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2014-15 SCHEDULE/ RESULTS MATSIDE ACTIVE WINS LEADERS Overall Record: 12-7 | Home: 5-4 | Away: 2-3 | Neutral: 5-0 No. 21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wrestler Year W L Big Ten: 2-7 Date Opponent Time VS. Billy Smith Fr. (2011-12) Redshirted OCT. 25 WRESTLE-OFFS# NTS Princeton Tigers R-Fr. (2012-13) 26 11 Nov. 2 RUTGERS DUALS VS. CENTENARY# W, 49-3 R-So. (2013-14) 27 8 RUTGERS DUALS VS. DELAWARE VALLEY# W, 38-6 The College Ave. Gym R-Jr. (2014-15) 12 6 RUTGERS DUALS VS. STEVENS INSTITUTE# W, 41-0 Princeton Record: 8-5, 5-4 EIWA Total 90 65 25 NOV. 16 HOFSTRA# W, 33-6 New Brunswick, N.J. Head coach: Chris Ayres Nov. 29 Northeast Duals vs. No. 19 Oklahoma W, 20-18 Feb. 14, 2015 • 2 p.m. EST Record./ Years: 43-112/10th Ken Theobold Fr. (2012-13) 16 13 Northeast Duals vs. West Virginia W, 19-16 At Princeton: Same So. (2013-14) 22 14 Northeast Duals vs. Buffalo W, 27-9 MEDIA COVERAGE Jr. (2014-15) 20 4 Dec. 5-6 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 11th, 54 Points Total 91 59 32 Dec. 21 “Grapple at the Garden” vs. Army W, 24-13 vs. Princeton “Grapple at the Garden” vs. Davidson W, 46-3 Television: N/A Anthony Perrotti Fr. (2011-12) 18 14 JAN. 2 NO. 1 IOWA *$ L, 27-9 Live Stream: RVision R-Fr. (2012-13) Redshirted Jan. 9 at No. 13 Illinois * L, 24-9 Radio: N/A JAN. 11 NO. 2 MINNESOTA *$ L, 23-12 R-So. (2013-14) 22 15 JAN. 16 NO. 5 PENN STATE *$ L, 28-6 KNIGHT NOTES R-Jr. (2014-15) 16 6 Jan. 18 at Maryland * W, 24-11 • Rutgers concludes the home dual season Saturday at 2 p.m. against longtime rival Total 91 56 35 Jan. 25 at No. 13 Nebraska * L, 26-9 Princeton at the College Ave. Gym. JAN. 31 NAVY# W, 20-15 • A live stream of the match with no commentators will be available via RVision. Nick Visicaro Fr. (2010-11) 17 8 FEB. 1 NO. 4 OHIO STATE *# L, 23-17 • The Scarlet Knights head into the weekend ranked No. 21 in the NWCA/USA Today Division R-Fr. (2011-12) Redshirted Feb. 6 at No. 18 Wisconsin * L, 19-18 (criterion 3.15.3) I Team Coaches Poll for the second consecutive week, tied for the team’s highest ranking R-So. (2012-13) 15 11 Feb. 8 at No. 25 Northwestern * W, 22-19 this season. Rutgers is also ranked in the Intermat Dual Rankings at No. 23. R-Jr. (2013-14) 16 15 FEB. 14 PRINCETON# 2 P.M. • RU split its duals last weekend on the road, losing by criterion 3.15.3 at No. 18 Wisconsin, R-Sr. (2014-15) 4 7 Feb. 19 at Drexel 7 p.m. 19-18, before rallying for a 22-19 win at No. 25 Northwestern to close the Big Ten schedule Total 93 52 41 March 7-8 Big Ten Championships (Columbus, Ohio) All Day on a high note. March 19-21 NCAA Championships (St. Louis, Mo.) All Day • Six Scarlet Knights are ranked this week, with 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault and 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti entering the dual on four-match winning streaks. Home events denoted by BOLD CAPS • With its win at Northwestern, RU captured at least 12 wins in a season for the first time # denotes match at the College Ave. Gym $ denotes match at the RAC since 2012-13. The program has won at least 11 duals in all eight seasons with Scott * denotes Big Ten opponent Goodale at the helm. All events listed in Eastern Standard Time • Rutgers will face Princeton for the 78th time in series history. The Scarlet Knights’ series with the Tigers is the longest in program history, dating back to RU’s first season in 1930-31. MEDIA INFORMATION • Scarlet Stats: Ashnault owns a team-best 21-4 overall record ... Ashnault and Perrotti RANKED SCARLET KNIGHTS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW POLICY have won four-straight matches ... Ashnault owns the team’s best dual record (17-2) ... Wrestler Wt. Intermat Open Mat WIN Flo Ashnault and Theobold lead in dual pins (three) ... Theobold has earned a riding time Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale, and point in a team-high 15 matches ... Bakuckas’ 11 bonus-point wins (four pins, four techs, S. DelVecchio 133 18 15 - 17 student-athletes will be made available to three majors) are eight more than his rookie campaign ... with five more wins, Smith (65- the media following a brief cooling-off period. Please direct 25) will become the 39th Scarlet