Anthony Ashnault 1-3 165-pounder Willie Scott finished as the lone unbeaten for the 11/19 No. 10 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) L-D, 4-3 Scarlet Knights Sunday, posting a 3-0 clip with a pair of bonus- 12/4 No. 6 Kevin Jack (NC State) L-D, 2-0 point wins to move to 10-3 on the season. 12/29 No. 16 Russel Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfiled) W-TF, 18-1 12/30 No. 5 Kevin Jack (NC State) L-D, 3-2 Nine other Scarlet Knights finished with just one loss at the Tussle: 125-pounders Brandon Paetzell (3-1) and Sean McCabe 149 Anthony Giraldo 2-2 (3-1), 133-pounder Scott DelVecchio (2-1), No. 5 141-pounder 12/4 No. 16 Sam Speno (NC State) L-D, 9-6 Anthony Ashnault (2-1), 149-pounders Anthony Giraldo (2-1) 12/29 No. 12 Alfred Banniseter (Maryland) W-D, 2-1 (TB-1) and No. 10 Ken Theobold (2-1), 165-pounder Anthony Pafumi 12/30 No. 18 Joey Delgado (Oregon St.) L-D, 3-2 (TB-1) (2-1), 174-pounder Phillip Bakuckas (2-1), and heavyweight Marc 12/30 No. 12 Alfred Bannister (Maryland) W-D, 4-3 McDonald (2-1).

149 Ken Theobold 2-3 RU AT GRAPPLE AT THE GARDEN 11/19 No. 19 Jordan Laster (Princeton) W-D, 6-4 • The Scarlet Knights have competed in the “Grapple at the 11/27 No. 19 Joey Galasso (Cornell) W-D, 6-0 Garden” every year since its creation and are 7-3 all-time in the 12/4 No. 16 Sam Speno (NC State) L-D, 8-1 event. RU split the 2016 edition after sweeping the two previous 12/11 No. 12 Alfred Bannister (Maryland) L-D, 3-2 seasons, beating Columbia (39-3) and losing to No. 8 Cornell (28- 12/30 No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) L-F, 6:00 10).

157 John Van Brill 4-2 RU topped No. 7 Cornell (21-13) and George Mason (47-0) 12/4 No. 4 Max Rohskopf (NC State) W-F, 5:45 last season and Army (24-13) and Davidson (46-3) in 2014. The 12/4 No. 16 May Bethea (Penn) W-D, 4-2 Scarlet Knights dropped a heartbreaker, 18-16, against Maryland 12/29 No. 7 Clayton Ream (North Dakota St.) W-F, 5:34 before bouncing back with a 29-10 win against George Mason in 12/30 No. 12 Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan) L-D, 4-3 2013. In its first trip to the “Grapple” in 2012, Rutgers lost to No. 12/30 No. 8 Dawaylon Barnes (Oklahoma) W-D, 4-2 14 Nebraska, 22-10, and dominated Chattanooga, 28-12. 12/30 No. 20 Joshua Shields (Arizona State) L-D, 7-2 BATTLE AT THE BIRTHPLACE 165 Willie Scott 0-2 • Longstanding New Jersey wrestling rivals Rutgers and Princeton 11/27 No. 20 Brandon Womack (Cornell) L-F, 4:24 added a new chapter to their history at the first ever “Battle at the 1/6 No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) L-TF, 24-8 Birthplace”, presented by Autoland, on Saturday, Nov. 19 inside High Point Solutions Stadium. 174 Phillip Bakuckas 0-4 11/19 No. 16 Jonathan Schleifer (Princeton) L-D, 3-1 (SV) No. 10 Rutgers and Princeton drew the second-highest crowd 11/27 No. 5 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) L-D, 4-2 in NCAA dual history Saturday at High Point Solutions Stadium, 12/4 No. 3 Casey Kent (Penn) L-MD, 10-0 where the Scarlet Knights defeated the Tigers, 19-16, in front of 1/6 No. 12 Zac Brunson (Illinois) L-D, 3-1 (SV) 16,178 fans.

174 Jordan Pagano 1-1 The teams split the dual, 5-5, but bonus points for RU in the form 12/4 No. 3 Casey Kent (Penn) L-D, 6-0 of two major decisions and a tech fall from Nicholas Gravina at 12/30 No. 18 David Kocer (South Dakota St.) W-D, 5-2 184 pounds gave the Scarlet Knights their 21st-straight win in the series. 184 Nicholas Gravina 1-4 11/19 No. 17 Ian Baker (Princeton) W-TF, 24-3 Rutgers University, chartered in 1766 as Queens College, 11/27 No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) L-MD, 16-3 celebrates its 250th Anniversary in 2016. The Rutgers and 12/30 No. 10 Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) L-D, 4-2 (SV-2) Princeton wrestling programs have met 80 times since 1931, with 12/30 No. 8 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) L-D, 8-4 the Scarlet Knights winning 21 consecutive matches in the rivalry. 1/6 No. 14 Emery Parker (Illinois) L-D, 8-6 (SV) All-time, RU holds the slight edge over the Tigers, 42-33-5.

197 Matthew Correnti 0-1 The rich athletic tradition between the two schools extends to 12/4 No. 14 Frank Mattiace (Penn) L-D, 6-1 the gridiron, with Rutgers and Princeton meeting in the first ever collegiate football game on Nov. 6, 1869 on the current site of the HWT Razohnn Gross 0-1 College Ave. Gym, dubbing Rutgers “The Birthplace of College 11/27 No. 19 Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) L-F, 4:32 Football.”

HWT Marc McDonald 0-1 NWCA ALL-STAR CLASSIC 11/19 No. 18 Ray O'Donnell (Princeton) L-MD, 12-4 • Anthony Ashnault and Richie Lewis captured victories on Nov. 5 at the Wolstein Center in the 51st Annual All-Star Classic, as Rutgers had competitors in the historic event for the first time.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 4 Then-No. 4 Ashnault, who reached the All-America podium in BEST FOOT FORWARD each of the last two seasons, escaped in the final period to tie the • Rutgers has won nine consecutive season opening duals dating match at 6-6. In sudden victory, the South Plainfield, New Jersey, back to the 2008-09 season. native swept 2016 NCAA runner-up Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) to the mat to come out on top in the main event match. RETURNING NCAA QUALIFIERS • Sean McCabe (125), Scott DelVecchio and Tyson Dippery (133), Lewis, ranked No. 6 to enter the year by Intermat, won by a Anthony Ashnault (141), Ken Theobold and Anthony Giraldo 2-0 score against Missouri’s No. 11-ranked Joey Lavallee in a (149), Richie Lewis (157), Phillip Bakuckas (174), and Nicholas showcase match. Gravina (184) all return to Rutgers after qualifying for the NCAA Championships last year. EAST STROUSBURG OPEN • Six Scarlet Knights won East Stroudsburg University Open titles JERSEY STRONG on Nov. 6, as 125-pounder Brandon Paetzell, 133-pounder Tyson • More than 80 percent (25 of 31) of RU’s roster hails from the Dippery, 157-pounder Eleazar DeLuca, 174-pounder Phillip “Garden State.” Bakuckas, 184-pounder Nicholas Gravina, and 197-pounder Kevin Mulligan all kicked off the season in winning fashion. In 2015-16 SEASON RECAP total, 25 Scarlet Knights wrestled unattached in the tournament. • The Scarlet Knights (16-5) ended last season ranked No. 10 in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. The program TOP-FIVE IN NATIONAL ATTENDANCE defeated seven ranked opponents and three in the top-10, • Rutgers wrestling continued its push into the national spotlight culminating with an 18-15 win over No. 7 Lehigh in the NWCA in 2015-16, as TheOpenMat.com announced the Scarlet Knights National Duals Championship Series. The top-10 finish was the tallied the fifth-highest attendance total in the nation last season. second since 2009 and fifth top-25 finish in the Goodale era. Denny Diehl of Roby Publishing compiled the attendance figures for the top-10 programs, with RU making the top-six for the All 10 Scarlet Knights qualified for the NCAA Championships second-straight season. for the first time in program history, as RU was one of just three schools to accomplish that feat. Nine NCAA qualifiers return to In total, Rutgers wrestling drew 16,226 fans to the Rutgers Athletic the lineup this season for Rutgers and will mesh with a recruiting Center for an average of 2,874 fans for match. Attendance figures class that ranked No. 9 in the nation by FloWrestling and No. 10 from the Rutgers Duals on Nov. 1, which featured matches against by Intermat. Centenary, Franklin & Marshall, and Binghamton, were not factored into the total. RU’s highest-attended match last season 2016 NCAA RECAP came against Michigan State, with 3,360 filling the RAC stands. • Rutgers wrapped up the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships with two All-Americans for the second time in The Scarlet Knights finished behind Iowa (1st – 97,325), Penn program history at Madison Square Garden. Fourth-place finisher State (2nd – 15,983), Oklahoma State (3rd – 29,493), and Ohio Anthony Ashnault and eighth-place finisher Anthony Perrotti both State (4th – 19,254) in the rankings. reached the national podium for the second time in their careers. Ashnault’s finish ties the second-highest in the history of Rutgers ESTABLISHING A WINNING TRADITION wrestling. • In his nine years “On the Banks,” head coach Scott Goodale has elevated the program to new heights. The Scarlet Knights Rutgers concluded the national tournament in 15th place with 30 have posted a winning dual record in 10 consecutive seasons, team points, the best finish in program history. including all nine under the leadership of Goodale. The program had All-Americans in three-straight years, the first time in program history that was accomplished. The Scarelt Knights had two All- Americans at NCAAs in 2016 in Anthony Perrotti (8th-165) and Anthony Ashnault (4th-141). Ashnault also captured the team’s first Big Ten championship.

MOVING ON UP • Rutgers achieved its highest USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll ranking ever at No. 6 in the nation last season on Jan. 12, 2016. RU defeated seven top-25 opponents and topped three top-10 opponents in 2015-16. The Scarlet Knights’ previous high in the polls was No. 7 on Feb. 8, 2011, when the program was 20-1 in dual competition.

AS SEEN ON TV • Rutgers wrestling is set to appear in four nationally televised matches on Big Ten Network. The Scarlet Knights’ four TV duals, all coming on the road, are tied with Iowa, Ohio State, and Penn State for the most among league schools. RU opened its TV slate with a 21-13 win in its Big Ten opening dual at Maryland on Sunday, Dec. 11. Rutgers’ remaining TV matches are scheduled against No. 2 Penn State on Friday, Jan. 13 (7 p.m.), at Michigan State on Sunday, Jan. 29 (2 p.m.) and Ohio State on Monday, Feb. 6 (7 p.m.).

