SCHEDULE/RESULTS MATSIDE: CENTENARY/FRESNO STATE/JOHNSON & WALES NOVEMBER 3 .... CENTENARY .............................. 10 A.M. FRESNO STATE .......................11:30 A.M. 10 a.m. - Centenary JOHNSON & WALES ......................1 P.M. • Head Coach: John Garriques 11...vs. Utah Valley State# ........................ TBA • 2017-18 Record: 12-2 vs. Appalachian State# ...................... TBA • 2018 DIII National Qualifiers: 2 16...at Hofstra ....................................... 6 p.m. 30...at Cliff Keen Invitational ...............All Day 11:30 a.m. - Fresno State • Head Coach: Troy Steiner DECEMBER • 2017-18 Record: 4-16 1.....at Cliff Keen Invitational ................All Day • 2018 DI National Qualifiers: 2 16 .. RIDER ..........................................1 P.M. 1 p.m. - Johnson & Wales JANUARY • Head Coach: Lonnie Morris 6.....at Minnesota* ............................... 2 p.m. • 2017-18 Record: 21-2 11 .. WISCONSIN* ................................7 P.M. • 2018 DIII National Qualifiers:7 13 .. OKLAHOMA STATE .......................1 P.M. Three-time All-American Anthony Ashnault returns for 18...at Iowa* ......................................... 9 p.m. his final collegiate season in 2018-19 with 91 career wins. 25 .. MICHIGAN STATE* .......................7 P.M. FEBRUARY KNIGHT NOTES 1 .... NEBRASKA* .................................7 P.M. • Rutgers wrestling opens the 2018-19 season Matthew Correnti (1x) and Jordan Pagano (1x) 3 .... PRINCETON ..................................NOON on Saturday, Nov. 3, hosting Centenary, Fresno will also be available in 2018-19. 8.....at Indiana* .................................... 7 p.m. State and Johnson & Wales for a quad meet at • Under the guidance of head coach Scott 10...at Purdue* ..................................... 1 p.m. the RAC. Goodale, Rutgers produced its best team finish 17 .. MICHIGAN* .................................NOON • The Scarlet Knights enter the season ranked at the NCAA Championships in 2018, finishing 22...at Maryland* ................................. 7 p.m. as high as No. 13 in the national preseason 11th with 42.5 points. The historic result also MARCH polls. Four RU grapplers - Nick Suriano, Antho- included the program’s first national finalist 9-10 ..... at Big Ten Championships .......All Day ny Ashnault, John Van Brill and Nick Gravina (Suriano) as well as a sixth-place finisher in 21-23 ... at NCAA Championships .........All Day - also appear in preseason individual rankings Scott DelVecchio. for their respective weight classes. • RU has produced multiple All-Americans in BOLD - Home Match • RU returns six wrestlers with NCAA Cham- three consecutive seasons and has had at least * - Big Ten Match pionships experience, including a three-time one competitor on the podium in five-straight # - Journeymen Duals - Clifton Park, N.Y. All-American (Ashnault) and a 2018 national NCAA Championships. All Match Times Eastern Standard Time finalist (Suriano). Gravina (3x), Van Brill (2x), RUTGERS PROJECTED LINEUP TEAM & INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Wt. Name Year Hometown 2017-18 Record (Dual) Wrestler Wt. Intermat Flo OM WIN Track 125 Shane Metzler So. Long Valley, N.J. 11-11 (2-0) N. Suriano 125 2 2 2 3 (133) 2 -OR- Nick DeNora R-Fr. West Paterson, N.J. 3-11 (0-0)^ 133 No. 2 Nick Suriano ** Jr. Paramus, N.J. 25-1 (11-0) A. Ashnault 149 2 3 3 2 3 -OR- Kyle DiNapoli R-So. Voorhees, N.J. 14-11 (0-0)^ 141 Michael Van Brill R-So. Mullica Hill, N.J. 15-14 (7-8) J. Van Brill 157 9 9 8 15 (165) 9 -OR- Robert Cleary R-Fr. Edison, N.J. 14-7 (0-0)^ 149 No. 2 Anthony Ashnault *** Gr.-Sr. South Plainfield, N.J. 0-0 (0-0)! N. Gravina 184 13 12 13 11 12 -OR- Jake Benner Fr. Ocean Township, N.J. First Collegiate Season 157 No. 9 John Van Brill ** Gr.