Martin, Snyder get pins as No. 2 Ohio State beats No. 17 Rutgers, 29-11 in Piscataway
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by Ohio State and Rutgers Communications
by Kyle Kuhlman, Ohio State
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Seven Buckeyes were bout winners Sunday (Jan. 7) at No. 17 Rutgers, leading to a 29-11 team victory for the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State improves to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in Big Ten tussles. The Buckeyes have outscored their dual competition by a combined score of 283-50 in eight duals, an average ledger of 35.3-6.3.
An OSU quintet stretched their undefeated individual season records one match further: Myles Martin (18-0), Luke Pletcher (18-0), Kollin Moore (14-0), Joey McKenna (6-0) and Kyle Snyder (4-0).
Martin, McKenna, Moore and Snyder were each responsible for tacking on bonus points. Martin and Snyder registered first-period falls while McKenna and Moore earned major decisions.
The match started at 174 pounds when Ohio State's Bo Jordan grinded out a 7-3 decision. He took down Joe Grello three times and improved his season mark to 15-2.
Martin lit up the scoreboard for six points in the subsequent bout, catching Jordan Pagano in a front-side cradle and that was all she wrote. Martin needed just 37 ticks of the clock to secure his fourth pin of the year and 16th bonus-point-bearing effort. He is garnering bonus tallies at a nearly a 70-percent clip for his career by racking up 23 tech falls, 20 major decisions and 15 pins during his 83 collegiate wins to date.
Moore accumulated a half dozen points in all three periods, building an 18-7 major decision by the final whistle. Next up was the much anticipated return of Olympic gold medalist, Kyle Snyder. The Buckeye heavyweight did not disappoint the packed house of 5,000-plus, burying Razohnn Gross in just under two minutes. It marks Snyder's fourth fall in as many collegiate bouts this season.
Rutgers got on the board at 125 pounds by virtue of a 24-9 tech fall from the second-ranked 125-pounder in the country, Nick Suriano.
Pletcher and McKenna put the Buckeye train back on track with consecutive wins at 133 and 141 lbs., respectively. Pletcher picked an ankle to grab a takedown and break up a 1-1 tie with 70 seconds remaining. He added on a riding time point and topped No. 14 Scott DelVecchio, 4-2. McKenna was methodical in his outing, posting a handful of takedowns en route to a 13-3 major.
Following a scoreless first period at 149 pounds, Ke-Shawn Hayes was able to turn Eleazar DeLuca right before the second stanza buzzer for four near-fall points. DeLuca, slotted 14th nationally, flipped the script in the third though. He tossed No. 5 Hayes twice for a pair of six-point throws. His 12-6 decision moved the team score to 26-8.
The final two matches of the afternoon were split with 157 pounds going in favor of Ohio State and Micah Jordan and Rutgers' Richie Lewis concluding as a 5-2 winner.
Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center plays host to No. 8 Minnesota next Friday (Jan. 12) at 7 p.m.
No. 2 Ohio State 29, No. 17 Rutgers 11
174 lbs | No. 3 Bo Jordan (OSU) def. Joe Grello (RU) | D, 7-3; Team Score: 3-0
184 lbs | No. 2 Myles Martin (OSU) def. Jordan Pagano (RU) | PIN, 0:37; TS: 9-0
197 lbs | No. 1 Kollin Moore (OSU) def. Anthony Messner (RU) | MD, 18-7; TS: 13-0
285 lbs | No. 1 Kyle Snyder (OSU) def. Razohnn Gross (RU) | PIN, 1:59; TS: 19-0
125 lbs | No. 2 Nick Suriano (RU) def. Brakan Mead (OSU) | TF, 24-9; TS: 19-5
133 lbs | No. 3 Luke Pletcher (OSU) def. No. 14 Scott DelVecchio (RU) | D, 4-2; TS: 22-5
141 lbs | No. 6 Joey McKenna (OSU) def. Michael Van Brill (RU) | MD, 13-3; TS: 26-5
149 lbs | No. 14 Eleazar DeLuca (RU) def. No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes (OSU) | D, 12-6; TS: 26-8
157 lbs | No. 6 Micah Jordan (OSU) def. John Van Brill (RU) | D, 11-5; TS: 29-8
165 lbs | No. 15 Richie Lewis (RU) def. No. 11 Te'Shan Campbell (OSU) | D, 5-2; TS: 29-11No. 17 Rutgers Wrestling Collects Three Individual Victories in Dual Loss to No. 2 Ohio State
DeLuca, Lewis and Suriano all with wins against Buckeyes in front of 5.109 fans at the RAC
by Bradly Derechailo, Rutgers
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Jan. 7, 2018) – No. 14 Eleazar DeLuca (149) and No. 15 Richie Lewis (165) both picked up ranked victories for No. 17 Rutgers wrestling (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) in its 26-11 loss to No. 2 Ohio State (8-0, 3-0 Big Ten) Sunday afternoon at the RAC. No. 2 Nick Suriano (125) also captured an individual win against the Buckeyes, who feature 10 wrestlers within the Top 15 of their weight class.