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 5 2016-17 RUTGERS WRESTLING STATISTICS WEIGHT-BY-WEIGHT BREAKDOWN Wrestler Overall Rcd. Dual Rcd. B1G Rcd. Dual Points Dec. (Duals) Forf. (Duals) MD (Duals) TF (Duals) Pins (Duals) Fastest 125 Lipari, Peter 0-0 0-0 ------Mackall, Alex 0-0 0-0 ------McCabe, Sean 6-4 3-3 --- 13 4 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) ------Paetzell, Brandon 10-3 2-0 2-0 7 3 (1) --- 4 (1) 2 (---) 1 (---) 3:54 Patrick, Josh 17-7 0-0 ------6 (---) 2 (---) 4 (---) 3 (---) 2 (---) 0:19 133 DelVecchio, Scott 13-6 3-1 1-1 14 7 (---) --- 2 (2) 1 (---) 3 (1) 3:56 Dippery, Tyson 12-3 3-1 --- 13 5 (1) ------5 (2) 2 (---) 0:14 141 Ashnault, Anthony 15-3 7-1 2-0 30 3 (2) --- 3 (2) 6 (2) 3 (1) 1:38 Ottaviano, Nicholas 5-6 0-0 ------2 (---) ------3 (---) 2:18 Van Brill, Michael 11-2 0-0 ------8 (---) --- 2 (---) 1 (---) ------149 DeLuca, Eleazar 6-2 0-0 ------4 (---) --- 1 (---) --- 1 (---) 2:29 Giraldo, Anthony 15-6 2-2 0-1 7 9 (1) --- 4 (1) 1 (---) 1 (---) 2:33 Theobold, Ken 12-4 5-1 0-1 20 7 (3) --- 1 (---) 2 (1) 2 (1) 3:27 Povalac, William 5-4 0-0 ------3 (---) --- 1 (---) --- 1 (---) 2:43 157 Lewis, Richie 1-0 1-0 --- 4 ------1 (1) ------Van Brill, John 15-6 6-1 1-1 23 6 (3) 1 (---) 3 (2) 1 (---) 4 (1) 3:54 165 Donner, Brett 6-8 0-0 ------4 (---) ------2 (---) 1:21 Grello, Joseph 3-2 0-0 ------1 (---) ------2 (---) 0:56 Pafumi, Anthony 8-9 0-0 ------7 (---) ------1 (---) ------Painton, Dylan 4-5 0-0 ------2 (---) ------1 (---) 1 (---) 5:27 Scott, Willie 12-6 4-2 1-1 14 5 (2) --- 5 (2) 1 (---) 1 (---) 1:24 174 Bakuckas, Phillip 10-4 4-3 1-1 16 4 (2) --- 2 (---) 3 (2) 1 (---) 1:34 Pagano, Jordan 16-6 2-0 --- 9 8 (1) --- 2 (---) 1 (---) 5 (1) 0:20 184 Gravina, Nicholas 12-3 5-2 1-1 25 2 (---) --- 4 (2) 3 (1) 3 (2) 0:57 197 Correnti, Matthew 9-6 4-2 1-1 13 5 (3) --- 2 (1) --- 2 (---) 1:24 Kremiller, Kyle 0-0 0-0 ------Messner, Anthony 3-8 0-2 ------2 (---) ------1 (---) 1:34 Mulligan, Kevin 14-5 0-0 ------7 (---) --- 3 (---) 1 (---) 3 (---) 0:59 HWT Gross, Razohnn 6-6 1-4 1-0 3 5 (1) ------1 (---) 6:50 McDonald, Marc 8-6 1-2 0-1 6 5 (---) 1 (---) ------2 (1) 0:29 Normandia, Ralph 1-0 0-0 ------1 (---) ------

DUAL LEADERS Wins Pins Major Decisions 1. Anthony Ashnault 7 1. Nicholas Gravina 2 1. Five Tied 2 2. John Van Brill 6 2. Six Tied 1 5. Five Tied 1 3. Nicholas Gravina/ Ken Theobold 5 Decisions Points Tech Falls 1. John Van Brill 3 1. Anthony Ashnault 30 1. Tyson Dippery 2 Ken Theobold 3 2. Nicholas Gravina 25 Phillip Bakuckas 2 Matthew Correnti 3 3. John Van Brill 23 Anthony Ashnault 2

OVERALL LEADERS Wins Tech Falls Decisions 1. Josh Patrick 17 1. Anthony Ashnault 6 1. Anthony Giraldo 9 2. Jordan Pagano 16 2. Tyson Dippery 5 2. Michael Van Brill 8 3. Three Tied 15 3. Three Tied 3 2. Jordan Pagano 8

Major Decisions Fastest Fall Pins 1. Willie Scott 5 1. Tyson Dippery 0:14 1. Jordan Pagano 5 2. Four Tied 4 2. Josh Patrick 0:19 2. John Van Brill 4 3. Jordan Pagano 0:20 2. Five Tied 3

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 6 DUAL RESULTS BY WEIGHT

Individual Record 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 5-3* 6-2 7-1 5-3 7-1 6-2 5-3 6-2 4-4 2-6 53-27*

Decisions 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 0 3 1 21

Major Decisions 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 2 2 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 15

Tech Falls 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8

Pins 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 8

*includes one win by forfeit

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DUAL NO. 1 DUAL NO. 2 NO. 10 RUTGERS 45, SAN FRANCISCO STATE 0 NO. 10 RUTGERS 26, CSU BAKERSFIELD 15

Nov. 11, 2016 • Bakersfield, Calif. • Icardo Center Nov. 11, 2016 • Bakersfield, Calif. • Icardo Center 184: Jordan Pagano (RU) wins by fall over Mitchell Owens (SFST), 2:32; RU leads 6-0 184: No. 15/13/14 Nicholas Gravina (RU) wins by fall over Dylan Bollinger (CSUB), 1:33; RU leads 6-0 197: Matthew Correnti (RU) major dec. over Jonathan Costa (SFST), 11-2; RU leads, 10-0 197: Matt Williams (CSUB) wins by fall over Matthew Correnti (RU), 2:28; Dual tied, 6-6 285: Marc McDonald (RU) wins by fall over Ricardo Jaramillo (SFST), 0:29; RU leads, 16-0 HWT: Alex Encarnacion-Strand (CSUB) dec. over Razohnn Gross (RU), 6-2; CSUB leads, 9-6 125: Sean McCabe (RU) dec. over Matt Gamble (SFST), 10-4; RU leads, 19-0 125: Sean Nickell (CSUB) dec. over Sean McCabe (RU), 8-1; CSUB leads, 12-6 133: Scott DelVecchio (RU) major dec. over Nate Cervantez (SFST), 16-2; RU leads, 23-0 133: No. 15/14/20 Tyson Dippery (RU) tech fall over Carlos Herrera (CSUB), 17-1; CSUB leads, 12-11 141: No. 3/3/4 Anthony Ashnault (RU) tech fall over Joshua Weinberg (SFST), 17-0; RU leads, 28-0 141: No. 3/3/4 Anthony Ashnault (RU) major dec. over Russel Rohlfing (CSUB), 17-5; RU leads, 15-12 149: No. 13/13/NR Ken Theobold (RU) tech fall over Thomas Turcol (SFST), 19-0; RU leads, 33-0 149: No. NR/NR/18 Coleman Hammond (CSUB) dec. over Anthony Giraldo (RU), 3-0; Dual tied, 15-15 157: Anthony Giraldo (RU) dec. over Landon Myers (SFST), 6-3;RU leads, 36-0 157: No. 13/13/NR Ken Theobold (RU) dec. over Sean O’Rourke (CSUB), 2-0; RU leads, 18-15 165: Willie Scott (RU) major dec. over Tyson Kuahine (SFST), 16-6; RU leads, 40-0 165: John Van Brill (RU) dec. over Lorenzo De La Riva (CSUB), 10-3; RU leads, 21-15 174: Phillip Bakuckas (RU) tech fall over Jesse Lyga (SFST), 17-1; RU wins 45-0 174: Phillip Bakuckas (RU) tech fall over Matt Penyacsek (CSUB), 17-0; RU wins, 26-15 Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 3 DUAL NO. 4 NO. 10 RUTGERS 38, CAL POLY 4 NO. 10 RUTGERS 19, PRINCETON 16

Nov. 13, 2016 • San Luis Obispo, Calif. • Mott Athletics Center Nov. 19, 2016 • Piscataway, N.J. • High Point Solutions Stadium 125: Sean McCabe (RU) major dec. over Isaac Blackburn (Cal Poly), 10-1; RU leads, 4-0 125: Ty Agaisse (PU) dec. over Sean McCabe (RU), 2-0; PU leads, 3-0 133: No. 15/14/20 Tyson Dippery (RU) tech fall over Yoshi Funakoshi (Cal Poly), 16-0; RU leads, 9-0 133: No. 13/13/19 Tyson Dippery (RU) dec. over Pat D’Arcy (PU), 7-2; Dual tied, 3-3 141: No. 3/3/4 Anthony Ashnault (RU) wins by fall over Connor Pollock (Cal Poly), 6:16; RU leads, 15-0 141: No. 10//10/10 Matthew Kolodzik (PU) dec. over No. 3/3/4 Anthony Ashnault (RU), 4-3; PU leads, 6-3 149: No. 13/13/NR Ken Theobold (RU) wins by fall over Joshua Cortez (Cal Poly), 6:42; RU leads, 21-0 149: No. 14/11/NR Ken Theobold (RU) dec. over No. 19/NR/13 Jordan Laster (PU), 6-4; Dual tied, 6-6 157: John Van Brill (RU) dec. over Colt Shorts (Cal Poly), 7-2; RU leads, 24-0 157: John Van Brill (RU) major dec. over Mike D’Angelo (PU), 14-3; RU leads, 10-6 165: Willie Scott (RU) major dec. over Blake Kastl (Cal Poly), 11-3; RU leads, 28-0 165: No. 6/7/7/ Richie Lewis (RU) major dec. over Joe Tavoso (PU), 17-6; RU leads, 14-6 174: Phillip Bakuckas (RU) dec. over Mathew Wilhelm (Cal Poly), 7-3; RU leads, 31-0 174: No. 16/19/17 Jonathan Schleifer (PU) dec. over Phillip Bakuckas (RU), 3-1 (SV); RU leads, 14-9 184: No. 15/13/14 Nicholas Gravina (RU) major dec. over Thomas Lane (Cal Poly), 8-0; RU leads, 35-0 184: No. 14/14/14 Nicholas Gravina (RU) tech fall over No. 17/15/11 Ian Baker (PU), 24-3; RU leads, 19-9 197: Matthew Correnti (RU) dec. over JT Goodwin (Cal Poly), 8-7; Rutgers leads, 38-0 197: No. 4/4/4 Brett Harner (PU) dec. over Anthony Messner (RU), 8-2; RU leads, 19-12 HWT: Spencer Empey (Cal Poly) major dec. over Razohnn Gross (RU), 8-0; Rutgers wins, 38-4 HWT: No. 18/18/14 Ray O’Donnell (PU) major dec. over Marc McDonald (RU), 12-4; RU wins, 19-16 Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 5 DUAL NO. 6 NO. 10 RUTGERS 39, COLUMBIA 3 NO. 8 CORNELL 28, NO. 10 RUTGERS 10

Nov. 27, 2016 • New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden Nov. 27, 2016 • New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden 125: Sean McCabe (RU) wins by forfeit; RU leads, 6-0 125: Noah Baughman (CU) dec. over Sean McCabe (RU), 3-1; Cornell leads, 3-0 133: Scott DelVecchio (RU) wins by fall over Alec Kelly (CU), 5:46; RU leads, 12-0 133: No. NR/17/NR Mark Grey (CU) dec. over No. 13/14/18 Tyson Dippery (RU), 6-4; CU leads, 6-0 141: No. 5/5/6 Anthony Ashnault (RU) tech fall over Jacob Macalolooy (CU), 18-3; RU leads, 17-0 141: No. 5/5/6 Anthony Ashnault (RU) dec. over Will Koll (CU), 6-4; CU leads, 6-3 149: Anthony Giraldo (RU) major dec. over Dan Reed (CU), 13-1; RU leads, 21-0 149: No. 10/9/12 Ken Theobold (RU) dec. over No. 19/NR/7 Joey Galasso (CU), 6-0; Dual tied, 6-6 157: John Van Brill (RU) dec. over Tyler Ponte (CU), 4-0; RU leads, 24-0 157: John Van Brill (RU) major dec. over Taylor Simaz (CU), 8-0; RU leads, 10-6 165: Willie Scott (RU) dec. over No. NR/15/14 Tyrel White (CU), 8-6 (SV); RU leads, 27-0 165: No. 20/NR/NR Brandon Womack (CU) wins by fall over Willie Scott (RU), 4:24; CU leads, 12-10 174: Jordan Pagano (RU) dec. over Austin Coniker (CU), 6-0; RU leads, 30-0 174: No. 5/5/6 Brian Realbuto (CU) dec. over Phillip Bakuckas (RU), 4-2; CU leads, 15-10 184: No. 13/13/11 Nick Gravina (RU) wins by fall over Donny Donnelly (CU), 0:57; RU leads, 36-0 184: No. 1/1/1 Gabe Dean (CU) major dec. over No. 13/13/11 Nick Gravina (RU), 16-3; CU leads, 19-10 197: Matthew Correnti (RU) dec. over over Matt Doggett (CU), 6-1; RU leads, 39-0 197: Ben Honis (CU) dec. over Anthony Messner (RU), 4-0; CU leads, 22-10 HWT: No. NR/NR/19 Garrett Ryan (CU) dec. over Razohnn Gross (RU), 9-2; RU wins, 39-3 HWT: No. 19/NR/NR Jeramy Sweany (CU) wins by fall over Razohnn Gross (RU), 4:32; CU wins, 28-10 Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 7 DUAL NO. 8 NO. 12 RUTGERS 21, MARYLAND 13* NO. 11 RUTGERS 19, NO. 12 ILLINOIS 17*

