PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers wrestling unveiled its full 2022-23 competition schedule. The slate includes five home duals, two in-state road matchups against rivals Princeton and Rider, and nine duals against programs who finished last season ranked in the final NWCA Coaches Poll.
Season tickets for the 2022-23 campaign are now on sale and can be purchased
here. Times for this year's home matches and television designations for the entire schedule will be released at a later date. Dates and times are subject to change. Themes surrounding all five home dates will also be announced in the coming weeks.
November
The Scarlet Knights open their dual season with a return to College Ave. Gym to face Clarion on Friday, Nov. 11. Head coach
Scott Goodale will look to secure his 200th career dual victory as head coach, with the match the first for the program at its old home since a matchup with Princeton on Feb. 14, 2015.
Due to capacity restrictions compared to our total number of wrestling season ticket holders, the match against Clarion at College Ave. Gym is not included in this year's season ticket package. Current season ticket holders will have the exclusive opportunity to request this match be added to their season ticket plan. Requests will be fulfilled in priority point order. The Athletics Ticket Office will send out further instructions in the coming weeks.
RU then heads to Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania the following day to face No. 12 Arizona State and Sacred Heart on Saturday, Nov 12. The Scarlet Knights close out the month with a trip to California to face Stanford (Nov. 19) and compete in the CSU Bakersfield Open (Nov. 20).
December
Rutgers opens the final month of 2022 with matchups against No. 18 UPenn and Drexel on Sunday, Dec. 4 in the Garden State Grapple at the Prudential Center. The Scarlet Knights then face No. 22 Princeton on Sunday, Dec. 11 at Jadwin Gym and then compete in the 2022 Ken Kraft Midlands Championships from Dec. 29-30 in Evanston, Illinois.
January
January features seven dual matches, including five Big Ten Conference matchups. Rutgers is on the road for its first four duals of the month, which includes matches at Bloomsburg (Jan. 6), Rider (Jan. 8), Indiana (Jan. 13) and No. 6 Ohio State (Jan. 15). The Scarlet Knights then return to Piscataway for three consecutive home duals against ranked Big Ten opponents – No. 15 Michigan State (Jan. 20), No. 3 Michigan (Jan. 22) and No. 20 Northwestern (Jan. 29).
February
The dual schedule wraps up in February, as RU hits the road to face Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 4 in College Park. Rutgers hosts reigning NCAA Champions Penn State on Friday, Feb. 10, and closes the dual calendar with a matchup against No. 11 Nebraska on Sunday, Feb. 12 in Lincoln.
March
The Big Ten Wrestling Championships, hosted by Michigan, will take place March 4-5 in Ann Arbor. The 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships take place March 16-18 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Rutgers returns three All-Americans –
Sammy Alvarez,
John Poznanski and
Jackson Turley – as well as eight NCAA qualifiers to this season's team. Under head coach
Scott Goodale, the Scarlet Knights finished the 2021-22 season with its most dual wins (16) since 2012-13 and its highest final ranking in the NWCA Coaches Poll (14) since 2017. RU qualified seven to the 2022 NCAA Championships – the most since 2017 – and had all participants score at the national tournament.
Greg Bulsak (197) and
Sebastian Rivera (141) added All-America honors to make it seven consecutive seasons with multiple All-Americans at NCAAs. With his bronze medal, Rivera became the fourth individual to secure a top-three finish at nationals in program history.
2022-23 Schedule
| Date |
Home/Away |
Opponent |
Time |
Location |
| Friday, Nov. 11 |
HOME |
CLARION |
TBD |
College Ave. Gym |
| Saturday, Nov. 12 |
AWAY |
vs. Arizona State |
Noon ET |
Bethlehem, Pa. |
|
AWAY |
vs. Sacred Heart |
Noon ET |
Bethlehem, Pa. |
| Saturday, Nov. 19 |
AWAY |
at Stanford |
TBD |
Stanford, Calif. |
| Sunday, Nov. 20 |
AWAY |
at Road Runner Invitational (Cal State Bakersfield) |
All Day |
Bakersfield, Calif. |
| Sunday, Dec. 4 |
AWAY |
vs. UPenn (Garden State Grapple) |
2 p.m. ET |
Newark, N.J. |
|
AWAY |
vs. Drexel (Garden State Grapple) |
4 p.m. ET |
Newark, N.J. |
| Sunday, Dec. 11 |
AWAY |
at Princeton |
2 p.m. ET |
Princeton, N.J. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 29-Thursday, Dec. 30 |
AWAY |
at Midlands |
All Day |
Evanston, Ill. |
| Friday, Jan. 6 |
AWAY |
at Bloomsburg |
7 p.m. ET |
Bloomsburg, Pa. |
| Sunday, Jan. 8 |
AWAY |
at Rider |
2 p.m. ET |
Lawrenceville, N.J. |
| Friday, Jan. 13 |
AWAY |
at Indiana* |
TBD |
Bloomington, Ind. |
| Sunday, Jan. 15 |
AWAY |
at Ohio State* |
TBD |
Columbus, Ohio |
| Friday, Jan. 20 |
HOME |
MICHIGAN STATE* |
TBD |
JERSEY MIKE'S ARENA |
| Sunday, Jan. 22 |
HOME |
MICHIGAN* |
TBD |
JERSEY MIKE'S ARENA |
| Sunday, Jan. 29 |
HOME |
NORTHWESTERN* |
TBD |
JERSEY MIKE'S ARENA |
| Saturday, Feb. 4 |
AWAY |
at Maryland* |
TBD |
College Park, Md. |
| Friday, Feb. 10 |
HOME |
PENN STATE* |
TBD |
JERSEY MIKE'S ARENA |
| Sunday, Feb. 12 |
AWAY |
at Nebraska* |
TBD |
Lincoln, Neb. |
| Saturday, March 4-Sunday, March 5 |
AWAY |
2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships |
ALL DAY |
Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Thursday, March 16-Saturday, March 18 |
AWAY |
2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships |
ALL DAY |
Tulsa, Okla. |
BOLD - Home Match
* Big Ten Conference Dual
