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2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS MATSIDE NCAA SCARLET KNIGHTS Overall: 8-7 | Home: 3-4 | Away: 3-3 | Neutral:2-0 | B1G: 3-6 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships Date Opponent Result Thursday, March 15 - Saturday, March 17 Nick Suriano NOV. 4 MARYLAND*! W, 27-9 Quicken Loans Arena No. 4 Seed: 125 lbs JOURNEYMEN DUALS Cleveland, Ohio Intermat Ranking: No. 3 Nov. 11 vs. No. 19 Oklahoma W, 22-9 2018 Record: 21-0 Nov. 11 vs. Virginia W, 21-9 Nov. 19 at Black Knight Invitational NTS B1G Finish: 6th, 1-0 Dec. 1 at Lock Haven L, 22-16 Schedule of Events Record vs. Field: 8-0 DEC. 8 NO. 7 IOWA* L, 23-15 Thursday, March 15: Session I - Noon | Session II - 7 p.m. Dec. 29-30 Midlands Champs 2nd, 109.5 Friday, March 16: Session III - 11 a.m. | Session IV - 8 p.m. Richie Lewis JAN. 7 NO. 2 OHIO STATE*& L, 29-11 Saturday, March 17: Session V - 11 a.m. | Session VI - 8 p.m. JAN. 12 NO. 24 UNC W, 18-17 No. 6 Seed: 165 lbs JAN. 19 HOFSTRA W, 37-9 MEDIA COVERAGE Intermat Ranking: No. 6 Jan. 21 at No. 18 Nebraska* L, 19-13 2018 Record: 18-4 JAN. 28 NO. 1PENN STATE*& L, 25-15 2018 NCAA Championships B1G Finish: 3rd, 4-1 Feb. 2 at No. 17 Northwestern* W, 22-13 Live Stream: ESPN3 (All Mats) Record vs. Field: 9-4 Feb. 4 at No. 14 Illinois* L, 23-12 TV: ESPN (Second Round & Semifinals) FEB. 9 NO. 21 MINNESOTA* L, 20-12 TV: ESPNU (First Round, Quarterfinals & Medal Round) Feb. 16 at No. 18 Wisconsin* W, 24-12. TV: ESPN2 (Finals) Nick Gravina Feb. 18 at Princeton W, 28-7 Radio: WRSU (88.7 FM) No. 14 Seed: 184 lbs March 3-4 Big Ten Champs 11th, 42.5 Points Live Results: TrackWrestling.com March 15-17 NCAA Champs All Day Intermat Ranking: No. 13 KNIGHT NOTES 2018 Record: 17-5 Home matches denoted by BOLD CAPS B1G Finish: 9th, 3-2 Big Ten Championships to be held in East Lan- sing, Mich. • No. 19 Rutgers wrestling heads to The Land, as six Scarlet Record vs. Field: 5-5 NCAA Championships to be held in Cleveland, Knights compete in the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Ohio Championships from March 15-17 at Quicken Loans Arena in * Big Ten Conference Match Cleveland. & denotes BTN match • For the fourth consecutive year, all six sessions of the John Van Brill ! denotes match at High Point Solutions Stadium All match times are Eastern Standard Time tournament will be shown on the ESPN family of networks, No. 15 Seed: 157 lbs with ESPN3 streaming every match of the tournament. Intermat Ranking: No. 19 • RU will look to secure multiple All-Americans in its third 2018 Record: 20-12 consecutive national tournament, as No. 4 seed Nick Suriano RANKED SCARLET KNIGHTS (125), No. 6 seed Richie Lewis (165), No. 14 seed Nick Gravina B1G Finish: 8th, 2-3 (184), No. 15 seed John Van Brill (157), Scott DelVecchio (133) Record vs. Field: 7-8 Wrestler Wt. Intermat Flo OpenMat WIN AWN and Eleazar DeLuca (149) all vie for spots on the podium. N. Suriano 125 3 1 2 3 4 • Rutgers finished 19th with 24.5 team points at last year’s tournament, as Anthony Ashnault and Ken Theobold secured S. DelVecchio 133 NR NR NR NR 18 All-America accolades in St. Louis. Scott DelVecchio Unseeded: 133 lbs E. DeLuca 149 18 18 14 20 14 RUTGERS COMPETITORS Intermat Ranking: NR 2018 Record: 21-7 Wt. Name Yr. Hometown 2017-18 Record (Dual) J. Van Brill 157 19 NR 18 20 NR B1G Finish: 6th, 3-3 125 Nick Suriano**^ So. Paramus, N.J. 21-0 (11-0) 133 Scott DelVecchio*** R-Sr. South Plainfield, N.J. 21-7 (12-3) Record vs. Field: 4-7 R. Lewis 165 6 4 7 5 4 149 Eleazar DeLuca* R-Sr. Talent, Ore. 12-11 (7-7) 157 John Van Brill** R-Jr. Mullica Hill, N.J. 20-12 (7-7) 165 Richie Lewis** R-Sr. Toms River, N.J. 18-4 (9-2) N. Gravina 184 13 10 13 17 10 184 Nicholas Gravina*** R-Sr. Allendale, N.J. 17-5 (11-2) Eleazar DeLuca Unseeded: 149 lbs * denotes previous NCAA Championships qualifications Intermat Ranking: No. 18 Twitter: @RUWrestling ^ qualified with Penn State 2018 Record: 12-11 Instagram: @RUWrestling B1G Finish: 8th, 2-3 www.Facebook.com/RUWrestling Record vs. Field: 5-11 ESPN COVERAGE BREAKDOWN FINAL B1G STANDINGS Date Time (ET) Session Network Number of Mat Feeds Thurs., March 15 Noon-3:30 p.m. ET First Round ESPNU Eight Mats Team B1G % W-L-T % Thurs., March 15 7-10:30 p.m. ET Second