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Overall: 3-3 | Home: 1-2 | Away: 0-1 | Neutral:2-0 | B1G: 1-2 No. 24 North Carolina Wrestler Year W L Date Opponent Result Tar Heels (6-7, 0-0) A. Ashnault Fr. (2013-14) 0 0 NOV. 4 MARYLAND*! W, 27-9 R-Fr. (2014-15) 29 8 JOURNEYMEN DUALS Friday, Jan. 12 R-So. (2015-16) 32 4 R-Jr. (2016-17) 30 6 Nov. 11 vs. No. 19 Oklahoma W, 22-9 7 p.m. Nov. 11 vs. Virginia W, 21-9 R-Sr. (2017-18) 0 0 Piscataway, N.J. Nov. 19 at Black Knight Invitational NTS Total 91 18 Dec. 1 at Lock Haven L, 22-16 RAC DEC. 8 NO. 7 IOWA* L, 23-15 S. DelVecchio Fr. (2013-14) 19 7 Dec. 29-30 Midlands Champs 2nd, 109.5 So. (2014-15) 21 12 JAN. 7 OHIO STATE*& L, 29-11 R-So. (2015-16) 0 0 JAN. 12 UNC 7 P.M. MEDIA COVERAGE R-Jr. (2016-17) 23 15 JAN. 19 HOFSTRA 7 P.M. UNC R-Sr. (2017-18) 11 2 Jan. 21 at Nebraska* 2 p.m. Live Stream: BTN Plus ($) Total 74 36 JAN. 28 PENN STATE*& 2 P.M. Radio: WRSU (88.7 FM) Feb. 2 at Northwestern* 8 p.m. Live Results: @RUWrestling N. Gravina Fr. (2013-14) 0 0 R-Fr. (2014-15) 7 4 Feb. 4 at Illinois* 2 p.m. KNIGHT NOTES FEB. 9 MINNESOTA* 7 P.M. R-So. (2015-16) 22 11 Feb. 16 at Wisconsin* 8 p.m. • No. 17 Rutgers wrestling hosts No. 24 North Carolina R-Jr. (2016-17) 23 11 Feb. 18 at Princeton 1 p.m. Friday night at the RAC. R-Sr. (2017-18) 8 3 March 3-4 Big Ten Champs All Day • At intermission, the program will honor former head Total 60 29 March 15-17 NCAA Champs All Day coach John Sacchi, who was with RU for 17 seasons from 1990 to 2007. J. Pagano Fr. (2014-15) 0 0 Home matches denoted by BOLD CAPS • Friday’s dual with the Tar Heels marks the second R-Fr. (2015-16) 16 11 Big Ten Championships to be held in East Lan- of four matches for the Scarlet Knights at home in R-So. (2016-17) 27 12 sing, Mich. January. RU also hosts Hofstra (Jan. 19) and No. 2 NCAA Championships to be held in Cleveland, R-Jr. (2017-18) 9 7 Ohio Penn State (Jan. 28) this month. Total 52 30 * Big Ten Conference Match • Rutgers enters Friday’s match against UNC after it & denotes BTN match fell to No. 2 Ohio State, 29-11, on Sunday at the RAC. ! denotes match at High Point Solutions Stadium • Three Scarlet Knights - Nick Suriano (125), Eleazar All match times are Eastern Standard Time DeLuca (149) and Richie Lewis (165) - picked up victories against the Buckeyes, with DeLuca and Lewis securing ranked victories over Top 10 opponents. MEDIA INFORMATION RANKED SCARLET KNIGHTS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW POLICY Wrestler Wt. Intermat Flo OpenMat WIN AWN Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale and N. Suriano 125 2 2 2 2 1 student-athletes will be made available RUTGERS PROJECTED COMPETITORS to the media following a brief cooling-off period. Please direct any student-athlete Wt. Name Yr. Hometown 2017-18 Record (Dual) S. DelVecchio 133 16 14 13 13 13 requests to Assistant Director of Athletic 125 Nick Suriano*^ So. Paramus, N.J. 15-0 (6-0) Communications Bradly Derechailo (bd219@ scarletknights.com/732-647-5034). 133 Scott DelVecchio** R-Sr. South Plainfield, N.J. 11-2 (5-1) 141 Michael Van Brill R-Fr. Mullica Hill, N.J. 9-6 (3-3) E. DeLuca 149 12 12 11 18 13 IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY 149 Eleazar DeLuca R-Sr. Talent, Ore. 7-4 (4-2) Rutgers holds weekly media availability 157 John Van Brill* R-Jr. Mullica Hill, N.J. 9-4 (2-3) J. Van Brill 157 12 18 10 NR NR (either in person or via teleconference). 165 Richie Lewis* R-Sr. Toms River, N.J. 7-2 (2-1) Requests for head coach Scott Goodale and 174 Jordan Pagano* R-Jr. South Brunswick, N.J. 9-7 (1-4) student-athletes should be made - if pos- -OR- Joe Grello R-Fr. Newtown, N.J. 5-4 (1-2) R. Lewis 165 12 12 11 11 8 sible - 24-48 hours in advance. All interviews 184 Nicholas Gravina** R-Sr. Allendale, N.J. 8-3 (5-0) MUST be coordinated through the Office of 197 Kevin Mulligan R-Fr. Blauvelt, N.Y. 9-6 (1-1) Athletic Communications, and interviews will N. Gravina 184 10 11 12 11 13 not be granted on the day of competition -OR- Anthony Messner Sr. Somerset, N.J. 0-3 (0-1) until after the event has concluded. HWT Razohnn Gross Sr. Franklin Park, N.J. 8-7 (2-4) * denotes previous NCAA Championships qualifications ^ qualified with Penn State Twitter: @RUWrestling Instagram: @RUWrestling www.Facebook.com/RUWrestling 2017-18 B1G STANDINGS NO. 24 NORTH CAROLINA PROJECTED STARTERS Weight Rank Name Hometown/High School Record (Dual) 125 James Szymanski (Jr.) Shoreham, N.Y. / Shoreham-Wading River 9-6 (2-2) Team B1G % W-L-T % 133 20/19/16 Zach Sherman (Fr.) Islamorada, Fla. / Blair Academy (N.J.) 13-10 (7-5) Iowa 4-0-0 1.000 9-0-0 1.000 141 17/17/15 A.C. Headlee (R-So.) Waynesburg, Pa. / Waynesburg Central 11-7 (4-5) Ohio State 3-0-0 1.000 8-0-0 1.000 -OR- Nick Lirette (So.) Boutte, La. / Hahnville 0-1 (0-1) 149 5/5/5 Troy Heilmann (R-Sr.)** South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield 21-3 (11-2) Michigan 2-0-0 1.000 5-1-0 .833 157 Kennedy Monday (R-Fr.) Arlington, Texas / Martin 11-11 (6-7) Penn State 1-0-0 1.000 5-0-0 1.000 -OR- Josh McClure (R-Fr.) Fulton, Mo. / Fulton 4-2 (1-0) Wisconsin 1-0-0 1.000 4-0-0 1.000 165 Anderson Pope (R-Sr.) Cedar Grove, N.C. / Orange 3-4 (0-2) -OR- Clay Lautt (Fr.) Olathe, Kan. / St. James Academy 2-12 (0-8) Minnesota 1-0-0 1.000 4-1-0 .800 -OR- Will MacDonald (R-Fr.) Bethesda, Md. / Gonzaga College 1-3 (1-1) Illinois 2-1-0 .667 3-2-0 .600 174 13/11/9 Ethan Ramos (R-Sr.)*** Hawthorne, N.J. / Hawthorne 7-3 (2-1) Northwestern 1-1-0 .500 6-1-0 .857 -OR- Adis Radoncic (Jr.) Bronx, N.Y./Poly Prep 4-11 (3-9) 184 Chip Ness (R-Jr.)* Duluth, Ga. / Buford 10-6 (7-4) Nebraska 1-1-0 .500 3-3-0 .500 197 17/14/19 Danny Chaid (Sr.)* San Jose, Calif. / Bellarmine Prep 15-6 (11-2) RUTGERS 1-2-0 .333 3-3-0 .500 HWT Cory Daniel (R-Jr.)* Fulton, Md. / River Hill 17-6 (9-3) Purdue 0-1-0 .000 5-2-0 .714 * denotes previous NCAA Championships qualifications Michigan St. 0-2-0 .000 4-4-0 .500 rankings by Intermat/FloWrestling/TheOpenMat Indiana 0-3-0 .000 6-4-0 .600 Maryland 0-6-0 .000 3-6-0 .333 SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA • UNC enters Friday’s match after it lost to No. 11 Arizona State, 27-9, As of Jan. 10 last Saturday in Chapel Hill. Five Tar Heels are ranked by Intermat - No. 5 Troy Heilmann (149), No. 13 Ethan Ramos (174), No. 17 A.C. Headlee (141), No. 17 Danny Chaid (197) and No. 20 Zach Sherman (133). B1G WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK North Carolina returns five wresters with NCAA Championships experience Nov. 7 J. Gasca III, MSU - Heilmann, Ramos, Chaid, Chip Ness (184) and Cory Daniel (HWT). Nov. 14 A. Coon, UM T. Campbell, OSU Nov. 21 Y. Hemida, UMD SERIES VS. NORTH CAROLINA Nov. 28 M. Kemerer, Iowa • Rutgers leads the all-time series against UNC, 3-1, which includes Dec. 5 A. Pantaleo, UM victories in the program’s last three matchups. K. Moore, OSU Dec. 12 A. Marinelli, Iowa Dec. 19 P. Gerish, UMD Two seasons ago, the Scarlet Knights defeated the Tar Heels, 19-13, Jan. 3 M. Kemerer, Iowa on Nov. 15, 2015 at the Journeymen Northeast Duals. Current RU Jan. 9 E. Parker, Ill. grapplers Anthony Ashnault and Richie Lewis had wins in that dual. Rutgers also defeated North Carolina twice in 2011. All time, Scott THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN Goodale is 3-1 coaching against UNC. llinois 3-2 (2-1 B1G) Nebraska 3-3 (1-1 B1G) Jan. 14 at Minnesota Jan. 12 vs. Purdue lndiana 6-4 (0-3 B1G) Northwestern 6-1 (1-1 B1G) Not in Action Jan. 12 vs. Wisconsin NATIONAL POLLS (bold indicates 2017-18 opponent) Iowa 9-0 (4-0 B1G) Ohio St. 8-0 (3-0 B1G) Jan. 14 vs. Oklahoma St. Jan. 12 vs. Minnesota NWCA/USA Today Coaches’ Poll Record Intermat Dual Rankings Record FloWrestling Tean Rankings 1. Penn State (11) 5-0 1. Penn State 5-0 1. Ohio State 2. Ohio State (5) 8-0 2. Ohio State 8-0 2. Penn State Maryland 3-6 (0-6 B1G) Penn St. 5-0 (1-0 B1G) 3. Oklahoma State 6-0 3. Oklahoma State 6-0 3. NC State Jan. 12 at Navy Jan. 12 at Michigan 4. Missouri 12-0 4. Missouri 12-0 4. Michigan Jan. 14 at Harvard Jan. 14 at Michigan St. 5. NC State 10-1 5. Iowa 9-0 5. Iowa at Brown 6. Lehigh 6-1 6. Lehigh 6-1 6. OK State 7. Iowa 8-0 7. Michigan 5-1 7. Missouri Michigan 5-1 (2-0 B1G) Purdue 5-2 (0-1 B1G) 8. Michigan 5-1 8. North Carolina State 10-1 8. Lehigh Jan. 12 vs. Penn St. Jan. 12 at Nebraska 9. Virginia Tech 5-1 9. Virginia Tech 5-1 9. Arizona State 10. Arizona State 3-2 10. Arizona State 3-2 10. Virginia Tech Michigan St. 4-4 (0-2 B1G) Rutgers 3-3 (1-2 B1G) 11. Northern Iowa 2-1 11. Illinois 3-2 11. Wyoming Jan. 14 vs. Penn St. Jan. 12 vs. North Carolina 12. Illinois 3-2 12. Cornell 4-2 12. SD State 13. Cornell 4-2 13. Minnesota 6-3 13. Illinois Minnesota 4-1 (1-0 B1G) Wisconsin 4-0 (1-0 B1G) 14. Minnesota 6-3 14. Northern Iowa 2-1 14. Cornell Jan. 12 at Ohio St. Jan. 12 at Northwestern 15. South Dakota State 5-2 15. South Dakota State 5-2 15. RUTGERS Jan. 14 vs. Illinois 16 .Wisconsin 4-0 16. Nebraska 3-3 16. Central Michigan 17. RUTGERS 3-3 17. Lock Haven 4-0 17. UNI 18. Central Michigan 4-3 18. RUTGERS 3-2 18. Minnesota 19. Nebraska 3-3 19. Wisconsin 4-0 19. Virginia 20. Lock Haven 4-0 20. Edinboro 3-1 20. Nebraska 21. Rider 5-2 21. Rider 5-2 22. Purdue 5-2 22. Wyoming 5-2 23. Wyoming 5-2 23. Navy 4-0 24. North Carolina 5-4 24. Central Michigan 5-3 25. Northwestern 6-1 25. West Virginia 3-3