Knight to reach 70 in his career ... Theobold is one win A. Ashnault 141 9 7 12 9 any student-athlete requests to Assistant Director of Athletic away from his 60th career win. Communications Anthony Hernandez (ahernandez@scarletk- K. Theobold 149 17 14 17 20 nights.com/ 609-709-0013). RUTGERS PROJECTED COMPETITORS IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY Wt. Name Yr. Hometown/ High School 2014-15 Record (Dual) A. Perrotti 157 14 18 12 17 Rutgers holds weekly media availability (either in person or 125 Sean McCabe R-So. Ronkonkoma, N.Y./ Connetquot 14-8 (10-6) via teleconference). Requests for head coach Scott Goodale 133 Scott DelVecchio So. South Plainfield, N.J./ South Plainfield 17-7 (11-5) P. Bakuckas 174 - 20 - - and student-athletes should be made - if possible - 24-48 141 Anthony Ashnault R-Fr. South Plainfield, N.J./ South Plainfield 21-4 (17-2) hours in advance. All interviews MUST be coordinated through 149 Ken Theobold* Jr. Toms River, N.J./ Toms River HS South 21-5 (15-3) B. Smith 285 14 17 20 11 the Office of Athletic Communications, and interviews will not 157 Anthony Perrotti R-Jr. Roseland, N.J./ West Essex 16-6 (11-5) be granted on the day of competition until after the event has 165 Nick Visicaro R-Sr. Long Branch, N.J./ Long Branch 4-7 (1-6) concluded. 174 Phil Bakuckas R-So. Hammonton, N.J./ Hammonton 17-11 (10-9) 184 Anthony Pafumi R-So. Westfield, N.J./ St. Peter’s Prep 13-11 (5-8) 197 Hayden Hrymack Jr. Point Pleasant, N.J./ CBA 11-8 (5-6) 285 Billy Smith** R-Jr. Wantage, N.J./ High Point 12-6 (9-6) *denotes previous NCAA qualifications BIG TEN CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCOUTING PRINCETON • Princeton enters the weekend 8-5 overall and 5-4 in EIWA action. The Tigers have won their last three Team Conference Overall W-L-T % W-L-T % duals, all in conference competition, and seek their first win over Rutgers since 1990. Iowa 8-0-0 1.000 13-0-0 1.000 Nebraska 8-1-0 .889 11-1-0 .917 The following two Tigers are ranked this week by Intermat/The Open Mat/WIN Magazine/FloWrestling: Ohio State 8-1-0 .889 12-3-0 .800 Minnesota 7-2-0 .778 11-2-0 .846 No. NR/18/NR/NR Jonathan Schleifer and No. 13/15/15/10 197-pounder Abe Ayala. Wisconsin 7-2-0 .778 9-3-0 .750 Penn State 6-3-0 .667 10-3-0 .769 PRINCETON PROJECTED STARTERS Illinois 6-3-0 .667 12-4-0 .750 Weight Name Year Hometown Overall Record Michigan 4-4-0 .500 6-5-0 .546 125 Ryan Cash Sr. Aurora, Ohio 8-11 RUTGERS 2-7-0 .222 12-7-0 .632 133 Jordan Reich Fr. Vernon Hills, Ill. 3-10 Purdue 1-6-0 .143 8-8-0 .500 Northwestern 1-7-0 .125 9-8-0 .529 141 Jordan Laster So. Bolingbrook, Ill. 21-9 Michigan State 0-7-0 .000 4-10-0 .286 149 Chris Perez Jr. Levittown, N.Y. 11-5 Indiana 0-7-0 .000 2-8-0 .200 -OR- Nick Maselli Jr. Park Ridge, N.J. 9-7 Maryland 0-8-0 .000 5-14-0 .263 157 Francesco Fabozzi Fr. New Hope, Pa. 14-11 Through Feb. 8. -OR- Rich Eva Sr. Christiansburg, Va. 4-4 165 Jonathan Schleifer Fr. East Brunswick, N.J. 20-7 174 Judd Ziegler Jr. Myersville, Md. 14-12 184 Brett Harner So. Norristown, Pa. 23-6 197 Abram Ayala Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 23-4 BIG TEN WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK 285 Ray O’Donnell So. Bethlehem, Pa. 18-14 -OR- Ian Baker Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. 7-5 Week One (Nov. 4): Scott Schiller, MINN/ Mike McMullan, NU Week Two (Nov. 11): Jimmy Gulibon, PSU Week Three (Nov. 18): Zac Brunson, ILL SERIES VS. PRINCETON Week Four (Nov. 25): Taylor Walsh, IND • Rutgers is 39-33-5 all-time against Princeton, first wrestling the Tigers on Jan. 14, 1931 in a 23-15 Week Five (Dec. 2): Logan Stieber, OSU/ Danny Sabatello, PUR Week Six (Dec. 9) Logan Stieber, OSU loss. Since then the Scarlet Knights have gone on to control the series and have won 18 in a row Week Seven (Dec. 16) Isaac Jordan, WIS against their in-state rivals since Feb. 13, 1993. Princeton last topped RU on Dec. 8, 1990 by a final Weeek Eight (Dec. 23) Jimmy Lawson, PSU score of 19-15. Week Nine (Dec. 31) Taylor Walsh, IND/ Bobby Telford IOWA Week Ten (Jan. 6) Robert Kokesh, NEB Week Eleven (Jan. 13) Brandon Sorensen, IOWA/ Kyle Snyder, OSU RU took last year’s meeting on the road, 27-9, on Dec. 14, 2013. Rutgers won eight of 10 bouts, with Week Twelve (Jan.