No. 13 Wrestling Remains Undefeated in B1G with 22-13 win over RV Michigan State

Friday, January 19

East Lansing, Mich.

6:30 PM

Rutgers

Michigan State

No. 13 Wrestling Remains Undefeated in B1G with 22-13 win over RV Michigan State

Jan 19 | Wrestling

EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 13 Rutgers wrestling (10-1, 3-0) recorded its eighth consecutive dual victory with its 22-13 win over RV Michigan State (7-2, 0-2) on Friday night in East Lansing. The Scarlet Knights worked a 6-4 match split with the Spartans at Jenison Field House to move to 3-0 in the Big Ten Conference for the first time since it joined the league in 2014-15.

No. 8 Dylan Shawver (133) and No. 9 John Poznanski contributed bonus with third-period tech falls, while No. 7 Yaraslau Slavikouski (HWT), No. 13 Dean Peterson (125) No. 19 Jackson Turley (174) and Michael Cetta (149) all added decisions against MSU.

"It has been a long three weeks with a lot of back to backs, and we did not wrestle as well as we would like. But we found a way to win because we are a pretty good team," said head coach Scott Goodale. "We are excited about Sunday now. We have an incredible opportunity and we have to wrestle better."

How it Happened

Peterson opened the dual against Tristan Lujan, working a takedown in sudden victory for the 4-1 decision. Shawver followed against Andy Hampton and landed seven takedowns en route to a 22-6 tech fall. Shawver's third consecutive tech fall in Big Ten dual action put Rutgers up 8-0 through its first two bouts of the night.
No. 11 Mitch Moore (141) suffered his first loss of the season in his match with No. 33 Jordan Hamdan, as Michigan State added three points to the team score board.
Cetta was up next against Braden Stauffenberg and wrestled tough to a 5-3 decision. Cetta's second Big Ten dual win made it 11-3 in favor of the Scarlet Knights.
Al DeSantis (157) earned his third consecutive start, hitting a reversal in the first period and a takedown in the third before holding No. 21 Chase Saldate to just a 9-5 decision. Rutgers entered the break with an 11-6 lead.
Anthony White (165) suffered a tight 6-1 loss to No. 10 Caleb Fish out of intermission, with MSU getting to with two points at 11-9 with four matches to go.
Turley muscled a 4-2 decision over DJ Shannon before No. 20 Brian Soldano (184) lost a back-and-forth major decision to No. 22 Layne Malczewski, as the Spartans trailed just 14-13 through eight.
Poznanski and Slavikouski secured to the dual with back-to-back wins. Poznanski landed seven takedowns for 22-6 tech fall over No. 29 Kael Wisler, while a 4-2 decision from Slavikouski gave Rutgers its 22-13 final score.

Box Score

No. 13 Rutgers 22, RV Michigan State 13
125: 13/19 Dean Peterson (RU) over Tristan Lujan (MSU) by SV1, 4-1; RU leads, 3-0
133: 8/11 Dylan Shawver (RU) over Andy Hampton (MSU) by TF, 22-6 (6:58); RU leads, 8-0
141: 33/33 Jordan Hamdan (MSU) over 11/11 Mitch Moore (RU) by dec., 5-1; RU leads, 8-3
149: Michael Cetta (RU) over Braden Stauffenberg (MSU) by dec., 5-3; RU leads, 11-3
157: 21/19 Chase Saldate (MSU) over Al DeSantis (RU) by dec., 9-5; RU leads, 11-6
165: 10/10 Caleb Fish (MSU) over Anthony White (RU) by dec., 6-1; RU leads, 11-9
174: 19/17 Jackson Turley (RU) over DJ Shannon (MSU) by dec., 4-2; RU leads, 14-9
184: 22/19 Layne Malczewski (MSU) over 20/25 Brian Soldano (RU) by MD, 19-6; RU leads, 14-13
197: 9/11 John Poznanski (RU) over 29/31 Kael Wisler (MSU) by TF, 22-6 (6:24); RU leads, 19-13
HWT: 7/7 Yaraslau Slavikouski (RU) over Josh Terrill (MSU) by dec., 4-2; RU wins, 22-13

Up Next

Rutgers wrestles at No. 11 Michigan on Sunday in Ann Arbor. The dual is set for 1 p.m. ET on Big Ten Plus.