2016 University Freestyle Nationals are this weekend

[obrats]

Here are Rutgers registered wrestlers.

57 kg Sean McCabe
61 kg Pete Lipari
61 kg Josh Patrick
61 kg Scott Delvecchio
65 kg Sam Cali
65 kg Tyson Dippery
70 kg William Povalac
70 kg Anthony Giraldo
70 kg Ken Theobold
74 kg John Van Brill
80 kg Anthony Pafumi
80 kg Phillip Bakuckas
86 kg Nicholas Gravina
125 kg Marc McDonald
125 kg Ralph Normandia

Of note ex Rutgers wrestler Ronnie Gentile is registered at 65 kg.

 

[Clearscreen25]

Did Gentile drop out of Rutgers or just quit the team? Any chance he comes back?

 

[rufeelinit]

Not sure it was ever discussed whether Gentile was staying in school. Clearly seemed to lose interest in continuing with the grind of being with a top program. I thought he also was dealing with injuries and perhaps he is feeling better that rekindled the fire?

 

[Leonard23]

Not sure it was ever discussed whether Gentile was staying in school. Clearly seemed to lose interest in continuing with the grind of being with a top program. I thought he also was dealing with injuries and perhaps he is feeling better that rekindled the fire?

I mentioned back in early 2015 that I heard from some coaches that he was burned out & they'd be shocked if he ever contributed. It sucks but it happens. Don't expect him to rejoin. That 2015 recruiting class is going to leave a gaping hole if we don't land some elite transfers.

 

[wngarbarini]

I believe he is no longer at RU. He just came in 1 day and said his heart was no longer in it and quit.

 

[rufeelinit]

So he does not need to be attached to a club or university to compete in this tournament?

 

[Clearscreen25]

Maybe this is a silly question, but if he is so burnt out, what is he doing competing at University Nationals? Not like that is a knitting contest...

 

[c_husk]

Are Ash and Lewis wrestling in any offseason tourneys?

 

[ScarletGrapfan]

Maybe this is a silly question, but if he is so burnt out, what is he doing competing at University Nationals? Not like that is a knitting contest...

Competing in a Freestyle tournament or an open tournament is fun for most wrestlers......The D-1 college grind is not so fun, Lol. Many get burnt out by the early morning conditioning and then afternoon practice, pretty much year round. Most fans(and I am not saying you) really have no clue how hard D-1 wrestlers train.

 

[wngarbarini]

Ash had a little infection in his knee so there is no need for him to go into summer tourneys. Giraldo had a knee hurt in that Virginia duals so I don't think he makes the Universitys.

 

[plcoolg]

Photo of the Day

This is a photo from Eddie Alvarez's Twitter Account
There was a wrestling session with this group down the shore at Elite Fitness on Weds morning 6/1. There is Frankie Edgar standing in the middle. Eddie Alvarez, the UFC #2 ranked lightweight is standing to the right of the ladies. Edson Barboza, the #6 ranked lightweight is kneeling second from right. And of course there is Scott Delvecchio standing far left and Ash standing far right. Interestingly Scotty looks every bit the size of Frankie who fights at 145 pounds and Ash looks the size of Eddie Alvarez who fights at 155 pounds. That may be Vinnie DellaFave to the left of Frankie.

 

[Passe24]

Is it me or most of our guys aren't in the brackets. No Delv Dipp or Theo to name a few.

 

[obrats]

A buddy jokingly texted me last night wondering if one of the RU buses got lost on way to weigh ins. Giraldo, Cali and McDonald a couple more not in brackets. Don't understand registering them and not weighing them in.

Theo is in the bracket.

 

[Jaroslav Hasek]

Tyler Graff is also wrestling at 61kg, listed under NYAC. Normandia weighed in at 249 lbs.

I just scanned the heavyweight division to see what guys weighed in at and of the starters or recent grads I noticed Normandia is right in the middle. heavier than Ty Walz, Austin Schafer and Tanner Hall, even with DeJournette, within 10-15 pounds of Kroells and Gwiz.

Brackets are enormous. 7 matches for the finalists for most of the weights. more for everyone who sticks around for wrestlebacks, although I'm guessing we'll see more than a few forfeits in the consis.

70 kg has 93 wrestlers. 644 in the tournament. 12 mats going at once. think they might have to start going to a qualification process. this is becoming a very popular tournament. somem guys high up on the senior ladder came out too. Megaludis, Graff, Gadson, Gwiz. 74 could see IMart vs Chance.

