2016-17 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Phillip Bakuckas
- Weight:
- 174
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hammonton, N.J.
- High School:
- Hammonton
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).
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 |
