No. 19 Wrestling Set for 2022 Garden State Grapple Sunday at Prudential Center

Sunday, December 4

Prudential Center - Newark, N.J.

2 PM

Rutgers University

UPenn

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No. 19 Wrestling Set for 2022 Garden State Grapple Sunday at Prudential Center

Nov 30 | Wrestling

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 19 Rutgers wrestling (3-1, 0-0) returns to New Jersey to face No. 21 Penn (0-1, 0-0) and Drexel (0-0, 0-0) on Sunday, December 4 in the Garden State Grapple at the Prudential Center. The Scarlet Knights' dual against the Quakers begins at 2 p.m., followed by its matchup with Drexel at 4 p.m. Both duals will stream via Big Ten Plus.

Tickets for the 2022 Garden State Grapple, which pins opponents from the Big Ten Conference against foes from the EIWA, can be purchased here. Matches take place on four mats from 2-6 p.m. ET. This is RU's second consecutive appearance in the Garden State Grapple. Rutgers defeated both No. 14 North Carolina and Hofstra during last year's inaugural event.

Projected Lineup: No. 19 Rutgers (3-1, 0-0)

125: 20/16 Dylan Shawver (8-3) -OR- Dean Peterson (8-2)

133: 14/21 Joe Heilmann (8-1)

141: 8/19 Sammy Alvarez (4-0)

149: 31/HM Tony White (6-2)

157: NR/HM Andrew Clark (11-1) -OR- Al DeSantis (8-2)

165: Connor O'Neill (9-5)

174: 28/HM Jackson Turley (1-1) -OR- Eric Freeman (3-3)

184: 12/15 Brian Soldano (6-1) -OR- John Poznanski (5-0)

197: Billy Janzer (1-2) -OR- Kyle Epperly (5-2)

HWT: 26/HM Boone McDermott (6-0)

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Projected Lineup: No. 21 Penn (0-1, 0-0)

125: 17/23 Ryan Miller (7-2)

133: 10/10 Michael Colaiocco (6-2) or Evan Mougalian (7-2)

141: Carmen Ferrante (7-3)

149: 10/10 Doug Zapf (6-2) or Vince Mannella (5-3)

157: 17/14 Anthony Artalona (7-1)

165: Lucas Revano (5-4) -OR- Adam Thomson -OR- Jeremy Ridge (4-2)

174: 24/NR Nick Incontrera (9-3)

184: Maximus Hale (5-5) or John Stout (5-3)

197: 27/HM Cole Urbas (6-3)

HWT: 24/24 Ben Goldin (6-4) or Nate Hoaglund (3-4)

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Projected Lineup: Drexel (0-0)

125: Antonio Mininno -OR- Desmond Pleasant

133: Kyle Waterman -OR- Jaxon Maroney

141: Jordan Soriano -OR- Deon Pleasant

149: 26/NR Luke Nichter -OR- Dom Findora

157: Tate Nichter -OR- Tyler Williams -OR- Dom D'Agostino

165: 24/HM Evan Barczak

174: Cody Walsh -OR- Jack Janda

184: Brian Bonino -OR- Josh Stillings

197: Sean O'Malley -OR- Chase Levey

HWT: Santino Morina -OR- Eli Anthony

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What to Know

In their last time out, the Scarlet Knights delivered a 20-15 win at Stanford and followed with a team trophy at the Roadrunner Open thanks to individual titles from Joe Heilmann (133), Tony White (141) and Boone McDermott (HWT).
RU has an extensive history with both Drexel and Penn. Rutgers leads the all-time series with Penn, 19-11-1, and Drexel, 15-11. This will be the first meeting between the Scarlet Knights and the Quakers since 1996.
Eight starters appear in this week's set of rankings, including three in the Top 15 - No. 8 Sammy Alvarez (141), No. 12 Brian Soldano (184) and No. 14 Joe Heilmann (133). The trio is a combined 11-1 in dual action this season.
The Garden State Grapple continues Rutgers' unusual long road stretch. The Scarlet Knights opened their dual season on Nov. 11 against Clarion at home, but do not return to campus for competition until Jan. 20 against Michigan State.
RU has eight individuals who have qualified for at least one NCAA Championship and three who own All-America laurels - Sammy Alvarez (2020), John Poznanski (2021) and Jackson Turley (2021). Poznanski and Billy Janzer (197) are the only two-time NCAA qualifiers on the roster.
Head coach Scott Goodale picked up the 200th win of his career when RU defeated Clarion, 29-4, on Nov. 11 at the College Ave. Gym. Goodale is the program's all-time wins lead with 202 during his 16-year career at the helm of the program.