2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS MATSIDE ACTIVE WINS LEADERS 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.