PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers wrestling head coach
Scott Goodale met with the media this afternoon during the program's annual media day.
Season tickets for the 2022-23 campaign are now on sale and can be purchasedÂ
here. RU hosts four duals at Jersey Mike's Arena this winter – vs. No. 15 Michigan State (Jan. 20), vs. No. 3 Michigan (Jan. 22), vs. No. 20 Northwestern (Jan. 29) and vs. No. 1 Penn State (Feb. 10). The Scarlet Knights will also host a season-opening dual against Clarion on Nov. 11 at the College Ave. Gym.
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Rutgers returns three All-Americans –Â
Sammy Alvarez, John Poznanski andÂ
Jackson Turley – as well as eight NCAA qualifiers to this season's team. Under 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.