 

[RUMatFan]

Only a couple of Rutgers wrestlers, what happened? Looks like there would have been a lot of good competition.

 

[RU23]

Bakuckas having a nice showing and is still alive. He's going to wrestle Skatzka who red-shirted at Indiana in the semifinals. Winner likely gets All-American Alex Meyer from Iowa.

 

[wngarbarini]

Graf 4-0 with 4 techs
McCabe 2-1
Povalac 2-1. Lost to Bannister
Theo 2-1. Lost to Collica from Oklahoma State
Van Brill 2-1
Parfumi 3-1
Baku 4-0
Gravina 2-1
Normandia 2-0
Lipari 0-1 injuried

 

[RU23]

Bak won easily over Skatzka by TF 12-2 and will face Meyer in the final. Meyer beat Bak 8-3 last year.

 

[Jaroslav Hasek]

Bak's in the semifinal. the brackets are so large you have to toggle back and forth between the top and bottom half on track wrestling. button for that is on the left. If Bak beats Meyer he gets the winner of Morrelli (PSU) and Paddock (also Iowa).

 

[RU23]

Bak's in the semifinal. the brackets are so large you have to toggle back and forth between the top and bottom half on track wrestling. button for that is on the left. If Bak beats Meyer he gets the winner of Morrelli (PSU) and Paddock (also Iowa).

Ah, I see. My bad.

 

[Passe24]

Is Richie Lewis hurt?

 

[wngarbarini]

No. Just down in SJ

 

[PRJoey]

Any updates?

 

[wngarbarini]

Graff got 2nd. Baku got 5th. Theo got banged up a bit. Parfumi got banged up so it was an up and down event. McCabe and Normandia did ok in wrestlebacks.

 

[RU23]

Any updates?

Bak got pinned by Meyer who won the whole thing easily. Bak than lost to Engelkes from Northern Illinois before taking 5th by injury from his opponent.

 

[Jaroslav Hasek]

Below are the cut and pasted results from track. for the next tournament everyone should decide before hand whether to put down either Scarlet Knight Wrestling Club or the abbreviation SKWC. it's costing them on the team standings when the points get divided!

University MFS 61 KG - Josh Patrick's place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Josh Patrick (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Keegan Moore (MRTC) won by tech fall over Josh Patrick (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Josh Patrick (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Irvin Enriquez (App State RTC) (Dec 10-8)
Cons. Round 3 - Josh Patrick (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Noah Gonser (Eastern Michigan University) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Brandon Jeske (Virginia Beach RTC) won by tech fall over Josh Patrick (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (TF 10-0)

University MFS 61 KG - Sean Mccabe's place is unknown and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Sean Mccabe (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Sean Mccabe (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Fletcher Green (Coe College) (Dec 13-8)
Champ. Round 3 - Sean Mccabe (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Benjamin Ross (Pittsburgh Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-7)
Champ. Round 4 - Shelton Mack (Cavalier WC) won by tech fall over Sean Mccabe (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 6 - Sean Mccabe (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Anthony Tutolo (Golden Pride Wrestling Club) (Dec 12-5)
Cons. Round 7 - Jarod Maynes (Wolverine WC) won by decision over Sean Mccabe (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-1)

University MFS 70 KG - Ken Theobold's place is unknown and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ken Theobold (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Ken Theobold (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Timothy Rooney (Golden Pride Wrestling Club) (TF 12-0)
Champ. Round 3 - Ken Theobold (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Nicholas Trimble (Michigan Wrestling Club) (TF 13-3)
Champ. Round 4 - Anthony Collica (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Ken Theobold (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 6 - Kamaal Shakur (Chattanooga RTC) won by injury default over Ken Theobold (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Inj. 0:00)

University MFS 74 KG - John Van Brill's place is unknown and has scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - John Van Brill (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by fall over Calvin Ochs (Unattached) (Fall 1:44)
Champ. Round 2 - John Van Brill (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Sean Raftery (Patriot Elite RTC) (TF 16-5)
Champ. Round 3 - Dylan Lydy (Boilermaker RTC) won by decision over John Van Brill (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Vincent Deprez (Bearcat Wrestling Club) won by decision over John Van Brill (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-4)

