No. 12 Wrestling Heads to Weekend Quad at Davidson

Saturday, November 13

Davidson, N.C.

10 AM

Rutgers University

Clarion

Photo by: Cos Lymperopoulos

No. 12 Wrestling Heads to Weekend Quad at Davidson

Nov 11 | Wrestling

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 12 Rutgers wrestling hits the road to face Clarion, Davidson and UT-Chattanooga on Saturday in Davidson, North Carolina. The quad begins at 10 a.m. ET and will stream via Davidson's all-access channel, davidsonwildcats.com. The stream requires a subscription.

SCHEDULE

Time (ET)	Match
10 a.m.	Rutgers vs. Clarion
11:30 a.m.	Rutgers vs. Davidson
1 p.m.	Rutgers vs. UT-Chattanooga

PROJECTED LINEUP: RUTGERS

Weight	Wrestler
125	26/HM Dylan Shawver (2-0) -OR- Nico Messina (1-0)
133	13/20 Sammy Alvarez (1-1) -OR- Devon Britton (4-2)
141	5/4 Sebastian Rivera (2-0) -OR- Michael Cetta (1-0)
149	27/HM Michael VanBrill (2-0)
157	32/HM Robert Kanniard (2-0) - OR- Al DeSantis (1-0)
165	Andrew Clark (1-1)
174	7/8 Jackson Turley (0-0) -OR- Connor O'Neill (2-1)
184	5/5 John Poznanski (3-0)
197	14/17 Greg Bulsak (2-0) -OR- Kyle Epperly (1-0)
HWT	29/HM Boone McDermott (2-0) -OR- Alex Esposito (1-0)

Rankings Intermat/FloWrestling

PROJECTED LINEUP: CLARION

Weight	Wrestler
125	NR/HM Joey Fischer (3-2) -OR- Logan Mazzeo (0-2) -OR- Hunter Verge (0-2)
133	Alex Blake (2-2) -OR- Mason Prinkey (3-2)
141	NR/HM Seth Koleno (5-0)
149	23/Brent Moore (5-0) -OR- Kyle Schickel (3-2)
157	Kolby Ho (4-1) -OR- Trevor Elfvin (4-2)
165	Cam Pine (2-2) -OR- Caleb Hetrick (1-2)
174	John Worthing (3-2)
184	Ryan Weinzen (2-2) -OR- Max Wohlabaugh (2-2) -OR- Dylan Bisel (0-0)
197	Will Feldkamp (3-1) -OR- Brett Wittmann (0-2)
HWT	Ty Bagoly (0-0) -OR- Austin Chapman (2-2)

PROJECTED LINEUP: DAVIDSON

Weight	Wrestler
125	Hale Robinson (2-2)
133	Kyle Gorant (3-2)
141	Gavin Damasco (2-3)
149	Garrett Stewart (3-1) -OR- Noah Frack (2-2)
157	Bryce Sanderlin (4-1)
165	Jaden Hardwick (2-2)
174	Steven Newell (3-2)
184	Gavin Henry (2-3)
197	Owen Vietmeier (1-2)
HWT	Mitchell Trigg (2-2) -OR- Jake Fernicola (4-0)

PROJECTED LINEUP: UT-CHATTANOOGA

Weight	Wrestler
125	22/24 Fabian Gutierrez
133	Brayden Palmer (1-0) -OR- Jake Insko
141	Colton Landers (1-0) -OR- NR/HM Franco Valdes
149	Noah Castillo (1-0) -OR- Grant Lundy
157	Weston Wichman
165	Caleb Waddell (0-1)
174	Carial Tarter (1-0) -OR- Thomas Sell (0-1)
184	30/HM Matthew Waddell -OR- Landon Lewis (0-1)
197	TBD
HWT	Matthias Ervin (0-1) -OR- Grayson Walthall

WHAT TO KNOW

The Scarlet Knights swept their season-opening quad with wins over NJCU (48-0), Cleveland State (35-3) and Binghamton (34-9) on Sunday in front of 3,367 fans at Jersey Mike's Arena.
Rutgers produced 18 wins by bonus, including pins from David Campbell (133), Michael Cetta (141), John Poznanski (184), Greg Bulsak (197) Boone McDermott (HWT) and Alex Esposito (HWT). Poznanski went a perfect 3-0 on Sunday, which included an impressive 7-1 decision over 2021 NCAA qualifier DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State).
With the addition of McDermott to Intermat's national rankings, RU features nine wrestlers ranked in their respective weight classes. McDermott, who is ranked No. 29 in the country, went 2-0 this past weekend, which included a first period fall against John Kelbly (Cleveland State) and a first-period injury default win against No. 28 Joe Doyle (Binghamton), a 2021 NCAA qualifier.
Three Scarlet Knights – No. 5/4 Sebastian Rivera (141), No. 5/5 John Poznanski (184) and No. 7/8 Jackson Turley (174) – are ranked within the top 10 of their respective weight classes. Poznanski (3-0) and Rivera (2-0) both went undefeated during weekend action, while Turley did not wrestle.
Rutgers is a combined 6-0 all-time against the three programs, as it owns a 4-0 mark in the all-time series with Clarion along with wins against Davidson and UT-Chattanooga.

UP NEXT

Rutgers gets a week off from dual action before it competes in the inaugural Garden State Grapple event on Saturday, Nov. 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark. The Scarlet Knights face Hofstra (5:30 p.m.) and No. 13 North Carolina (7 p.m.), while No. 23 Wisconsin will also participate in the neutral-site quad.