Princeton to Host Rutgers for B1G/Ivy Rivalry in Jadwin

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Princeton (2-3) vs Rutgers (4-2)
12:00 p.m. | December 8th (Sat.) | Jadwin Gymnasium
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Returning to Jadwin for its first home dual meet of the season, The Princeton university wrestling team will host Rutgers for the B1G/Ivy Rivalry match on Sunday, December 8th, with the action kicking off at noon.

Sunday will mark the 88th meeting all time between the two New Jersey rivals, with the series dating back to 1927.

Probable Lineup
125: #30 Ethan Rivera (6-4)
133: Dan Jones (3-2) or Drew Heethuis (3-1)
141: #30 Eligh Rivera (2-1) or Jake Mann (3-2)
149: #8 Ty Whalen (9-0) or Chris Martino (3-5)
157: Cody Tavoso (1-6) or Zander Silva (0-4)
165: Blaine Bergey or Hudson Hightower (0-3)
174: Xavier Giles (5-6)
184: #29 Mike Squires (6-3) or Kole Mulhauser
197: #16 Luke Stout (4-1)
285: Sebastian Garibaldi (7-2)

*Rankings by Flowrestling

About the Tigers

Princeton enters Sunday after dropping a contest with No. 2 Iowa yesterday in St. Louis, Mo., 39-3.
Eligh Rivera picked up a big win in the 141 lb class with a powerful last-second takedown to get Princeton on the board.
Before that, Princeton split duals in Chattanooga on November 23rd as it defeated UTC 29-13 while falling 26-15 to Purdue.
Luke Stout won both his matches on the day, as did Ty Whalen and Sebastian Garibaldi, continuing a string of strong performances this season from the Tigers.
Whalen and Stout continue to make waves on the national stage, as Whalen sits at No. 8 in the Flo standings and Stout remains at 16.
Beginning the season with the Princeton Open, three Tigers claimed championships on November 3rd, as Whalen, Garibaldi, and Mikey Squires won their respective weight classes.
Whalen is currently 9-0 on the season, as the sophomore captain out of Mullica Hill, N.J. looks to build upon his successes.
Stout is 4-1 on the season, earning two tech falls last weekend.
Squires has gone 6-3 on the season, picking up a win over Anthony D'Alesio of LIU during Princeton's win on November 17.
Freshman Ethan Rivera has also looked strong so far, going 6-4 on the season and claiming fifth place at the Princeton Open.

A Storied Garden State Showdown

The Scarlet Knights lead the all-time series 46-36-5. Rutgers won last season 24-9 in Piscataway.
Princeton's last win over Rutgers came in 2020 with an 18-15 victory in Jadwin Gym, the Tigers' first win over Rutgers since 1990.
Sunday's showdown will have added significance for Anthony Ashnault, as the former Rutgers wrestling legend will now watch the match from the Tiger bench as assistant coach. Ashnault was the 2019 NCAA Champion (149 lbs), and he holds the Rutgers record for all-time wins with 123 victories during his career. The Hodge Trophy finalist, four-time All-American and three-time Big Ten Champion remains in his home state of New Jersey for his first season at Princeton.

About the Coaches

Princeton is led by Head Coach Joe Dubuque, in his second season at the helm after joining the program in 2016. Dubuque is joined by new assistant coaches Ashnault and Cody Brewer in their first seasons with the Tigers.
Dubuque, a two-time NCAA Champion at Indiana, has transferred his impressive wrestling career into an equally impressive coaching one, helping coach Princeton's first NCAA champion since 1951 and second ever (Patrick Glory) in 2023, also having the Tigers take 13th place nationally that year. He also helped Princeton take the Ivy League Title in 2020, the program's first since 1986.
Brewer joins Princeton this season after spending five years at Virginia Tech, where he helped Joey Prata ascend the national rankings and achieve a third-place finish at the 2020 ACC Championships.

Probable Lineup - Rutgers
125: #19/11 Dean Peterson (1-2) -OR- Ayden Smith (2-2)
133: #5/7 Dylan Shawver (5-0)
141: #24/32 Joseph Olivieri (3-2)
149: #32/26 Andrew Clark (9-2) -OR- Michael Cetta (4-4)
157: Conner Harer (3-2)
165: Andrew Barbosa (2-1) -OR- NR/30 Anthony White (5-2)
174: #20/20 Jackson Turley (2-2)
184: #22/19 Brian Soldano (5-4) -OR- Shane Cartagena-Walsh (8-3)
197: #14/17 John Poznanski (4-1)
HWT: #9/6 Yaraslau Slavikouski (3-1)

*Rankings are Intermat/Flo (as of 11/26/24)

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