University MFS 80 KG - Anthony Pafumi's place is unknown and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Anthony Pafumi (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kirk Johnson (Boilermaker RTC) (Dec 10-7)
Champ. Round 2 - Anthony Pafumi (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Colin Strickland (Iowa State University) (Dec 8-4)
Champ. Round 3 - Anthony Pafumi (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by injury default over Fox Baldwin (University of Virginia) (Inj. 5:54)
Champ. Round 4 - Christian Brucki (Central Michigan RTC) won by decision over Anthony Pafumi (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Dec 10-4)
Cons. Round 6 - Anthony Pafumi (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Jonathan Schleifer (PAWS RTC) (Dec 6-4)
Cons. Round 7 - Xavier Montalvo (IRTC) won by injury default over Anthony Pafumi (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Inj. 0:00)

University MFS 80 KG - Phillip Bakuckas's place is 5th and has scored 14.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Jacen Petersen (Arizona State Wrestling) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Brooks Climmons (Virginia Beach RTC) (Dec 2-1)
Champ. Round 3 - Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Derek Dragon (MatTown USA) (TF 12-0)
Champ. Round 4 - Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by decision over Milik Dawkins (Finger Lakes-RTC) (Dec 9-4)
Quarterfinal - Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Devin Skatzka (Hoosier Wrestling CLub) (TF 12-2)
Semifinal - Alex Meyer (University of Iowa) won by fall over Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Fall 4:42)
Cons. Round 10 - Trace Engelkes (Northern Illinois Elite) won by decision over Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Dec 11-6)
5th Place Match - Phillip Bakuckas (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by injury default over Geno Morelli (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) (Inj. 0:00)

University MFS 86 KG - Nicholas Gravina's place is unknown and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Nicholas Gravina (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Michael Coleman (Navy-Marine Corps Mat Club) (TF 14-4)
Champ. Round 2 - Nicholas Gravina (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Caleb Stockmaster (Golden Pride Wrestling Club) (TF 11-0)
Champ. Round 3 - Riley Lefever (Wabash Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Nicholas Gravina (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (TF 14-4)
Cons. Round 4 - Nicholas Gravina (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Christian Lafragola (Bears Wrestling Club) (TF 17-6)
Cons. Round 5 - Nicholas Gravina (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Norman Conley (Hoosier Wrestling CLub) (TF 14-3)
Cons. Round 6 - Bryce Carr (Chattanooga RTC) won by decision over Nicholas Gravina (Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club) (Dec 11-10)

University MFS 61 KG - Peter Lipari's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Domenic Forys (Pittsburgh Wrestling Club) won by injury default over Peter Lipari (SKWC) (Inj. 0:44)
Cons. Round 1 - Peter Lipari (SKWC) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Sean Cannon (Northern Colorado RTC) won by injury default over Peter Lipari (SKWC) (Inj. 0:00)

University MFS 65 KG - Nick Ottaviano's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Nick Ottaviano (SKWC) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Aaron Meyer (University of Iowa) won by decision over Nick Ottaviano (SKWC) (Dec 10-4)
Cons. Round 2 - Nick Ottaviano (SKWC) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Angelo Robles (Greyhound Wrestling Club) won by fall over Nick Ottaviano (SKWC) (Fall 0:50)

University MFS 70 KG - William Povalac's place is unknown and has scored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - William Povalac (SKWC) won by tech fall over Jake Keller (Clarion Wrestling Club) (TF 11-0)
Champ. Round 2 - William Povalac (SKWC) won by tech fall over Walker Johnson (Loper Wrestling Club) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 3 - Alfred Bannister (Terrapin Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over William Povalac (SKWC) (TF 16-6)
Cons. Round 4 - William Povalac (SKWC) won by tech fall over Tyler Smith (Buffalo Valley RTC) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 5 - Kamaal Shakur (Chattanooga RTC) won by tech fall over William Povalac (SKWC) (TF 14-4)

University MFS 125 KG - Ralph Normandia's place is unknown and has scored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ralph Normandia (SKWC) won by decision over Ian James (Rochester) (Dec 5-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Ralph Normandia (SKWC) won by decision over Jesse Webb (Bobcat Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-1)
Champ. Round 3 - Nolan Terrance (Buffalo RTC) won by tech fall over Ralph Normandia (SKWC) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Ralph Normandia (SKWC) won by decision over Devin Nye (Golden Pride Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-4)
Cons. Round 5 - Cory Daniel (TarHeel Wrestling Club) won by decision over Ralph Normandia (SKWC) (Dec 11-4)