No. 21 Wrestling Tops Clarion in Scott Goodale's 200th Career Victory

Friday, November 11

New Brunswick, N.J.

6 PM

Rutgers University

Clarion

No. 21 Wrestling Tops Clarion in Scott Goodale's 200th Career Victory

Nov 11 | Wrestling

PISCATAWAY, N.J. ---- No. 21 Rutgers wrestling (1-0) delivered a 29-4 win over Clarion (0-1) on Friday night at the College Ave. Gym. It marked the 200^th career win for head coach Scott Goodale during his tenure 'On the Banks'. The Scarlet Knights used a 9-1 match split, which included bonus-point victories from No. 18/16 Joe Heilmann and Brian Soldano (over No. 22/21 Will Feldkamp).

QUOTABLES

"I'm happy our alumni came back tonight to celebrate. There are a lot of guys in here tonight that started this thing with me. It was a pretty special sight to see." - Head coach Scott Goodale.
"We're pretty fired up about Soldano at 184. That's a huge win. Joe Heilmann coming back home as a fifth-year senior was really cool to see tonight, and Dean Peterson looked really sharp. We're fired up for those guys." - Head coach Scott Goodale.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Dean Peterson (125) started the dual by escaping and landing a takedown in the second period before another takedown in the third and the riding time point scored the 6-1 decision.
Joe Heilmann (133) made his Rutgers debut with bonus points after riding out the entire second period and scoring four takedown in the final period to take the major decision, 13-3.
Sammy Alvarez (141) won a gritty 5-3 decision, holding a 4-3 lead after two with an escape in the third to start his season 1-0.
After wrestling a redshirt year unattached, Tony White (149) made his official debut with a 7-2 decision on the strength of two takedowns, a stall, an escape, and riding time.
Andrew Clark (157) rode out the entire second period to take 2:00 of riding time into the third period with the score tied at 0-0. An escape and a stall made it 1-1, so his 1:53 of riding time paved the path to the 2-1 decision.
Connor O'Neill (165) came from behind to win an 8-7 decision. After a high-scoring second that saw the bout tied 5-5, Clarion's Eli Brinsky scored a takedown to lead 7-5, but after an escape and with less than 10 seconds left, O'Neill picked the foot and scored two on a clutch takedown to win 8-7.
Jackson Turley (174) took a slim 3-2 lead into the final period after escaping a reversal. Starting bottom in the third, he escaped and battled to hold on to the 4-2 decision.
Brian Soldano (184) rode a monster first period to a ranked win on opening night. He scored two takedowns and four back points to lead 8-4 after three minutes of action. In another clutch move, he scored another takedown and tilted for four seconds with less than 10 seconds remaining in the third period to score the major decision, 15-5.
Boone McDermott (HWT) scored a takedown in the first, an escape in the second, and used another takedown and a riding time point for his season opening 6-1 decision.

UP NEXT

Rutgers heads to Bethlehem, Pa. for the Liberty High School Showcase, facing off against Sacred Heart and No. 12 Arizona State on Sat., Nov. 12 beginning at 1 p.m.

BOX SCORE

No. 21 Rutgers 29, Clarion 4
125: Dean Peterson (RU) over Joey Fischer (CLAR) by decision, 6-1; RU leads, 3-0
133: 18/16 Joe Heilmann (RU) over Koen Kish (CLAR) by major decision, 13-3; RU leads, 7-0
141: 12/21 Sammy Alvarez (RU) over NR/HM Seth Koleno (CLAR) by decision, 5-3; RU leads, 10-0
149: 31/HM Tony White (RU) over Kyle Schickel (CLAR) by decision, 7-2; RU leads, 13-0
157: NR/HM Andrew Clark (RU) over Trevor Elfvin (CLAR) by decision, 2-1; RU leads, 16-0
165: Connor O'Neill (RU) over Eli Brinsky (CLAR) by decision, 8-7; RU leads, 19-0
174: 24/HM Jackson Turley (RU) over Suds Dubler (CLAR) by decision, 4-2; RU leads, 22-0
184: Brian Soldano (RU) over 22/21 Will Feldkamp (CLAR) by major decision, 15-5; RU leads, 26-0
197: Tyler Bagoly (CLAR) over Michael Toranzo (RU) by major decision, 12-2; RU leads, 26-4
HWT: Boone McDermott (RU) over Austin Chapman (CLAR) by decision, 6-1; RU wins, 29-4