Wrestling LIVE - Rutgers vs. Cornell Updates

[Lex Knapp]

About a half hour away from first whistle here at the RAC, as Rutgers wrestling takes on the Cornell Big Red.

Some quick pre-match notes:
-No scratches in Rutgers lineup, aside from the as expected, Christian Colucci
-Both Brandon Womack and Ben Darmstadt are out of the lineup for Cornell, as predicted in TKR's preview for tonight's match.
-Wrestling is kicking off at 125-lbs

 

[RickB113]

About a half hour away from first whistle here at the RAC, as Rutgers wrestling takes on the Cornell Big Red.

Some quick pre-match notes:
-No scratches in Rutgers lineup, aside from the as expected, Christian Colucci
-Both Brandon Womack and Ben Darmstadt are out of the lineup for Cornell, as predicted in TKR's preview for tonight's match.
-Wrestling is kicking off at 125-lbs

Sorry for the dumb question, but who / how is the determination made as to what is the 1st match ?? tia

 

[Lex Knapp]

Sorry for the dumb question, but who / how is the determination made as to what is the 1st match ?? tia

No such thing as a stupid question. During weigh-ins if a coach decides they want to draw on the starting weight, they must draw a random weight.

 

[LetsGoRUwrestling]

Sorry for the dumb question, but who / how is the determination made as to what is the 1st match ?? tia

Most of the time its just an agreement from coaches but if a coach wants to try to start at a different weight its a draw of 10 ping pong balls or similar.

 

[RickB113]

No such thing as a stupid question. During weigh-ins if a coach decides they want to draw on the starting weight, they must draw a random weight.

Tks.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Banners for Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault have been unveiled, and they look awesome. AA gets the RAC crowd going with a R-U chant to close out his speech.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Things getting kicked off at 125-lbs, as Nic Aguilar takes the mat to wrestle Dominic LaJoie

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aguilar gets to a single, and LaJoie creates a scarmble. Aguilar tries to hit a high turn into a score, but LaJoie secures the takedown

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aguilar escapes after being under LaJoie for 35 seconds, and gets a takedown of his own. He stays on top of LaJoie to ride out the first period with a 3-2 lead.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aguilar will start the second period on defense after quick stoppage for bloodtime

 

[RobotHunter]

Announcers keep mentioning Cornell's olympic redshirts and injuries. No mention that we also have a national champ taking a redshirt and HWT injured.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aguilar with a quick reversal, to make the score 5-2

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aguilar cuts LaJoie loose after struggling to get a turn. Aguilar on the attack again, and finishes a double leg for two more points. Aguilar rides out the period up 7-3, with 44 seconds of RT.

LaJoie chooses bottom to start the third.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aguilar gets the RT to 1:22 before cutting LaJoie looses again. He quickly gets another takedown to make it 9-4

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aguilar cuts LaJoie to make it 9-5 with 26 seconds remaining in the match. Aguilar gets a stall call against LaJoie as time is running out. Aguilar wins 11-5 with the RT

 

[Lex Knapp]

Marquee match of the dual here at 133-lbs, as Sammy Alvarez comes onto the mat to battle No. 5 Chas Tucker.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Tucker gets to a single leg, and nearly finishes on the edge, but Alvarez does an unbelievable job of getting out of bounds without a stall.

 

[Lex Knapp]

A couple half-shots taken by both wrestlers, but that's about it as the period ends.

Alvarez will start on defense after a 0-0 first period.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Alvarez escapes in 13 seconds to take a 1-0 lead, but Tucker gets in on a single leg. After a scramble, and a danger count, Tucker is awarded a takedown. 2-1 Tucker with 49 seconds left in the period.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Alvarez out again to knot it at two-all

 

[Lex Knapp]

Period ends on the feet, tied at 2. Tucker starts the third period on bottom.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Tucker escapes in seconds to re-take the lead, 3-2 with 1:50 remaining in the match.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Alvarez continues to attempt to hit a shrug on Tucker, but Tucker keeps attempting it into a single-leg counter attack. Alvarez trying his best to get to a score, but Tucker backs away to win a 3-2 bout.

Match score is tied at 3

 

[MS-RU]

That was a very questionable takedown, but a tough loss for Sammy.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Jojo Aragona now wrestling at 141 to take on Cornell's Noah Baughman in a highly crucial toss-up bout.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Jojo gets to a single leg and finishes on the edge to take an early 2-0 lead.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Baughman attempting to get to his feet, but Aragona refusing to let him go. Two solid mat returns help Aragona rack up almost a minute of RT. The two go out of bounds with 39 seconds remaining in the first period.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aragona keeps Baughman underneath him the rest of the way. Period ends 2-0, with Jojo accumulating 1:32 of RT.

Aragona starts the second period on bottom

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aragona escapes, and his riding time is knocked down to 53 seconds. The period ends on their feet, and Aragona now leads 3-0.

Baughman chooses neutral to start the third period.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aragona gives up a takedown, but does escape after he narrowly avoids back points.

4-2 Aragona with 53 seconds remaining in the match, as Jojo takes injury time.

 

[belushijo]

Man that was close.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aragona back to his feet, and to the circle. He leads 4-2 as action resumes.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Baughman gets a takedown to tie it at four with 13 seconds left in the match

 

[belushijo]

Dudeeeeeeee

 

[belushijo]

Wow

 

[R U Crazy]

ARGGGHHHH

 

[belushijo]

Bad loss. Bad bad bad loss.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Aragona gets to his feet, but is returned to the mat. Baughman gets a very quick two count on a tilt to win 6-4 at the buzzer. That could be detrimental for Rutgers down the stretch.

Cornell leads 6-3

 

[Lex Knapp]

Gerard Angelo now wrestling at 149 against Hunter Richard. This is a must win bout for Rutgers

 

[bigmatt718]

Aragona needs to weight lift all off-season and work on bottom. His bottom game is so bad. Why did we let Lipari walk again?