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 2 RUTGERS BY THE NUMBERS KNIGHT NEWS RUTGERS IN THE RANKINGS • Rutgers features six wrestlers ranked by Intermat, including No. 2 Nick 6 Suriano (125), No. 10 Nick Gravina (184), No. 12 Eleazar DeLuca (149), No. 12 Nationally ranked John Van Brill (157), No. 12 Richie Lewis (165) and No. 16 Scott DelVecchio Scarlet Knights (133). DELUCA NAMED NCAA WRESTLER OF THE WEEK • Eleazar DeLuca (149) was named NCAA Wrestler of the Week, claiming 8 41-percent of all votes from the NCAA Wrestling Twitter poll on Returning NCAA qualifiers Wednesday. The redshirt senior earned the designation after he registered a come- from-behind victory over Ohio State’s No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes on Sunday 1 at the RAC. Returning All-American LAST TIME OUT • Eleazar DeLuca (149) and Richie Lewis (165) both picked up ranked victories for No. 17 Rutgers wrestling (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) in its 29-11 loss to No. 2 26 Ohio State (8-0, 3-0 Big Ten) Sunday afternoon at the RAC. No. 2 Nick N.J. natives on the roster Suriano (125) also captured an individual win against the Buckeyes, who feature 10 wrestlers within the Top 15 of their weight class. DeLuca took the mat against No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes. Hayes led DeLuca, 11 5-0, midway through the third period before DeLuca connected on a six- Consecutive winning point throw to make it 6-5. Hayes escaped to tie the match, but DeLuca added another throw in the closing seconds to secure the 12-7 decision. seasons and campaigns Hayes entered the match with a 17-1 record and a 6-0 mark in dual action of double-digit wins this season. Lewis closed out the dual with No. 11 Te’Shan Campbell, a two-time NCAA qualifier. Tied 1-1 with Campbell in the third period, Lewis landed THE LAST TIME RUTGERS ... a takedown with 35 seconds left for a 3-1 advantage. His takedown at the end of the period made it a 5-2 decision over Campbell, who was 13-2 Won at the RAC...... Feb. 12, 2017 vs. Northwestern - 28-6 and 5-0 in dual action heading into Sunday. Won at the CAG...... Nov. 1, 2015 vs. Binghamton - 38-0 Won at a neutral site...... Nov. 11, 2017 vs. Virginia - 21-9 Lost at the RAC...... Jan. 7, 2017 vs. No. 2 Ohio State - 11-29 Lost at the CAG...... Feb. 1, 2015 vs. No. 4 Ohio State - 17-23 Lost at a neutral site...... Nov. 27, 2017 vs. No. 8 Cornell - 28-10 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Won on the road.....Jan. 29, 2017 at Michigan State - 24-12 Lost on the road...... Dec. 1, 2017 at Lock Haven - 22-16 Location New Brunswick, N.J. Won a B1G dual...... Nov. 4, 2017 vs. Maryland - 27-9 Enrollment 65,000 Lost a B1G dual...... Jan. 7, 2017 vs. No. 2 Ohio State - 11-29 Nickname Scarlet Knights Arena (Capacity) RAC (8,000) Tied an opponent....Jan. 16, 2010 at Michigan State - 16-16 Attendance Record (@ HPSS) 16,178 (vs. Princeton: Nov. 19, 2016) Won by criteria...... Dec. 12, 2015 vs. No. 4 Nebraska - 17-16 (3.15.3) Attendance Record (@ RAC) 6,754 (vs. No. 7 Iowa: Dec. 8, 2017) Lost by criteria.Feb. 6, 2015 at No. 18 Wisconsin - 18-19 (3.15.3) Head Coach Scott Goodale Beat a ranked opponnent...... Nov. 11, 2017 vs. No. 19 Oklahoma - 22-9 Years at School (Record) 11th (156-58-1) Lost to a ranked opponent...... Jan. 7, 2017 vs. No. 2 Ohio State - 11-29 Years as head coach (Record) Same Wrestled No. 1 team...... Iowa, Jan. 2, 2015 - L, 9-27 Associate Head Coach Donny Pritzlaff Wrestled a top-five team. Jan. 7, 2017 vs. No. 2 Ohio State - 11-29 Assistant Coach John Leonardis Beat a top-five team....Dec. 12, 2015 vs. No. 4 Nebraska - 17-16 Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Pollard Shut out an opponent.... Nov. 11, 2016 vs. San Francisco State- 45-0 2016-17 Dual Meet Record 12-5 Scored 50+ points....Nov. 7, 2010 vs. Sacred Heart - W, 56-0 2016-17 Big Ten Dual Meet Record 6-3 Scored 40-49 points..Nov. 11, 2016 vs. San Francisco State- W, 45-0 Big Ten Tournament Finish T/8th, 65.5 points Scored 30-39 points.Jan. 20, 2017 vs. Oregon State - W, 38-3 NCAA Tournament Finish 19th, 24.5 points Scored 20-29 points...... Nov. 11, 2017 vs. Virginia - W, 21-9 Sports Information Contact Bradly Derechailo Scored less than 20 points...... Jan. 7, 2017 vs. No. 2 Ohio State - 11-29 Phone 732-445-7028 Shut out...... Feb. 24, 2013 vs. No. 3 Penn State - 0-34 Email [email protected] Top-three in conference...... 2014 EIWA Championships (Third) Website www.scarletknights.com Top-five in conference...... 2016 Big Ten Championships (Fifth) Dual starters returning/lost 7/3 Had an All-American...... 2017 - Anthony Ashnault, sixth (141 Pounds) NCAA qualifiers returning/ lost 8/3 ...... Ken Theobold, seventh (149 Pounds) All-Americans returning/lost 1/1 Placed at NCAAs...... 2017 - 19th, 24.5 points Program History EIWA Champions 11 Big Ten Champions 2 All-Americans 14 100-win wrestlers 16

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 3 SCARLET KNIGHTS VS. INTERMAT RANKED FOES DUAL WITH NO. 1 PENN STATE SOLD OUT 125 Nick Suriano 4-0 • Rutgers Athletics announced on Wednesday that vs. No. 18 Louie Hayes (Virginia) W-D, 8-1 No. 17 Rutgers wrestling’s Big Ten Conference dual vs. No. 19 Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) W-D, 6-0 with No. 1 Penn State at the RAC on Sunday, Jan. 28 vs. No. 12 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) W, 7-6 at 2 p.m. is sold out to the general public. vs. No. 10 Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) W, 2-1 The sellout marks the first for the program at the RAC 133 Scott DelVecchio 0-1 in its history. In its first dual match at the RAC this vs. No. 3 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) L-D, 4-2 season against then No. 7 Iowa on Dec. 8, Rutgers wrestled in front of a program-record 6,754 fans. 141 Michael Van Brill 1-2 vs. No. 14 Ryan Diehl (Maryland) L-D, 10-9 #RUWR SECOND AT MIDLANDS CHAMPS vs. No. 16 Mike Longo (Oklahoma) W-D, 3-2 BEHIND SURIANO’S TITLE vs. No. 6 Joey McKenna (Ohio State) L-MD, 13-3 • In an iconic night for the program, No. 17 Rutgers wrestling finished second at the 55th Annual Ken 149 Eleazar DeLuca 2-3 Kraft Midlands Championships last Saturday night in vs. No. 14 Davion Jefferies (Oklahoma) W-D, 8-2 Hoffman Estates, Illinois. vs. No. 15 Ronnie Perry (Lock Haven) L-D, 5-1 vs. No. 2 Brandon Sorenson (Iowa) L-D, 4-1 Nick Suriano (125) became the first individual champion vs. No. 2 Brandon Sorenson (Iowa) L-MD, 12-2 ever for the Scarlet Knights at the tournament, while vs. No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) W-D, 12-7 Scott DelVecchio (133), John Van Brill (157) and Richie Lewis (165) recorded third-place results and Nicholas 157 John Van Brill 2-2 Gravina (184) finished sixth to help RU secure its best vs. No. 10 Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven, 165) L-MD, 11-3 team result in program history. vs. No. 19 Larry Early (Old Dominion, 157) W-F (3:51) vs. No. 11 Luke Zilverberg (SDSU, 157) W-D, 9-6 In total, Rutgers collected 16 bonus-point victories vs. No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) L-D, 11-5 – seven pins, five major decisions and four tech falls – and defeated six ranked Intermat foes at the 157 Brett Donner 0-2 Midwest tournament. vs. No. 3 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) L-TF, 25-8 vs. No. 3 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) L-F (1:25) In his five matches, Suriano outscored his opponents, 165 Richie Lewis 2-2 55-16, with two tech falls and two decisions to lead vs. No. 13 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) L-D, 6-4 (SV1) Rutgers with 24 team points during the two-day vs. No. 14 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) L-D, 3-2 tournament. vs. No. 13 Anthony Valencia (Arizona St.) W-D, 5-2 vs. No. 11 Te’shan Campbell (Ohio State) W-D, 5-2 #RUWR FALLS TO NO. 7 IOWA IN FRONT OF RECORD CROWD 174 Joe Grello 0-1 • In front of a record crowd of 6,754 fans, No. 16 vs. No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) L-D, 7-3 Rutgers wrestling was edged by No. 7 Iowa, 23-15, on Dec. 8 at the RAC. 174 Jordan Pagano 0-3 vs. No. 13 Yoanse Mejias (Oklahoma) L-D, 7-3 The Scarlet Knights raced to a 12-0 lead with wins vs. No. 20 Will Schany (Virginia) L-D, 6-5 from 125-pounder Nick Suriano, 133-pounder vs. No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State)* L-F (0:37) Scott DelVecchio and 141-pounder Michael Van Brill, but the Hawkeyes closed out the match with 184 Nick Gravina 0-2 victories in six of their last seven bouts for the Big vs. No. 14 Emery Parker (Illinois) L-D, 2-1 Ten Conference dual victory. vs. No. 19 Joe Heyob (Penn) L-MF The 6,754 fans in attendance were the most to watch 197 Kevin Mulligan 0-2 Rutgers wrestling at the RAC in its history, breaking vs. No. 8 Cash Wilke (Iowa) L-D, 8-3 the previous mark of 6,071 when RU hosted Penn vs. No. 13 Frank Mattiace (Penn) L-F (1:46) State on Jan. 16, 2015.

197 Anthony Messner 0-2 SURIANO’S HOT START vs. No. 8 Cash Wilke (Iowa) L-F (4:45) • Nick Suriano has not disappointed during his first vs. No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) L-MD, 18-7 few months with the Rutgers wrestling team, as the Paramus, N.J., native has produced a perfect 15-0 HWT Razohnn Gross 0-5 record, including a 6-0 mark in duals, thus far. vs. No. 13Yousiff Hemida (Maryland) L-D, 7-1 vs. No. 14 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) L-F (1:20) Suriano has outscored his opponents, 93-28, with vs. No. 15 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) L-F (0:43) three tech falls, a major decision and two decisions vs. No. 6 Sam Stoll (Iowa) L-F (2:41) in his first six dual matches at RU. Overall, Suriano vs. No. 1 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) L-F (1:59) has outscored his opponents, 204-51, in his first 15 matches of 2017-18. *Pagano wrestled up at 184 against Ohio State Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 4 LEWIS CLAIMS GOLD AT U23 WORLD’S Along with Suriano and Grello’s individual • Redshirt senior Richie Lewis captured the 70kg championships, the RU finished the invite with two freestyle gold medal at the U23 World Championships runner-ups – 174-pounder Jordan Pagano and this Sunday in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Lewis defeated heavyweight Razohnn Gross – and two third-place Kumar Vinod (India) by decision, 3-1, in the title bout finishers in 141-pounder Michael Van Brill and to secure his first international championship. 197-pounder Kevin Mulligan.

The 70kg gold medal capped an impressive JOURNEYMEN DUALS SWEEP championships run for Lewis, who was competing • Rutgers earned a pair of victories over No. 19 in his first international tournament of his career and Oklahoma (22-9) and Virginia (21-9) on Nov. 11 at the finished U23’s a perfect 5-0. In his five matches, Lewis 2017 Journeymen Northeast Duals in Clifton Park, outscored his opponents, 45-11, with three decisions New York. In total, the Scarlet Knights secured 14 of and two tech falls. 20 possible individual bouts last weekend.

CORRENTI FINISHES SECOND AT WILKES Redshirt senior 149-pounder Eleazar DeLuca, sopho- • Redshirt freshman Matthew Correnti finished more 125-pounder Nick Suriano and redshirt fresh- runner-up at heavyweight to highlight action for No. man Michael Van Brill all picked up decisions over 17 Rutgers wrestling at the 85th annual Wilkes Open ranked foes. in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Dec. 22. In total, six Scarlet Knights placed at the tournament wrestling Six RU grapplers – DeLuca, Suriano, Van Brill, redshirt unattached. senior 133-pounder Scott DelVecchio, redshirt senior 184-pounder Nicholas Gravina and senior heavy- Correnti finished 4-1 at the event, which included weight Razohnn Gross – picked up multiples wins three consecutive pins to start the tournament. In during the duals. his semifinal bout with Brett Dempsey (American), Correnti recorded a takedown in the first period, GROSS SHINES AT JOURNEYMEN CLASSIC an escape in the second and added the riding time • Razohnn Gross went 3-0 at the Journeymen Classic point for a 4-0 victory. Dempsey is currently ranked as in Troy, New York on Nov. 12. The senior defeated the No. 22 heavyweight nationally by TrackWrestling. Virginia’s Robert Scherer, 7-4, to complete his perfect com. Correnti took a medical forfeit in the finals to weekend. Gross now leads RU in wins with five this finish second in his weight class. season.

