No. 8 Buckeyes Back Home vs. No. 19 Rutgers Sunday
1/13/2023 10:03:30 AM | General, Wrestling
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 19 Rutgers
Date: Jan. 15, 2023
Time: 1 p.m.
Tickets: 1-800-Go-Bucks
Venue: Covelli Center, Columbus Ohio (4,177)
Watch: B1G+($)
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Match Notes: Ohio State | Rutgers
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 8 Ohio State (7-1, 1-0) is set to battle No. 19 Rutgers (8-1, 0-0) in the first Big Ten home dual of the season Sunday at the Covelli Center. Match time is set for 1 p.m. with B1G+ streaming the action live.
- Tickets for the 2023 Big Ten Championships March 4-5 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, are currently on sale at mgoblue.com.
- The Buckeyes opened the 2023 Big Ten Conference season with a 26-13 win at Indiana. Sammy Sasso (149) and Kaleb Romero (184) both pinned their respective opponents to help secure the win. The Buckeyes improved to 52-34-2 all-time vs. the Hoosiers after winning for the 12th consecutive time in Bloomington.
- Redshirt freshmen Andre Gonzales (125) and Mike Misita (HWT) finished second at the 2023 Edinboro-Kaufman Memorial Open Jan. 8 in Edinboro, Pa.
- Tom Ryan, head coach of the Buckeyes earned career dual victory No. 300 at the Collegiate Duals Dec. 20, 2022 in New Orleans. Ohio State defeated No. 21 Lehigh 23-12 for the historic win on the final day of the event. The Buckeyes also defeated Lock Haven, 39-3. No. 22 Northern Iowa earned a 19-13 win over Ohio State in the second dual of the competition.
- Ryan is 301-146-2 over his career, which includes 11 years at Hofstra (109-82-2) and 17 at Ohio State (192-64).
- The Buckeyes are 8-0-1 vs. Rutgers all-time. The Buckeyes own an eight-match win streak vs. the Scarlett Knights after a 24-all tie in 1984.
- The Buckeyes were one of 34 teams in the 2022 Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas Dec. 2-3. The Buckeyes finished tied for the No. 8 spot with 82.5 points. Sammy Sasso (149) won his bracket with a 5-0 record, which included wins over No. 7 Yahya Thomas of Northwestern and No. 5 Kyle Parco of Arizona State. Kaleb Romero finished fourth at 184 with Malik Heinselman (125) came in fifth.
- Sasso was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the 2022 Cliff Keen Invitational and then earned Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honors (12/6/22).
| No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes | Probable Lineups | No. 19 Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
|---|---|---|
| No. 8 Malik Heinselman (Sr.) or Andre Gonzales (r-Fr.) | 125 | No. 13 Dean Peterson (So.) or Dylan Shawver (So.) |
| No. 15 Jesse Mendez (Fr.) | 133 | No. 14 Joe Heilmann (GR) |
| No. 16 Dylan D’Emilio (r-Jr.) | 141 | Devon Britton (r-So.) |
| No. 3 Sammy Sasso (r-Sr.) | 149 | Anthony White (So.) |
| No. 21 Paddy Gallagher (r-Fr.) | 157 | Andrew Clark (So.) |
| No. 8 Carson Kharchla (r-Jr.) or Isaac Wilcox (Jr.) | 165 | Robert Kanniard (r-So.) or Connor O'Neill (So.) |
| No. 8 Ethan Smith (r-Sr.) | 174 | Jackson Turley (Jr.) |
| No. 5 Kaleb Romero (r-Sr.) | 184 | No. 14 Brian Soldano (Fr.) |
| Gavin Hoffman (r-Sr.) | 197 | Billy Janzer (r-Jr.) |
| No. 16 Tate Orndorff (r-Sr.) | HWT | No. 24 Boone McDermott (r-Jr.) or John O'Donnell (So.) |
| (InterMat Wrestling individual rankings used) |
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