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SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-4, 0-4 B1G) MATSIDE: 2021 BIG TEN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS JANUARY Saturday Schedule 8 .... NO. 3 MICHIGAN ....................... L, 26-10 Session I: 10 a.m. 16 .. NO. 2 PENN STATE ...................Cancelled 24...at No. 11 Ohio State ....................L, 19-14 Session II: 7:30 p.m. (Semis) 31 .. NO. 19 PURDUE ........................ L, 18-15 NO. 15 MINNESOTA ............ L, 21-18 Sunday Schedule FEBRUARY 6.....at Indiana ................................. Cancelled Session III: Noon vs. No. 23 Michigan State .........Cancelled Session IV: 4 p.m. (Finals) vs. No. 7 Nebraska ....................Cancelled 19...at Maryland ..............................Cancelled Media Coverage MARCH TV .......................BTN (All Sessions) 6-7 ....... at Big Ten Championships .......All Day Live Stream .. BTN2Go (All Sessions) 18-20 ... at NCAA Championships .........All Day Radio ....................WRSU (88.7 FM) KNIGHT NOTES • Rutgers wrestling competes at the 2021 Big • Rutgers appears in almost all national tourna- • Rutgers earned five top-eight pre-seeds for Ten Wrestling Championships from March 6-7 ment rankings, which includes No. 12 by FloW- the championships - No. 3 Sammy Alvarez in University Park, Pennsylvania. restling, No. 14 by TrackWrestling, No. 15 by (133), No. 3 Sebastian Rivera (141), No. 5 John • Sessions I & II take place on Saturday, with Ses- WIN Magazine and No. 18 by Intermat. Poznanski (184), No. 7 Jackson Turley (174) and sion II featuring the championship semifinals. • Due to COVID-19 protocols, the Scarlet No. 8 Michael VanBrill (149). These seeds will Session III will be held on Sunday morning, fol- Knights have not competed since Jan. 31, when be finalized by the coaches on Friday. lowed by championship bouts on Sunday after- they hosted Minnesota and Purdue at the RAC. • After he earned two conference titles at North- noon. For the first time, all four sessions of the RU faced four top-20 foes during its abbrevi- western, Rivera looks to become a three-time Big championships will air on Big Ten Network and ated dual schedule, which included 5/5 match Ten champion and just the third individual Big Ten will also be available via BTNPlus. splits with No. 11 Ohio State, No. 15 Minnesota champion for Rutgers, joining Nick Suriano (2019) and No. 19 Purdue. and Anthony Ashnault (2016-17, 2018). RUTGERS PROJECTED LINEUP INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Wt. (Pre-Seed) Name Year Hometown 2021 Record (Dual) Wrestler Wt. Intermat Flo TOM AWN Track 125 (13) Dylan Shawver Fr. Lorain, Ohio 2-0 (0-0) N. Aguilar 125 NR NR NR NR 20 133 (3) Sammy Alvarez *! So. Garfield, N.J. 3-0 (3-0) 141 (3) Sebastian Rivera *** !!! Gr. Toms River, N.J. 4-0 (4-0) S. Alvarez 133 6 6 4 5 6 149 (8) Michael VanBrill * !! R-Sr. Mullica Hill, N.J. 1-3 (1-3) 157 (N/A) NO ENTRY --- --- --- S. Rivera 141 3 1 3 2 3 165 (13) Brett Donner ! R-Sr. Wall, N.J. 0-3 (0-3) 174 (7) Jackson Turley So. Chester, Va. 3-1 (2-0) M. VanBrill 149 NR 17 NR NR 24 184 (5) John Poznanski Fr. Colonia, N.J. 3-1 (3-1) 197 (10) Billy Janzer * ! R-So. Elk Township, N.J. 2-2(2-2) R. Kanniard 157 NR 24 NR NR 23 HWT (11) Christian Colucci ! Gr. Summit, N.J. 0-2 (0-2) B. Donner 165 NR NR NR NR 28 * denotes past NCAA Championships qualifications ! denotes past Big Ten Championships appearances J. Turley 174 NR 20 23 NR 14 # Rutgers will not enter a 157-pounder this week for the Big Ten Championships. With a 1-3 record, Robert Kanniard is still eligible for an at-large selection to the NCAA Championships later this J. Poznanski 184 18 9 18 17 12 month. B. Janzer 197 NR NR 25 NR 25 WWW.SCARLETKNIGHTS.COM | @RUWrestling MEDIA INFORMATION 2020-21 ROSTER RUTGERS CONTACT Name Class Weight Hometown/High School (Previous School) Bradly Derechailo, Asst. Director of Communications Nicolas Aguilar R-So. 125 Gilroy, Calif./Gilroy Email: [email protected] Sammy Alvarez So. 133 Garfield, N.J./St. Joseph’s Regional Office: 732-445-7028 Gerard Angelo R-So. 149 East Hanover, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Cornell) Cell: 732-647-5034 JoJo Aragona So. 141 Matamoras, Pa./Pope John XXIII Twitter: @Bradly_D Jake Benner R-So. 149 Ocean Township, N.J./Ocean Devon Britton R-Fr. 133 Northampton, Pa./Northampton POST-MATCH INTERVIEW POLICY Andrew Clark Fr. 149 Collingswood, N.J./Collingswood Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale and requested Christian Colucci Gr. HWT Summit, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep (Lehigh) student-athletes will be made available to the media in the RAC Media Room following a brief cooling-off Niccolo Colucci Fr. HWT Summit, N.J./St. Peter's Prep period. Please direct any student-athlete requests to Al DeSantis Fr. 141 Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Bradly Brett Donner R-Sr. 165 Wall, N.J./Wall Township Derechailo ([email protected]/732-647-5034). Kyle Epperly Fr. 197 Jackson Township, N.J./Jackson Memorial Alex Esposito R-Jr. HWT Cranford, N.J./Cranford IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY Marcus Estevez Fr. HWT Franklin, N.J./Franklin Rutgers holds weekly media availability (either in Zach Firestone Gr. 133 Swedesboro, N.J./Clearview (Bucknell) person or via teleconference). Requests for head coach Andrew Gapas Jr. 141 Clinton Township, N.J./North Hunterdon (Clarion) Scott Goodale and student-athletes should be made - if possible - 24-48 hours in advance. All interviews MUST Joseph Grello Gr. 174 Newtown, N.J./Bergen Catholic be coordinated through the Office of Athletic Commu- Billy Janzer R-So. 184 Elk Township, N.J./Delsea nications, and interviews will not be granted on the Robert Kanniard R-Fr. 157 Wall, N.J./Wall Township day of competition until after the event has concluded. Boone McDermott R-So. HWT Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque Wahlert (Iowa Central C.C.) Nico Messina Fr. 125 Freehold, N.J./Freehold Regional Shane Metzler R-Sr. 133 Long Valley, N.J./West Morris QUICK FACTS Connor O'Neill Fr. 174 Green Brook, N.J./DePaul Catholic Location ..........................................Piscataway, N.J. John Poznanski Fr. 184 Colonia, N.J./Colonia Enrollment ....................................................69,198 Sebastian Rivera Gr. 141 Toms River, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy (Northwestern) Nickname ........................................ Scarlet Knights Malcolm Robinson R-So. 125 Culpeper, Va./Blair Academy President ....................................... Robert L. Barchi Nick Santos R-Jr. 149 Clark, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Athletic Director ..................................... Pat Hobbs Dylan Shawver Fr. 125 Lorain, Ohio/Elyria Administrator ................................... Carly Northup Nick Suriano Sr. 133 Paramus, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Arena (Capacity) ...................................RAC (8,000) Jackson Turley So. 165 Chester, Va./St. Christopher’s Attendance Record (Stadium).... 16,178 (11/19/16) Michael VanBrill R-Sr. 157 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Attendance Record (RAC) .............. 8,321 (1/28/18) Head Coach ...................................... Scott Goodale Head Coach: Scott Goodale (Lock Haven, ‘95) – 14th Season Years at School (Record) .................14th (183-79-1) Associate Head Coach: Donny Pritzlaff (Wisconsin, ’02) Years as Head Coach (Record) ........................Same Assistant Coach: John Leonardis (Lehigh, ’97) Associated Head Coach ................... Donny Pritzlaff Volunteer Assistant Coach: Kyle Kiss (North Carolina, ‘11) Assistant Coach ...............................John Leonardis Director of Wrestling Operations: Joe Pollard (Rider, ‘03) Volunteer Assistant Coach ......................... Kyle Kiss Director of Operations ........................... Joe Pollard Pronunciation Guide 2019-20 Dual Record ........................................10-7 Nicolas Aguilar Agg-e-lar 2019-20 Big Ten Dual Record ..............................4-5 JoJo Aragona Air-A-Go-Na ‘20 Big Ten Tournament Finish .....12th, 25.5 Points Robert Kanniard Ka-Nard ‘20 Big Ten Placewinners .......................................2 John Poznanski Pahz-nan-ski '20 NCAA Qualifiers ...............................................5 Dylan Shawver Shaw-vur ‘20 NCAA Finish ....................................... Cancelled Scott Goodale Good-ale ‘20 All-Americans ............................2 (Aguilar, Alvarez) ‘20 “Blood Round” Participants ......N/A (Cancelled) Dual Starters Returning/Lost ............................. 7/3 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost ........................ 5/1 All-Americans Returning/Lost ........................... 2/0 EIWA Champions .................................................11 Big Ten Champions ................................................4 LAST TIME... All-Americans ......................................................20 Won at the RAC .....2/14/20 vs. No. 25 Northwestern - 26-13 Wrestled top-five team .................1/8/21 vs. No. 3 Michigan 100-Win Wrestlers ...............................................17 Won at the CAG .................... 11/1/15 vs. Binghamton - 38-0 Beat a top-five team ..... 12/12/15 vs. No. 4 Nebraska - 17-16 Won at a neutral site .............. 11/10/18 vs. App. State - 26-9 Shut out an opponent .. 11/11/16 vs. San Francisco St. - 45-0 Lost at the RAC ........... 1/31/21 vs. No. 15 Minnesota - 18-21 Scored 50+ points ................. 11/7/10 vs. Sacred Heart - 56-0 RWJBARNABAS HEALTH APC Lost at the CAG ....................2/1/15 vs. No. 4 Ohio St. - 17-23 Scored 40-49 points ..............................11/2/19 vs. LIU - 43-3 Lost at a neutral site ........2/1/20 vs. No. 25 Michigan - 16-21 Scored 30-39 points .................. 11/2/19 vs. Centenary