TOUGH RESULT AT THE HAVEN Four other Scarlet Knights - Alex Mackall (133), Peter • Despite wins in five individual matches, then-No. 11 Lipari (141), Willie Scott (174) and Kevin Mulligan Rutgers wrestling fell to Lock Haven, 22-16, on Dec. 1 (197) - competed in the tournament. at a sold-out Thomas Fieldhouse. SEVEN PLACE AT ESU OPEN Tied 16-16 heading into the final match of the night • Ten Scarlet Knights wrestled unattached at the 51st at heavyweight, Haven’s No. 15 Thomas Haines Annual East Stroudsburg University Open on Nov. recorded a pin to secure the dual victory for the Bald 12. RU left the tournament with seven placewinners Eagles. in 133-pound runner-up Zach Firestone, 141-pound runner up Robert Cleary, 149-pound runner up Nick 125-pounder Nick Suriano registered his first major Santos, 125-pound third-place finisher Shane Metzler, decision of the dual season, while 133-pounder Scott 133-pound third-place finisher Kyle DiNapoli and DelVecchio, 174-pounder Joseph Grello, Jordan heavyweight third-place finishers Matthew Correnti Pagano (184 pounds) and Nicholas Gravina (197 and Ralph Normandia. pounds) all picked up decisions. Gravina and Pagano both wrestled up a weight class last Friday night. LIGHTWEIGHT DOMINANCE • In Rutgers first three duals of the season, RU’s first PAGANO CAPTURES TITLE AT MAT-TOWN OPEN four weights (Suriano -125, DelVecchio -133, Michael • Jordan Pagano secured the 174-pound title wrestling Van Brill -141, DeLuca -149) combined for a 11-1 unattached for Rutgers at the 12th annual Mat-Town record and 3-1 mark against ranked foes. Open on Nov. 26 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Pagano went 3-0 at the tournament, which included The quartet has outscored its opponents, 117-46, a 7-0 decision over Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) to win against Maryland, No. 19 Oklahoma and Virginia. his bracket. A RETURN TO THE BIRTHPLACE SURIANO, GRELLO CLAIM BLACK KNIGHT TITLES • For the second consecutive season, Rutgers hosted • 125-pounder Nick Suriano and 174-pounder Joseph Grello a dual match outside at High Point Solutions Stadium, captured individual titles at the Black Knight Invitational, as the Scarlet Knights defeated Maryland, 27-9, on hosted by Army, on Nov. 19 in West Point, New York. Nov. 4. In total, 12 of 14 Scarlet Knights placed in their respective RU had seven individual victories against the weight classes at the tournament. Terrapins, including tech falls from Nick Suriano and

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 5 John Van Brill, and major decisions from Richie Lewis RU (12-5, 6-3) closed out last season tied for 12th and Kevin Mulligan. in the final NWCA Coaches Poll, as the program recorded a 6-3 mark in Big Ten Conference action. Dubbed the “Battle at the Birthplace” last season, the The six Big Ten victories were the most for Rutgers Scarlet Knights defeated Princeton, 19-16, in front of since it joined the conference in 2014, while the 16,178 at HPSS. The event drew the second-highest Scarlet Knights also finished a perfect 6-0 at the crowd in NCAA dual history. RAC last season.

2018 RECRUITING CLASS SIGNED WELCOME HOME, NICK SURIANO • Rutgers wrestling head coach Scott Goodale • 125-pounder Nick Suriano, who competed introduced five wrestlers – Nicolas Aguilar, Jake last season at Penn State, enrolled at Rutgers Benner, Billy Janzer, Kyle Lighter and Malcolm University as a transfer student on Sept. 6. Suriano Robinson – who all signed National Letters of Intent is immediately eligible to participate in 2017-18 for (NLI’s) to compete for the Scarlet Knights beginning Rutgers wrestling, and will have three seasons of in the fall of 2018. eligibility remaining.

Janzer (No. 5, 182 lbs), Robinson (No. 7, 145 lbs), Competing at 125 pounds, Suriano finished 16-3 Aguilar (No. 9, 120 lbs), and Benner (No. 18, 145 as a true freshman for the Nittany Lions in 2016-17, lbs) are all rated within the top 20 of their respective which included a 12-2 mark in dual action and an weight classes, according to Intermat. Benner, 8-1 record in Big Ten duals. Suriano was seeded Janzer and Lightner all collected NJSIAA state titles third at the 2017 NCAA Championships in St. Louis in 2017. at 125 pounds, but was unable to compete in the tournament due to injury. Two of Suriano’s losses were the result of injury, while his other defeat BEST FOOT FORWARD came against Iowa’s Thomas Gilman, who was the • Rutgers has won 10 consecutive duals to open a 2017 Big Ten champion and NCAA runner-up in his season. weight class.

SAM CALI $100K SEASON TICKET CHALLENGE The Paramus, New Jersey, native enrolled at PSU • Rutgers wrestling sold 2,000 season tickets for after he produced one of the greatest high school 2017-18, reaching its goal in memory of Sam Cali, careers in Garden State history. Suriano earned four a Scarlet Knight wrestler who passed away last NJSIAA State Championships at Bergen Catholic summer. and finished his scholastic career a perfect 159-0. Suriano was just the fourth four-time New Jersey An anonymous donor will now donate $100,000 state champion all-time and is the only wrestler in back to the program towards the naming of a state history to match his four individual titles with Rutgers wrestling assistant coach’s office at the new four team championships. RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center in Cali’s honor. ASHNAULT SIDELINED • 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault will miss the This marks the third-straight year Rutgers wrestling first part of the 2017-18 season after undergoing has sold the most season tickets in program history, surgery in the offseason. Ashnault, the only three- surpassing the 1,000 season tickets sold mark in time All-American and two-time Big Ten champion each of the last three seasons. in program history, owns 91 career victories during his time in Piscataway.

HISTORIC HOME SLATE TOP-FIVE IN NATIONAL ATTENDANCE, AGAIN • Rutgers will host USA Today/NWCA preseason No. • For the second consecutive year, Rutgers wrestling 1 Penn State, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Minnesota, No. finished fifth overall in average home dual attendance 7 Iowa and No. 22 North Carolina this season at the for the 2016-17 season, the TheOpenMat.com RAC. announced. Those five programs produced 41 NCAA qualifiers, The Scarlet Knights concluded their 2016-17 home 21 All-Americans, 10 championship finalists and dual schedule 6-0, as the program averaged 4,706 seven NCAA individual champions last season. fans per home event. RU drew the biggest dual crowd of the season nationally when it had 16,178 NO. 12 PRESEASON RANKING fans attend the “Battle at the Birthplace” at High Point • For the second consecutive year, Rutgers wrestling Solutions Stadium last November against Princeton. is the No. 12 team in the nation, according to the It was also the second-biggest crowd in NCAA dual USA Today/National Coaches Association (NWCA) history. Division I Preseason Coaches Poll, released Tuesday afternoon. The No. 12 position to begin a season ties Rutgers finished within the top-six in home the highest ranking in program history, as the Scarlet attendance for the third-straight season, with only Knights also appeared at No. 12 to start 2016-17. Iowa (1st - 9,860), Penn State (2nd - 7833), Ohio

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 6 State (3rd - 5880), and Oklahoma State (4th - 5041) all made their NCAA Championships debut in 2017. drawing more. In total, 28,236 fans watched Rutgers wrestle in Piscataway in 2016-17.

AS SEEN ON TV • Rutgers wrestling is set to appear in two nationally televised matches this season, which will both take place at the RAC. The Scarlet Knights host preseason No. 2 Ohio State on Sunday, Jan. 7 at noon on Big Ten Network. RU also entertains reigning national champion, Penn State, on Sunday, Jan. 28 in Piscataway on BTN.

RETURNING NCAA QUALIFIERS • Scott DelVecchio (133), Anthony Ashnault (141), John Van Brill (157), Jordan Pagano (174), Nicholas Gravina (184) and Matthew Correnti (197) all return to Rutgers after qualifying for the NCAA Championships last year. Nick Suriano (125) qualified for NCAA’s in 2017 with Penn State, while Richie Lewis (157) qualified in 2016 for the Scarlet Knights.

JERSEY STRONG • 89 percent (26 of 29) of RU’s roster hails from the “Garden State.” Eight of Rutgers’ 10 starters against Maryland in its 2017-18 season opener are New Jersey natives.

PAROCHIAL POWER • Four of the Scarlet Knights’ 10 starters from their season opener competed at parochial high schools in New Jersey during their scholastic careers - Nick Suriano (Bergen Catholic), Jordan Pagano (Bergen Catholic), Kevin Mulligan (Bergen Catholic) and Razohnn Gross (Don Bosco Prep). RU also has five grapplers from Bergen Catholic - Suriano, Pagano, Mulligan, Peter Lipari and Joseph Grello.

2017 NCAA RECAP • Seven Scarlet Knights qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championships, as Anthony Ashnault (6th, 141) and Ken Theobold (7th, 149) gave RU multiple All- Americans in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history. Scott DelVecchio (133) and Nicholas Gravina (184) both advanced to the round of 12 in their respective weight classes, giving Rutgers four wrestlers competing on Friday night. That was the most for the program in RU history. DelVecchio and Gravina each finished with 3-2 records in St. Louis.

With his 6-2 decision over No. 4-seeded Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) in the quarterfinals, Ashnault became the first three-time All-American in program history. Ashnault advanced to the 141-pound semifinal for the second consecutive year and finished 2017 NCAAs with a 3-3 record. John Van Brill, Jordan Pagano and Matthew Correnti

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 7 2017-18 RUTGERS WRESTLING STATISTICS WEIGHT-BY-WEIGHT BREAKDOWN Wrestler Overall Rcd. Dual Rcd. B1G Rcd. Dual Points Dec. (Duals) Forf./Def. (Duals) MD (Duals) TF (Duals) Pins (Duals) Fastest 125 Mackall, Alex 3-4 0-0 ------2 (0) ------1 (0) ------Suriano, Nick 15-0 6-0 3-0 25 5 (2) --- 3 (1) 6 (3) 1 (0) 2:32 133 DelVecchio, Scott 11-2 5-1 2-1 17 8 (3) --- 2 (2) 1 (0) ------141 Ashnault, Anthony 0-0 0-0 ------Van Brill, Michael 9-6 3-3 1-2 9 6 (3) --- 1 (0) --- 2 (0) 1:12 Lipari, Peter 5-6 0-0 ------3 (0) --- 1 (0) --- 1 (0 2:42 149 DeLuca, Eleazar 7-4 4-2 2-1 12 5 (4) --- 1 (0) --- 1 (0) 2:05 Santos, Nick 10-5 0-0 ------7 (0) ------3 (0) 0:52 157 Donner, Brett 4-7 0-3 0-1 0 3 (0) 1 (0) ------Lewis, Richie 1-0 1-0 1-0 4 ------1 (1) ------Santos, Nick 0-1 0-1 --- 0 ------Van Brill, John 7-2 0-1 0-1 --- 2 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 2:27 165 Lewis, Richie 6-2 1-1 1-1 3 4 (0) --- 2 (0) ------Van Brill, John 2-2 2-2 1-0 8 1 (1) ------1 (1) ------174 Pagano, Jordan 8-6 0-3 0-1 0 5 (0) --- 1 (0) --- 2 (0) 1:46 Grello, Joseph 5-4 1-2 0-2 3 2 (1) --- 1 (0) --- 2 (0) 4:16 Scott, Willie 1-2 0-0 ------1 (0) ------184 Gravina, Nicholas 7-3 4-0 2-0 12 6 (4) ------1 (0) ------Scott, Willie 0-2 0-0 ------Pagano, Jordan 1-1 1-1 0-1 3 1 (0) ------197 Gravina, Nicholas 1-0 1-0 0-0 3 1 (0) ------Mulligan, Kevin 9-6 2-2 1-1 7 8 (0) --- 1 (1) ------Messner, Anthony 0-5 0-1 0-1 ------HWT Gross, Razohnn 8-7 2-4 0-3 6 8 (2) ------Normandia, Ralph 5-4 0-0 ------3 (0) --- 1 (0) --- 1 (0) 0:29

DUAL LEADERS Wins Pins Major Decisions 1. Nick Suriano 6 1. Scott DelVecchio 2 2. Scott DelVecchio/Nicholas Gravina 5 2. Lewis/Mulligan/Suriano 1 3. Eleazar DeLuca 4

Points Tech Falls Decisions 1. Nick Suriano 25 1. Nick Suriano 3 1.Nick Gravina 5 2. Scott DelVecchio 17 2. John Van Brill 1 2. Eleazar DeLuca 4 3. Nick Gravina 15 3. Scott DelVecchio/Michael Van Brill 3

OVERALL LEADERS

Wins Tech Falls Decisions 1. Nick Suriano 15 1. Nick Suriano 6 1. DelVecchio/Gross/Mulligan 8 2. Scott DelVecchio/Matthew Correnti 11 2. John Van Brill 2 2. Nick Santos 7 3. Nick Santos 10 3. Five tied 1 3. Nick Gravina/Michael Van Brill 6

Pins Major Decisions Fastest Fall 1. Nick Santos 3 1. Nick Suriano 3 1. Ralph Normandia 0:29 2. Grello/Pagano/M. Van Brill/J. Van Brill 2 2. DelVecchio/DiNapoli/Ecklof/Lewis 2 2. Nick Santos 0:52 3. DeLuca/Normandia/Suriano 1 3. Nine tied 1 3. Michael Van Brill 1:12

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Individual Record 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 6-0 5-1 3-3 4-2 1-5 3-3 1-5 5-1 3-3 2-4 33-27

Decisions 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 2 3 3 4 0 2 1 5 2 2 24

