Aguilar, Pagano Capture 2019 Navy Classic Individual Titles

Saturday, November 23

Annapolis, MD

10 AM

Rutgers University

Navy Classic

Aguilar, Pagano Capture 2019 Navy Classic Individual Titles

Nov 23 | Wrestling

Final Brackets

Scarlet Knights combine for 15 pins during all-day tournament in Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Nicolas Aguilar (125) and Jordan Pagano (197) captured individual titles to highlight action for Rutgers wrestling at the 2019 Navy Classic on Saturday in Annapolis, Maryland. RU accounted for 15 falls during the all-day tournament, as Aguilar and Sammy Alvarez (133) each added two ranked wins to their resumes.

RU finished fifth in the 18-team field with 83.3 team points and had four placewinners – Aguilar (first), Pagano (first), Alvarez (sixth) and Billy Janzer (sixth).

Aguilar went 5-0 during his run the tournament final, using a takedown in sudden victory to defeat Gage Curry (American) for the title. Aguilar picked up two ranked wins en route to the championship, as he defeated No. 17 Sidney Flores (Air Force) by decision, 7-4, in the quarterfinals and downed No. 20 Joey Prata (Virginia Tech) in the semifinals. Aguilar, who moved to 10-1 on the season, outscored his opponents, 33-11, in his five matches on Saturday.

After a first-round bye, Pagano collected four consecutive victories for his individual title. Pagano defeated Jacob Koser (Navy) with a takedown in sudden victory for a 4-2 win, and followed with a last-second takedown against Colin McCracken (Kent State) in the final. With his performance, Pagano is now 9-1 this season.

Up Next
Rutgers returns to the RAC to open Big Ten Conference dual action against Maryland on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.

Results
125: Nicolas Aguilar (5-0, First Place)

Round of 32	Korbin Meink (Campbell)	W-MD, 15-4
Round of 16	Brandon Seidman (Bucknell)	W-D, 5-0
Quarterfinals	No. NR/17 Sidney Flores (Air Force)	W-D, 7-4
Semifinals	No. 20/25 Joey Prata (Virginia Tech)	W-D, 5-2
Finals	Gage Curry (American)	W-SV1, 3-1

197: Jordan Pagano (4-0, First Place)

Round of 16	Jake Walker (Ohio)	W-Fall (1:36)
Quarterfinals	Brendan McRill (Michigan State)	W-D, 10-4
Semifinals	Jacob Koser (Navy)	W-SV1, 4-2
Finals	Colin McCracken (Kent State)	W-D, 3-2

133: Sammy Alvarez (4-1, Sixth Place)

Round of 32	Daniel Kidd (American)	W-Fall (3:34)
Round of 16	Darby Diedrich (Brown)	W-D, 4-1
Quarterfinals	Garrett Pepple (Michigan State)	L-D, 6-2
Conso of 8 #2	No. 12/18 Collin Gerard (Virginia Tech)	W-D, 7-5
Conso of 4	No. 11/22 Devan Turner (Oregon State)	W-Inj. (1:36)
Fifth Place Match	No. NR/17 D.J. Fehlman (Lock Haven)	No Contest

184: Billy Janzer (4-2, Sixth Place)

Round of 32	Cody Mulligan (Edinboro)	W-D, 5-3
Round of 16	Jake Thompson (Air Force)	W-D, 7-1
Quarterfinals	No. 17/19 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State)	L-D, 6-4
Conso of 8 #2	Caleb Hopkins (Campbell)	W-MD, 18-5
Conso of 4	Cody Mulligan (Edinboro)	W-D, 4-2
Fifth Place Match	No. NR/12 Corey Hazel (Lock Haven)	L-D, 6-2

133: Zach Firestone (1-2)

Round of 16	No. 18/10 Noah Gonser (Campbell)	L-D, 5-2
Conso of 16 #2	Daniel Kidd (American)	W-Fall (1:02)
Conso of 8 #1	Darren Miller (Bucknell)	L-D, 4-3

149: Gerard Angelo (3-2)

Round of 32	Leno Ciotti (Kent State)	W-Fall (3:26)
Round of 16	Jackie Gold (Edinboro)	W-D, 4-0
Quarterfinals	Alex Hagan (Ohio)	L-F (4:03)
Conso of 8 #2	Morgan Fuenffinger (Navy)	W-TF, 15-0
Conso of 4	No. NR/15 Brent Moore (Virginia Tech)	L-D, 3-2

157: Michael Van Brill (3-2)

Round of 16	Peter Pappas (Edinboro)	L-D, 3-1
Conso of 16 #2	Brady Chrisman (Kent State)	W-Fall (2:34)
Conso of 8 #1	Jaden Fisher (Bucknell)	W-MD, 17-4
Conso of 8 #2	Ethan Karsten (American)	W-D, 9-3
Conso of 4	Kolby Ho (George Mason)	L-D, 8-2

165: Brett Donner (2-2)

Round of 32	Drew Hughes (Michigan State)	L-D, 8-2
Conso of 16 #1	Christopher Hisey (Navy)	W-Fall (1:29)
Conso of 16 #2	Henry Hague (Navy)	W-Fall (4:42)
Conso of 8 #1	Dazjon Castro (The Citadel)	L-Fall (4:20)

165: Jackson Turley (4-2)

Round of 32	Michael Lewis (American	W-Fall (1:48)
Round of 16	Austin Hiles (Michigan State)	L-D, 12-5
Conso of 16 #1	Derek Ciavarro (Edinboro)	W-D, 6-4
Conso of 16 #2	Vincent Dolce (Air Force)	W-Fall (0:55)
Conso of 8 #1	Kade Byland (Kent State)	W-Fall (2:39)
Conso of 8 #2	No. NR/24 Shane Jones (ODU)	L-D, 6-4

174: Willie Scott (2-1)

Round of 32	Layne Malczewski (Michigan State)	L-Fall (3:33)
Conso of 16 #1	Frank Guida (Bucknell)	W-D, 6-2
Conso of 16 #2	Alex Cramer (ODU)	W-MD, 10-2
Conso of 8 #1	Blake Wilson (Ohio)	MFF

197: Matthew Correnti (2-1)

Round of 32	Austin McNeil (Campbell)	W-MD, 13-5
Round of 16	Michael Smith (Navy)	W-Fall (6:03)
Quarterfinals	Nick May (Michigan State)	L-D, 5-1
Conso of 8 #2	Jake Walker (Ohio)	MFF

HWT: Christian Colucci (3-2)

Round of 32	Riley Smith (Navy)	W-MD, 10-1
Round of 16	Ramses Montalvo (George Mason)	W-Fall (1:50)
Quarterfinals	Jon Spaulding (Edinboro)	L-D, 4-2
Conso of 8 #2	Alex Esposito (Rutgers)	W-D, 3-2
Conso of 4	Jordan Earnest (Ohio)	L-Fall (0:32)

HWT: Alex Esposito (3-2)

Round of 32	Christian Robertson (Oregon State)	W-Fall (0:55)
Round of 16	Kayne Hutchison (Air Force)	L-Fall (4:53)
Conso of 16 #2	Collin Kelly (Cleveland State)	W-Fall (3:50)
Conso of 16 #1	Trey Hartstock (Lock Haven)	W-Fall (1:23)
Conso of 8 #2	No. 19/20 Christian Colucci (Rutgers)	L-D, 3-2

*rankings are Intermat/FloWrestling

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