“You try to take positives from everything,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “There’s some ups and downs, but Nick [Suriano] did what he needed to do, we picked off two nationally-ranked guys at 49 and 65, so that’s big. That’s important for us. There are little battles within those matches that you have to win and good for those guys. Now we just have to keep that momentum going.”
After OSU started the dual with four consecutive victories, Suriano erupted the crowd of 5,109 in attendance with his performance against Braken Mead. Suriano collected 11 takedowns in the match, with his final one in the third period cementing a 24-9 tech fall, his third of the dual season and third in Big Ten Conference action.
After tight losses from No. 14 Scott DelVecchio (133) and Michael Van Brill (141), DeLuca took the mat against No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes. Hayes led DeLuca, 5-0, midway through the third period before DeLuca connected on a six-point throw to make it 6-5. Hayes escaped to tie the match, but DeLuca added another throw in the closing seconds to secure the 12-7 decision. Hayes entered the match with a 17-1 record and a 6-0 mark in dual action this season.
“[His match] was pretty exciting,” Goodale said. “We were kind of waiting for that place to get going like that and he’s capable of that type of technique. I’m glad he was able to hit it on a really good kid, the No. 5 kid in the country. That’s a game changer.”
Lewis closed out the dual with No. 11 Te’Shan Campbell, a two-time NCAA qualifier. Tied 1-1 with Campbell in the third period, Lewis landed a takedown with 35 seconds left for a 3-1 advantage. His takedown at the end of the period made it a 5-2 decision over Campbell, who was 13-2 and 5-0 in dual action heading into Sunday.
DelVecchio enjoyed a tough showing against No. 3 Luke Pletcher, who qualified for NCAA’s last season and owns a perfect 17-0 mark in 2017-18. The South Plainfield, N.J., native held a 1-0 lead on Pletcher in the third period before Pletcher escaped and recorded a takedown with 1:24 left in the match. DelVecchio escaped with 18 seconds left had a chance at Pletcher’s legs in the closing moments, but Pletcher held on for the 4-2 decision.
Rutgers returns to action on Friday, Jan. 12, when they host No. 19 North Carolina at the RAC.
Knight Notes
• With his win over No. 5 Hayes, DeLuca now owns two victories over ranked Intermat foes this season. DeLuca also picked off then-No. 14 Davion Jefferies (Oklahoma), 8-2, on Nov. 11 during the Journeymen duals
• Lewis has now collected wins over ranked Intermat foes in back-to-back matches. He also defeated Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) last weekend during his third-place match at the Midlands Championships.
• Suriano has now outscored his opponents 93-24 in his six dual matches and 204-46 in his first 15 matches of 2017-18.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Seven Buckeyes were bout winners Sunday (Jan. 7) at No. 17 Rutgers, leading to a 29-11 team victory for the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State improves to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in Big Ten tussles. The Buckeyes have outscored their dual competition by a combined score of 283-50 in eight duals, an average ledger of 35.3-6.3.
An OSU quintet stretched their undefeated individual season records one match further: Myles Martin (18-0), Luke Pletcher (18-0), Kollin Moore (14-0), Joey McKenna (6-0) and Kyle Snyder (4-0).
Martin, McKenna, Moore and Snyder were each responsible for tacking on bonus points. Martin and Snyder registered first-period falls while McKenna and Moore earned major decisions.
The match started at 174 pounds when Ohio State's Bo Jordan grinded out a 7-3 decision. He took down Joe Grello three times and improved his season mark to 15-2.
Martin lit up the scoreboard for six points in the subsequent bout, catching Jordan Pagano in a front-side cradle and that was all she wrote. Martin needed just 37 ticks of the clock to secure his fourth pin of the year and 16th bonus-point-bearing effort. He is garnering bonus tallies at a nearly a 70-percent clip for his career by racking up 23 tech falls, 20 major decisions and 15 pins during his 83 collegiate wins to date.
Moore accumulated a half dozen points in all three periods, building an 18-7 major decision by the final whistle. Next up was the much anticipated return of Olympic gold medalist, Kyle Snyder. The Buckeye heavyweight did not disappoint the packed house of 5,000-plus, burying Razohnn Gross in just under two minutes. It marks Snyder's fourth fall in as many collegiate bouts this season.
Rutgers got on the board at 125 pounds by virtue of a 24-9 tech fall from the second-ranked 125-pounder in the country, Nick Suriano.
Pletcher and McKenna put the Buckeye train back on track with consecutive wins at 133 and 141 lbs., respectively. Pletcher picked an ankle to grab a takedown and break up a 1-1 tie with 70 seconds remaining. He added on a riding time point and topped No. 14 Scott DelVecchio, 4-2. McKenna was methodical in his outing, posting a handful of takedowns en route to a 13-3 major.
Following a scoreless first period at 149 pounds, Ke-Shawn Hayes was able to turn Eleazar DeLuca right before the second stanza buzzer for four near-fall points. DeLuca, slotted 14th nationally, flipped the script in the third though. He tossed No. 5 Hayes twice for a pair of six-point throws. His 12-6 decision moved the team score to 26-8.