Dec. 11, 2016 • College Park, Md. • XFinity Center Pavilion Jan. 6, 2017 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center 125: Brandon Paetzell (RU) major dec. over Alex Vargas (MD), 12-4; RU leads, 4-0 125: Brandon Paetzell (RU) dec. over Travis Piotrowski (ILL), 3-2; Rutgers leads, 3-0 133: Scott DelVecchio (RU) major dec. over Michael Beck (MD), 14-6, RU leads, 8-0 133: No. 4/4/4 Zane Richards (ILL) dec. over Scott DelVecchio (RU), 9-7; Dual tied, 3-3 141: No. 6/6/6 Anthony Ashnault (RU) dec. over Billy Rappo (MD), 5-1, RU leads, 11-0 141: No. 6/6/6 Anthony Ashnault (RU) major dec. over Mousa Jodeh (ILL), 10-0; RU leads, 7-3 149: No. 12/14/7 Alfred Bannister (MD) dec. over No. 15/12/12 Ken Theobold (RU), 3-2; RU leads, 11-3 149: Eric Barone (ILL) dec. over No. NR/NR/19 Anthony Giraldo (RU), 5-3; RU leads, 7-6 157: Justin Alexander (MD) dec. over (20/NR/11) John Van Brill (RU), 7-4; RU leads, 11-6 157: No. 19/13/17 John Van Brill (RU) wins by fall over Kyle Langenderfer (ILL), 4:46; RU leads, 13-6 165: Willie Scott (RU) dec. over Danny Boychuck (MD), 5-1; RU leads, 14-6 165: No. 1/1/1 Isaiah Martinez (ILL) tech fall over Willie Scott (RU), 24-8; RU leads, 13-11 174: Phillip Bakuckas (RU) dec. over Sam Rowell (MD), 8-2; RU leads, 17-6 174: No. 12/10/12 Zac Brunson (ILL) dec. over Phillip Bakuckas (RU), 3-1 (SV); ILL leads, 14-13 184: No. 12/12/10 Nicholas Gravina (RU) major dec. over Idris White (MD), 11-3; RU leads, 21-6 184: No. 14/13/14 Emery Parker (ILL) dec. over No. 11/11/10 Nick Gravina (RU), 8-6 (SV); ILL leads 17-13 197: David-Brian Whisler (MD) major dec. over Matthew Correnti (RU), 8-0; RU leads, 21-101 197: Matthew Correnti (RU) dec. over Andre Lee (ILL), 16-12; Illinois leads, 17-16 285: Youssif Hemida (MD) dec. over Marc McDonald (RU), 9-3; RU wins, 21-13 HWT: Razohnn Gross (RU) dec. over Deuce Rachal (ILL), 3-2; Rutgers wins, 19-17 Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

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DUAL NO. 9 DUAL NO. 10 NO. 11 RUTGERS AT NO. 2 PENN STATE* RUTGERS VS. OREGON STATE

Jan. 13, 2017 • University Park, Pa. • Rec Hall Jan. 20, 2017 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center 125: 125: 133: 133: 141: 141: 149: 149: 157: 157: 165: 165: 174: 174: 184: 184: 197: 197: HWT: HWT: Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 11 DUAL NO. 12 RUTGERS VS. PURDUE* RUTGERS AT MICHIGAN*

Jan. 22, 2017 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center Jan. 27, 2017 • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Cliff Keen Arena 125: 125: 133: 133: 141: 141: 149: 149: 157: 157: 165: 165: 174: 174: 184: 184: 197: 197: HWT: HWT: Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 13 DUAL NO. 14 RUTGERS AT MICHIGAN STATE* RUTGERS VS. INDIANA*

Jan. 29, 2017 • East Lansing, Mich. • Jenison Field House Feb. 5, 2017 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center 125: 125: 133: 133: 141: 141: 149: 149: 157: 157: 165: 165: 174: 174: 184: 184: 197: 197: HWT: HWT: Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO.15 DUAL NO. 16 RUTGERS AT OHIO STATE* RUTGERS VS. NORTHWESTERN*

Feb. 6, 2017 • Columbus, Ohio • St. John Arena Feb. 12 , 2017 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center 125: 125: 133: 133: 141: 141: 149: 149: 157: 157: 165: 165: 174: 174: 184: 184: 197: 197: HWT: HWT: Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 9 DUAL-BY-DUAL STARTERS Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. San Francisco St. McCabe DelVecchio Ashnault Theobold Giraldo Scott Bakuckas Pagano Correnti McDonald W-D, 10-4 W-MD, 16-2 W-TF, 17-0 W-TF, 19-0 W-D, 6-3 W-MD, 16-6 W-TF, 17-1 W-F, 2:32 W-MD, 11-2 W-F, 0:29 W, 45-0 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at CSU Bakersfield McCabe Dippery Ashnault Giraldo Theobold Van Brill Bakuckas Gravina Correnti Gross L-D, 8-1 W-TF, 17-1 W-MD, 17-5 L-D, 3-0 W-D, 2-0 W-D, 10-3 W-TF, 17-0 W-F, 1:33 L-F, 2:28 L-D, 6-2 W, 26-15 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at Cal Poly W, 38-4 McCabe Dippery Ashnault Theobold Van Brill Scott Bakuckas Gravina Correnti Gross W-MD, 10-1 W-TF, 16-0 W-F, 6:16 W-F, 6:42 W-D, 7-2 W-MD, 11-3 W-D, 7-3 W-MD, 8-0 W-D, 8-7 L-MD, 8-0

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. McCabe Dippery Ashnault Theobold Van Brill Lewis Bakuckas Gravina Messner McDonald Princeton L-D, 2-0 W-D, 7-2 L-D, 4-3 W-D, 6-4 W-D, 14-3 W-MD, 17-6 L-D, 3-1 (SV) W-TF, 24-3 L-D, 8-2 L-MD, 12-4 W, 19-16 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. McCabe DelVecchio Ashnault Giraldo Van Brill Scott Pagano Gravina Correnti Gross Columbia W-Forf. W-F, 5:46 W-TF, 18-3 W,MD, 13-1 W-D, 4-0 W-D, 8-6 (SV) W-D, 6-0 W-F, 0:57 W-D, 6-1 L-D, 9-2 W, 39-3

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. No. 8 McCabe Dippery Ashnault Theobold Van Brill Scott Bakuckas Gravina Messner Gross Cornell L-D, 3-1 L-D, 6-4 W-D, 6-4 W-D, 6-0 W-MD, 8-0 L-F, 4:24 L-D, 4-2 L-MD, 16-3 L-D, 4-0 L-F, 4:32 W, 28-10 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at Paetzell DelVecchio Ashnault Theobold Van Brill Scott Bakuckas Gravina Correnti McDonald Maryland W-MD, 12-4 W-MD, 14-6 W-D, 5-1 L-D, 3-1 L-D, 7-4 W-D, 5-1 W-D, 8-2 W-MD, 11-3 L-MD, 8-0 L-D, 9-3 W, 21-13 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. No. 12 Paetzell DelVecchio Ashnault Giraldo Van Brill Scott Bakuckas Gravina Correnti Gross Illinois W-D, 3-2 L-D, 9-7 W-MD, 10-0 L-D, 5-3 W-F, 4:46 L-TF, 24-8 L-D, 3-1 (SV) L-D, 8-6 (SV) W-D, 16-12 W-D, 3-2 W, 19-17

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at No. 2 Penn State Jan. 13

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Oregon State Jan. 20

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 10 DUAL-BY-DUAL STARTERS Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Purdue Jan. 22

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at Michigan Jan. 27 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at Michigan State Jan. 29 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Indiana Feb. 5

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at Ohio State Feb. 6

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. North- western Feb. 12

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 11 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Scott Goodale 10th-year head coach Scott Goodale has brought the Scarlet Knights to the forefront of in his tenure “On the Banks.” After dominating at the high school ranks at Jackson Memorial, Goodale, joined by assistant coach John Leonardis, took over Rutgers wrestling in 2007- 08 with a new vision for the program. Over the past three seasons, Rutgers has achieved four All-Americans. Since 2009, RU has earned two top-10 finishes and five top-25 finishes in the USA Today/ NWCA Division I Coaches Poll.

Under Goodale’s watch, RU has produced four All-Americans, two conference champions (One Big Ten, One EIWA), 51 NCAA Championship bids, 12 Big Ten Conference Championships placewinners and 42 placewinners at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships. The program has tallied an impressive 141-50-1 record during his first nine years “On the Banks.”

Rutgers has produced All-Americans in each of the last three seasons. Anthony Ashnault (141 pounds) became the first Rutgers freshman to accomplish the feat in 2015 in St. Louis, and followed that performance up with a fourth-place finish in 2016 at Madison Square Garden. Ashnault is the first wrestler in RU history to start his career with consecutive All-America honors.

The 2015-16 season was undeniably the most successful in Rutgers wrestling history. The Scarlet Knights sent all 10 weight classes to the NCAA Championships for the first time and finished 15th in the nation. Ashnault won the Big Ten title at 141 pounds to become Rutgers’ first ever Big Ten champ, as the squad wrestled to a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Big Ten Championships.

RU (16-5) closed the dual season ranked No. 10 in the final USA Today/ NWCA Coaches Poll, defeating seven ranked opponents and three in the top-10, culminating with an 18-15 win over No. 7 Lehigh in the NWCA National Duals Championship Series.

Goodale had his first grappler breakthrough on the national scene in 2013-14, as 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti became the program’s first All-American wrestler since 2002 by placing eighth at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Oklahoma City. Perrotti made NCAA Championships history on his consolation run, recording the second-fastest win by fall all-time at the national tournament with a 10-second pin over Oregon State’s Roger Pena. After dropping his first match of the tournament, Perrotti rattled off four consecutive victories, including three in a row against top-15 opponents.

In RU’s (11-5, 7-2) final season in the EIWA before joining the Big Ten Conference, the squad finished third with 91 points at the 2014 EIWA Championships in Philadelphia. Three Scarlet Knights received automatic bids to nationals, while an additional at-large selection gave Goodale at least four NCAA qualifiers in five of his first seven seasons “On the Banks.”

The Jackson, N.J., native took over the Rutgers program following an impressive seven-year stint as head coach at his alma mater, Jackson Memorial High School. In seven seasons, Goodale compiled an overall record of 155-16, leading his squad to the top ranking in the state in 2006 and 2007.

The legendary Jersey high school wrestling coach was inducted into the South Jersey Wrestling Hall of Fame on Nov. 7, 2009.

Goodale was named the New Jersey State Coach of the Year three times, while also earning District 21 and Region VI Coach of the Year accolades three times during his tenure with the Jaguars. Goodale coached four New Jersey State Champions and five New Jersey State runner-ups, along with 16 additional state placewinners. In total, he has coached a total of 41 District 21 Champions and 10 Region VI Champions. Goodale led his teams to two Group IV State Championships, as well as four Central Jersey Group IV Sectional titles. Each season Goodale spent with Jackson Memorial, the Jaguars were crowned District 21 Team Champions, as well as winning four Class A-South Shore Conference titles. During the 2005-06 season, the Jaguars finished ranked No. 10 in the country. The following year, Goodale and the Jaguars improved that performance, finishing the year ranked seventh nationally. In every year Goodale was at Jackson Memorial, he led his team to a top-10 finish in the New Jersey wrestling polls.

