No.11 Rutgers Wrestling Crushes Hofstra 45-3 in Final Regular Season Duel

No.11 Rutgers wrestling dominated Hofstra in its last duel of the regular season 45-3. After a disappointing first bout, the Scarlet Knights would win 9 straight matches to secure the blowout win.

Some highlights of the match include No.6 Joseph Olivieri (141) pinning Chase Liardi, No.28 Andrew Clark (149) tallying 18 points and a tech fall against Jackson Slotnick, Devon Magro (157) recording 17 points and a tech fall against ric Schindel, No.20 Lenny Pinto (174) recording 18 points and a tech fall against Matt Rogers, and both Jordan Chapman (184) and heavyweight Hunter Catka defeating their opponents by pin.

The only loss of the night for the Knights was in the 125-pounders, as No.24 Ayden Smith was upset by Teague Strobel.

This dual season will go down as another success with Scott Goodale as head coach. Rutgers finished the season ranked fifth in the Big Ten standings, one of its best finishes since joining the conference. They secured that finish by closing the season on a six-dual win streak. This is the program’s ninth 14-dual win season with Goodale as coach. The Knights also finished with a winning record in Big Ten duels for the second season in a row, going 5-3 in conference play and 14-5 overall.

To highlight even more success the program has had this year, they landed 125 pound recruit Anthony Knox, who is the highest rated recruit ever to sign with the program.

Rutgers wrestling will have a few weeks off before it heads out to Happy Valley to compete in the Big Ten Championships. Those will take place on March 7/8 at the Bryce Jordan Center.

No. 11 Rutgers 45, Hofstra 3125: Teague Strobel (HOF) over 24/23 Ayden Smith (RU) by TB2, 3-2; HOF leads, 3-0133: 25/31 Dylan Shawver (RU) over Gauge Shipp (HOF) by dec., 13-8; Match tied, 3-3141: 6/7 Joseph Olivieri (RU) over Chase Liardi (HOF) by fall (3:36); RU leads, 9-3149: 28/– Andrew Clark (RU) over Jackson Slotnick (HOF) by TF, 18-0 (5:49); RU leads, 14-3157: Devon Magro (RU) over Eric Schindel (HOF) by TF, 17-2 (7:00); RU leads, 19-3165: 18/20 Andrew Barbosa (RU) over Jake Slotnick (HOF) by dec., 4-1; RU leads, 22-3174: 20/23 Lenny Pinto (RU) over Matt Rogers (HOF) by TF, 18-3 (5:58); RU leads, 27-3184: Jordan Chapman (RU) over Josh Jorgge (HOF) by fall (2:06); RU leads, 33-3197: PJ Casale over Will Conlon (HOF) by inj. def (4:43); RU leads, 39-3HWT: 19/19 Hunter Catka (RU) over Adrian Sans (HOF) by fall (2:31); RU wins, 45-3