In what looked like an overall brutal first round for Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights will have nine of their 10 wrestlers alive for competition for tonight’s Session II (7 pm ET on Flo Wrestling or BTN Plus).
The opening hours were highlighted by Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault, whom each won two bouts to secure their spots in tonight’s semi-finals. They also clinched their automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh.
Ashnault will wrestle Minnesota’s Tommy Thorn while Suriano will get a rematch with Iowa’s Austin DeSanto.
Meanwhile, John Van Brill had the highlight of the morning when he stunned Ohio State’s Ke-Shawn Hayes by pinning him in the third period.