Major Decisions 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5

Tech Falls 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT TOTAL 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

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

WEIGHT-BY-WEIGHT BREAKDOWN (REDSHIRT) Wrestler Overall Rcd. Dual Rcd. B1G Rcd. Dual Points Dec. (Duals) Forf./Def. (Duals) MD (Duals) TF (Duals) Pins (Duals) Fastest 125 Denora, Nick 2-6 ------2 (0) ------Ecklof, Luke 4-6 ------1 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) ------Metzler, Shane 7-5 ------6 (0) ------1 (0) 3:43 133 DiNapoli, Kyle 8-6 ------3 (0) 1 (0) 3 (0) --- 1 (0) 2:51 Firestone, Zach 7-3 ------2 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) --- 2 (0) 1:33 141 Cleary, Robert 10-4 ------6 (0) 2 (0) --- 1 (0) 1 (0) 3:57 149 157 165 174 Pagano, Jordan 5-4 ------3 (0) --- 1 (0) --- 1 (0) 1:46 Scott, Willie 184 197 HWT Correnti, Matthew 11-4 ------1 (0) --- 1 (0) --- 1 (0) 6:22 D’Amore, Dylan 4-6 ------4 (0) ------Esposito, Alex 7-3 ------2(0) --- 1 (0) --- 4 (0) 1:33

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DUAL NO. 1 DUAL NO. 2 NO. 12 RUTGERS 27, MARYLAND 9* NO. 12 RUTGERS 22, NO. 19 OKLAHOMA 9

Nov. 4, 2017 • Piscataway, N.J. • High Point Solutions Stadium Nov. 11, 2017 • Clifton Park, N.Y. • Shenendehowa High School 125: No. 3/3/4 Nick Suriano (RU) tech fall over Brandon Cray (UMD), 24-7; RU leads, 5-0 125: No. 2/2/3 Nick Suriano (RU) dec. over Christian Moody (OU), 4-2; RU leads, 3-0 133: No. 12/11/11 Scott DelVecchio (RU) dec. over Michael Doetsch (UMD), 11-5; RU leads, 8-0 133: No. 12/11/11 Scott DelVecchio (RU) major dec. over Jake Rubio (OU), 16-6; RU leads, 7-0 141: No. 14/10/14 Ryan Diehl (UMD) dec. over Michael Van Brill (RU), 10-9; RU leads, 8-3 141: Michael Van Brill (RU) dec. over No. 16/15/16 Mike Longo (OU), 3-2; RU leads, 10-0 149: Eleazar DeLuca (RU) dec. over Adam Whitesell (UMD), 10-4; RU leads, 11-3 149: Eleazar Deluca (RU) dec. over No.14/13/17 Davion Jefferies (OU), 8-2; RU leads, 13-0 157: No. 8/7/14 Richie Lewis (RU) major dec. over Kyle Cochran, 13-4; RU leads, 15-3 157: Justin Thomas (OU) dec. over Brett Donner (RU), 5-0; RU leads, 13-3 165: John Van Brill (RU) tech fall over Brendan Burnham (UMD), 15-0; RU leads, 20-3 165: John Van Brill (RU) dec. over Dawaylon Barnes (OU), 6-5; RUleads, 16-3 174: Josh Ugalde (UMD) dec. over No. 16/16/17 Jordan Pagano (RU), 8-3; RU leads, 20-6 174: No. 13/13/7 Yoanse Mejias (OU) dec. over No. 18/NR/NR Jordan Pagano (RU), 7-3; RU leads, 16-6 184: No. 10/10/7 Nicholas Gravina (RU) dec. over Jaron Smith (UMD), 10-4; RU leads, 23-6 184: No. 10/10/7 Nicholas Gravina (RU) dec. over Matthew Waddell (OU), 4-2; RU leads, 19-6 197: Kevin Mulligan (RU) major dec. over Nick Capello (UMD), 11-2; RU leads, 27-6 197: Andrew Dixon (OU) dec. over Kevin Mulligan (RU), 3-0; RU leads, 19-9 HWT: No. 13/17/11 Yousiff Hemida (UMD) dec. over Razohnn Gross (RU), 7-1; RU wins, 27-9 HWT: Razohnn Gross (RU) dec. over Connor Webb (OU), 2-1; RU wins the dual, 22-9 Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 3 DUAL NO. 4 NO. 12 RUTGERS 21, VIRGINIA 9 RV LOCK HAVEN 22, NO. 11 RUTGERS 16

Nov. 11, 2017 • Clifton Park, N.Y. • Shenendehowa High School Dec. 1, 2017 • Lock Haven, Pa. • Thomas Field House 125: No. 2/2/3 Nick Suriano (RU) dec. over No. 18/15/12 Louie Hayes (UVA), 8-1; RU leads, 3-0 125: No. 2/2/3 Nick Suriano (RU) MD over Josiah Kline (LHU), 19-5; RU leads, 4-0 133: No. 12/11/11 Scott DelVecchio (RU) dec. over Scott Kiyono (UVA), 11-4; RU leads, 6-0 133: No. 10/10/10 Scott DelVecchio (RU) dec. over DJ Fehlman (LHU), 11-5: RU leads, 7-0 141: Michael Van Brill (RU) dec. over Sam Martino (UVA), 4-0; RU leads, 9-0 141: Kyle Shoop (LHU) MD over NR/NR/No. 17 Michael Van Brill (RU), 13-0; RU leads, 7-4 149: Eleazar Deluca (RU) dec. over Sam Krivus (UVA), 9-3; RU leads, 12-0 149: No. 15/15/12 Ronnie Perry (LHU) dec. over No. 13/17/14 Eleazar DeLuca (RU), 5-1; dual tied, 7-7 157: Jake Keating (UVA) dec. over Brett Donner (RU), 4-0; RU leads, 12-3 157: Alex Klucker (LHU) TF over Nick Santos (RU), 16-1 (7:00); Lock Haven leads, 12-7 165: George Atkinson (UVA) dec. over John Van Brill (RU), 9-2; RU leads, 12-6 165: No. 10/10/10 Chance Marsteller (LHU) MD over John Van Brill (RU), 11-3; Lock Haven leads, 16-7 174: No. 20/20/18 Will Schany (UVA) dec. over No. 18/NR/NR Jordan Pagano (RU), 6-5; RU leads, 12-9 174: Joe Grello (RU) dec. over Jared Siegrist (LHU), 3-2; Lock Haven leads, 16-10. 184: No. 10/10/7 Nicholas Gravina (RU) dec. over Chance McClure (UVA), 3-0; RU leads, 15-9 184: Jordan Pagano (RU) dec. over Corey Hazel (LHU), 4-2 (SV1); Lock Haven leads, 16-13 197: Kevin Mulligan (RU) dec. over Jay Aiello (UVA), 5-0; RU leads, 18-9 197: No. 9/11/9 Nicholas Gravina (RU) dec. over Tristian Sponseller (LHU), 6-4; dual tied, 16-16 HWT: Razohnn Gross (RU) dec. over Tyler Love (UVA), 5-2; RU wins, 21-9 HWT: No. 15/11/17 Thomas Haines (LHU) by fall over Razohnn Gross (RU) (0:43); Lock Haven wins, 22-16 Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 5 DUAL NO. 6 NO. 7 IOWA 23, NO. 16 RUTGERS 15* NO. 2 OHIO STATE 29, NO. 17 RUTGERS 11

Dec. 8, 2017 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center Jan. 7, 2018 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center 125: No. 2/2/2 Nick Suriano (RU) TF over Justin Stickley (Iowa), 24-5; RUleads 5-0 174: No. 3/3/3 Bo Jordan (OSU) wins by dec. over Joseph Grello (RU), 7-3; OSU leads, 3-0 133: No. 13/12/11 Scott DelVecchio (RU) MD over Paul Glynn (Iowa), 12-4; RU leads, 9-0 184: No. 2/2/2 Myles Martin (OSU) wins by fall over Jordan Pagano (RU) (0:37); OSU leads, 9-0 141: Michael Van Brill (RU) dec. over Carter Happel (Iowa), 3-2; RU leads, 12-0 197: No. 1/1/1 Kollin Moore (OSU) wins by MD over Anthony Messner (RU), 18-7; OSU leads, 13-0 149: No. 2/2/2 Brandon Sorenson (Iowa) dec. over No. 14/17/14 Eleazar DeLuca (RU), 4-1; RU leads, 12-3 HWT: No. 1/1/1 Kyle Snyder (OSU) wins by fall over Razohnn Gross (RU) (1:59); OSU leads, 19-0 157: No. 3/3/3 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) TF over Brett Donner (RU), 25-8; RU leads, 12-8 125: No. 2/2/2 Nick Suriano (RU) win by TF over Brakan Mead (OSU), 24-9; OSU leads, 19-5 165: No. 13/13/NR Alex Marinelli (Iowa) dec. over No. 9/7/9 Richie Lewis (RU), 6-4 (SV1); RU leads, 12-11 133: No. 3/2/2 Luke Pletcher (OSU) wins by dec. over No. 14/13/13 Scott DelVecchio (RU), 4-2; OSU leads, 22-5 174: No. NR/NR/10 Joey Gunther (Iowa) dec. over Joseph Grello (RU), 5-4; Iowa leads, 14-12 141: No. 6/6/6 Joey McKenna (OSU) wins by MD over Michael Van Brill (RU), 13-3; OSU leads, 26-5 184: No. 9/11/12 Nicholas Gravina (RU) dec. over Mitch Bowman (Iowa), 4-0; RUl eads, 15-14 149: No. 14/17/15 Eleazar DeLuca (RU) wins by dec. over No. 5/5/5 Ke-Shawn Hayes (OSU), 12-7; OSU leads, 26-8 197: No. 8/8/11 Cash Wilke (Iowa) dec. over Kevin Mulligan (RU), 8-3; Iowa leads, 17-15 157: No. 6/6/7 Micah Jordon (OSU) wins by dec. over No. NR/NR/10 John Van Brill (RU), 11-5; OSU leads, 29-8 HWT: No. 6/7/6 Sam Stoll (Iowa) fall (2:41) over Razohnn Gross (RU); Iowa wins, 23-15 165: No. 15/13/13 Richie Lewis (RU) wins by dec. over No. 11 Te’Shan Campbell (OSU), 5-2; OSU wins, 29-11 Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

DUAL NO. 7 DUAL NO. 8 RUTGERS VS. NORTH CAROLINA RUTGERS VS. HOFSTRA Jan. 19, 2018 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center Jan. 12, 2018 • 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

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DUAL NO. 9 DUAL NO. 10 RUTGERS AT NEBRASKA* RUTGERS VS. PENN STATE*

Jan. 21, 2018 • Lincoln, Neb. • Devaney Center Jan. 29, 2018 • 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 AT NORTHWESTERN* RUTGERS AT ILLINOIS*

Feb. 2, 2018 • Evanston, Ill. • Patten Gym Feb. 4, 2018 • Champaign, Ill. • Huff Hall 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 VS. MINNESOTA* RUTGERS AT WISCONSIN*

Feb. 9, 2018 • Piscataway, N.J. • Rutgers Athletic Center Feb. 16, 2018 • Madison, Wis. • UW Field House 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 RUTGERS AT PRINCETON

Feb. 18, 2018 • Princeton, N.J. • Jadwin Gymnasium 125: 133: 141: 149: 157: 165: 174: 184: 197: HWT: Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 11 DUAL-BY-DUAL STARTERS Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Maryland Suriano DelVecchio M. Van Brill DeLuca Lewis J. Van Brill Pagano Gravina Mulligan Gross W-TF, 24-7 W-D, 11-5 L-D, 10-9 W-D, 10-4 W-MD, 13-4 W-TF, 15-0 L-D, 8-3 W-D, 10-4 W-MD, 11-3 L-D, 7-1 W, 27-9 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Oklahoma Suriano DelVecchio M. Van Brill DeLuca Donner J. Van Brill Pagano Gravina Mulligan Gross W-D, 4-2 W-MD, 16-6 W-D, 3-2 W-D, 8-2 L-D, 5-0 W-D, 6-5 L-D, 7-3 W-D, 4-2 L-D, 3-0 W-D, 2-1 Nov. 11 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Virginia Suriano DelVecchio M. Van Brill DeLuca Donner J. Van Brill Pagano Gravina Mulligan Gross W-D, 8-1 W-D, 11-4 W-D, 4-0 W-D, 9-3 L-D, 4-0 L-D, 9-2 L-D, 6-5 W-D, 5-0 W-D, 5-0 W-D, 5-2 Nov. 11 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at Suriano DelVecchio M. Van Brill DeLuca Santos J. Van Brill Grello Pagano Gravina Gross Lock Haven W-MD, 19-5 W-D, 11-5 L-MD, 13-0 L-D, 5-1 L-TF, 16-1 L-MD, 11-3 W-D, 3-2 W-D, 4-2 (SV) W-D, 6-4 L-F (0:43) Dec. 1 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Suriano DelVecchio M. Van Brill DeLuca Donner Lewis Grello Gravina Mulligan Gross Iowa W-TF, 24-5 W-MD, 12-4 W-D, 3-2 L-D, 4-1 L-TF, 25-8 L-D, 6-4 (SV1) L-D, 5-4 W-D, 4-0 L-D, 8-3 L-F (2:41) Dec. 8 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Suriano DelVecchio M. Van Brill DeLuca J. Van Brill Lewis Grello Pagano Messner Gross Ohio State W-TF, 24-9 L-D, 4-2 L-MD, 13-3 W-D, 12-7 L-D, 11-5 W-D, 5-2 L-D, 7-3 L-F (0:37) L-MD, 18-7 L-F (1:59) Jan. 7 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. UNC Jan. 12 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Hofstra Jan. 19

Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT at Nebraska Jan. 21 Dual 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT vs. Penn State Jan.

