2021 NCAA QUALIFIERS MATSIDE: 2021 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS (3) Sebastian Rivera Thursday Schedule • Weight: 141 Time (ET) Session TV/Stream • Record: 8-1 11 a.m. Session 1A (First Round, 5 weight classes) ESPNU/ESPN3 2 p.m. Session 1B (First Round, 5 weight classes) ESPNU/ESPN3 • Record vs. Field: 7-1 6 p.m. Session 2A (Second Round and Wrestlebacks, 5 weight classes) ESPN2/ESPN3 • B1G Finish: Third 9 p.m. Session 2B (Second Round and Wrestlebacks, 5 weight classes) ESPN2/ESPN3 • Selection: Auto Friday Schedule Time (ET) Session TV/Stream 11 a.m. Session 3 (Quarterfinals and Wrestlebacks, 5 weight classes) ESPNU/ESPN3 (10) Michael VanBrill 3 p.m. Session 4 (Quarterfinals and Wrestlebacks, 5 weight classes) ESPNU/ESPN3 8 p.m. Session 5 (Semifinals and Wrestlebacks) ESPN/ESPN3 • Weight: 149 • Record: 5-4 Saturday Schedule • Record vs. Field: 5-4 Time (ET) Session TV/Stream • B1G Finish: Third 11 a.m. Session 6 (Wrestlebacks and 3rd-5th-7th Place Matches) ESPN2/ESPN3 • Selection: Auto 6 p.m. Session 7 (Finals and Awards Ceremony) ESPN (26) Jackson Turley KNIGHT NOTES • Weight: 174 • Rutgers wrestling finishes its season at the • The Scarlet Knights look to secure two or • Record: 6-3 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships from more All-Americans for the seventh consec- March 18-20 in St. Louis. Five Scarlet Knights - utive season, as Nicolas Aguilar (125) and • Record vs. Field: 2-2 Sebastian Rivera (141), Michael VanBrill (149), Sammy Alvarez (133) were named NWCA • B1G Finish: DNP Jackson Turley (174), John Poznanski (184) All-Americans last year by the coaches after • Selection: At-Large and Billy Janzer (197) - vie for All-America sta- the 2020 NCAA Championships were cancelled tus during the three-day tournament. due to COVID-19. • With its five qualifiers, RU has now qualified • Rutgers went three-for-three in its consola- five or more student-athletes for the national tion final matches at the Big Ten Champion- (6) John Poznanski tournament for the seventh consecutive season ships in its last time out, as Poznanski, Rivera, • Weight: 184 under head coach Scott Goodale. VanBrill all finished third in their respective weight classes last weekend at Penn State. It • Record: 7-2 • Rivera (No. 3), Poznanski (No. 6) and VanBrill (No. 10) all earned top-10 seeds for this year's marked the most top three individual results at • Record vs. Field: 5-2 NCAA Championships, just the second time the conference tournament since the Scarlet • B1G Finish: Third Rutgers has had three or more top-10 seeds at Knights joined in 2015. With eighth-place fin- • Selection: Auto the tournament under Goodale. isher Janzer, RU produced four podium finishes at Big Tens heading into this weekend's NCAA Championships. (33) Billy Janzer POSTSEASON QUALIFICATIONS Wrestler Hometown NCAA Qual. All-American 2021 Record B1G Finish • Weight: 197 (3) Sebastian Rivera Toms River, N.J. 4X 3X 8-1 Third (141) • Record: 3-5 (10) Michael VanBrill Mullica Hill, N.J. 2X --- 5-4 Third (149) (26) Jackson Turley Chester, Va. First --- 6-3 DNP (174) • Record vs. Field: 0-4 (6) John Poznanski Colonia, N.J. First --- 7-2 Third (184) • B1G Finish: Eighth (33) Billy Janzer Elk Twp., N.J. 2X --- 3-5 Eighth (197) • Selection: At-Large 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 - 38-6 Won on the road ............................. 2/9/20 vs. Rider - 25-12 Scored 20-29 points .... 2/14/20 vs. No. 25 N'Western - 26-13 Lost on the road ...........1/24/21 at No. 11 Ohio State - 14-19 Scored less than 20 points............1/31/21 vs. No. 15 Minnesota Won a B1G dual .....2/14/20 vs. No. 25 Northwestern - 26-13 Was shut out .................