Wrestling Begins 2019-20 Season with Saturday Home Quad Meet

Saturday, November 2

10 AM

Rutgers

LIU

Wrestling Begins 2019-20 Season with Saturday Home Quad Meet

Nov 01 | Wrestling

Match Notes BTNPlus: Match 1 BTNPlus: Match 2 BTNPlus: Match 3 Radio: WRSU (88.7 FM)2019-20 Tickets

Saturday, Nov. 2: Rutgers Quad
Gates Open: 9 a.m. • First Match: 10 a.m.
10 a.m. – Mat 1: Rutgers vs. LIU • Mat 2: Centenary vs. Pitt-Johnstown
11:30 a.m. – Mat 1: Rutgers vs. Pitt-Johnstown • Mat 2: Centenary vs. LIU
1 p.m. – Mat 1: Rutgers vs. Centenary • Mat 2: LIU vs. Pitt-Johnstown
Promotion: Official 2019-20 team poster to first 1,000 fans.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers wrestling opens its 2019-20 season on Saturday, Nov. 2, hosting a quad meet with Centenary, LIU and Pitt-Johnstown at the RAC. The quad begins at 10 a.m. ET, with the Scarlet Knights competing on Mat 1 for all three matches on the RAC floor.

All three of RU's matches will be streamed live on BTN2Go, with Lou Brogno (play-by-play) and Nick Kosko (analyst) on the call. Matches occurring on Mat 2 not featuring Rutgers will not be streamed. WRSU will provide the radio broadcast.

Saturday's ticket will be good for all three matches, with no re-entry. Season tickets for the remaining six home dates are still on sale and can be purchased here.

WHAT TO KNOW
• Under the guidance of reigning Dan Gable and NCAA Tournament Coach of the Year Scott Goodale, Rutgers wrestling is coming off an historic 2018-19 campaign which was capped by the program's first individual NCAA titles from Anthony Ashnault and Nick Suriano, as well as its first Top 10 finish at the national tournament.
• Suriano, who finished last season 29-3 with NCAA and Big Ten titles at 133 pounds, will begin this season in redshirt as he continues to train for a run at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
• Excluding Suriano, Rutgers returns four wrestlers with NCAA Championships experience - Matthew Correnti, Joseph Grello, Peter Lipari, and Jordan Pagano. Grello and Lipari qualified last year, while Correnti and Pagano competed at NCAA's in 2017.
• Four wrestlers appear in preseason rankings - Grello, Lipari, JoJo Aragona and Christian Colucci.
• The Scarlet Knights went 12-6 last season in dual action, which included a 5-4 mark within the Big Ten Conference.
• RU is scheduled for four varsity events in November, including road duals at Fresno State (Nov. 15) and CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 16), followed by the Navy Classic (Nov. 23) in Annapolis.

RUTGERS WRESTLING RADIO SHOW PEGGED FOR TUESDAY, NOV. 12
• Rutgers wrestling will host a one hour call-in show on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Rutgers Club on the Livingston Campus. The show will air on WCTC 1450-AM, the flagship station of Rutgers Athletics and will stream online via the Scarlet Knights App, ScarletKnights.com and Facebook Live.
• All fans are welcome to attend the live broadcast of the show with hosts Chris Carlin and Nick Kosko. Fans are encouraged to submit questions in person at the show or by calling 1-877-384-1869. Questions can also be sent in via social media by tweeting at the @RutgersRadio handle or commenting on the Facebook Live feed.

SCOUTING CENTENARY
• Centenary finished the 2018-19 dual season with a 4-8 record under 14^th-year head coach Jon Garriques. The Cyclones sent four competitors to the 2019 NCAA Division III Wrestling Champions, where they finished 22^nd in the field.

SCOUTING LIU
• LIU begins its first season as a Division I program and a member of the EIWA after competing as LIU-Post at the Division II level. Last year's program finished 7-11 in dual action under sixth-year head coach Joseph Patrovich.

SCOUTING PITT-JOHNSTOWN
• Pitt-Johnstown, pegged as the preseason No. 1 team in Division II, finished with a 16-3 mark in dual action during the 2018-19 campaign under 44-year head coach Pat Pecora, who is also the school's athletic director. Last year's team placed sixth at the Division II national tournament, as Chris Eddins (141) secured his second consecutive national title while three others secured All-America accolades.

Rutgers Wrestling is presented by Eat Clean Bro, an Official Partner of Rutgers Athletics.

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