Prior to being named head coach at Jackson Memorial, Goodale served as a top assistant for the wrestling program, while also working as the offensive coordinator for the football team. During his time with the Jaguars football squad, he was a part of three state championship teams.

Goodale wrestled for Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania, earning his bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education in 1995. He then went to New Jersey City University where he earned a certification in Special Education in 1997. As a collegiate wrestler, Goodale made three trips to the NCAA Championships, as well as placing second at the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) Tournament twice in his career. During his time with the Bald Eagles, the team was ranked as high as ninth in the country. Goodale finished with 99 wins at Lock Haven. Goodale and his wife Lisa are the parents of Shelby and Zachary, and reside in Toms River. GOODALE CAREER TOTALS Year School Record Pct. 2007-08 Rutgers 11-7 .611 2008-09 Rutgers 20-7 .741 2009-10 Rutgers 19-5-1 .780 2010-11 Rutgers 21-2 .913 2011-12 Rutgers 13-8 .619 2012-13 Rutgers 16-4 .800 2013-14 Rutgers 11-5 .688 2014-15 Rutgers 14-7, 2-7 Big Ten .667 2015-16 Rutgers 16-5, 5-4 Big Ten .762 2016-17 Rutgers 7-1, 2-0 Big Ten .875 RU: overall (148-51-1, .743) Big Ten (9-11, .450) EIWA (44-11, .800) TOTAL: Same

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 12 COACHING STAFF Associate Head Coach Donny Pritzlaff Associate head coach Donny Pritzlaff, a two-time national champion and Big Ten Conference veteran as a coach and wrestler, enters his third season with Rutgers wrestling in 2016-17. Pritzlaff arrived at RU before its inaugural season in the Big Ten Conference and has helped usher in a new era for the program. Three All-America honors were achieved over his first two seasons. In 2015-16, the Scarlet Knights finished in the top-10 of the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll for the second time since 2009. A decorated collegiate and freestyle wrestler, Pritzlaff owns more than 10 years of collegiate coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level. Prior to Rutgers, the Lyndhurst, N.J., native spent three seasons at the (2011-13) as an assistant wrestling coach after spending five years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the associate head wrestling coach. Pritzlaff mentored four Wolverine All-Americans in his time in Ann Arbor, Mich., working closely with Kellen Russell, who captured his second NCAA title and fourth Big Ten title to finish a stellar collegiate career in 2012. Russell became just the 11th four-time Big Ten Champion in league history. Prior to arriving at Michigan, Pritzlaff served five seasons as an assistant coach at Wisconsin (2007-11), including the last two as associate head coach. He helped lead the Badgers to top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships in each of the last three seasons, including a fourth-place finish in 2010.

Pritzlaff was instrumental in developing the Badger middleweight wrestlers, battle-testing notable performers under his tutelage such as NCAA champion and three-time All-American Andrew Howe, NCAA finalist Craig Henning and All-Americans Tyler Turner, Zach Tanelli and Kyle Ruschell. In all, 36 Badgers qualified for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in his tenure, a list that included 15 All-Americans, five Big Ten Champions and 19 Academic All-Big Ten members. As a collegiate wrestler at Wisconsin (1998-2001), Pritzlaff compiled one of the most impressive careers in the program’s history. Pritzlaff was a two-time NCAA 165-pound champion (2000, 2001) and four-time NCAA All-American, placing fifth as a junior at 165 pounds in 1999 and sixth as a freshman at 150 pounds in 1998. He became the 12th NCAA champion in Badger program history with a 4-2 sudden-victory decision over Iowa State’s Joe Heskett in the championship final. The following season, he again used an overtime takedown to edge Heskett, 3-1, en route to his second-straight NCAA title, becoming Wisconsin’s fourth multiple champion and one of just three four-time All-Americans in program history. A 2001 NWCA All-Star selection, Pritzlaff claimed three-straight Big Ten Conference 165-pound titles (1999-2001). He posted a 135-15 career collegiate record, including a 43-1 mark as a senior, ranking fourth among Wisconsin’s all-time winningest wrestlers. His .894 career winning percentage ranks third in Badger program history. Pritzlaff was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Pritzlaff’s success continued on the international scene, as the experienced grappler completed a successful eight-year career in the 74 kg/163-pound freestyle division. He captured the bronze medal at the 2006 World Championships and earned medals at the Pan American Championships (silver, 2006), New York Athletic Club Holiday International Open (gold, 2001; silver, 2005; bronze, 2002, ‘03, ‘04), Henri Deglane Challenge (bronze, 2002), Dave Schultz Memorial International (gold, 2002, ‘05) and Sunkist Kids International Open (gold, 2002; silver, 2004). While in college, Pritzlaff captured the 1998 Junior World championship at 70 kg. A native of Lyndhurst, N.J., Pritzlaff graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He and his wife, Robin, have two daughters, Adalena and Onaliese. THE PRITZLAFF FILE Born: Jan. 23, 1979 Hometown: Lyndhurst, New Jersey High School: Lyndhurst College: University of Wisconsin, 2002 Bachelor’s Degree: Sociology Family: Wife Robin; children Adalena and Onaliese Collegiate Coaching Experience: Rutgers University (Associate Head Coach), 2014-Present. University of Michigan (Assistant Coach), 2011-14. University of Wisconsin (As- sociate Head Men’s Coach), 2009-11. University of Wisconsin (Assistant Coach), 2006-09. Hofstra University (Assistant Coach), 2004-06. University of Wisconsin (Volunteer Assistant Men’s Coach), 2002-03. Collegiate Wrestling Highlights • Two-time NCAA 165-pound champion (2000-01) • Four-time NCAA All-American (1998-2001) • Three-time Big Ten 165-pound champion (1999-2001) • Career Record: 135-15

Freestyle Wrestling Highlights • 1998 Junior World gold medalist (70kg/154 pounds) • Two-time Dave Schultz Memorial International champion (2002, ‘05) • 2006 Pan American Championships silver medalist (74kg/163 pounds) • 2007 World Cup bronze medalist (74kg/163 pounds) • 2006 World Championships bronze medalist (74kg/163 pounds)

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 13 COACHING STAFF Assistant Coach John Leonardis John Leonardis has been with Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale since his first day “On the Banks” and has played a vital role in the program’s rise to national prominence. Leonardis has helped the Scarlet Knights to a 141-50-1 record during his first nine years at RU. Leonardis made an immediate impact on the recruiting trail, as their first recruiting class was ranked nationally by W.I.N. Magazine (No. 3) and Intermat (No. 4). During Leonardis’ tenure, RU has produced four All-Americans, two conference champions, 51 NCAA Championship bids, 12 Big Ten Confer- ence Championship placewinners, and 42 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships placewinners. Rutgers has produced All-Americans in each of the last three seasons. Anthony Ashnault (141 pounds) became the first Rutgers freshman to accomplish the feat in 2015 in St. Louis, and followed that performance up with a fourth-place finish in 2016 at Madison Square Garden. Ashnault is the first wrestler in RU history to start his career with consecutive All-America honors. With Leonardis and Goodale at the helm, RU notched five top-25 and two top-10 finishes since 2009. The 2015-16 season was undeniably the most successful in Rutgers wrestling history. The Scarlet Knights sent all 10 weight classes to the NCAA Championships for the first time and finished 15th in the nation. Ashnault won the Big Ten title at 141 pounds to become Rutgers’ first ever Big Ten champ, as the squad wrestled to a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Big Ten Championships. Leonardis was a three year varsity wrestling letterwinner at Lehigh before graduating in 1997. He was an EIWA Champion in 1996 in the 190-pound weight class. The Sea Girt, N.J., native played football and wrestled for Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J. His senior year he was a captain for both wrestling and football, leading each program to a State Championship. During his wrestling career, Leonardis was a four-time National Prep placewinner and champion and an Amateur Wrestling News All-American. On the coaching front, Leonardis has extensive experience. For six years (2000-06), he compiled a .720 winning percentage as the head coach at Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J. Leonardis-coached teams placed in the top-five of the National Prep Championships five times. He coached 32 National Prep Place winners and four Junior National All-Americans. The eight-year assistant coach also worked as the New Jersey Wrestling Federation Coach from 1997-2007, receiving Coach of the Year honors three times from the Trenton Times.

Assistant Coach Joe Pollard A strong presence in Rutgers’ wrestling room over the last six seasons, Joe Pollard begins his seventh year “On the Banks” in 2016-17. Pollard continues in the volunteer assistant coach role after serving as one of the Rutgers’ wrestling program’s assistant coaches in 2011-12. He assists in all facets of the wrestling program, including training, conditioning and opponent scouting. In Pollard’s time at Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights have produced four All-Americans, two conference champions, 39 NCAA Championship bids, 12 Big Ten Conference Championship placewinners, and 28 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Associa- tion (EIWA) Championships placewinners. RU set a school record in duals won (21) and tied Rutgers’ best total for NCAA qualifiers (eight) in 2011. Pollard joined the Scarlet Knights after spending seven seasons as an assistant coach at The College of New Jersey under legendary coach Dave Icen- hower. While at TCNJ, Pollard helped the Lions reach new heights as 18 wrestlers earned All-America honors under Pollard’s tutelage. For his successes at TCNJ, Pollard was named NCAA Division III National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2007. Prior to accepting the position at TCNJ, Pollard was a three-year varsity starter at . While at Rider, Pollard was a two-time Josh Hanson Award winner, given to the wrestler who demonstrates exceptional leadership, work ethic and academics. A placewinner at the Prep Nationals as a student at the Peddie School, Pollard was a New Jersey State qualifier. A two-time first-team All-County selec- tion, he was also a three-time County Champion and earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors at the Mercer County tournament. Pollard currently resides in Hamilton, N.J.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 14 2016-17 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS ALPHABETICAL Name Year Weight High School / Prev. School / Hometown Ashnault, Anthony** R-Jr. 141 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Bakuckas, Phillip* R-Sr. 174 Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton Correnti, Matthew Fr. 197/HWT Delran, N.J./Holy Cross Academy DeLuca, Eleazar Sr. 149 Talent, Ore./Northern Colorado DelVecchio, Scott* R-Jr. 133 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Dippery, Tyson* R-Jr. 133/141 Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin Donner, Brett Fr. 165/174 Wall, N.J./Wall Giraldo, Anthony* R-So. 149 Guttenberg, N.J./North Bergen Gravina, Nicholas* R-Jr. 184 Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional Grello, Joseph Fr. 165/174 Newton, N.J./Bergen Catholic Gross, Razohnn Jr. HWT Franklin Park, N.J./ Don Bosco Prep Kremiller, Kyle R-Fr. 197 Perry, Ohio/Perry Lewis, Richie* Sr. 157 Toms River, N.J./Toms River East/Iowa Central Lipari, Peter R-Fr. 125 Byram, N.J./Bergen Catholic Mackall, Alex Fr. 125 Austintown, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit McCabe, Sean* R-Sr. 125 Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot McDonald, Marc So. HWT Fairfield, N.J./West Essex Messner, Anthony R-Jr. 197 Somerset, N.J./Franklin Mulligan, Kevin Fr. 197 Blauvelt, N.Y./Bergen Catholic Normandia, Ralph R-So. HWT Somerset, N.J./Franklin Ottaviano, Nicholas R-So. 141 Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck Paetzell, Brandon Fr. 125 Phillipsburg, N.J./ Phillipsburg Pafumi, Anthony R-Sr. 165 Westfield, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Pagano, Jordan R-So. 174 South Brunswick, N.J./Bergen Catholic/Penn State Painton, Dylan R-Jr. 165 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Patrick, Josh R-Jr. 125 Rector, Pa./Ligonier Valley Povalac, William R-Fr. 149 Edison, N.J./Edison Scott, Willie R-Fr. 165 Brick, N.J./Brick Township Theobold, Ken** R-Sr. 149 Toms River, N.J./Toms River South Van Brill, John R-So. 157 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Van Brill, Michael Fr. 141 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview WEIGHT Name Year Weight High School / Prev. School / Hometown Lipari, Peter R-Fr. 125 Byram, N.J./Bergen Catholic Mackall, Alex Fr. 125 Austintown, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit McCabe, Sean* R-Sr. 125 Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot Paetzell, Brandon Fr. 125 Phillipsburg, N.J./ Phillipsburg Patrick, Josh R-Jr. 125 Rector, Pa./Ligonier Valley DelVecchio, Scott* R-Jr. 133 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Dippery, Tyson* R-Jr. 133/141 Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin Ashnault, Anthony** R-Jr. 141 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Ottaviano, Nicholas R-So. 141 Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck Van Brill, Michael Fr. 141 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview DeLuca, Eleazar Sr. 149 Talent, Ore./Northern Colorado Giraldo, Anthony* R-So. 149 Guttenberg, N.J./North Bergen Povalac, William R-Fr. 149 Edison, N.J./Edison Theobold, Ken** R-Sr. 149 Toms River, N.J./Toms River South Lewis, Richie* Sr. 157 Toms River, N.J./Toms River East/Iowa Central Van Brill, John R-So. 157 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Pafumi, Anthony R-Sr. 165 Westfield, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Painton, Dylan R-Jr. 165 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Scott, Willie R-Fr. 165 Brick, N.J./Brick Township Donner, Brett Fr. 165/174 Wall, N.J./Wall Grello, Joseph Fr. 165/174 Newton, N.J./Bergen Catholic Bakuckas, Phillip* R-Sr. 174 Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton Pagano, Jordan R-So. 174 South Brunswick, N.J./Bergen Catholic/Penn State Gravina, Nicholas* R-Jr. 184 Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional Kremiller, Kyle R-Fr. 197 Perry, Ohio/Perry Messner, Anthony R-Jr. 197 Somerset, N.J./Franklin Mulligan, Kevin Fr. 197 Blauvelt, N.Y./Bergen Catholic Correnti, Matthew Fr. 197/HWT Delran, N.J./Holy Cross Academy Gross, Razohnn Jr. HWT Franklin Park, N.J./ Don Bosco Prep McDonald, Marc So. HWT Fairfield, N.J./West Essex Normandia, Ralph R-So. HWT Somerset, N.J./Franklin * denotes previous NCAA qualifications

