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Big Ten Wrestling Championships: Ashnault a champ but Rutgers wanted more

It was a mixed bag of results for Rutgers at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships at Assembly Hall on the Indiana campus. The Knights finished tied for eighth place and six RU wrestlers have automatically qualified for the NCAA tournament. But it could have been better.

Six Scarlet Knights automatically qualified for NCAAs. Gross can join with a win:

DelVecchio
Ashnault
Theobold
Van Brill
Gravina
Correnti— Rutgers Wrestling (@RUWrestling) March 5, 2017

Anthony Ashnault defended his 141-pound title in solid fashion, and will be one of the six Rutgers grapplers who definitely will go to the NCAAs in St.