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Eleventh-year head coach Scott Goodale has brought the Scarlet Knights to the forefront of collegiate wrestling 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 four seasons, Rutgers has achieved six All-Americans. Since 2009, RU has earned two top-10 finishes and six top-25 finishes in the USA Today/ NWCA Division I Coaches Poll.

Under Goodale’s watch, RU has produced six All-Americans, three conference champions (Two Big Ten, One EIWA), 58 NCAA Champion- ship bids, 18 Big Ten Conference Championships placewinners and 42 placewinners at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships. The program has tallied an impressive 153-55-1 record during his first 10 years “On the Banks.” Rutgers has had All-Americans in each of the last four seasons, as Anthony Ashnault (141) became the first three time All-American in program history when he finished sixth at the 2017 national championships in St. Louis. Ken Theobold also appeared on the podium at 149 in 2017, giving the program back-to-back seasons with two or more All-Americans for the first time ever.

In 2014, the program earned its first All-American since 2002, as 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti finished eighth at NCAAs. Perrotti closed his career on the national podium at 165 pounds in 2016 in front of a local crowd at MSG, becoming the third two-time All-American in RU history.

All-Americans under Goodale Year Wrestler (Place) Weight 2017 Anthony Ashnault (6th) 141 Ken Theobold (7th) 149 2016 Anthony Ashnault (4th) 141 Anthony Perrotti (8th) 165 2015 Anthony Ashnault (8th) 141 2014 Anthony Perrotti (8th) 157

Rutgers also hosted the historic “Battle at the Birthplace” this past season, in which it defeated rival Princeton, 19-16, in front of 16,178 fans at High Point Solutions Stadium on Nov. 19, 2016. The event drew the second-highest crowd in NCAA dual history.

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. Rutgers’ national prominence soared to new heights in 2014-15 in its first season in the Big Ten Conference. The Scarlet Knights tallied a new single-season attendance mark and posted the sixth-best attendance total (18,877) and average (2,697) in the nation, according to a report released Roby Publishing. RU ended its inaugural Big Ten Conference campaign No. 21 in the nation in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll after a 14-7 campaign that featured a pair of ranked wins and five NCAA Championships selections. 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 2012-13 campaign was a successful one for Goodale and Co., as the Scarlet Knights returned to the national spotlight by ending the year ranked No. 25 in the NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll courtesy of a 16-4 dual record. RU saw eight grapplers finish in the top eight at the EIWA Championships and sent seven wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The 2011-12 season was marked by the NCAA success of senior Billy Ashnault, who finished one win shy of All-America status at 141 pounds. In total, five Scarlet Knights represented RU at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo. Rutgers additionally played host to one of four regional sites of the 2012 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals, continuing to boost the Scarlet Knight grapplers’ national prominence. In 2010-11, RU reached new heights as a program, finishing the year as a top-10 program, ranking ninth in the NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll after posting a school- record 21 victories against only two defeats. Rutgers continued its strong season at the 107th EIWA Championships where it placed third as a team, tying the best

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 14 COACHING STAFF finish ever for the program. Additionally, the Scarlet Knights saw nine wrestlers place at the EIWA Championships, including Scott Winston who took home the 165-pound bracket crown to become the first RU wrestler to capture an EIWA championship since Tom Tanis in 2001. By virtue of the strong EIWA and regular season, RU qualifed a school-record tying eight individuals for the NCAA Championship. Rutgers finished at No. 22 in the final 2009-10 NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll after posting a 19-5-1 record. Seven Scarlet Knights earned NCAA bids. The No. 22 ranking was the highest in school history at that point. The Goodale-led squad put together a 15-match unbeaten streak from early December to late February which was the longest streak in school history. In 2008-09, Rutgers broke the then-school record for victories in a single season with a 20-7 mark in dual action. Three Scarlet Knights earned NCAA Championships bids, which at the time was the most for RU since 2004. The Scarlet Knights tallied an 11-7 overall record and 5-3 mark in Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) action in 2007-08. Two wrestlers reached the NCAA Championships. Goodale maximized his strong high school coaching background and brought in a recruiting class ranked nationally by W.I.N. Magazine (No. 3) and InterMat (No. 4). Goodale’s first recruiting class included InterMat’s No. 2 overall senior recruit in Scott Winston, InterMat’s 17th-best recruit in Trevor Melde and USA Wrestling’s 19th-best 171-pound wrestler in Dan Rinaldi. Goodale was a three-time New Jersey “Coach of the Year” at Jackson Memorial High School in Jackson, N.J., before becoming the sixth coach in Rutgers wrestling history. 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. On a national level, he spent 12 years as the Junior and Cadet State Team Coach for national wrestling tournaments held in Fargo, N.D. Following the 2005-06 season, he served as the head coach for Team New Jersey at the Junior National Duals. 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 12-5, 6-3 Big Ten .666 2017-18 Rutgers 3-3, 1-2 Big Ten .750 RU: overall (156-58-1, .735) Big Ten (14-15, .500) EIWA (44-11, .800)

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 15 COACHING STAFF Associate Head Coach Donny Pritzlaff Associate head coach Donny Pritzlaff, a two-time national champion, world medalist, and Big Ten Conference veteran as a coach and wrestler, enters his fourth season with Rutgers wrestling in 2017-18. Pritzlaff arrived at RU before its inaugural season in the Big Ten Conference and has helped usher in a new era for the program. Five All- America honors were achieved over his first three seasons. In 2016-17, the Scarlet Knights finished in the top-25 of the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll for the sixth time since 2009. A decorated collegiate and freestyle wrestler, Pritzlaff owns more than 11 years of collegiate coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level. Prior to Rutgers, the Lyndhurst, N.J., native spent three seasons at the University of Michigan (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. Two Wolverine grapplers reached the national podium in 2014, as Pritzlaff and the staff helped lead Michigan to a 17th-place finish at NCAAs in Oklahoma City.

An experienced recruiter, Pritzlaff has done nothing short of drawing top talent, securing a top-10 recruiting class in 2012 ranked No. 5 by The Open Mat, No. 7 by InterMat and No. 8 by W.I.N. Magazine. 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 Wisconsin’s recruiting coordinator, Pritzlaff also oversaw and contributed to the development of the program’s future. He helped rally three top-20 recruiting classes according to InterMat, including the nation’s No. 2 class in 2008 and the No. 4 class in 2011. Pritzlaff previously served as an assistant coach at Hofstra University (2004-06) and as a volunteer assistant at Wisconsin (2002-03). While at Hofstra, Pritzlaff worked with three-time All-American Jon Masa and two-time All-Americans Mike Patrovich and Chris Skretkowicz, helping guide the Pride to three-straight Colonial Athletic Association titles and an 11th-place NCAA finish in 2006. 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 daugh- ters, Adalena and Onaliese. THE PRITZLAFF FILE 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 (Associate 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.

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 16 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 153-55-1 record during his first 10 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 six All-Americans, three conference champions, 58 NCAA Championship bids, 18 Big Ten Conference Championship placewinners, and 42 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships placewinners. Rutgers has had All-Americans in each of the last four seasons, as Anthony Ashnault (141) became the first three time All-American in program history when he finished sixth at the 2017 national championships in St. Louis. Ken Theobold also appeared on the podium at 149 pounds in 2017, giving the program back-to-back seasons with two or more All-Americans for the first time ever. In 2014, the program earned its first All-American since 2002, as 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti finished eighth at NCAAs. Perrotti closed his career on the national podium at 165 pounds in 2016 in front of a local crowd at MSG, becoming the third two-time All-American in RU history. With Leonardis and Goodale at the helm, RU notched six top-25 and two top-10 finishes since 2009.

The Scarlet Knights finished the 2016-17 dual campaign with a 12-5 record, which included an undefeated home slate (6-0) and 6-3 mark in Big Ten Conference action. The six conference wins were the most since Rutgers joined the league in 2014, while RU concluded its dual season ranked within the top-25 for the sixth time since Leonardis joined the program. Rutgers also hosted the historic “Battle at the Birthplace” this past season, in which it defeated rival Princeton, 19-16, in front of 16,178 fans at High Point Solu- tions Stadium on Nov. 19, 2016. The event drew the second-highest crowd in NCAA dual history. 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.

Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Pollard A strong presence in Rutgers’ wrestling room over the last seven seasons, Joe Pollard begins his eighth year “On the Banks” in 2017-18. Pollard continues in the volunteer assistant coach role after serving as as an assistant coach with the program in 2011-12. In his volunteer role, Pollard 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 six All-Americans, three conference champions, 46 NCAA Championship bids, 18 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 Rider University. 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 selection, he was also a three-time County Champion and earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors at the Mercer County tournament. Pollard currently resides in Hamilton, New Jersey with his wife, Britt, and son, Duke.

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 17 2017-18 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS ALPHABETICAL Name Year Weight High School / Prev. School / Hometown Anthony Ashnault*** R-Sr. 141 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Robert Cleary Fr. 141 Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook Matthew Correnti* R-So. HWT Delran, N.J./Holy Cross Academy Dylan D’Amore Fr. HWT Montgomery, N.J./Montgomery Eleazar Deluca R-Sr. 149 Talent, Ore./Phoenix High (Northern Colorado) Scott DelVecchio** R-Sr. 133 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Nick Denora Fr. 125 West Paterson, N.J./Passaic Valley Kyle Dinapoli Fr. 133 Voorhees, N.J./Voorhees Brett Donner So. 157/165 Wall, N.J./Wall Luke Ecklof Fr. 125 Howell Township, N.J./St. John Vianney Alex Esposito Fr. HWT Cranford, N.J./Cranford Zach Firestone So. 133 Swedesboro, N.J./Clearview (Bucknell) Nicholas Gravina** R-Sr. 184 Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional Joseph Grello R-Fr. 174 Newtown, N.J./Bergen Catholic Razohnn Gross Sr. HWT Franklin Park, N.J./Don Bosco Prep Richie Lewis* R-Sr. 157 Toms River, N.J./Toms River East (Iowa Central C.C.) Peter Lipari R-Jr. 133 Little Falls, N.J./Bergen Catholic Alex Mackall R-Fr. 125 Austintown, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit Marc McDonald Jr. 197 Fairfield, N.J./West Essex Anthony Messner R-Sr. 197 Somerset, N.J./Franklin Shane Metzler Fr. 125 Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Kevin Mulligan R-Fr. 197 Blauvelt, N.Y./Bergen Catholic Ralph Normandia R-Jr. HWT Somerset, N.J./Franklin Jordan Pagano* R-Jr. 174 South Brunswick, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Nick Santos Fr. 149 Clark, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Willie Scott R-So. 174 Brick, N.J./Brick Township Nick Suriano* So. 125 Paramus, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) John Van Brill* R-Jr. 165 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Michael Van Brill R-Fr. 141 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview WEIGHT Name Year Weight High School / Prev. School / Hometown Nick Denora Fr. 125 West Paterson, N.J./Passaic Valley Luke Ecklof Fr. 125 Howell Township, N.J./St. John Vianney Alex Mackall R-Fr. 125 Austintown, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit Shane Metzler Fr. 125 Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Nick Suriano* So. 125 Paramus, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Scott DelVecchio** R-Sr. 133 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Kyle Dinapoli Fr. 133 Voorhees, N.J./Voorhees Zach Firestone So. 133 Swedesboro, N.J./Clearview (Bucknell) Peter Lipari R-Jr. 133 Little Falls, N.J./Bergen Catholic Anthony Ashnault*** R-Sr. 141 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Robert Cleary Fr. 141 Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook Michael Van Brill R-Fr. 141 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Eleazar Deluca R-Sr. 149 Talent, Ore./Phoenix High (Northern Colorado) Nick Santos Fr. 149 Clark, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Richie Lewis* R-Sr. 157 Toms River, N.J./Toms River East (Iowa Central C.C.) Brett Donner So. 157/165 Wall, N.J./Wall John Van Brill* R-Jr. 165 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Joseph Grello R-Fr. 174 Newtown, N.J./Bergen Catholic Jordan Pagano* R-Jr. 174 South Brunswick, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Willie Scott R-So. 174 Brick, N.J./Brick Township Nicholas Gravina** R-Sr. 184 Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional Marc McDonald Jr. 197 Fairfield, N.J./West Essex Anthony Messner R-Sr. 197 Somerset, N.J./Franklin Kevin Mulligan R-Fr. 197 Blauvelt, N.Y./Bergen Catholic Matthew Correnti* R-So. HWT Delran, N.J./Holy Cross Academy Dylan D’Amore Fr. HWT Montgomery, N.J./Montgomery Alex Esposito Fr. HWT Cranford, N.J./Cranford Razohnn Gross Sr. HWT Franklin Park, N.J./Don Bosco Prep Ralph Normandia R-Jr. HWT Somerset, N.J./Franklin