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 15 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Paetzell File ... Brandon Paetzell Career Honors: 2016 East Stroudsburg Open Champion. 125 Fr. 125 Phillipsburg, N.J. 2016-17 (As a freshman): Took down Travis Piotrowski with one second remaining for a 3-2 deci- Phillipsburg HS sion to kick off RU’s 19-17 dual win over No. 12 Illinois at the RAC (Jan. 6) … competed at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … won the first dual match of his career, Career Overall / Dual Record: 12-4, over Alex Vargas of Maryland to open the Big Ten season (Dec. 11) … posted a 3-1 mark at 10-3 / 2-0 the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … went 4-0 at the East Stroudsburg University Open for a title in 2016-17 Season - 10-3 / 2-0 his first-career tournament (Nov. 6). East Stroudsburg Open (First Place) Aslan Kilic (Navy) W-TF, 19-4 Ryan Hetrick (West Point Prep School) W-MD, 15-5 Prior to Rutgers: Competed at Phillipsburg HS ... tabbed the No. 62 overall recruit byIntermat and Anthony Petril (Kutztown) W-TF, 15-0 ranked No. 4 nationally at 120 pounds …NJSIAA runner-up at 132 pounds in 2016 and at 106 Austin Petril (Kutztown) W-MD, 11-3 pounds in 2014 … finished fifth at 106 pounds as a freshman … 2014 Beast of the East Cham- Journeymen Tussle Michael Russo (Brown) W-D, 4-1 pion. No. 13 Nathan Kraisser (Campbell) L-D, 7-1 Jacob Martin (Hofstra) W-MD, 10-1 Charlie Lenox (NC State) W-D, 6-2 Alex Vargas (Maryland) W-MD, 12-4 Midlands Championships Dalton Duffield (Oklahoma) W-F, 3:54 No. 17 Shakur Laney (Ohio) L-D, 5-3 (SV) Anthony Rubinetti (Northwestern) L-MD, 19-10 Travis Piotrowski (Illinois) W-D, 3-2

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 16 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The DelVecchio File ... Scott DelVecchio Career Honors: 2016 (Sixth) Midlands Championships placewinner … 2015 NCAA qualifier … R-Jr. 2014 Clarion Open Champion … 2014 National Collegiate Open Champion. 133125South Plainfield, N.J. South Plainfiled HS 2016-17 (As a redshirt junior): Placed sixth at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … earned first Big Ten win of the year by major decision, 14-6, over Michael Beck Career Overall / Dual Record: of Maryland (Dec. 11) … finished with a 2-1 record and a win by fall at the Journeymen Tussle 53-25 / 19-10 (Dec. 4) … won by fall over Alec Kelly, 5:46, in match against Columbia (Nov. 27) … went 3-1 and finished as runner-up at the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6). 2016-17 Season - 13-6 / 3-1 East Stroudsburg Open (Runner-Up) Anthony Fajardo (Bergen Comm. College) W-TF, 16-1 2015-16 (As a junior): Compiled a 14-5 redshirt season … competed at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Lane Peters (West Point Prep School) W-D, 6-3 Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … placed third at the Nittany Lion Open with a 5-1 showing Nick Farro (Lehigh) W-D, 7-1 Tyson Dippery (Rutgers) L-D, 1-0 (Dec. 6) … posted a third-place finish with a 3-1 day at the Mat Town Open (Nov. 22) … finished as Nate Cervantez (San Francisco State) W-MD, 16-2 runner-up at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, falling to No. 4-ranked and three-time All-Ameri- Alec Kelly (Columbia) W-F, 5:46 Journeymen Tussle can, Nashon Garrett (Cornell), by a 6-1 score in the final (Nov. 8). Paul Ambrose (Campbell) W-F, 3:56 Vinny Vespa (Hofstra) W-D, 9-4 Sean Fausz (NC State) L-D, 7-2 2014-15 (As a sophomore): NCAA qualifier … posted an 0-2 mark at first national tournament … Michael Beck (Maryland) W-MD, 14-6 went 21-12 on the year … pinned Purdue’s Danny Sabatello in 6:33 to finish ninth at the Big Ten Midlands Championships (Sixth Place) Championships (March 7-8) … went 12-6 in dual competition … ended the Big Ten dual season Dylan Duncan (Illinois) W-D, 9-7 Billy Rappo (Maryland) L-D, 8-3 with a 5-4 record … captured his first top-10 win of the year against Ohio State’s No. 7 Johnni Di- Ian Parker (Iowa State) W-D, 12-6 Julius by a 7-1 score (Feb. 1) … debuted in the Intermat and FloWrestling rankings at No. 20 and Phillip Laux (Iowa) W-D, 8-6 Luke Karam (Lehigh) W-D, 4-2 17, respectively, following a 10-4 upset decision against then-No. 14 Geoffrey Alexander (Jan. 18) Eli Stickley (Wisconsin) W-F, 5:43 … beat Iowa’s Phillip Laux, 10-3, in dual action to give Rutgers its first Big Ten Conference bout vic- No. 6 Seth Gross (South Dakota St.) L-TF, 19-3 Jamal Morris (NC State) L-D, 7-5 tory in program history (Jan. 2) … posted a 2-0 mark at the Third Annual “Grapple at the Garden” No. 4 Zane Richards (Illinois) L-D, 9-7 (Dec. 21) … went 3-2 at the 33rd Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational to finish one match shy of placing (Dec. 7) … recorded a 2-1 mark at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals (Nov. 29) … came back from being down 6-3 against Hofstra’s Maverick Passaro to cap a 9-8 win (Nov. 16) … opened the season with a Clarion Open title at 133 pounds (Nov. 2) … went 4-0 at the tournament with two major decisions and a 6-4 win over Jade Rauser (Utah Valley) in the finals.

2013-14: Finished rookie season with a 20-7 record, including a 4-3 mark in dual action … captured first place at the National Collegiate Open, defeating Tyler Keselring of Central Michigan, 6-4, to take top honors (March 2) … placed third at the 11th Annual “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Classic, going 5-1 on the day ... posted a combined 2-1 record at the Asics/Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 30) and “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 1), picking up an 11-8 win over Michigan State’s Hermilo Esquivel in RU’s 20-18 victory over the Spartans (Nov. 30) ... earned the first dual win of his career by major decision against Clarion’s Johnathan Mele (Nov. 22) ... finished third at the 2013 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open at 125 pounds, losing his first bout before winning seven straight in wrestle backs (Nov. 10) ... fell to Hofstra’s Jamie Franco, 5-1, in his first career collegiate dual bout (Nov. 3).

Prior to Rutgers: Compiled a 160-10 career record as a four-year letterwinner at South Plainfield … two-time state champion at 132 pounds … went 44-0 during his senior season … ranked the No. 7 133-pounder by Intermat ... qualified for the state tournament in 2010 and 2011 … team- mate at South Plainfield with fellow classmates Anthony Ashnault, Dylan Painton and Tyler Hunt.

Personal: Son of Cheryl and Scott … has three brothers, Jake, Zack and Tyler, and one sister, Caitlyn … undecided on major … born on Sept. 22, 1994.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 17 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Ashnault File ... Anthony Ashnault Career Honors: Two-time All-American (2016, 2015) … finished fourth in 2016 and eighth in 2015 125 R-Jr. at NCAA Championships … 2016 Big Ten Champion … 2016 (Third) and 2015 (Fourth) Midlands 141South Plainfield, N.J. Championships placewinner … 2016 and 2015 NCAA qualifier … 2015 Big Ten Championships South Plainfiled HS placewinner, finishing fifth … 2014 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational placewinner, finishing fourth … 2014 Asics University Freestyle National Champion at 65 KG … 2014 member of the USA Career Overall / Dual Record: University World Team … 2014 National Collegiate Open Champion. 76-15 / 44-4

2016-17 Season - 15-3 / 7-1 2016-17 (As a redshirt junior): Posted a 6-1 record with three tech falls, a fall, a major decision 51st Annual NWCA All-Star Classic and decision to take third at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … *No. 2 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming)* W-D, 8-6 (SV) Joshua Weinberg (San Francisco State) W-TF, 17-0 went 2-1 with a fall and tech fall at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … had a tech fall over Jacob Russel Rohling (CSU Bakersfield) W-MD, 17-5 Macalolooy, 18-3, in match against Columbia (Nov. 27) … defeated 2016 NCAA runner-up Bryce Connor Pollock (Cal Poly) W-F, 6:16 Meredith (Wyoming), 8-6, in sudden victory at the 51st Annual NWCA All-Star Classic in Cleveland No. 10 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) L-D, 4-3 Jacob Macalolooy (Columbia) W-TF, 18-3 (Nov. 5) … was the first Scarlet Knight to earn an invite to the event. Will Koll (Cornell) W-D, 6-4 Journeymen Tussle Connor Burkert (Hofstra) W-F, 1:38 2015-16 (As a redshirt sophomore): Became the second two-time All-American in program history Ezekiel Salvo (Brown) W-TF, 17-1 with a fourth-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Championships (March 17-19) … finished the season No. 6 Kevin Jack (NC State) L-D, 2-0 Billy Rappo (Maryland) W-D, 5-1 with a team-best 32-4 overall record … advanced to the NCAA semifinals, the first Rutgers semi- Midlands Championships (Third Place) finalist since 1960 … posted a 4-2 record at nationals… went 4-0 and defeated Jimmy Gulibon Jordan Reich (Princeton) W-F, 4:33 John Meeks (Iowa State) W-TF, 17-0 (Penn State), 9-0, in the final to win Rutgers wrestling’s first Big Ten Conference championship Nick Zanetta (Pittsburgh) W-MD, 14-5 (March 5-6) … topped No. 17 Randy Cruz, 9-2, in RU’s NWCA National Duals win over No. 7 Lehigh No. 16 Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield) W-TF, 18-1 No. 5 Kevin Jack (NC State) L-D, 3-2 (Feb. 20) … concluded the dual season 18-1 … won the 50th match of his career, 7-2, against Wis- Kanen Storr (Iowa State) W-D, 2-1 consin’s Gabe Grahek (Feb. 5) … notched his eighth major decision of the year against Princeton’s Chad Red (Nebraska) W-TF, 17-0 Mousa Jodeh (Illinois) W-MD, 10-0 Jordan Laster (Jan. 31) … took fourth place at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … began the year 17-0 before dropping his first official match to No. 5 Kevin Jack (NC State) in the third-place match at Midlands.