-Sr. Mullica Hill, N.J. 22-14 (7-7) Team NWCA Intermat Flo WIN Track 165 Stephan Glasgow Fr. Bound Brook, N.J. First Collegiate Season Preseason 16 13/18 14 14 13 174 Joseph Grello R-So. Newtown, N.J. 14-10 (7-5) -OR- Willie Scott R-Jr. Brick, N.J. 10-10 (0-2) 184 Jordan Pagano * R-Sr. South Brunswick, N.J. 13-8 (1-4) 197 Matthew Correnti * R-So. Delran, N.J. 16-6 (0-0)^ * denotes NCAA Championships qualifier -OR- Max Wright Fr. Delaware, Ohio First Collegiate Season ! missed last season due to injury Hwt. Christian Colucci R-Jr. Summit, N.J. 8-2 (2-0)# ^ 2017-18 redshirt record -OR- Ralph Normandia R-Sr. Somerset, N.J. 7-10 (0-2) # wrestled at Lehigh in 2017-18 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.-Sr. 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. 125/133 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. 157/165 Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook Rutgers holds weekly media availability (either in Nicholas Gravina Gr.-Sr. 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- Gerald Jones Fr. 157 Caldwell, N.J./Caldwell nications, and interviews will not be granted on the Kyle Lightner Fr. 197 Frenchtown, N.J./Delaware Valley day of competition until after the event has concluded. Peter Lipari R-Jr. 133/141 Little Falls, N.J./Bergen Catholic Shane Metzler So. 125 Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Ralph Normandia R-Sr. HWT Somerset, N.J./Franklin QUICK FACTS Anthony Olivieri R-So. 174/184 East Hanover, N.J./Hanover Park (Hofstra) Location ................New Brunswick/Piscataway, N.J. Jordan Pagano R-Sr. 174/184 South Brunswick, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Enrollment ....................................................69,198 Malcolm Robinson Fr. 133/141 Culpeper, Va./Blair Academy Nickname ........................................ Scarlet Knights Nick Santos R-Fr. 149 Clark, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep President ....................................... Robert L. Barchi Willie Scott R-Jr. 174 Brick, N.J./Brick Township Athletic Director ..................................... Pat Hobbs Nick Suriano Jr. 125/133 Paramus, N.J./Bergen Catholic (Penn State) Administrator ................................... Carly Northup John Van Brill Gr.-Sr. 157 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Arena (Capacity) ...................................RAC (8,000) Michael Van Brill R-So. 141 Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Attendance Record (Stadium).... 16,178 (11/19/16) Max Wright Fr. 197 Delaware, Ohio/Delaware Hayes Attendance Record (RAC) .............. 8,321 (1/28/18) Head Coach ...................................... Scott Goodale Head Coach: Scott Goodale (Lock Haven, ‘95) – 12th Season Years at School (Record) .................12th (161-62-1) 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: Brian Murphy (Michigan, ‘18) Assistant Coach ...............................John Leonardis Director of Wrestling Operations: Joe Pollard (Rider, ‘03) Volunteer Assistant Coach .................Brian Murphy Director of Operations ........................... Joe Pollard Pronunciation Guide 2017-18 Dual Record ..........................................8-7 Nicolas Aguilar Agg-e-lar 2017-18 Big Ten Dual Record ..............................3-6 John “JT” Ciaramella Chair-a-mella ‘18 Big Ten Tournament Finish .....11th, 42.5 Points Stephan Glasgow Steff-ahn Glass-gow ‘18 Big Ten Placewinners .......................................5 Anthony Olivieri Ol-e-ver-e ‘18 NCAA Qualifiers ...............................................6 Ralph Normandia Nor-man-d-ah ‘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 ...........................