* denotes previous NCAA qualifications

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 18 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Nick Suriano The Suriano File ... Career Honors: 2017 Midlands Champion ... 2017 NCAA qualifier 125 So. 125 Paramus, N.J. 2017-18 (As a sophomore): Collected a 24-9 major decision against Ohio State (Jan. 7) ... produced Bergen Catholic HS Rutgers’ first individual champion in program history after he finished 5-0, including victories over three ranked opponents, at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... picked up Career Overall / Dual Record: a 24-5 tech fall over Justin Stickley during home dual against No. 7 Iowa (Dec. 8) ... earned a 19-5 31-3 / 18-2 major decision over Lock Haven’s Josiah Kline (Dec. 1) ... 125-pound champion at Black Knight 2017-18 Season - 15-0 / 6-0 Invitational in West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19) ... delivered wins over Christian Moody (Oklahoma) and Brandon Clay (Maryland) W-TF, 24-7 No. 18 Louie Hayes (Virginia) at the 2017 Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 11) ... defeated Mary- Journeymen Northeast Duals land’s Brandon Clay by tech fall, 24-7, in Rutgers debut outside at High Point Solutions Stadium Christian Moody (Oklahoma) W-D, 4-2 No. 18 Louie Hayes (Virginia) W-D, 8-1 (Nov. 4) ... transferred to Rutgers in the fall and immediately eligible for the season with three Black Knight Invitational seasons of eligibility remaining. Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) W-MD, 16-4 Brandon Loperfido (Lock Haven) W-F (2:32) Steven Bulzomi (Binghampton) W-TF, 22-3 2016-17 (As a freshman): Finished 16-3 as a true freshman for Penn State in 2016-17, which Alonzo Allen (Chattanooga) W-MD, 8-0 Josiah Kline (Lock Haven) W-MD, 19-5 included a 12-2 mark in dual action and an 8-1 record in Big Ten duals … seeded third at the 2017 Justin Stickley (Iowa) W-TF, 24-5 NCAA Championships in St. Louis at 125 pounds, but was unable to compete in the tournament Midlands Championships due to injury … two of Suriano’s losses were the result of injury, while his other defeat came Steve Polakowski (Minnesota) W-TF, 21-5 Justin Stickley (Iowa) W-TF, 19-4 against Iowa’s Thomas Gilman, who was the 2017 Big Ten champion and NCAA runner-up in his No. 19 Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) W-D, 6-0 weight class. No. 12 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) W-D, 7-6 No. 10 Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) W-D, 2-1 Braken Mead (Ohio State) W-TF, 24-9 Prior to college: Produced one of the greatest high school careers in Garden State history, earning four NJSIAA State Championships at Bergen Catholic … finished his scholastic career a perfect 159-0 … just the fourth four-time New Jersey state champion all-time … only wrestler in state history to match his four individual titles with four team championships.

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 19 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The DelVecchio File ... Scott DelVecchio Career Honors: Two-Time NCAA Championships Qualifier (2017, 2015) ... Round of 12 appearance 125 R-Sr. at 2017 NCAA Championships ... 2017 Big Ten Championships placewinner (7th, 133) ... 2017 133South Plainfield, N.J. Midlands Championships third-place finisher ... 2016 (Sixth) Midlands Championships placewin- South Plainfiled HS ner … 2015 NCAA qualifier … 2014 Clarion Open Champion … 2014 National Collegiate Open Champion. Career Overall / Dual Record: 74-36 / 28-16 2017-18 (As a redshirt senior): Placed third with a 6-1 record at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... defeated Paul Glynn by major decision, 12-4, during home dual 2017-18 Season - 11-2 / 5-1 Michael Doetsch (Maryland) W-D, 11-5 against No. 7 Iowa (Dec. 8) ... added an 11-5 decision over 2017 NCAA qualifier DJ Fehlman of Journeymen Northeast Duals Lock Haven (Dec. 1) ... delivered a major decision over Jake Rubio (Oklahoma) and a decision over Jake Rubio (Oklahoma) W-MD, 16-6 Scott Kiyono (Virginia) during the 2017 Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 11) ... registered a Scott Kiyono (Virginia) W-D, 11-4 DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven) W-D, 11-5 11-5 decision over Maryland’s Michael Doetsch outside at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 4) ... Paul Glynn (Iowa) W-MD, 12-4 preseason No. 11 at 133 pounds by FloWrestling. Midlands Championships Danny Bertoni (Maryland) W-F (4:58) Hunter Kosco (Brown) W-D, 5-3 2016-17 (As a redshirt junior): Advanced to Round of 12 and finished 3-2 at 2017 NCAA Cham- Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern) W-D, 7-5 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) W-D, 6-2 pionships (March 16-18) ... collected seeded victory over Northern Iowa’s No. 12 Josh Alber at Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) L-D, 4-3 NCAA’s ... finished seventh at Big Ten Championships to earn automatic bid to NCAA’s (March 5) Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern) W-D, 7-5 ... beat two-time NCAA qualifier Joseph Palmer, 6-2, in RU’s 38-3 dual win over Oregon State (Jan. Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) W-D, 3-1 (SV1) No. 3 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) L-D, 4-2 20) … topped Penn State’s George Carpenter, 11-4, for his first Big Ten win of the season (Jan. 13) … 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 of Maryland (Dec. 11) … finished with a 2-1 record and a win by fall at the Journeymen Tussle (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).

2015-16 (As a junior): Compiled a 14-5 redshirt season … competed at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … placed third at the Nittany Lion Open with a 5-1 showing (Dec. 6) … posted a third-place finish with a 3-1 day at the Mat Town Open (Nov. 22) … finished as runner-up at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, falling to No. 4-ranked and three-time All-Ameri- can, Nashon Garrett (Cornell), by a 6-1 score in the final (Nov. 8).

2014-15 (As a sophomore): NCAA qualifier … posted an 0-2 mark at first national tournament … went 21-12 on the year … pinned Purdue’s Danny Sabatello in 6:33 to finish ninth at the Big Ten Championships (March 7-8) … went 12-6 in dual competition … ended the Big Ten dual season with a 5-4 record … captured his first top-10 win of the year against Ohio State’s No. 7 Johnni Di- Julius by a 7-1 score (Feb. 1) … debuted in the Intermat and FloWrestling rankings at No. 20 and 17, respectively, following a 10-4 upset decision against then-No. 14 Geoffrey Alexander (Jan. 18) … beat Iowa’s Phillip Laux, 10-3, in dual action to give Rutgers its first Big Ten Conference bout victory in program history (Jan. 2) … posted a 2-0 mark at the Third Annual “Grapple at the Garden” (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).

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 20 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Van Brill File ... Michael Van Brill Career Honors: 2016 Lock Haven Classic Champion. 125 R-Fr. 141 Mullica Hill, N.J. 2017-18 (As a redshirt freshman): Collected three wins at the 55th Annual Midlands Champion- Clearview HS ships (Dec. 29-30) ... defeated Carter Happel by decision during home dual with No. 7 Iowa (Dec. 8) ... finished third at the Black Knight Invitational in West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19) ... earned wins over Career Overall / Dual Record: No. 16 Mike Longo (Oklahoma) and Sam Martino (Virginia) at the 2017 Journeymen Northeast 9-6 / 3-3 Duals (Nov. 11). 2017-18 Season - 9-6 / 3-3 No. 14 Ryan Diehl (Maryland) L-D, 10-9 2016-17 (As a freshman): Produced a 18-5 competing unattached ... wrestled for fourth place at Journeymen Northeast Duals No. 16 Mike Longo (Oklahoma) W-D, 3-2 the Warriors Winter Open (Feb. 12) … went 5-1 for a third-place finish at the “Shorty” Hitchcock Sam Martino (Virginia) W-D, 4-0 Memorial Classic (Jan. 14) … captured the Lock Haven Classic title at 141 pounds for his first ca- Black Knight Invitational reer open championship (Dec. 29) … finished as runner-up at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open Chris Debien (Chattanooga) W-D, 4-1 Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) L-MD, 14-1 (Nov. 13) and the East Stroudsburg University Open in his first-career tournament (Nov. 6). Mike Pongracz (Chattanooga) W-D, 6-4 Peter Lipari (Rutgers) W-F (5:50) Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) L-MD, 13-0 Prior to Rutgers: Clearview HS product ... high school All-American ... was the 2016 runner-up at Carter Happel (Iowa) W-D, 3-2 138 pounds at the NJSIAA state finals … named a South Jersey Times All-Star in 2016, when he Midlands Championships Keegan Moore (West Virginia) W-MD, 11-0 went 37-1 before falling in the state title bout … two-time Region 8 winner … named Region 8 Yahya Thomas (Northwestern-UN) L-D, 8-3 Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler in 2015 … state placewinner in 2015, taking fifth at 132 Peter Lipari (Rutgers) W-D, 4-0 pounds. Vince Turk (Iowa) W-F (2:12) Carter Happel (Iowa) L-D, 3-1 No. 6 Joey McKenna (Ohio State) L-MD, 13-3

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 21 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The DeLuca File ... Eleazar DeLuca Career Honors: 2018 Wrestler of the Week (Week of Jan. 10) ... 2016 East Stroudsburg Open R-Sr. Champion. 149125 Talent, Ore. Phoenix HS 2017-18 (As a redshirt senior): NCAA Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 10) ... produced a 12-7 come- from-behind victory with two six-point throws against No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes during dual with Career Overall / Dual Record: No. 2 Ohio State (Jan. 7) ... collected three victories at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships 24-10 / 11-4 (Dec. 29-30) ... defeated No. 14 Davion Jefferies (Oklahoma) and 2017 NCAA qualifier Sam Krivus 2017-18 Season - 7-4/4-2 (Virginia) at the 2017 Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 11) ... delivered a 10-4 decision over Adam Whitesell (Maryland) W-D, 10-4 Maryland’s Adam Whitesell outside at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 4). Journeymen Northeast Duals No. 14 Davion Jefferies (Oklahoma) W-D, 8-2 Sam Krivus (Virginia) W-D, 9-3 2016-17 (As a senior): Wrestled to a 6-2 record competing unattached ... competed unattached at No. 15 Ronnie Perry (Lock Haven) L-D, 5-1 the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … took first with a 5-0 clip at the No. 2 Brandon Sorenson (Iowa) L-D, 4-1 Midlands Championships East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6). Tyler Meisinger (Michigan) W-MD, 8-0 Camden Fischer (Lehigh) W-F (2:05) Steven Bleise (Minnesota-UN) W-D, 3-2 Prior to Rutgers: Wrestled at Northern Colorado, where he placed fourth at the 2016 Big 12 Cham- No. 2 Brandon Sorenson (Iowa) L-MD, 12-2 pionships and went 17-6 on the season … tallied a 7-2 dual record last season with the Bears ... Pat Lugo (Iowa-UN) L-FF No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) W-D, 12-7 also competed at Clackamas Community College.

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 22 PROJECTED COMPETITORS John Van Brill The Van Brill File ... Career Honors: 2017 NCAA Championships qualifier ... 2017 Big Ten Championships placewinner R-Jr. (7th, 157) ... 2016 (Eighth) Midlands Championships placewinner. 157125 Mullica Hill, N.J. Clearview HS 2017-18 (As a redshirt junior): Moved to 157 pounds midway through the season ... placed third with seven wins, including victories over two ranked foes, at the 55th Annual Midlands Champion- Career Overall / Dual Record: ships (Dec. 29-30) ... delivered a 6-5 decision over Oklahoma’s Dawaylon Barnes at the 2017 Jour- 41-24 / 15-9 neymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 11) ... earned a 15-0 tech fall over Maryland’s Brendan Burnham 2017-18 Season - 9-4 / 2-3 outside at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 4). Brendan Burnham (Maryland) W-TF, 15-0 Journeymen Northeast Duals Dawaylon Barnes (Oklahoma) W-D, 6-5 2016-17 (As a redshirt sophomore): Finished first NCAA Championships 1-2 as the No. 13 seed George Atkinson (Virginia) L-D, 9-2 (March 16-18) ... finished seventh at Big Ten Championships with a 3-2 record (March 5) ... reached No. 10 Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) L-MD, 11-3 the 20-win mark with an 8-3 decision against Northwestern’s Ben Sullivan (Feb. 12) … pinned Midlands Championships Nick Gasbrro (Illinois) W-TF, 15-0 NCAA qualifier Kyle Langenderfer in 4:46 after trailing 7-0 against the Fighting Illini grappler, a Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) L-D, 7-3 key swing result in RU’s 19-17 dual win over No. 12 Illinois at the RAC (Jan. 6) … took eighth at Andrew Shomers (Edinboro) W-MF Spencer Nagy (Edinboro) W-F (2:27) the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … pinned No. 7-ranked Clayton Jake Danishek (Indiana) W-MD, 8-0 Ream (North Dakota State) and knocked off No. 8-ranked Dawaylon Barnes (Oklahoma) in the No. 19 Larry Early (Old Dominion) W-F (3:51) No. 11 Luke Zilverberg (SDSU) W-D, 9-6 tournament … entered the Intermat rankings for the first time at No. 20 following a 10-2 start to Mike D’Angelo (Princeton) W-D, 7-4 the year (Dec. 6) … went 2-1 with two ranked wins at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4), including a No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) L-D, 11-5 pin of No. 4 Max Rohskopf (NC State) and decision over No. 16 May Bethea (Penn) … earned an 8-0 major decision against Taylor Simaz of Cornell (Nov. 27) … picked up a 14-3 major decision against Princeton’s Mike D’Angelo in the “Battle at the Birthplace” at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) ... posted two dual wins to begin the dual season at CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 11) and Cal Poly (Nov. 13) … went 3-1 and was runner up at the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6).

2015-16 (As a redshirt freshman): Went 8-7 overall and 2-2 in dual competition … competed at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, going 2-2 (Dec. 29-30) … defeated George Mason’s Greg Fluornoy, 15-6, in a 47-0 win at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Nov. 29) … recorded a 2-1 outing at the Mat Town Open, taking third/fourth place (Nov. 22) … went 2-2 at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 8) … won by forfeit against Centenary (Nov. 1).

