OT: Wrestling Update

[brodo]

The NCAA Championships at MSG got underway today. Only 3 of our 10 wrestlers won their opening matches (Perrotti, Lewis, and Ashnault.) Ashnault was the only one to win his second match so he's the only one in contention for a championship (three more wins needed for that.)

http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/031716aaa.html

 

[Tango Two]

Click here for updates and results thread:

https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/t...tournament-updates-results-all-sessions.81753

 

[Dpgru]

Thanks for the update. I have been over on the basketball board. Fascinating reading. Apparently every coach in the country is on Rutgers radar.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Rutgers has 5 still alive for A-A status after the 1st day and 2 rounds . Anthony Ashnault is still alive for a possible national title.

 

[MozRU]

Thanks for the update.

 

[Abro1975]

Good Moooooooorning RU Wrestling fans ! New day , and new hopes for all 5 of our still alive Medal Contenders to have a strong Session 3, Friday morning ! Let'er rip !

Matchups :

141 - #4 Anthony Ashnault (alive for Gold Medal) vs #12 C. Mecate, ODU

157- #9 Richie Lewis vs unseeded D. Cottrell, WVa

165- #7 Anthony Perrott vs unseeded S. Thomas , Oregon St.

184- #15 Nick Gravina vs unseeded T.Sleigh, Bucknell

285- #12 Billy Smith vs unseeded B. Cornwell, GW

A good thread going on at :

https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/t...ournament-updates-results-all-sessions.81753/

 

[brodo]

Anthony Ashnault won Friday morning to advance to tonight's semifinal. He won 5-4 over an Old Dominion wrestler. The victory ensures him of All-American status.

 

[Veiox]

Looking at the 141 bracket, I recognized another name in the semis: Joey Mckenna. Have not seen him in years since he did not attend Montville HS. We played town travel football together. But he went to Blair Academy if I remember correctly. Wrestling was always his thing.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

 

[knightfan7]

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Really? That seems crazy based on what I read here about B1G wrestling. No one from PSU? Iowa? Nebraska?

 

[PhilaPhans]

At 141. Not in the tournament. There are B1G wrestlers left standing everywhere.

The 141 tournament is Oklahoma St. vs. Rutgers and Wyoming vs. Stanford.

 

[knightfan7]

At 141. Not in the tournament. There are B1G wrestlers left standing everywhere.

The 141 tournament is Oklahoma St. vs. Rutgers and Wyoming vs. Stanford.

Oh, ok. Misread it. I'm watching the ESPN crawl now and the B1G is all over the place.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Perrotti just won, so he is just one more win from becoming an All-American as well!

He will wrestle Connor Brennan of Rider tonight.

Smith needs two wins to get AA.

The rest of the team are done (mod edit: except for Ash, of course).

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

 

[PhilaPhans]

One AA ... two guys with winnable matches to become AAs.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

One AA ... two guys with winnable matches to become AAs.

If Rutgers can get three AAs , that would be HUGE. Ash will wrestle the #1 ranked guy in his class tonight, so getting the National title will not be easy to say the least. But he has been a destroyer so far. Can't wait for tonight.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

CURRENT TEAM RESULTS:


Season Team Abbr Count Points
1. Penn State, PA Penn State, PA (GET) PSU 9 68.5
2. Ohio St., OH Ohio State, OH (GET) OHST 8 54.0
3. Iowa, IA Iowa, IA (GET) IOWA 9 48.5
4. Oklahoma St., OK Oklahoma State, OK (GET) OKST 10 46.0
5. Missouri, MO Missouri, MO (GET) MIZZ 9 42.5
6. Nebraska, NE Nebraska, NE (GET) NEB 10 35.5
7. NC State, NC North Carolina State, NC (GET) NCST 8 32.5
8. Michigan, MI Michigan, MI (GET) MICH 7 32.0
9. Virginia Tech, VA Virginia Tech, VA (GET) VT 8 30.5
10. Cornell, NY Cornell, NY (GET) CORN 9 28.5
11. Illinois, IL Illinois, IL (GET) ILL 6 28.0
12. Oklahoma, OK Oklahoma, OK (GET) OU 6 24.5
13. Rutgers, NJ Rutgers, NJ (GET) RUT 10 22.0
14. Lehigh, PA Lehigh, PA (GET) LEH 9 19.5
15. Iowa St., IA Iowa State, IA (GET) ISU 6 19.0
16. Kent St., OH Kent State, OH (GET) KENT 5 18.5
17. Wyoming, WY Wyoming, WY (GET) WYO 3 17.5
18. Minnesota, MN Minnesota, MN (GET) MINN 5 16.0
18. Rider, NJ Rider, NJ (GET) RID 6 16.0
18. Stanford, CA Stanford, CA (GET) STAN 6 16.0

 

[ClassOf02]

Ashnault about to wrestle in his semi final on ESPN

 

[brodo]

Ashnault lost in the semis 8-3 to Heil of Oklahoma State.

 

[brodo]

Perrotti of RU defeated a wrestler from Rider (Brennan) 5-4. Perrotti trailed most of the match but scored a takedown with about 33 seconds remaining to become an All-American.

Heavyweight Smith will try to get that same AA title a little later tonight.