2014-15 (As a redshirt freshman): All-American … finished eighth with a 3-2 record at the 2015 NCAA Championships in St. Louis (March 19-21) … defeated No. 13 seed Randy Cruz of Lehigh in the round of 12 to secure All-America status … sustained an injury in the consolation semifinals before medical forfeiting the seventh-place match … posted a 29-8 overall record to lead RU … finished fifth as the highest-placing Scarlet Knight at his first Big Ten Championships (March 7-8) … went a team-best 19-2 in his first dual season … wrapped up his first B1G dual season tied with a team-best 7-2 record by winning a 4-2 decision over Northwestern’s Jameson Oster (Feb. 8) … converted a takedown on the edge with two seconds left to beat No. 6 Josh Dziewa of Iowa, 3-1, in the team’s B1G opener at the RAC (Jan. 2) … went 2-0 at the Third Annual “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 23) … placed fourth at the 33rd Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, going 4-2 (Dec. 7) … went 3-0 at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals, earning a 15-0 tech fall over Trae Blackwell to help RU to a 20-18 upset over No. 19 Oklahoma (Nov. 29).

2013-14 (As a freshman): Redshirt season … went 15-3 wrestling unattached at 141 pounds … finished in first place at the National Collegiate Open, going 5-0 to claim top honors (March 2) … went 3-2 at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 10) ... finished in third place with a 7-1 clip at the Clarion Open (Nov. 3).

Prior to Rutgers: The first-ever four-time and undefeated N.J. State Champion … won the state crown at 103, 112, 126 and 138 pounds in a 170-0 career at South Plainfield … two-time Super 32 National Champion (112 and 126 pounds) … teammate at South Plainfield with fellow class- mates Scott DelVecchio, Dylan Painton and Tyler Hunt.

Personal: Son of Bill and Sue … has two siblings, Billy and Carly … Billy is the Rutgers wrestling team’s director of operations and was a two-time NCAA qualifier for the Scarlet Knights … his sister, Carly, is a manager on the team … an undeclared major.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 18 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Giraldo File ... Anthony Giraldo Career Honors: 2016 NCAA Championships qualifier … 2016 Big Ten Championships placewin- R-So. ner, finishing sixth … 2016 (seventh) and 2015 (fourth) Midlands Championships placewinner. 149125Guttenberg, N.J. North Bergen HS 2016-17 (As a redshirt sophomore): Placed seventh with a 5-2 mark at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … defeated No.12-ranked Alfred Bannister (Maryland) Career Overall / Dual Record: twice in the tournament … went 2-1 with a fall at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … had a major 32-22 / 13-11 decision over Dan Reed, 13-1, in the dual against Columbia (Nov. 27) … took third at the East 2016-17 Season - 15-6 / 2-2 Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6). East Stroudsburg Open (Third Place) Adrian Nelson (Sacred Heart) W-F, 2:33 Ryan Kemmerer (Temple) L-D, 5-3 (SV) 2015-16 (As a redshirt freshman): Wrapped up his rookie campaign 17-16 overall and 11-9 in Barry Breidegan (Kutztown) W-MD, 11-1 duals … went 0-2 at his first NCAA Championships (March 17-19) … finished sixth at the Big Ten Samuel Butler (Franklin & Marshall) W-MD, 14-1 Cole Aaron (Unatt.) W-D, 4-1 Championships to earn a spot at the NCAA Championships (March 5-6) … recorded the first win David Pipa (Lehigh) W-D, 9-3 by fall of his career against Princeton’s Trey Aslanian in 3:55 (Jan. 31) … wrestled for fourth place Jack Taddeo (Navy) W-TF, 16-0 at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … knocked off No. 5-ranked 157 Pounds Landon Myers (San Francisco State) W-D, 6-3 2014 All-American Earl Hall of Iowa State, 5-4, to reach the semifinals before falling into consola- Coleman Hammond (CSU Bakersfield) L-D, 3-0 tions …. posted a 16-0 tech fall against Vince Rodriguez of George Mason at the “Grapple at the Dan Reed (Columbia) W-MD, 13-1 Journeymen Tussle Garden” (Nov. 29) … secured a dominant 12-2 win over Oregon State’s Joey Palmer (Nov. 21) … Ryan Burkert (Hofstra) W-D, 6-2 topped UNC’s AC Headlee in tiebreakers, 6-4, with riding time at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast No. 16 Sam Speno (NC State) L-D, 9-6 Beau Donohue (NC State) W-D, 16-11 Duals (Nov. 15) … made his varsity debut at 133 pounds at the Rutgers Duals, going 3-0 with two Midlands Championships (Seventh Place) tech falls and a decision (Nov. 1) … ranked No. 19 by FloWrestling to begin the year. Gene Oliver Pierce (Arizona State) W-D, 6-2 Eric Yang (Northwestern) W-MD, 17-4 No. 12 Alfred Bannister (Maryland) W-D, 2-1 (TB-1) 2014-15 (As a freshman): Went 20-5 wrestling unattached … posted a fifth-place finish at the No. 18 Joey Delgado (Oregon State) L-D, 3-2 (TB-1) Joshua Maruca (Arizona State) W-D, 4-3 “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Invitational at 141 pounds, going 4-2 in the tournament (Jan. 18) … Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma) L-F, 0:51 finished in second place at the Nittany Lion Open, losing only to No. 5 Jimmy Gulibon (Penn State) No. 12 Alfred Bannister (Maryland) W-D, 4-3 Eric Barone (Illinois) L-D, 5-3 by a 3-0 score in the final … won his first tournament at the collegiate level, going 5-0 at the East Stroudsburg Open to earn the title at 133 pounds (Nov. 16) … defeated consecutive ranked foes to close the tournament, beating No. 19 (Intermat) Caleb Richardson (Penn), 9-1, and No. 20 Kevin Devoy (Drexel), 2-1, in TB2 … placed in his collegiate debut wrestling unattached at the Clarion Open, going 4-1 on the day to end in third place (Nov. 2) … fell by a 4-3 decision to Jade Rauser (Utah Valley) in the semifinals but bounced back with a 3-2 win against Chase Zemenak (Blooms- burg) in the third-place match.

Prior to Rutgers: A four-time NJSIAA State placewinner at North Bergen … won two consecutive state championships to close his high school career … won in the state finals at 132 pounds as a senior and at 126 pounds as a junior ... also took third at the NHSCA Junior Nationals … member of the USA Cadet World Greco Team … represented the USA at the 2013 Cadet World Champion- ships … winner of the Dave Shultz High School Excellence Award.

Personal: Son of Martha … enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences … an undecided major … born on April 28, 1996.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 19 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Ken Theobold The Theobold File ... Career Honors: 2015 and 2014 NCAA qualifier …2015 Midlands Championships placewinner (sev- 125 R-Sr. enth) … 2015 Mat Town Open Champion … 2014 TCNJ Open Champion … 2014 EIWA Champion- 149 Toms River, N.J. ships placewinner, finishing third. Toms River South HS 2016-17 (As a redshirt senior): Went 3-2 at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Career Overall / Dual Record: (Dec. 29-30) … had a 2-1 day at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … defeated No. 19 Joey Galasso of 74-40 / 37-17 Cornell, 6-0 (Nov. 27) … topped No. 19 Jordan Laster of Princeton by a 6-4 decision in the “Battle 2016-17 Season - 12-4 / 5-1 at the Birthplace” at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) … competed at the East Stroudsburg East Stroudsburg Open University Open (Nov. 6). Will Lucie (West Point Prep School) W-F, 3:27 Chad Haegele (Kutztown) W-TF, 16-0 *Paul Klee (Unatt.)* L-Forf. 2015-16 (As a senior): Notched a 22-5 record competing unattached … took seventh competing *Jack Taddeo (Unatt.)* L-Forf. unattached at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … pinned No. 16 Thomas Turcol (San Francisco State) W-TF, 19-0 157 Pounds Gabe Moreno in 1:12 in the seventh-place match … finished as runner-up at the Nittany Lion Open, Sean O’Rourke (CSU Bakersfield) W-D, 2-0 dropping the championship match, 8-1, to No. 1 Zain Retherford of Penn State (Dec. 6) … posted a Joshua Cortez (Cal Poly) W-F, 6:42 No. 19 Jordan Laster (Princeton) W-D, 6-4 5-1 record on the day … went 5-0 to win the Mat Town Open title, winning three matches by bonus No. 19 Joey Galasso (Cornell) W-D, 6-0 points (Nov. 22) … took sixth place at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open with a 4-1 day (Nov. 8). Journeymen Tussle Ty Buckiso (Citadel) W-MD, 11-2 Beau Donohue (NC State) W-D, 5-4 2014-15 (As a junior): Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships … posted a 1-2 mark No. 16 Sam Speno (NC State) L-D, 8-1 in St. Louis in second NCAA trip (March 19-21) … went 24-9 overall … ended the season with RU’s No. 12 Alfred Bannister (Maryland) L-D, 3-2 Midlands Championships second-best dual record at 17-3 … tied for a team-best 7-2 Big Ten dual record … had an eight-match Jerren Glosser (Iowa) W-D, 4-0 winning streak snapped against Northwestern’s No. 3 Jason Tsirtsis, the 2014 NCAA 149-pound Chase Straw (Iowa State) W-D, 8-2 John Fahy (SIU-Edwardsville) W-D, 9-2 national champion (Feb. 8) … earned his 20th victory of the season against Ohio State’s Randall Lan- No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) L-F, 6:00 guis (Feb. 1) … climbed to a career-best No. 17 ranking by Intermat after upsetting then-No. 17 Zack Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma) L-TF, 16-0 Beitz (Penn State) on Jan. 16 … swept a B1G weekend with decisions against Minnesota’s Jake Short (Jan. 11) and Illinois’ Kyle Langenderfer (Jan. 9) … trailed Short, 6-2, in the first period before com- ing back for the win in the third … the win over Langenderfer was the first conference dual victory of his career … notched a 2-0 day at the Third Annual “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 21) … recorded a 3-0 mark at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals (Nov. 29) … went 4-0 at the TCNJ Open en route to his first open tournament championship (Nov. 22) … notched a 2-0 day at the Rutgers Duals with a 5-4 decision against Vinny Fava (Delaware Valley) and a fall over Allan Jordan (Centenary) in 2:28 (Nov. 2).

2013-14: Finished season 22-14, including a 9-6 mark in dual action … went 0-2 in his first trip to the NCAA Championships … recorded two falls and a 4-1 overall record to finish third at the 2014 EIWA Championships ... secured his first NCAA Championships appearance in the process ... pinned No. 13/10/11 Mitch Minotti of Lehigh to tie the match, 6-6, vs. No. 23/22 Lehigh (Feb. 8) ... notched his fifth win by fall of the year (0:36) against Harvard’s Nicholas Stager (Jan. 5) ... went 4-1 at the 81st Wilkes University Open, taking second place ... posted a combined 3-1 record at the Asics/Journey- men Northeast Duals (Nov. 30) and the “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 1), with all three wins coming by fall ... recorded a 4-2 clip at the 2013 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 10).