2014-15 (As a freshman): Recorded a 22-11 record wrestling unattached … posted a third-place finish at the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Invitational, going 5-1 in the tournament (Jan. 18) … finished fifth and went 6-2 at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 7) … went 2-2 at the TCNJ Open (Nov. 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 decisions (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: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 23 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Richie Lewis The Lewis File ... Career Honors: 2017 U23 World Champion at 70 kg ... 2017 U23 World Trials champion at 70 kg 125 R-Sr. ... 2016 NCAA Championships qualifier … 2016 Big Ten Championships placewinner, finishing 165 Toms River, N.J. fifth … 2015 Midlands Championships placewinner (fourth). Toms River East HS 2017-18 (As a redshirt senior): Moved to 165 pounds midway through the season ... collected a Career Overall / Dual Record: 5-2 decision over No. 11 Te’Shan Campbell during dual with No. 2 Ohio State (Jan. 7) ... placed 35-9 / 19-2 third with five victories at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... secured 70 kg gold medal at the 2017 U23 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland (Nov. 26) ... registered a 2017-18 Season - 7-2 / 2-1 Kyle Cochran (Maryland) W-MD, 13-4 13-4 major decision over Maryland’s Kyle Cochran outside at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. No. 13 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) L-D, 6-4 (SV1) 4) ... delivered 70kg title at U23 World Trial Championships, defeating three 2017 NCAA qualifiers Midlands Championships and two 2017 All-Americans en route to the championship in Rochester, Minnesota (Oct. 8) ... Brett Bye (SDSU) W-MD, 15-7 Zachary Carson (Eastern Mich.) W-D, 11-5 preseason No. 7 at 157 pounds by FloWrestling. Logan Parks (Central Michigan) W-D, 3-1 (SV1) No. 14 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) L-D, 3-2 May Bethea (Penn) W-MD, 12-4 2016-17 (As a senior): Was injured early in the season opener and sidelined the remainder of the No. 13 Anthony Valencia (Arizona St.) W-D, 5-2 year … bested Princeton’s Joe Tavoso by a 17-6 major decision wrestling up at 165 pounds in the No. 11 Te’Shan Campbell (Ohio State) W-D, 5-2 “Battle at the Birthplace” at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) … defeated No. 11-ranked Joey Lavallee (Missouri), 2-0, in an exhibition showcase at the 51st Annual All-Star Classic in Cleveland (Nov. 5).

2015-16 (As a junior): Notched a 27-7 overall mark and 16-1 dual record in his first season at Rutgers … went 1-2 at his first NCAA Championships (March 17-19) … automatic NCAA Champion- ships qualifier … topped Ohio State’s Jake Ryan, 5-2, to secure fifth place at the Big Ten Champion- ships (March 5-6) … beat Doug Welch, 4-2, with a third period takedown, helping RU to a win over No. 23 Purdue (Feb. 14) … scored a takedown with eight seconds remaining to beat No. 9 Brian Murphy ( Michigan) at the RAC (Feb. 7) … topped NCAA qualifier Adam Krop (Princeton), 7-4, in RU’s 28-6 dual win over the Tigers (Jan. 31) … took fourth at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … defeated No. 16 Edwin Cooper Jr. (Iowa) and No. 18 Tyler Berger (Nebraska) in the tournament … dropped No. 10 Tyler Berger (Nebraska), 10-3, for his first win over a ranked opponent (Dec. 12) … entered the national rankings for the first time, earning the No. 17 spot at 157 pounds according to Intermat on Dec. 8 after a 7-0 start to the season … ex- tended his unbeaten start to the season with two major decisions in Corvallis, Ore., against Oregon State and Utah Valley (Nov. 21) … went 3-0 at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals with a two decisions and a major (Nov. 15) … made his Rutgers debut with a 2-0 day at the Rutgers Duals, scoring a fall and a decision (Nov. 1).

Prior to Rutgers: A two-time National Junior College Athletic Association All-American, finishing second and third in two tournament trips while at Iowa Central ... four-year letterwinner and captain at Toms River HS East … compiled a 121-22 record in his career, placing at the NJSIAA Championships three times … finished third at 138 pounds in 2013, fifth at 132 pounds in 2012, and seventh at 119 pounds in 2011 at the state tournament … two-time NHSCA All-American … a three-time All-Shore Conference selection.

Personal: Son of Joseph and Maria … has one brother, Michael … intends to major in psychology … his father, Joseph, was a legendary New Jersey high school basketball coach at Cardinal Mc- Carrick for 17 years, leading the program to 310 wins, 11 Greater Middlesex Conference division titles, two Greater Middlesex Tournament titles and three NJSIAA Non-Public, South B championships.

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 24 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Pagano File ... Jordan Pagano Career Honors: 2017 NCAA Champions Qualifier ... 2017 “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Champion R-Jr. … 2016 (Seventh) Midlands Championships Placewinner. 174125South Brunswick, N.J. Bergen Catholic HS 2017-18 (As a redshirt junior): Picked up three wins at 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... wrestled up at 184 pounds and defeated Corey Hazel of Lock Haven (Dec. 1) ... Career Overall / Dual Record: secured the 174-pound title at the Mat-Town Open (Nov. 26) ... runner up at the Black Knight 52-30 / 8-5 Invitational in West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19) ... has appeared at 174 pounds in Rutgers first three duals 2017-18 Season - 9-7 / 1-4 ... preseason No. 14 at 174 pounds by FloWrestling. Josh Ugalde (Maryland) L-D, 8-3 Journeymen Northeast Duals No. 13 Yoanse Mejias (Oklahoma) L-D, 7-3 2016-17 (As a redshirt sophomore): Finished 2017 NCAA Championships 1-2 (March 16-18) ... No. 20 Will Schany (Virginia) L-D, 6-5 earned at-large selection for NCAA’s ... scored the biggest win of his career by upsetting No. 4 Ryan Black Knight Invitational Preisch, 10-4, on the road at Lehigh (Feb. 17) … the win vaulted Pagano to No. 15 in the follow- Nunzio Crowley (Binghamton) W-MD, 10-1 Justin Lampe (Chattanooga) W-F (1:46) ing Intermat rankings … earned the first Intermat ranking of his career a week prior, coming in at Joseph Grello (Rutgers) L-D, 4-3 No. 19 (Feb. 7) … hung on to defeat No. 17 (FloWrestling) Devin Skatzka of Indiana, 2-0 (Feb. 5) Mat-Town Open Frank Guida (Bucknell) W-D, 11-1 … won the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Classic (Jan. 14) … posted a 5-2 record to take seventh Andrew Berreyesa (Unnattched) W-D, 2-0 place at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … earned a 5-2 decision Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) W-D, 7-0 Corey Hazel (Lock Haven) W-D, 4-2 (SV1) against No. 18-ranked David Kocer (South Dakota State) in the tournament … went 4-1 with three Midlands Championships falls and a major decision to finish as runner-up at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 17) … picked Joey Gunther (Iowa) W-D, 7-4 up a decision win at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … won by fall in dual action against Mitchell Johnny Sebastian (Northwestern) L-D, 9-3 Mathew Wilhelm (Cal Poly) W-D, 6-5 Owens (San Francisco State) in a 45-0 RU win (Nov. 11) … went 4-1 at the East Stroudsburg Univer- Andrew McNally (Eastern Mich.) W-F (2:59) sity for a runner-up finish (Nov. 6). Christian Brucki (Central Mich.) L-MD, 14-2 No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) L-F (0:37) 2015-16 (As a redshirt freshman): Compiled a 16-11 overall record competing unattached … competed at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, going 2-2 (Dec. 29-30) … went 4-3 to finish sixth at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 6) … posted a strong 4-2 performance at the Mat Town Open, finishing fourth (Nov. 22) … went 2-2 at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open … made his Rutgers debut with a fall over Centenary’s Anthony Kubish in 3:49 at the Rutgers Duals (Nov. 1).

Prior to Rutgers: Spent one season at Penn State, posting an 8-8 record wrestling unattached … wrestled for four seasons at Bergen Catholic, going 128-29 with a fourth-place NJSIAA State Cham- pionships finish at 160 pounds in 2014 … a two-time district, region, and county champ … placed seventh at the Beast of the East.

Personal: Son of James and Brigitte … has two siblings, James and Jianna.

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 25 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Grello File ... Joe Grello 2017-18 (As a freshman): Made Rutgers dual debut with a 3-2 victory over Lock Haven’s Jared 125 R-Fr. Siegrist (Dec. 1) ... captured 174-pound title with 4-0 record at the Black Knight Invitational in 174 Newton, N.J. West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19). Bergen Catholic HS Prior to Rutgers: Bergen Catholic HS product ... No. 70 overall recruit by Intermat … ranked No. 7 Career Overall / Dual Record: in the country at 170 pounds … 2016 and 2015 NJSIAA State Champion at 170 pounds … 2015 5-4 / 1-2 Cadet World Team member … Junior Freestyle Nationals All-American. 2017-18 Season - 5-4 / 1-2 Black Knight Invitational Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) W-F (4:28) Graham Ratermann (Army) W-MD, 8-0 Anthony Lombardo (Binghamton) W-F (4:16) Jordan Pagano (Rutgers) W-D, 4-3 Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) W-D, 3-2 Joey Gunther (Iowa) L-D, 5-4 Midlands Championships Garrett Sutton (Michigan) L-D, 6-4 Devin Kane (North Carolina) L-D, 4-2 No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) L-D, 7-3

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 26 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Nick Gravina The Gravina File ... Career Honors: Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier (2017, 2016) … Round of 12 appearance 125 R-Sr. at 2017 NCAA Championships ... 2016 Big Ten Championships placewinner, finishing fourth … 184 Allendale, N.J. 2016 (Sixth) and 2015 (Eighth) Midlands Championships placewinner …2016 East Stroudsburg Northern Highlands HS Open Champion … 2015 Academic All-Big Ten selection. Career Overall / Dual Record: 2017-18 (As a redshirt senior): Placed sixth with three victories at 55th Annual Midlands Cham- 60-29 / 33-12 pionships (Dec. 29-30) ... defeated Mitch Bowman by decision, 4-0, during home dual against 2017-18 Season - 8-3 / 5-0 No. 7 Iowa (Dec. 8) ... wrestled up at 197 pounds and defeated Lock Haven’s Tristian Sponseller Jaron Smith (Maryland) W-D, 10-4 (Dec. 1) ... recorded wins over Matthew Waddell (Oklahoma) and Chance McClure (Virginia) at the Journeymen Northeast Duals Matthew Waddell (Oklahoma) W-D, 4-2 2017 Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 11) ... despite a dislocated shoulder during the match, Chance McClure (Virginia) W-D, 3-0 produced a 10-4 decision over Maryland’s Jaron Smith outside at High Point Solutions Stadium Tristian Sponseller (Lock Haven) W-D, 6-4 (Nov. 4) ... preseason No. 10 at 184 pounds by FloWrestling. Mitch Bowman (Iowa) W-D, 4-0 Midlands Championships Dylan Reynolds (Edinboro) W-TF, 20-5 2016-17 (As a redshirt junior): Advanced to Round of 12 and finished 3-2 at 2017 NCAA Champi- Greg Bulsak (Clarion) W-D, 3-2 Dylan Ammerman (Lehigh) W-D, 4-2 onships (March 16-18) ... collected seeded victory over Chattanooga’s No. 15 Bryce Carr in sudden No. 14 Emery Parker (Illinois) L-D, 2-1 victory at NCAA’s ... finished ninth at Big Ten Championships to earn automatic bid to NCAA’s Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) L-MF Joe Heyob (Penn) L-MF (March 5) ... won his final dual match of the year, 11-2, against Thomas Murray of Lehigh wrestling up at 197 pounds (Feb. 17) … went 4-2 for a sixth-place result at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … defeated 2016 NCAA All-American Pete Renda by an 8-2 decision in the tournament … opened the Big Ten season with an 11-3 major decision over Idris White of Maryland (Dec. 11) … won by fall over Donny Donnelly, 0:57, in match against Columbia (Nov. 27) … dominated No. 17 Ian Baker, 24-3, in a tech fall victory in the “Battle at the Birthplace” versus Princeton at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) … won the 184-pound East Strouds- burg University Open title (Nov. 6).