Round ESPN Eight Mats Penn State 9-0-0 1.000 14-0-0 1.000 Fri., March 16 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET Third Round ESPNU Eight Mats Fri., March 16 8-11 p.m. ET Fourth Round (Semi’s) ESPN Six Mats Ohio State 8-1-0 .889 14-1-0 .933 Sat., March 17 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET Medal Round ESPNU Three Mats Michigan 7-2-0 .778 11-3-0 .786 Sat., March 17 8-11 p.m. ET Finals ESPN2 One Mat Nebraska 7-2-0 .778 10-4-0 .714 Iowa 6-3-0 .667 12-3-0 .800 RUTGERS NCAA NOTES General Illinois 6-3-0 .667 7-4-0 .636 • This will be the third career appearances at nationals for DelVecchio and Gravina, while Lewis, Suriano Northwestern 5-4-0 .556 11-4-0 .733 and Van Brill will all make their second career trips to NCAA’s. This marks the first career national Minnesota 4-4-0 .500 8-6-0 .571 tournament for DeLuca. • The six at nationals this year marks the fourth consecutive year five or more Scarlet Knights head to the Wisconsin 4-5-0 .444 7-5-0 .583 NCAA Championships. Head coach Scott Goodale has taken seven of the RU program’s all-time top-eight Purdue 3-6-0 .333 9-7-0 .563 (based on number of participants) groups of grapplers to NCAAs in his 11 seasons at the helm. RUTGERS 3-6-0 .333 8-7-0 .533 • In total, 64 wrestlers from RU have qualified for nationals under the guidance of Goodale. • Three Scarlet Knights have earned a total of six All-America designations since Goodale took over the Michigan State 1-8-0 .111 6-11-0 .353 program in 2007. Last season, Ashnault became the first three-time All-American in program history Indiana 0-9-0 .000 6-10-0 .375 when he placed sixth in St. Louis, while Theobold wrestled to a seventh-place result in 2017. Maryland 0-9-0 .000 6-11-0 .353 All-Americans under Goodale Year Wrestler (Place) Weight B1G WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK 2017 Anthony Ashnault (6th) 141 Ken Theobold (7th) 149 2016 Anthony Ashnault (4th) 141 Nov. 7 J. Gasca III, MSU Jan. 9 E. Parker, Ill. Anthony Perrotti (8th) 165 Nov. 14 A. Coon, UM Jan. 16 N. Tomasello, OSU 2015 Anthony Ashnault (8th) 141 T. Campbell, OSU V. Joseph, PSU 2014 Anthony Perrotti (8th) 157 Nov. 21 Y. Hemida, UMD Jan. 23 S. Lee, Iowa Nov. 28 M. Kemerer, Iowa Jan. 30 K. Beazley, UM • The six All-Americans under Goodale marks the most for one coach in program history. Dick Voliva Dec. 5 A. Pantaleo, UM Feb. 6 A. Cassar, PSU produced five during his tenure from 1946-69. K. Moore, OSU Feb. 13 A. Coon, UM • Rutgers has placed 14 All-Americans on the award stand in program history. • With his 6-2 decision over No. 4-seeded Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) in the quarterfinals last year, Dec. 12 A. Marinelli, Iowa A. Marinelli Iowa Ashnault became the first three-time All-American in program history. Ashnault advanced to the Dec. 19 P. Gerish, UMD Feb. 20 J. McKenna, OSU 141-pound semifinal for the second consecutive year and finished 2017 NCAAs with a 3-3 record. Jan. 3 M. Kemerer, Iowa • Mike Leta owns the highest individual placement for the Scarlet Knights with a third-place finish at 130 pounds in 1960. TOP-6 SEEDS BY WEIGHT • One of only three two-time All-Americans in school history, Perrotti was one of just three wrestlers at the 2015 NCAA Championships to lose his first match and bounce back to become an All-American. Perrotti’s 10-second pin against No. 8 Roger Pena (Oregon State) was the second fastest in NCAA Wrestling 125 Pounds 165 Pounds Championships history by collegiate rules. Perrotti defeated three ranked foes in a row including Roger Pena 1. Daroin Cruz, LEH 1. Isaiah Martinez, ILL (Oregon State), Zach Brunson (Illinois) and Nestor Taffur (Boston University) to secure All-America status. 2. Nathan Tomasello, OSU 2. David McFadden, VT • In Tanis’ 2002 NCAA Championships run in Albany, N.Y., he lost his opening bout before winning four- 3. Spencer Lee, IOWA 3. Vincenzo Joseph, PSU consecutive matches to earn All-America honors. He won six bouts in a row to advance to the consolation 4. Nick Suriano, RU 4. Chad Walsh, RID 5. Sean Fausz, NCST 5. Alex Marinelli, IOWA finals, dropping the final match to Iowa’s Jessman Smith by a score of 9-5 to take fourth place. 6. Nick Piccininni, OKST 6. Richie Lewis, RU Individual Notes 133 Pounds 174 Pounds Nick Suriano - No.