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SCHEDULE/RESULTS (7-3, 1-1 B1G) MATSIDE: NO. 20 RUTGERS VS. NO. 4 IOWA NOVEMBER 3 .... CENTENARY ...............................W, 48-3 Fri., Jan. 18, 2019 FRESNO STATE ............................W, 30-6 9 P.M. • Iowa City, Iowa JOHNSON & WALES ....................W, 38-5 10...vs. RV Appalachian State# ........... W, 26-9 No. 4 Iowa vs. RV Utah Valley# ......................L, 24-14 • Head Coach: Tom Brands 16...at Hofstra ..................................... W, 40-3 • 2018-19 Record: 7-0, 2-0 B1G 30...at Cliff Keen Invitational .... 9th, 66.5 pts. • Ranked Wrestlers: 9 • 2018 National Qualifiers: 9 DECEMBER • 2018 All-Americans: 5 1.....at Cliff Keen Invitational ..... 9th, 66.5 pts. 16 .. RIDER ........................................W, 28-6 Media Coverage TV ............................................................ BTN JANUARY Livestream ..........................................BTN2Go 6.....at No. 8 Minnesota* ....................L, 22-15 Radio ..................................... WRSU (88.7 FM) 11 .. NO. 10 WISCONSIN* ................W, 17-16 Series vs. the Hawkeyes No. 2 Anthony Ashnault (149) secured his fourth ranked 13 .. NO. 3 OKLAHOMA STATE ............. L, 26-5 Last Meeting..................Jan. 8, 2017 (L, 23-15) win last weekend with his decision over No. 6 Kaden 18...at No. 4 Iowa* ............................... 9 p.m. Gfeller (OKST) on Sunday at the RAC. All-Time Series ........................ Iowa leads, 4-0 25 .. MICHIGAN STATE* .......................7 P.M. FEBRUARY KNIGHT NOTES 1 .... NO. 11 NEBRASKA* ......................7 P.M. • No. 20 Rutgers wrestling hits the road as it takes • RU moved up four spots to No. 20 in the latest 3 .... NO. 25 PRINCETON ......................NOON on No. 4 Iowa on Friday, Jan. 18 at Carver-Hawk- NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll, released 8.....at Indiana* .................................... 7 p.m. eye Arena in Iowa City. The match will broadcast on Tuesday. As a team, Rutgers is also ranked No. 10...at No. 13 Purdue* ......................... 1 p.m. in primetime at 9 p.m. ET on BTN. 11/13 (dual/tournament) by The Open Mat, No. 17 .. NO. 6 MICHIGAN* ........................NOON • After its road bout with the Hawkeyes, the 13 by TrackWrestling and FloWrestling and No. 22...at Maryland* ................................. 7 p.m. Scarlet Knights will host three consecutive home 14/14 by Intermat. MARCH matches, entertaining Michigan State (Jan. 25), • Five individuals appear in the national rankings 9-10 ..... at Big Ten Championships .......All Day No. 9 Nebraska (Feb. 1) and No. 22 Princeton for Rutgers. Ashnault is the consensus No. 2 wres- 21-23 ... at NCAA Championships .........All Day (Feb. 3). tler in the country at 149 pounds, while Suriano is • Rutgers split its matches at the RAC last week- the consensus No. 3 wrestler at 133 pounds. - Home Match end, as it defeated No. 10 Wisconsin on Friday, • John Van Brill (157) and Nick Gravina (184) BOLD 17-16, on criteria and dropped a 26-5 bout * - Big Ten Match with No. 3 Oklahoma State on Sunday in front also appear in the national polls, with Van Brill # - Journeymen Duals (Troy, N.Y.) of a season-high 7,545 fans in Piscataway. as high as No. 13 (TOM) and Gravina as high All Match Times Eastern Standard Time as No. 16 (TOM). Willie Scott is No. 21 at 174 RUTGERS PROJECTED LINEUP TEAM & INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Wt. Name Year Hometown 2018-19 Record (Dual) Wrestler Wt. Intermat Flo TOM AWN Track 125 Shane Metzler So. Long Valley, N.J. 7-9 (4-6) N. Suriano 133 3 3 3 3 3 133 3/3/3 Nick Suriano ** Jr. Paramus, N.J. 14-1 (9-1) 141 Michael Van Brill R-So. Mullica Hill, N.J. 4-4 (3-2) A. Ashnault 149 2 2 2 2 2 -OR- Peter Lipari R-Jr. Byram Township, N.J. 6-7 (1-3) 149 2/2/2 Anthony Ashnault *** Gr. South Plainfield, N.J. 15-0 (10-0) J. Van Brill 157 14 15 13 NR 15 157 14/15/13 John Van Brill ** Gr. Mullica Hill, N.J. 13-7 (6-3) -OR- Jake Benner Fr. Ocean Township, N.J. 6-5 (0-1) W. Scott 174 NR NR NR NR 21 165 Stephan Glasgow Fr. Bound Brook, N.J. 5-4 (5-4) 174 Joseph Grello R-So. Newtown, N.J. 9-5 (6-3) N. Gravina 184 17 18 16 19 19 -OR- Willie Scott R-Jr. Brick, N.J. 13-4 (3-1) 184 No. 17/18/16 Nick Gravina*** Gr. Allendale, N.J. 2-1 (2-1) Team NWCA Intermat Flo TOM Track 197 Matthew Correnti * R-So. Delran, N.J. 11-7 (4-3) Week 11 20 14/14 13 13/11 13 HWT Christian Colucci R-Jr. Summit, N.J. 9-7 (4-5) * denotes NCAA Championships qualifier Rankings Intermat/FloWrestling/The Open Mat WWW.SCARLETKNIGHTS.COM | @RUWrestling MEDIA INFORMATION 2018-19 ROSTER RUTGERS CONTACT Name Class Weight Hometown/High School (Previous School) Bradly Derechailo, Asst. Director of Communications Nicolas Aguilar Fr. 125 Gilroy, Calif./Gilroy Email: [email protected] Anthony Ashnault Gr. 149 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield Office: 732-445-7028 Jake Benner Fr. 149 Ocean Township, N.J./Ocean Cell: 732-647-5034 John “JT” Ciaramella Fr. 174 Waxhaw, N.C./Marvin Ridge Twitter: @Bradly_D Robert Cleary R-Fr. 141 Edison, N.J./Bound Brook Christian Colucci R-Jr. HWT Summit, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep (Lehigh) POST-MATCH INTERVIEW POLICY Matthew Correnti R-So. 197 Delran, N.J./Holy Cross