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Phillip Bakuckas

Phillip Bakuckas

  • Weight:
    174
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hammonton, N.J.
  • Highschool:
    Hammonton

Summary

Biography

Career Honors: 2016 NCAA Championships qualifier … 2016 Big Ten Championships placewinner, finishing seventh … 2015 Midlands Championships placewinner (fifth) … 2016 East Stroudsburg Open Champion … 2014 TCNJ Open Champion.

2016-17 (As a redshirt senior): Won by tech fall against Braxton Cody of Northwestern, 16-0, on Senior Day to close his dual career at the Rutgers Athletic Center (Feb. 12) … defeated Oregon State’s Weston Dobler, 18-1, in RU’s lopsided dual win over Oregon State, 38-3 (Jan. 20) … had a 2-1 day at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … went 4-0 to win the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6).

2015-16 (As a redshirt junior): Went 18-15 overall and 10-9 in dual competition … competed at the first NCAA Championships of his career, going 0-2 (March 17-19) … placed seventh at the Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic qualifying bid for the NCAA Championships (March 5-6) … defeated Lehigh’s Gordon Wolf, 9-2, in RU’s NWCA National Duals win over the No. 7-ranked Mountain Hawks (Feb. 20) … pinned Michigan’s Aaron Calderon in 2:49 to temporarily give Rutgers the dual lead over the No. 8 Wolverines (Feb. 7) … took fifth place at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships with a 4-1 decision against South Dakota State’s David Kocer (Dec. 30) … defeated No. 15 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 6-3, during his fifth-place run … majored Ryan Forrest of George Mason in a 47-0 win at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Nov. 29) … notched an 11-2 major decision against Tyler Chay (Oregon State) in Corvallis, Ore. (Nov. 21) … posted a 5-1 decision against Northern Iowa’s Drew Foster to close the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals (Nov. 15) … opened the season by going 2-0 at the Rutgers Duals, ending the day by grinding out a 3-2 decision against NCAA qualifier Jack McKeever (Binghamton).

2014-15 (As a redshirt sophomore): Posted a 20-14 overall record and 12-9 mark in dual action … picked up a 4-3 decision against Maryland’s Josh Snook for his first Big Ten win (Jan. 18) … Snook was the first opponent Bakuckas faced outside the top-five at 174 pounds since Big Ten competition began … went 3-2 to finish one match shy of placing at the 33rd Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 7) … upset No. 15 Duke Pickett (Cornell), 5-4, in his opening match … posted a 3-0 mark at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals, registering a decision and two majors (Nov. 29) … went 4-0 with three tech falls and a fall to claim first place at the TCNJ Open (Nov. 22) … converted the second of back-to-back pins versus Hofstra, winning by fall against Frank Affronti (4:18) in a 33-6 wins (Nov. 16) … went 3-0 at the Rutgers Duals, collecting a fall, tech fall and major decision (Nov. 2).

2013-14 (As a redshirt freshman): Compiled a 16-11 record in overall action, including an 11-5 record in dual competition ... went 1-2 at the 2014 EIWA Championships ... posted a 17-0 tech fall, his second of the year and first in dual action, over American's Keithen Cast in the 31-6 Rutgers win (Jan. 10) ... went 3-1 combined at the Asics/Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 30) and "Grapple at the Garden" (Dec. 1), outscoring the opposition, 17-2, in his victories ... won his first three matches at the 2013 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open to finish 4-2 overall ... recorded the first win of his career in RU's 22-21 win over Hofstra (Nov. 3).

2012-13 (As a freshman): Redshirt season ... went 22-11 wrestling unattached, including a third-place finish (5-1 record) at the 2013 National Collegiate Open ... took fourth place at the Wilkes Open, picking up four wins, including a tech fall, pin and a major decision ... finished in seventh place at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 2), going 4-2 at the tournament ... also competed in the Franklin & Marshall Open, East Stroudsburg Open and Hokie Open.

Prior to Rutgers: State runner-up at the 2012 NJSIAA Championships to finish a 41-1 senior season at 160 pounds ... set a new school record with 132 career wins ... won District 30 and Region 8 titles in his final prep campaign ... named The Press of Atlantic City's 2012 Wrestler of the Year ... scored pins in 24 of his 41 victories as a senior ... performance at 2012 state tournament marked the first time a Hammonton wrestler advanced to the championship match ... finished fourth at the 2012 FloNationals ... qualified for the 2011 state tournament ... coached by Dave Mauriello.

Personal: Son of John and Beth Ann.

YEAR OVERALL DUALS (B1G) TRN (B1G/NCAA) MD (DUALS) TF (DUALS) F (DUALS) FASTEST DUAL PTS.
2012-13 Redshirt Season
2013-14 16-11 11-5 (---) (---/---) 1 (1) 2 (1) --- --- 36
2014-15 20-14 12-9 (2-7) (1-3/---) 4 (3) 4 (2) 4 (2) 1:49 52
2015-16 18-15 10-9 (4-5) (3-2/0-2) 4 (2) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2:49 37
2016-17  12-7 6-6 (2-3) (---/---) 2 (0) 5 (4) 1 (0) 1:34 26
CAREER 66-47 39-29 (8-15) (4-5/0-2) 11 (6) 13 (8) 7 (3) 1:34 151

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