Wrestling MATCH THREAD: Rutgers vs. Princeton - B1G/Ivy Rivalry

[Bobbynieds]

PU had Monday at 157.....if we are not up by 6, i will be a nervous wreck

 

[SCNJ]

Yeah there was one point late where old Poz flies behind for two. He got stuck halfway through tonight and just came back to the front.

 

[MS-RU]

If I remember correctly, they either can agree on a starting weight or draw if one of the teams wants to. Could be wrong on that, but I believe that is how it goes.

I heard PU likes to start as far away from 125 as possible to give Glory more time to recover after weigh-ins.

 

[RobotHunter]

Is Glory wrestling?

 

[MS-RU]

PU had Monday at 157.....if we are not up by 6, i will be a nervous wreck

If we aren’t up 6 with Oliveri, Rivera, and MVB still to come something went HORRIBLY wrong since we are currently up 10.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Halftime Thoughts (for real this time):
- Clark looked flat, was disappointed in how he wrestled
- Not O'Neill's best performance, but he did a heck of a job not giving up takedowns in those scrambles
- Really disappointed to not see Stefanik and Poz wrestle. Hard to get a read as to where Poz is at given the level of competition he faced.
- Bulsak looked dominant against a very tough competitor. Easily the first half OW
- Boone NEEDS to get more aggressive. I thought Cover was an ideal opponent for him. Similar build, loves to go in over-unders; thought it was a great opportunity for Boone to show some offense

 

[Bobbynieds]

If we aren’t up 6 with Oliveri, Rivera, and MVB still to come something went HORRIBLY wrong since we are currently up 10.

Good point..my math is horrible.....for some reason i thought RU was only ahead a few points

 

[MS-RU]

Halftime Thoughts (for real this time):
- Clark looked flat, was disappointed in how he wrestled
- Not O'Neill's best performance, but he did a heck of a job not giving up takedowns in those scrambles
- Really disappointed to not see Stefanik and Poz wrestle. Hard to get a read as to where Poz is at given the level of competition he faced.
- Bulsak looked dominant against a very tough competitor. Easily the first half OW
- Boone NEEDS to get more aggressive. I thought Cover was an ideal opponent for him. Similar build, loves to go in over-unders; thought it was a great opportunity for Boone to show some offense

Agree 100%

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

My match prediction is still looking good for a 20-14 win. Poz answered the only big question, otherwise, I had it at 17-17.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Action will resume at 125-lbs where Dylan Shawver will take on No. 2 Pat Glory

 

[Lex Knapp]

Glory with a quick takedown and cuts Shawver to make it 2-1

 

[Lex Knapp]

Glory with a single leg to go up 4-1

 

[Lex Knapp]

Glory with a tilt and gets a four-count, making it 8-1. Shawver then reverses Glory to make it 8-3. Glory escapes almost immediately, and it goes to 9-3 Glory with 40 seconds left in the first

 

[Lex Knapp]

Period ends in a scramble, but no additional scores. 9 - 3, Glory.

Glory goes on defense to start the second period

 

[Lex Knapp]

Glory escapes in under ten seconds to make it 10-3

 

[Lex Knapp]

Period ends on the feet, with Glory holding a 10-3 lead. The Rutgers bench has to be really happy with Shawver's fight thus far.

Shawver chooses neutral

 

[Lex Knapp]

Shawver with a shot attempt, but Glory scores off a scramble, making it 12-3, Glory

 

[RUCrackers]

God I hate Chris Ayers hairdo!

 

[Lex Knapp]

Glory keeps Shawver down, and will walk away with a 13-3 major decision.

Rutgers leads 13 - 7

 

[MS-RU]

Great work by Shawver to keep it to a MD

 

[Lex Knapp]

Joey Olivieri now up at 133-lbs against Nick Kayal

 

[Lex Knapp]

Very strange blood time stoppage on an Olivieri knee-pick attempt. Would have definitely been two, and possibly backs, for Olivieri

 

[Lex Knapp]

Olivieri with an assassin to get two and four backs! Kayal gets a reversal right before time expires. Olivieri up 6-2 going into the second.

Olivieri on bottom to start the second

 

[Lex Knapp]

Olivieri out right away to make it 7-2

 

[MS-RU]

Anyone know what’s up with Anthony Clark? He’s had no matches this season nor did he have any last year due to the Ivies being cancelled.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Period ends neutral, with Olivieri still leading 7-2.

Kayal going to start the third period on bottom

 

[MS-RU]

Oliveri is fun to watch. Can’t wait to see what he does the next few years.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Kayal gets a reversal off an Olivieri cradle attempt, but it will not matter, as time expires with Oliveri earning an 8-4 decision.

Rutgers now leads Princeton 16-7

 

[Lex Knapp]

Sebastian Rivera now up at 141-lbs to take on Danny Coles

 

[Lex Knapp]

Rivera blasts through Coles to get the first score, going up 2-0

 

[Lex Knapp]

Rivera quickly gets to a tilt and gets two swipes to make it 4-0

 

[Lex Knapp]

Rivera takes injury time. It appears he may have tweaked his knee as he went out of bounds with Coles

 

[Leonard23]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[MS-RU]

Oh god no. Please don’t be serious.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Rivera is going to keep wrestling, but he is definitely limping around.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Per injury time rules, Coles has choice, and chooses neutral on the restart

 

[Lex Knapp]

Period ends with no additional scores. Rivera is still leading 4-0.

Rivera going on bottom

 

[Lex Knapp]

Rivera escapes to make it 5-0

 

[Lex Knapp]

Rivera gets to a single leg to take Coles down and make it 7-0

 

[Lex Knapp]

Coles escapes to make it 7-1