Rutgers first national champion Nick Suriano has re-enrolled at the university this week. Suriano won a title at 133-pounds versus Daton Fix on a controversial call in 2019 before taking an Olympic red-shirt last season. Suriano and his father told many people that he would never return to college or Rutgers wrestling and yet here […]
The Rutgers wrestling team took a couple vans to Lawerenceville last night and put on a show in front of a sold out crowd of 1,600 passionate wrestling fans.In a match that most thought would be close the Scarlet Knights made a statement winning 8-10 matches, 4 of those matches reversed prior losses to the […]
This Sunday February 9th at 7 PM The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers drive 30 miles south on route 1 to face off with their in state rival Rider Broncs. You can listen or watch the preview below.
This is a long one the first 15 minutes are a wrap of of some results. Then we open with some Rider talk. From there we preview Princeton going to North Carolina. At an hour and ten minutes we start the Rutgers preview. You can listen on the SoundCloud link or watch on YouTube.
I spent a couple of hours talking about Division 1 New Jersey wrestling with Dan Seifring earlier today. We focused on Princeton, RIder and Rutgers but included some thoughts on the top New Jersey wrestlers competing for schools out of state too. Dan is part of the brain trust behind Wrestlestat.com. If you’ve never been […]
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Yesterday a battle tested Rutgers team traveled to Princeton to take on a tough Tiger team. Last year this match set an attendance record at High Point Stadium, as wrestling fans needed sunscreen to keep from getting burned. Princeton hoped to make this years action as close as last season. More than 1,000 wrestling fans […]
highlights in progress One of the lowest ranked Iowa teams in my memory came into New Jersey with an unsolidified lineup hoping to get out of town with a W. In front of a crowd of 6,754 (RAC Wrestling Record) the dual got underway with recently returned Nick Suriano firing up the crowd with an […]
125lbs: Justin Stickley (IA) vs #2 Nick Suriano (RU) Tech Suriano 133lbs: Phillip Lauz (IA) vs. #8 Scott DelVecchio (RU) Major DelVecchio 141lbs: Vince Turk (IA) vs #22 Michael Van Brill (RU) Decision MVB 149lbs: #2 Brandon Sorensen (IA) vs. #15 Eleazar DeLuca (RU) Major Sorensen 157lbs: #3 Mike Kemerer (IA) vs. #6 Richie Lewis […]
Over 2,300 people came to High Point Solutions Stadium to watch Rutgers and Maryland kick off the season with an outdoor match. This is the second year in a row that Rutgers has opened the season at High Point Stadium and had good weather, a small miracle in itself. Rutgers has received a lot of […]
A young Maryland team comes to north Jersey to take on a buzzing Scarlet Knights wrestling team. Both teams will be missing some talent during the dual but after some quick observations this dual, which was originally slated for Yankee stadium, looks to serve up some B1G red meat to the Run fans. Look for […]
I had a fun conversation with Richie Lewis earlier today. The Rutgers wrestler is coming off the best Freestyle tournament of his career. He knocked off 3 All-Americans on his way to capturing the 70kg title at the U23 team trails. In his opening match he teched Grant Zamin 11-0. Then he dominated Lavion Mayes […]
125-pounder immediately eligible for 2017-2018 season PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Sept. 6, 2017) – Nick Suriano, who competed last season at Penn State, has enrolled at Rutgers University as a transfer student. Suriano is immediately eligible to participate in 2017-18 for Rutgers wrestling, and will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. “We are excited that Nick has […]
By Ryan Dunleavy rdunleavy@njadvancemedia.com, Prolific winner Nick Suriano just scored one of his biggest victories without even taking the wrestling mat. The Big Ten approved Sunday a waiver request that clears a path for Suriano to transfer from Penn State to Rutgers without having to lose a year of eligibility, sources told NJ Advance Media. […]
A solid Rutgers team drove into the Lehigh Valley last night to face a talented and tough Lehigh. Once again the level of separation between closely ranked teams was on display. The first 5 matches were wrestled hard, even if the score opened up. Fans got a little bit of everything, upsets on both sides, […]