2015-16 (As a redshirt sophomore): Posted a 22-11 overall record and 13-4 mark in duals as a sophomore … went 0-2 at his first NCAA Championships (March 17-19) … had a strong Big Ten Championships for a fourth-place finish and automatic NCAA Championships qualifying bid (March 5-6) … handled No. 19 Abram Ayala (Princeton), 7-1, to open RU’s 28-6 win over the Tigers (Jan. 31) … cruised to an 11-3 major decision against Minnesota’s Christopher Pfarr (Jan. 17) … finished eighth at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships with a 4-3 outing (Dec. 29-30) … earned the first ranking of his career at No. 20 by Intermat following an upset win … won his first match against a ranked opponent with a 3-2 victory over No. 4 T.J. Dudley at the RAC 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: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 27 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Mulligan File ... Kevin Mulligan Career Honors: 2016 East Stroudsburg Open Champion. 125 R-Fr. 197 Blauvelt, N.Y. 2017-18 (As a redshirt freshman): Collected two wins at 55th Annual Midlands Championships Bergen Catholic HS (Dec. 29-30) ... finished third at the Black Knight Invitational in West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19) ... went 2-1 at the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 12) ... defeated Jay Aiello of Virginia at the 2017 Journeymen Career Overall / Dual Record: Northeast Duals (Nov. 11) ... produced a 11-2 major decision over Maryland’s Nick Capello in his 9-6 / 2-2 Rutgers dual debut outside at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 4). 2017-18 Season - 9-6 / 2-2 2016-17 (As a freshman): Wrestled to a 28-8 record competing unattached ... finished as runner- Nick Capello (Maryland) W-MD, 11-2 Journeymen Northeast Duals up at the Warriors Winter Open (Feb. 12) … took third at the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Classic Andrew Dixon (Oklahoma) L-D, 3-0 (Jan. 14) … notched a 2-2 record wrestling unattached at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Jay Aiello (Virginia) W-D, 5-0 Championships (Dec. 29-30) … posted a 2-1 mark to finish as runner-up at the Mat Town Open Journeymen Classic Mike Oxley (Hofstra) W-D, 4-0 (Nov. 27) … finished fourth with a 6-2 record at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 13) … Rocco Caywood (Army) L-MD, 13-1 went 4-0 for a first-place finish at the East Stroudsburg University Open, the first tournament of his Nezar Haddad (Hofstra) W-D, 5-1 Black Knight Invitational career (Nov. 6). Gunnar Larson (Army) W-D, 10-4 Scottie Boykin (Chattanooga) L-D, 8-3 Tristian Sponseller (Lock Haven) W-D, 3-1 Prior to Rutgers: Bergen Catholic HS product ... ranked the No. 50 overall recruit by Intermat and Rocco Caywood (Army) W-D, 5-1 No. 7 nationally at 195 pounds … 2016 NJSIAA State Champion at 195 pounds and 2015 NJSIAA No. 8 Cash Wilke (Iowa) L-D, 8-3 State Champion at 182 pounds … two-time Junior Freestyle Nationals All-American. Midlands Championships Landon Pelham (Central Mich.) W-D, 6-3 Mason Reinhardt (Wisconsin) W-D, 2-1 No. 13 Frank Mattiace (Penn) L-F (1:46) Jackson Striggow (Michigan) L-D, 4-2

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 28 PROJECTED COMPETITORS The Messner File ... Anthony Messner 2017-18 (As a redshirt senior): Made 2017-18 dual debut against No. 2 Ohio State (Jan. 7) ... par- 125 Sr. ticipated at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... collected a win at the Wilkes 197 Somerset, N.J. Open (Dec. 23) ... competed at the Mat-Town Open (Nov. 26). Franklin HS 2016-17 (As a redshirt junior): Finished second at the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Classic (Jan. Career Overall / Dual Record: 14) … represented RU at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … won 23-34 / 1-5 his final match of the day at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … competed at the East Stroudsburg 2017-18 Season - 0-3 / 0-1 University Open (Nov. 6).

Mat-Town Open* Noahh Adams (West Virginia)* L-D, 8-5 2015-16 (As a redshirt sophomore): Went 8-8 overall and 1-1 in dual competition … competed at Brian Kennerly (Virginia)* L-D, 3-1 the 83rd Annual Wilkes University Open (Dec. 28) … wrestled at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 6) … Wilkes Open* went 2-2 and finished fourth at the Mat Town Open (Nov. 22) … posted a 2-2 mark at the Jonathan Chris Kober (Campbell)* W-D, 5-2 Kyle Gentile (Lehigh)* L-MD, 8-0 Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 8) … defeated Centenary’s Joey Ragsdale, 4-0, at the Rutgers Duals Tucker Ziegler (Brown)* L-D, 3-0 (Nov. 1). Midlands Championships No. 8 Cash Wilcke (Iowa) L-F (4:45) Mason Reinhardt (Wisconsin) L-F (6:16) 2014-15 (As a sophomore): Went 9-6 wrestling unattached … placed fourth at the 82nd Annual No. 1 Kollin Moore L-MD, 18-7 Wilkes University Open, going 2-2 (Dec. 28) … capped a 1-2-3 Rutgers finish at 184 pounds at the * does not count towards career record TCNJ Open, winning by a 17-2 tech fall in the third place-match (Nov. 22) … kicked off the season with a 2-2 outing at the East Stroudsburg Open (Nov. 16).

2013-14 (As a freshman): Finished 11-17 in his rookie campaign, including a 0-2 mark in dual action ... competed at 197 pounds against No. 2/3/3 Gabe Dean of Cornell (Jan. 26) ... saw first dual action of career against George Mason at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 1) ... posted a 1-2 record at the Clarion Open in his first collegiate action.

Prior to Rutgers: 2013 NJSIAA state runner-up and All-America honoree at the NHSCA Senior Nationals at 195 pounds ... finished senior season 40-2 at Franklin and was the first wrestler in school history to reach the state finals ... compiled a career record of 118-25 throughout four-year career ... was a three-time Somerset County Champion and a three-time District 18 Champion ... took fourth place at the 2012 FloNationals.

Personal: Son of Michael and Leticia ... has one brother, Nicholas, and one sister, Samantha ... intends to major in criminal justice.

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 29 PROJECTED COMPETITORS Razohnn Gross The Gross File ... Career Honors: 2017 Big Ten Championships placewinner (6th, HWT). 125 Sr. HWT Franklin Park, N.J. 2017-18 (As a senior): Runner up at Black Knight Invitational in West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19) ... went Don Bosco Prep HS 3-0 at the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 12) ... defeated Connor Webb (Oklahoma) and Tyler Love (Virginia) at the 2017 Journey Northeast Duals (Nov. 11). Career Overall / Dual Record: 22-19 / 8-11 2016-17 (As a junior): Finished sixth at Big Ten Championships with three victories (March 5) ... 2017-18 Season - 8-7 / 2-4 prevailed in tiebreakers, 3-2, against Northwestern’s Conan Jennings in a 28-6 dual win over the No. 13 Yousiff Hemida (Maryland) L-D, 7-1 Wildcats (Feb. 12) … won four-straight matches and began his Big Ten career, 5-0, before having Journeymen Northeast Duals Connor Webb (Oklahoma) W-D, 2-1 his streak snapped to No. 1 Kyle Snyder (Feb. 6)… outlasted Purdue’s Tyler Kral, 4-3, after two tie- Tyler Love (Virginia) W-D, 5-2 breaker periods to close out a 27-9 dual win over Purdue at the RAC (Jan. 22) … won the first dual Journeymen Classic match of his career with a third-period takedown against Illinois’ Deuce Rachal to secure a 19-17 Nicholas Scott (Castleton) W-D, 4-0 Robert Heald (Army) W-D, 4-1 dual win over the No. 12-ranked Fighting Illini at the RAC (Jan. 6) … posted a 2-1 mark at the Lock Robert Scherer (Virginia) W-D, 7-4 Haven Classic (Dec. 29) … opened his RU career at the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6). Black Knight Invitational Robert Heald (Army) W-D, 5-3 Connor Calkins (Binghamton) W-D, 6-3 Prior to Rutgers: Posted a 127-18 record and won back-to-back 195-pound NJSIAA State titles in No. 14 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) L-F (1:20) No. 15 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) L-F (0:43) his final two years at Don Bosco Prep … went 29-2 as a senior, ending his career with a champion- No. 6 Sam Stoll (Iowa) L-F (2:41) ship … captured four District 5 championships and three Region 2 titles Midlands Championships Matt Stencel (Central Mich) W-D, 5-2 (TB2) Ian Butterbrodt (Brown) L-D, 3-2 Christian Araneo (Princeton) L-D, 2-1 No. 1 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) L-F (1:59)

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 30 RETURNING NCAA QUALIFIERS The Ashnault File ... Anthony Ashnault Career Honors: 91 career victories ... three-time All-American (2017,2016, 2015) … two-time na- 125 R-Sr. tional semifinalist ... finished sixth in 2017, fourth in 2016 and eighth in 2015 at NCAA Champion- 141South Plainfield, N.J. ships … two-time Big Ten Champion (2016, 2017) … 2017 (Third), 2016 (Third) and 2015 (Fourth) South Plainfiled HS Midlands Championships placewinner … 2017, 2016 and 2015 NCAA qualifier … 2015 Big Ten Championships placewinner, finishing fifth … 2014 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational placewinner, Career Overall / Dual Record: finishing fourth … 2014 Asics University Freestyle National Champion at 65 KG … 2014 member 91-18 / 53-4 of the USA University World Team … 2014 National Collegiate Open Champion. 2017-18 Season - 0-0 / 0-0 2017-18 (As a redshirt senior): Preseason No. 5 at 141 pounds by FloWrestling.

2016-17 (As a redshirt junior): Named Bauer Male Athlete of the Year for the third year in a row at the 2017 R Awards (May 3) ... became first three-time All-American after he finished sixth at the 2017 NCAA Championships (March 16-18) ... closed out the 2016-17 season with a 30-6 record ... advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the second consecutive season after he defeated Princeton’s No. 4-seeded Matthew Kolodzik, 6-2, in the quarterfinals ... finished NCAA’s with a 3-3 record ... became first two-time Big Ten Champion in program history after he defeated Michigan State’s Javier Gasca III, 15-2, for the 141 conference title (March 5) ... shut out No. 16 Randy Cruz, 4-0, at Lehigh (Feb. 17) … handled No. 15 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State), 10-1, in Columbus (Feb. 6) … defeated Penn State’s No. 12-ranked Jimmy Gulibon, 4-1 (Jan. 13) … posted a 6-1 record with three tech falls, a fall, a major decision and decision to take third at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … went 2-1 with a fall and tech fall at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … had a tech fall over Jacob Macalolooy, 18-3, in match against Columbia (Nov. 27) … defeated 2016 NCAA runner-up Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 8-6, in sudden victory at the 51st Annual NWCA All-Star Classic in Cleveland (Nov. 5) … was the first Scarlet Knight to earn an invite to the event.

2015-16 (As a redshirt sophomore): Became the second two-time All-American in program history with a fourth-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Championships (March 17-19) … finished the season with a team-best 32-4 overall record … advanced to the NCAA semifinals, the first Rutgers semifinalist since 1960 … posted a 4-2 record at nationals… went 4-0 and defeated Jimmy Gulibon (Penn State), 9-0, in the final to win Rutgers wrestling’s first Big Ten Conference championship (March 5-6) … topped No. 17 Randy Cruz, 9-2, in RU’s NWCA National Duals win over No. 7 Lehigh (Feb. 20) … concluded the dual season 18-1 … won the 50th match of his career, 7-2, against Wis- consin’s Gabe Grahek (Feb. 5) … notched his eighth major decision of the year against Princeton’s 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).

Contact: Bradly Derechailo • [email protected] • Office: (732) 445-7028 • Cell: (732) 647-5034 31 RETURNING NCAA QUALIFIERS Matt Correnti The Correnti File ... Career Honors: 2017 NCAA Championships qualifier ... 2017 Big Ten Championships placewinner R-Fr. (6th, 197). HWT125 Delran, N.J. Holy Cross Academy 2017-18 (As as sophomore): Collected four wins at 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... finished second with a 4-1 record at the Wilkes Open (Dec. 23) ... placed third with a Career Overall / Dual Record: 3-1 mark at the East Stroudsburg Open (Nov. 12) ... moved to heaveyweight and will redshirt the 16-15 / 8-6 2017-18 season. 2017-18 Season - 12-4 / 0-0* East Stroudsburg Open* 2016-17 (As a freshman): Finished first NCAA Championships 0-2 (March 16-18) ... placed sixth at Dante Immediato (Kutztown) W-F, 4:00 Lio Quezada (George Mason) W-D, 8-2 the Big Ten Championships with a 3-3 record to earn automatic bid to NCAA’s (March 5) ... closed Evan Fidelibus (Rider) W-D, 7-5 (SV) 2016-17 with 16 wins in first season of competition ... knocked off the first ranked wrestler of his David Pipa (Lehigh) W-D, 2-0 career with a 3-2 decision against Oregon State’s No. 18-ranked Corey Griego (Jan. 20) … won in Ryan Kemmerer L-D, 6-2 Wilkes Open* his RAC debut, 16-12, against Illinois’ Andre Lee to help RU to a 19-17 dual win over the No. 12 Baily Forte (Penn) W-F (0:43) Fighting Illini (Jan. 6 ) … had a 2-1 tournament at the Lock Haven Classic (Dec. 29) … capped his Jarrett Walters (Rebel WC) W-F (4:22) John Hartnett (Sacred Heart) W-F (3:19) day at the Journeymen Tussle with a 16-6 major decision (Dec. 4) … defeated Jonathan Costa (San Brett Dempsey (American) W-D, 4-0 Francisco State), 11-2, in his first-career dual match (Nov. 11) … placed fourth at the East Strouds- Christian Colucci (Lehigh) L-MF Midlands Championships burg University Open in the first tournament of his career (Nov. 6). Trent Hillger (Wisconsin-UN) W-D, 5-0 Tyler Hall (Penn) W-D, 9-3 Prior to Rutgers: Competed at Holy Cross Academy ... ranked No. 54 overall recruit byIntermat … William Miller (Edinboro) L-F (6:47) Ian James (Buffalo) W-D, 4-0 ranked No. 5 nationally at 220 pounds …a four-time NJSIAA placewinner, capping off his career Christian Araneo (Princeton) W-F (0:36) with a state title at 220 pounds in 2016 ... also finished second, third, and eighth … three-time Amar Dhesi (Oregon St. L-F (0:59) Cadet and Junior All-American … two-time high school national champion.

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