Academy Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale and requested Nick DeNora R-Fr. 125 West Paterson, N.J./Passaic Valley student-athletes will be made available to the media in the RAC Media Room following a brief cooling-off Kyle Dinapoli R-So. 133 Voorhees, N.J./Voorhees (George Mason) period. Please direct any student-athlete requests to Brett Donner R-So. 165 Wall, N.J./Wall Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Bradly Luke Ecklof So. 133 Howell Township, N.J./St. John Vianney Derechailo ([email protected]/732-647-5034). Alex Esposito R-Fr. HWT Cranford, N.J./Cranford Zach Firestone R-So. 133 Swedesboro, N.J./Clearview (Bucknell) IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY Stephan Glasgow Fr. 165 Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook Rutgers holds weekly media availability (either in Nicholas Gravina Gr. 184 Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional person or via teleconference). Requests for head coach Joseph Grello R-So. 174 Newtown, N.J./Bergen Catholic Scott Goodale and student-athletes should be made - if possible - 24-48 hours in advance. All interviews MUST Billy Janzer Fr. 184 Elk Township, N.J./Delsea be coordinated through the Office of Athletic Commu- Kyle Lightner Fr. 197 Frenchtown, N.J./Delaware Valley nications, and interviews will not be granted on the Peter Lipari R-Jr. 141 Byram Township, N.J./Bergen Catholic day of competition until after the event has concluded. Shane Metzler So. 125 Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Ralph Normandia R-Sr. HWT Somerset, N.J./Franklin Anthony Olivieri R-So. 174/184 East Hanover, N.J./Hanover Park (Hofstra) QUICK FACTS Jordan Pagano R-Sr. 184 South Brunswick, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Location ................New Brunswick/Piscataway, N.J. Malcolm Robinson Fr. 133 Culpeper, Va./Blair Academy Enrollment ....................................................69,198 Nick Santos R-Fr. 149 Clark, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Nickname ........................................ Scarlet Knights Willie Scott R-Jr. 174 Brick, N.J./Brick Township President ....................................... Robert L. Barchi Nick Suriano Jr. 133 Paramus, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Athletic Director ................................Patrick Hobbs John Van Brill Gr. 157 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Administrator ................................... Carly Northup Michael Van Brill R-So. 141 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Arena (Capacity) ...................................RAC (8,000) Max Wright Fr. 197 Delaware, Ohio/Delaware Hayes Attendance Record (Stadium).... 16,178 (11/19/16) Attendance Record (RAC) .............. 8,321 (1/28/18) Head Coach: Scott Goodale (Lock Haven, ‘95) – 12th Season Head Coach ...................................... Scott Goodale Associate Head Coach: Donny Pritzlaff (Wisconsin, ’02) Years at School (Record) .................12th (168-65-1) Assistant Coach: John Leonardis (Lehigh, ’97) Years as Head Coach (Record) ........................Same Volunteer Assistant Coach: Brian Murphy (Michigan, ‘18) Associated Head Coach ................... Donny Pritzlaff Director of Wrestling Operations: Joe Pollard (Rider, ‘03) Assistant Coach ...............................John Leonardis Volunteer Assistant Coach .................Brian Murphy Pronunciation Guide Director of Operations ........................... Joe Pollard Nicolas Aguilar Agg-e-lar 2017-18 Dual Record ..........................................8-7 John “JT” Ciaramella Chair-a-mella 2017-18 Big Ten Dual Record ..............................3-6 Stephan Glasgow Steff-ahn Glass-gow ‘18 Big Ten Tournament Finish .....11th, 42.5 Points Anthony Olivieri Ol-e-ver-e ‘18 Big Ten Placewinners .......................................5 Ralph Normandia Nor-man-d-ah ‘18 NCAA Qualifiers ...............................................6 ‘18 NCAA Finish ............................11th, 42.5 points ‘18 National Finalists ........1 (Nick Suriano - 125 bs) ‘18 All-Americans .....2 (Nick Suriano, Scott DelVecchio) ‘18 “Blood Round” Participants .............................4 Dual Starters Returning/Lost ............................. 6/4 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost ........................ 6/3 All-Americans Returning/Lost ........................... 2/1 EIWA Champions .................................................11 LAST TIME... Big Ten Champions ................................................2 Won at the RAC ........... 1/11/19 vs. No. 10 Wisconsin - 17-16 Wrestled top-five team . 1/13/19 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State - 5-26 All-Americans ......................................................16 Won at the CAG .................... 11/1/15 vs. Binghamton - 38-0 Beat a top-five team ..... 12/12/15 vs. No. 4 Nebraska - 17-16 100-Win Wrestlers ...............................................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 .......1/13/19 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State - 5-26 Scored 50+ points ................. 11/7/10 vs. Sacred Heart - 56-0 ASHNAULT TRACKER Lost at the CAG ....................2/1/15 vs. No. 4 Ohio St. - 17-23 Scored 40-49 points .....................