2012-13: Saw extended action at 149 pounds, compiling a 16-13 overall record and a 6-7 mark in dual competitions … posted five bonus-point victories … defeated two NCAA qualifiers in back-to- back appearances … first pinned Alex Hudson of Chattanooga in 2:51 on Dec. 16 before earning a 4-0 decision over Iowa State’s Max Mayfield on Jan. 11 … took fourth place at the East Stroudsburg Open.

Prior to Rutgers: Two-time NJSIAA place-winner … was the state runner-up at 145 pounds, finishing the season with a stellar 40-2 record as a senior … placed seventh at 125 pounds at the 2011 state tournament for Manchester … coached by Ron Laycock at Toms River South and Tom Scheffler at Manchester.

Personal: Son of Jennifer Colangelo and Kenneth Theobold … has four siblings: Matt, Nick, Alexis and Victoria … intends to major in psychology and labor studies … born on June 7, 1993.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 20 PROJECTED COMPETITORS John Van Brill The Van Brill File ... Career Honors: 2016 (Eighth) Midlands Championships placewinner. 125 R-So. 157 Mullica Hill, N.J. 2016-17 (As a redshirt sophomore): Pinned NCAA qualifier Kyle Langenderfer in 4:46 after trailing Clearview HS 7-0 against the Fighting Illini grappler, a key swing result in RU’s 19-17 dual win over No. 12 Illinois at the RAC (Jan. 6) … took eighth at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Career Overall / Dual Record: (Dec. 29-30) … pinned No. 7-ranked Clayton Ream (North Dakota State) and knocked off No. 23-13 / 8-3 8-ranked Dawaylon Barnes (Oklahoma) in the tournament … entered the Intermat rankings for 2016-17 Season - 15-6 / 6-1 the first time at No. 20 following a 10-2 start to the year (Dec. 6) … went 2-1 with two ranked wins East Stroudsburg Open (Runner-Up) at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4), including a pin of No. 4 Max Rohskopf (NC State) and decision James Saylor (West Point Prep School) W-MD, 15-3 Michael Comunale (Drexel) W-Med. Forf. over No. 16 May Bethea (Penn) … earned an 8-0 major decision against Taylor Simaz of Cornell Beau Guffey (West Point Prep School) W-D, 4-0 (Nov. 27) … picked up a 14-3 major decision against Princeton’s Mike D’Angelo in the “Battle at Eleazar DeLuca (Rutgers) L-D, 3-2 165 Pounds the Birthplace” at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) ... posted two dual wins to begin the Lorenzo De La Riva (CSU Bakersfield) W-D, 10-3 dual season at CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 11) and Cal Poly (Nov. 13) … went 3-1 and was runner up at Colt Shorts (Cal Poly) W-D, 7-2 the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6). Mike D'Angelo (Princeton) W-MD, 14-3 Tyler Ponte (Columbia) W-D, 4-0 Taylor Simaz (Cornell) W-MD, 8-0 2015-16 (As a redshirt freshman): Went 8-7 overall and 2-2 in dual competition … competed at Journeymen Tussle No. 4 Max Rohskopf (NC State) W-F, 5:45 the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, going 2-2 (Dec. 29-30) … defeated George No. 16 May Bethea (Penn) W-D, 4-2 Mason’s Greg Fluornoy, 15-6, in a 47-0 win at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Nov. 29) … recorded a Aaron Walker (Citadel) L-D, 12-10 (SV) Justin Alexander (Maryland) L-D, 7-4 2-1 outing at the Mat Town Open, taking third/fourth place (Nov. 22) … went 2-2 at the Jonathan Midlands Championships (Eighth Place) Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 8) … won by forfeit against Centenary (Nov. 1). Andrew Fierro (Boise State) W-TF, 19-4 Tyler Ponte (Columbia) W-F, 3:54 No. 7 Clayton Ream (North Dakota St.) W-F, 5:34 2014-15 (As a freshman): Recorded a 22-11 record wrestling unattached … posted a third-place No. 12 Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan) L-D, 4-3 No. 8 Dawaylon Barnes (Oklahoma) W-D, 4-2 finish at the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Invitational, going 5-1 in the tournament (Jan. 18) … No. 20 Joshua Shields (Arizona State) L-D, 7-2 finished fifth and went 6-2 at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 7) … went 2-2 at the TCNJ Open (Nov. Alex Griffin (Purdue) L-D, 5-1 Kyle Langenderfer (Illinois) W-F, 4:46 22) … posted a 2-2 record at the East Stroudsburg Open (Nov. 16) … placed in his first collegiate open, finishing fourth at the Clarion Open at 149 pounds with a 6-2 record and four major deci- sions (Nov. 2) … lost in the championship quarterfinals, but wrestled back to the third-place match with three consecutive wins.

Prior to Rutgers: Finished with a 139-11 record at Clearview, where he served as a three-year captain … ended his high school career with 98 pins … helped guide Clearview to its first state team title … was a four-time NJ qualifier and two-time placewinner, finishing fourth and fifth … won three region and four district championships.

Personal: Son of Michael & Suzanne... has three siblings: Vanessa, Mike and Brooke … undecided on major … born on Oct. 25, 1995.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 21 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Willie Scott The Scott File ... 2016-17 (As a redshirt freshman): Competed at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Champion- 125 R-Fr. ships (Dec. 29-30) … won first Big Ten dual match of his career against Maryland's Danny Boy- 165 Brick, N.J. chuck (Dec. 11) ... went a perfect 3-0 at the Journeymen Tussle with a major decision and a tech fall Brick Township HS (Dec. 4) … earned a sudden victory decision against two-time NCAA qualifier and FloWrestling’s No. 15-ranked Tyrel White in the dual against Columbia (Nov. 27) … earned two major decisions in Career Overall / Dual Record: dual action to open the season against San Francisco State (Nov. 11) and Cal Poly (Nov. 13) … went 12-6 / 4-2 4-2 for a fourth place finish at the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6).

2016-17 Season - 12-6 / 4-2 East Stroudsburg Open (Fourth Place) 2015-16 (As a freshman): Posted a 9-9 record competing unattached … went 2-2 at the 83rd An- Charles Layer (Rowan College) W-F, 1:24 nual Wilkes University Open (Dec. 28) … wrestled at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 6) … went 2-2 at Spencer Carey (Navy) W-MD, 14-4 the Mat Town Open (Nov. 22) … saw first collegiate action at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, Zachary Spira (Drexel) W-D, 3-2 Gordon Wolf (Lehigh) L-MD, 17-3 going 2-2 (Nov. 8). Joe Grello (Rutgers) W-D, 4-2 Theodore King (Franklin & Marshall) L-D, 4-2 Tyson Kuahine (San Francisco State) W-MD, 16-6 Prior to Rutgers: Four-year letterwinner at Brick Township HS … placed sixth at NJSIAA State Blake Kastl (Cal Poly) W-MD, 11-3 Championships at 160 pounds in 2015, also capturing a district and region championship … Tyrel White (Columbia) W-D, 8-6 (SV) No. 20 Brandon Womack (Cornell) L-F, 4:24 holds the state record for most tech falls in his career (49) and in a single season (23) … posted a Journeymen Tussle 102-28 record om high school career. Quentin Perez (Campbell) W-MD, 16-4 Jason Carr (Citadel) W-TF, 15-0 Bobby Fehr (Hofstra) W-D, 6-1 Personal: Son of Bill and Micaela … has one sister, Anna … undecided on major … his father, Bill, Danny Boychuck (Maryland) W-D, 5-1 Midlands Championships was a three-time district and region champ at Brick Memorial High School. Devan Marry (Eastern Michigan) W-MD, 9-0 Grant Henderson (Grand View) L-D, 7-6 Joseph Gunther (Iowa) L-MD, 10-0 No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) L-TF, 24-8

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 22 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Bakuckas File ... Phillip Bakuckas Career Honors: 2016 NCAA Championships qualifier … 2016 Big Ten Championships placewinner, 125 R-Sr. finishing seventh … 2015 Midlands Championships placewinner (fifth) … 2016 East Stroudsburg 174 Hammonton, N.J. Open Champion … 2014 TCNJ Open Champion. Hammonton HS 2016-17 (As a redshirt senior): Had a 2-1 day at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … went 4-0 to win Career Overall / Dual Record: the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6). 64-44 / 37-26

2016-17 Season - 10-4 / 4-3 2015-16 (As a redshirt junior): Went 18-15 overall and 10-9 in dual competition … competed at the East Stroudsburg Open (First Place) first NCAA Championships of his career, going 0-2 (March 17-19) … placed seventh at the Big Ten Charlie Sell (Lehigh) W-MD, 12-0 Owen Brooks (Drexel) W-TF, 16-0 Championships to earn an automatic qualifying bid for the NCAA Championships (March 5-6) … de- Andrew Buckley (Navy) W-F, 1:34 feated Lehigh’s Gordon Wolf, 9-2, in RU’s NWCA National Duals win over the No. 7-ranked Mountain Jordan Pagano (Rutgers) W-D, 4-0 Jesse Lyga (San Francisco State) W-TF, 17-1 Hawks (Feb. 20) … pinned Michigan’s Aaron Calderon in 2:49 to temporarily give Rutgers the dual Matt Penyacsek (CSU Bakersfield) W-TF, 17-0 lead over the No. 8 Wolverines (Feb. 7) … took fifth place at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Matthew Wilhelm (Cal Poly) W-D, 7-3 Championships with a 4-1 decision against South Dakota State’s David Kocer (Dec. 30) … defeated No. 16 Jonathan Schleifer (Princeton) L-D, 3-1 (SV) No. 5 Brandon Realbuto (Cornell) L-D, 4-2 No. 15 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 6-3, during his fifth-place run … majored Ryan Forrest Journeymen Tussle of George Mason in a 47-0 win at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Nov. 29) … notched an 11-2 major Lee Davis (NC State) W-D, 6-1 Jonathan Viruet (Brown) W-MD, 10-1 decision against Tyler Chay (Oregon State) in Corvallis, Ore. (Nov. 21) … posted a 5-1 decision against No. 3 Casey Kent (Penn) L-MD, 10-0 Northern Iowa’s Drew Foster to close the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals (Nov. 15) … opened Sam Rowell (Maryland) W-D, 8-2 No. 12 Zac Brunson (Illinois) L-D, 3-1 (SV) the season by going 2-0 at the Rutgers Duals, ending the day by grinding out a 3-2 decision against NCAA qualifier Jack McKeever (Binghamton).

2014-15 (As a redshirt sophomore): Posted a 20-14 overall record and 12-9 mark in dual action … picked up a 4-3 decision against Maryland’s Josh Snook for his first Big Ten win (Jan. 18) … Snook was the first opponent Bakuckas faced outside the top-five at 174 pounds since Big Ten competi- tion began … went 3-2 to finish one match shy of placing at the 33rd Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 7) … upset No. 15 Duke Pickett (Cornell), 5-4, in his opening match … posted a 3-0 mark at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals, registering a decision and two majors (Nov. 29) … went 4-0 with three tech falls and a fall to claim first place at the TCNJ Open (Nov. 22) … converted the second of back-to-back pins versus Hofstra, winning by fall against Frank Affronti (4:18) in a 33-6 wins (Nov. 16) … went 3-0 at the Rutgers Duals, collecting a fall, tech fall and major decision (Nov. 2).

2013-14: Compiled a 16-11 record in overall action, including an 11-5 record in dual competition … went 1-2 at the 2014 EIWA Championships … posted a 17-0 tech fall, his second of the year and first in dual action, over American’s Keithen Cast in the 31-6 Rutgers win (Jan. 10) ... went 3-1 combined at the Asics/Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 30) and “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 1), outscoring the opposition, 17-2, in his victories ... won his first three matches at the 2013 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open to finish 4-2 overall ... recorded the first win of his career in RU’s 22-21 win over Hofstra (Nov. 3).

