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With March rapidly approaching, the Rutgers wrestling team found its most productive road trip of the season this past weekend, extending its win streak to three with victories over Indiana and No. 20 Purdue.
The Rutgers wrestling team will be taking a trip to the Midwest this weekend for two of its last three road meets of the regular season. Fresh off a thriller over Garden State rival Princeton, the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (9-5, 2-3) will be returning to Big Ten action with meets against Indiana on Friday night and No. 19 Purdue on Sunday afternoon.
Of course, all eyes around the collegiate wrestling sphere were focused on one bout in particular in the showdown of New Jersey college wrestling. The 149-pound weight class match of then-No. 1 Matthew Kolodzik against the then-No. 2 Ashnault.
After the Rutgers wrestling team only secured two individual match victories in a 22-point loss to No. 9 Nebraska last Friday evening, head coach Scott Goodale gathered his team in the locker room and did something he admitted he rarely does: address the wrestlers as a unit.
A year removed from missing an entire season to injury, No. 2 graduate student 149-pounder Anthony Ashnault is closing his sixth and final season undefeated through 19 matches. The consensus No. 2 wrestler in the country tallied what he said is one of his best career wins against Princeton’s Matthew Kolodzik, the consensus No. 1 wrestler in the country.
After snapping its two-match losing streak against Michigan State last Friday, the Rutgers wrestling team will end its short homestand this weekend as it welcomes Nebraska and Princeton to the Rutgers Athletics Center (RAC).
No. 4 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano had never lost back-to-back matches in his college career before he lost when the Rutgers wrestling team fell in Iowa on Jan. 18. Suriano, four-time New Jersey high school state champion from Bergen Catholic, didn’t drop a bout in all 159 matches that he wrestled in.
Prior to facing Michigan State last Friday evening, the Rutgers wrestling team had suffered a two-match losing streak against tough competition in No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 4 Iowa.
Some unexpected adversity put the Rutgers wrestling team in an early hole against Michigan State. Needing a second conference win, No. 5 junior 133-pounder Nick Suriano sparked a comeback for the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (8-4, 2-2) as they avoided an upset loss to the Spartans (4-6, 1-4) to end their two-meet skid in a 22-20 victory on Friday at the Rutgers Athletics Center (RAC).
Having wrapped up a stretch of four straight meets against teams ranked inside the top 10, the Rutgers wrestling team will face its first unranked opponent of 2019 when it takes on Michigan State at the Rutgers Athletics Center (RAC) tomorrow night.
The Rutgers wrestling team has had a jam-packed schedule to start the new year. The No. 20 Scarlet Knights (7-4, 1-2) have faced four straight ranked teams to open up the 2019 half of the season.
Over winter break, the Rutgers wrestling team saw a comeback on the road fall just short in the final match, a finish against Wisconsin so close that it required tie-breaking protocol and a rematch of the longest match in the history of high school wrestling come down to a controversial call by officials.
The things that will be giving Rutgers' campus some life over the coming break are the hard-working athletes, coaches and faculty of the Athletics department. While the semester comes to a close, the winter sports season will be in full swing as the Scarlet Knights will host several high-profile sporting events before classes resume on Jan. 22.
Las Vegas, Nev. is fight country. The best fighters in the world often frequent the city for one reason: to prove why they are the best in the world.
After a well-rested two-week break, the Rutgers wrestling team wasted no time returning to the mat this past weekend as it participated in the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.
For the first time since 2014, the Rutgers wrestling team made the trip to Las Vegas, Nev. for the Cliff Keen Invitational this past weekend. After two days of competition, head coach Scott Goodale and the No. 25 Scarlet Knights (5-1) ended the tournament with two champions in their weight classes and a combined team record of 16-14.
For the last several weeks, the Rutgers wrestling team has had success against recent opponents in dual and quad meets. This weekend, the No. 25 Scarlet Knights (5-1) will match up against nationally-ranked individuals from top teams at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Rutgers wrestling team travels to Las Vegas, Nev. this weekend for the Cliff Keen Invitational, with 10 powerhouse teams making the trek to the West coast for the tournament.
The Rutgers wrestling team earned its fifth win of the season at Hofstra, in Hempstead, N.Y., in a dominant 40-3 showing, Friday evening.
The Rutgers wrestling team went back on the road Friday night to tally its fifth win of the season against Hofstra. The No. 23 Scarlet Knights (5-1) dominated up and down the lineup against the Pride (0-1) and fell one match shy of a complete sweep with a final score of 40-3.
