No. 16 Wrestling Beats Rider, 21-12

Saturday, January 31

Lawrenceville, NJ

7 PM

Rutgers University

Rider

Photo by: Rider Athletics

Jan 31 | Wrestling

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – No. 16 Rutgers wrestling (10-5, 3-3) defeated Rider (9-5, 4-0), 21-12, on Saturday night at Alumni Gymnasium.

The Scarlet Knights won six bouts on the night, including five of the final six. No. 20 Andrew Barbosa (165) and No. 21 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (184) each won with bonus points, while No. 27 Dylan Shawver (133), No. 29 Anthony White (157), Ryan Ford (174) and No. 19 Hunter Catka (HWT) all won by decision to help RU beat the Broncs for the 11^th straight meeting and keep possession of the B1G-MAC Trophy.

Rider won three of the first four bouts and jumped out to a 9-3 lead. After White's victory at 157, Barbosa picked up a major decision at 165 to give Rutgers a lead it would not relinquish.

Cartagena-Walsh all but put things away at 184, dominating his way to a 21-6 tech fall in the third period. Catka then polished things off with a win at heavyweight to close out the dual.

Up Next
Rutgers hosts No. 9 Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 6 at Jersey Mike's Arena. Tickets for the Scarlet Knights' final Big Ten home dual can be purchased here. The match is set for a 7 p.m. start and will stream on Big Ten Plus.

Box Score
No. 16 Rutgers 21, Rider 12
125: 19/22 Tyler Klinsky (RID) over 28/28 Ayden Smith (RU) by dec., 8-5; Rider leads, 3-0
133: 27/33 Dylan Shawver (RU) over Will Betancourt (RID) by SV1, 4-1; Match tied, 3-3
141: 14/21 Eli Griffin (RID) over Mason Gibson (RU) by dec., 13-6; Rider leads, 6-3
149: Dylan Layton (RID) over 29/32 Andrew Clark (RU) by dec., 6-3; Rider leads, 9-3
157: 29/32 Anthony White (RU) over Gianni Maldonado (RID) by dec., 5-0; Rider leads 9-6
165: 20/26 Andrew Barbosa (RU) over Brendon Abdon (RID) by MD, 13-4; Rutgers leads 10-9
174: Ryan Ford (RU) over Enrique Munguia (RID) by dec., 6-4; Rutgers leads 13-9
184: 21/18 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (RU) over Giovani Alejandro (RID) by TF, 21-6; Rutgers leads 18-9
197: 20/21 Brock Zurawski (RID) over 17/13 Remy Cotton (RU) by dec., 14-7; Rutgers leads 18-12
HWT: 19/19 Hunter Catka (RU) over Hogan Swenski (RID) by dec., 8-3; Rutgers win 21-12
Rankings Intermat/FloWrestling