2012-13: Redshirt season … went 22-11 wrestling unattached, including a third-place finish (5-1 record) at the 2013 National Collegiate Open … took fourth place at the Wilkes Open, picking up four wins, including a tech fall, pin and a major decision … finished in seventh place at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 2), going 4-2 at the tournament … also competed in the Franklin & Marshall Open, East Stroudsburg Open and Hokie Open.

Prior to Rutgers: State runner-up at the 2012 NJSIAA Championships to finish a 41-1 senior season at 160 pounds … set a new school record with 132 career wins … won District 30 and Region 8 titles in his final prep campaign … named The Press of Atlantic City’s 2012 Wrestler of the Year … scored pins in 24 of his 41 victories as a senior … performance at 2012 state tournament marked the first time a Hammonton wrestler advanced to the championship match … finished fourth at the 2012 FloNation- als … qualified for the 2011 state tournament … coached by Dave Mauriello.

Personal: Son of John and Beth Ann … an undeclared major … born on May 16, 1994.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 23 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Jordan Pagano The Pagano File ... Career Honors: 2016 (Seventh) Midlands Championships Placewinner. 125 R-So. 174 South Brunswick, N.J. 2016-17 (As a redshirt sophomore): Posted a 5-2 record to take seventh place at the 54th Annual South Brunswick HS Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … earned a 5-2 decision against No. 18-ranked David Kocer (South Dakota State) in the tournament … went 4-1 with three falls and a major deci- Career Overall / Dual Record: sion to finish as runner-up at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 17) … picked up a decision win at 32-17 / 3-0 the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … won by fall in dual action against Mitchell Owens (San Francisco State) in a 45-0 RU win (Nov. 11) … went 4-1 at the East Stroudsburg University for a runner-up 2016-17 Season - 16-6 / 2-0 East Stroudsburg Open (Runner-Up) finish (Nov. 6). Allen Reyes (SUNY-Sullivan) W-F, 0:20 Casey Glunt (Bloomsburg) W-TF, 16-0 2015-16 (As a redshirt freshman): Compiled a 16-11 overall record competing unattached … Doug Hamman (TCNJ) W-D, 5-1 Kenny Long (Navy) W-D, 9-3 competed at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, going 2-2 (Dec. 29-30) … went Phillip Bakuckas (Rutgers) L-D, 4-0 4-3 to finish sixth at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 6) … posted a strong 4-2 performance at the Mat Mitchell Owens (San Francisco State) W-F, 2:23 Austin Coniker (Columbia) W-D, 6-0 Town Open, finishing fourth (Nov. 22) … went 2-2 at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open … made Journeymen Tussle his Rutgers debut with a fall over Centenary’s Anthony Kubish in 3:49 at the Rutgers Duals (Nov. Quinton Hiles (Penn) W-D, 6-0 No. 3 Casey Kent (Penn) L-D, 6-0 1). Lee Davis (NC State) L-D, 3-2 Cleveland State Open (Runner-Up) Nick Stephani (Bucknell) W-F, 2:30 Prior to Rutgers: Spent one season at Penn State, posting an 8-8 record wrestling unattached … Lane Hinkell (Kent State) W-MD, 13-0 wrestled for four seasons at Bergen Catholic, going 128-29 with a fourth-place NJSIAA State Cham- Cody Hughes (Virginia) W-F, 6:14 Andrew McNally (Eastern Michigan) W-F, 4:24 pionships finish at 160 pounds in 2014 … a two-time district, region, and county champ … placed Mark Hall (Penn State) L-MD, 11-3 seventh at the Beast of the East. Midlands Championships (Seventh Place) Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin) W-D, 4-0 Josef Johnson (Harvard) L-D, 4-2 (SV) Personal: Son of James and Brigitte … has two siblings, James and Jianna … undecided on major. Garrett Sutton (Michigan) W-D, 3-1 Jacob Morrrissey (Purdue) W-D, 10-3 No. 18 David Kocer (South Dakota St.) W-D, 5-2 Devin Skatzka (Indiana) L-D, 7-2 Josef Johnson (Harvard) W-MD, 15-2

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 24 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Nick Gravina The Gravina File ... Career Honors: 2016 NCAA Championships qualifier … 2016 Big Ten Championships placewinner, 125 R-Jr. finishing fourth … 2016 (Sixth) and 2015 (Eighth) Midlands Championships placewinner …2016 184 Allendale, N.J. East Stroudsburg Open Champion … 2015 Academic All-Big Ten selection. Northern Highlands HS 2016-17 (As a redshirt junior): Went 4-2 for a sixth-place result at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Career Overall / Dual Record: Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … defeated 2016 NCAA All-American Pete Renda by an 8-2 41-19 / 22-9 decision in the tournament … opened the Big Ten season with an 11-3 major decision over Idris 2016-17 Season - 12-3 / 5-2 White of Maryland (Dec. 11) … won by fall over Donny Donnelly, 0:57, in match against Columbia East Stroudsburg Open (First Place) (Nov. 27) … dominated No. 17 Ian Baker, 24-3, in a tech fall victory in the “Battle at the Birthplace” Jed Smith (West Point Prep School) W-MD, 11-3 Caleb Edwards (Unatt.) W-TF, 21-6 versus Princeton at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) … won the 184-pound East Strouds- Chris Weiler (Lehigh) W-D, 13-6 burg University Open title (Nov. 6). Dylan Bollinger (CSU Bakersfield) W-F, 1:33 Thomas Lane (Cal Poly) W-MD, 8-0 No. 17 Ian Baker (Princeton) W-TF, 24-3 2015-16 (As a redshirt sophomore): Posted a 22-11 overall record and 13-4 mark in duals as a Donny Donnelly (Columbia) W-F, 0:57 sophomore … went 0-2 at his first NCAA Championships (March 17-19) … had a strong Big Ten No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) L-MD, 16-3 Idris White (Maryland) W-MD, 11-3 Championships for a fourth-place finish and automatic NCAA Championships qualifying bid Midlands Championships (Sixth Place) (March 5-6) … handled No. 19 Abram Ayala (Princeton), 7-1, to open RU’s 28-6 win over the Tigers Michael Aldrich (Northern Illinois) W-TF, 19-2 Jake Godinez (SIU Edwardsville) W-F, 3:28 (Jan. 31) … cruised to an 11-3 major decision against Minnesota’s Christopher Pfarr (Jan. 17) … Ian Baker (Princeton) W-MD, 12-2 finished eighth at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships with a 4-3 outing (Dec. Pete Renda (NC State) W-D, 8-2 No. 10 Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) L-D, 4-2 (SV-2) 29-30) … earned the first ranking of his career at No. 20 by Intermat following an upset win … No. 8 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) L-D, 8-4 won his first match against a ranked opponent with a 3-2 victory over No. 4 T.J. Dudley at the RAC *Pete Renda (NC State) L-Med. Forf.* No. 14 Emery Parker (Illinois) L-D, 8-6 (SV) to spark a 17-16 upset against No. 4 Nebraska (Dec. 12) … scored a fall in 4:54 against George Mason’s Austin Harrison at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Nov. 29) … picked up two wins in Corval- lis, Ore., against Oregon State and Utah Valley (Nov. 21) … had a 2-1 day at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals with a pair of decisions (Nov. 15) … went 2-0 with a tech fall and decision at the Rutgers Duals (Nov. 1).

2014-14 (As a redshirt freshman): Ended the dual season with a 7-4 overall and 4-3 dual mark … placed second at the 82nd Annual Wilkes University Open with a 3-1 record (Dec. 28) … returned from injury with a 6-5 decision over Chandler Smith (Army) at the Third Annual “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 21) … went 3-0 in his first collegiate action at the Rutgers Duals, picking up a fall, tech fall and major decision (Nov. 2).

2013-14: Redshirt season.

Prior to Rutgers: A four-time district, region and county champion at Northern Highlands Regional … amassed a 148-12 career record … named an NHSCA All-American during his freshman and junior seasons.

Personal: Son of Vincent and Stacey … has three siblings: Deb, Ashley and Iliana … intends to major in psychology … born on Sept. 25, 1994.

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 25 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Matt Correnti The Correnti File ... 2016-17 (As a freshman): Won in his RAC debut, 16-12, against Illinois’ Andre Lee to help RU to a 125 Fr. 19-17 dual win over the No. 12 Fighting Illini (Jan. 6 ) … had a 2-1 tournament at the Lock Haven 197 Delran, N.J. Classic (Dec. 29) … capped his day at the Journeymen Tussle with a 16-6 major decision (Dec. 4) Delran HS … defeated Jonathan Costa (San Francisco State), 11-2, in his first-career dual match (Nov. 11) … placed fourth at the East Stroudsburg University Open in the first tournament of his career (Nov. Career Overall / Dual Record: 6). 9-6 / 4-2

2016-17 Season - 9-6 / 4-2 Prior to Rutgers: Competed at Holy Cross Academy ... ranked No. 54 overall recruit byIntermat … East Stroudsburg Open (Fourth Place) ranked No. 5 nationally at 220 pounds …a four-time NJSIAA placewinner, capping off his career Garett Stehley (Lehigh) W-D, 13-6 Kevin Mulligan (Rutgers) L-D, 4-0 with a state title at 220 pounds in 2016 ... also finished second, third, and eighth … three-time JT Correll (Wyoming Seminary Prep) W-D, 10-7 Cadet and Junior All-American … two-time high school national champion. *Bennett Paulson (West Point Prep School)* L-Forf. Jonathan Costa (San Francisco State) W-MD, 11-2 Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield) L-F, 2:28 JT Goodwin (Cal Poly) W-D, 8-7 Matt Doggett (Columbia) W-D, 6-1 Journeymen Tussle No. 14 Frank Mattiace (Penn) L-D, 6-1 Sawyer Root (Citadel) L-D, 6-1 Rob Ng (Penn) W-MD, 16-6 David-Brian Whisler (Maryland) L-MD, 8-0 Lock Haven Classic Matt Meadows (George Mason) W-F, 4:43 Stephen Suglio (Kent State) W-F, 1:24 Mark Tracy (Binghamton) L-D, 6-2 *Mike Carfagno (Rider) L-Med. Forf.* Andre Lee (Illinois) W-D, 16-12

Contact: Anthony Hernandez • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-8119 • Cell: (609) 709-0013 26 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Razohnn Gross The Gross File ... 2016-17 (As a junior): Won the first dual match of his career with a third-period takedown against 125 Jr. Illinois’ Deuce Rachal to secure a 19-17 dual win over the No. 12-ranked Fighting Illini at the RAC HWT Franklin Park, N.J. (Jan. 6) … posted a 2-1 mark at the Lock Haven Classic (Dec. 29) … opened his RU career at the Don Bosco Prep HS East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6). Career Overall / Dual Record: Prior to Rutgers: Posted a 127-18 record and won back-to-back 195-pound NJSIAA State titles in 6-6 / 1-4 his final two years at Don Bosco Prep … went 29-2 as a senior, ending his career with a champion- 2016-17 Season - 6-6 / 1-4 ship … captured four District 5 championships and three Region 2 titles East Stroudsburg Open Andrew McDonald (Lehigh) W-D, 4-0 George Thompson (Kutztown) W-F, 6:50 Bobby Heald (West Point Prep School) W-D, 4-3 Andrew Piehl (Navy) L-D, 5-1 *Marc McDonald (Rutgers)* L-Forf. Alex Encarnacion-Strand (CSU Bakersfield) L-D, 6-2 Spencer Empey (Cal Poly) L-MD, 8-0 Garrett Ryan (Columbia) L-D, 9-2 No. 19 Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) L-F, 4:32 Lock Haven Classic Andrew Gunning (North Carolina) W-D, 2-1 Edwin Rubio (Virginia) W-D, 6-3 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) L-MD, 10-1 *Ian James (Buffalo) L-Med. Forf.* Deuce Rachal (Illinois) W-D, 3-2

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