The final two matches of the afternoon were split with 157 pounds going in favor of Ohio State and Micah Jordan and Rutgers' Richie Lewis concluding as a 5-2 winner.
Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center plays host to No. 8 Minnesota next Friday (Jan. 12) at 7 p.m.
No. 2 Ohio State 29, No. 17 Rutgers 11
174 lbs | No. 3 Bo Jordan (OSU) def. Joe Grello (RU) | D, 7-3; Team Score: 3-0
184 lbs | No. 2 Myles Martin (OSU) def. Jordan Pagano (RU) | PIN, 0:37; TS: 9-0
197 lbs | No. 1 Kollin Moore (OSU) def. Anthony Messner (RU) | MD, 18-7; TS: 13-0
285 lbs | No. 1 Kyle Snyder (OSU) def. Razohnn Gross (RU) | PIN, 1:59; TS: 19-0
125 lbs | No. 2 Nick Suriano (RU) def. Brakan Mead (OSU) | TF, 24-9; TS: 19-5
133 lbs | No. 3 Luke Pletcher (OSU) def. No. 14 Scott DelVecchio (RU) | D, 4-2; TS: 22-5
141 lbs | No. 6 Joey McKenna (OSU) def. Michael Van Brill (RU) | MD, 13-3; TS: 26-5
149 lbs | No. 14 Eleazar DeLuca (RU) def. No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes (OSU) | D, 12-6; TS: 26-8
157 lbs | No. 6 Micah Jordan (OSU) def. John Van Brill (RU) | D, 11-5; TS: 29-8
165 lbs | No. 15 Richie Lewis (RU) def. No. 11 Te'Shan Campbell (OSU) | D, 5-2; TS: 29-11No. 17 Rutgers Wrestling Collects Three Individual Victories in Dual Loss to No. 2 Ohio State
DeLuca, Lewis and Suriano all with wins against Buckeyes in front of 5.109 fans at the RAC
by Bradly Derechailo, Rutgers
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Jan. 7, 2018) – No. 14 Eleazar DeLuca (149) and No. 15 Richie Lewis (165) both picked up ranked victories for No. 17 Rutgers wrestling (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) in its 26-11 loss to No. 2 Ohio State (8-0, 3-0 Big Ten) Sunday afternoon at the RAC. No. 2 Nick Suriano (125) also captured an individual win against the Buckeyes, who feature 10 wrestlers within the Top 15 of their weight class.
“You try to take positives from everything,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “There’s some ups and downs, but Nick [Suriano] did what he needed to do, we picked off two nationally-ranked guys at 49 and 65, so that’s big. That’s important for us. There are little battles within those matches that you have to win and good for those guys. Now we just have to keep that momentum going.”
After OSU started the dual with four consecutive victories, Suriano erupted the crowd of 5,109 in attendance with his performance against Braken Mead. Suriano collected 11 takedowns in the match, with his final one in the third period cementing a 24-9 tech fall, his third of the dual season and third in Big Ten Conference action.
After tight losses from No. 14 Scott DelVecchio (133) and Michael Van Brill (141), DeLuca took the mat against No. 5 Ke-Shawn Hayes. Hayes led DeLuca, 5-0, midway through the third period before DeLuca connected on a six-point throw to make it 6-5. Hayes escaped to tie the match, but DeLuca added another throw in the closing seconds to secure the 12-7 decision. Hayes entered the match with a 17-1 record and a 6-0 mark in dual action this season.
“[His match] was pretty exciting,” Goodale said. “We were kind of waiting for that place to get going like that and he’s capable of that type of technique. I’m glad he was able to hit it on a really good kid, the No. 5 kid in the country. That’s a game changer.”
Lewis closed out the dual with No. 11 Te’Shan Campbell, a two-time NCAA qualifier. Tied 1-1 with Campbell in the third period, Lewis landed a takedown with 35 seconds left for a 3-1 advantage. His takedown at the end of the period made it a 5-2 decision over Campbell, who was 13-2 and 5-0 in dual action heading into Sunday.
DelVecchio enjoyed a tough showing against No. 3 Luke Pletcher, who qualified for NCAA’s last season and owns a perfect 17-0 mark in 2017-18. The South Plainfield, N.J., native held a 1-0 lead on Pletcher in the third period before Pletcher escaped and recorded a takedown with 1:24 left in the match. DelVecchio escaped with 18 seconds left had a chance at Pletcher’s legs in the closing moments, but Pletcher held on for the 4-2 decision.
Rutgers returns to action on Friday, Jan. 12, when they host No. 19 North Carolina at the RAC.
Knight Notes
• With his win over No. 5 Hayes, DeLuca now owns two victories over ranked Intermat foes this season. DeLuca also picked off then-No. 14 Davion Jefferies (Oklahoma), 8-2, on Nov. 11 during the Journeymen duals
• Lewis has now collected wins over ranked Intermat foes in back-to-back matches. He also defeated Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) last weekend during his third-place match at the Midlands Championships.
• Suriano has now outscored his opponents 93-24 in his six dual matches and 204-46 in his first 15 matches of 2017-18.
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