The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will be taking on the Clarion Eagles in a dual meet today at Rutgers. Rutgers comes into this dual meet as a pretty solid favorite with Clarion having some solid wrestlers as well.
How to watch: Big Ten Network+
Projected Matches:
125- Dylan Shawver vs Joseph Fischer
Projected Winner- Dylan Shawver
133- Joe Heilmann vs Koen Kish
Projected Winner- Joe Heilmann
141- Sammy Alvarez vs Seth Koleno
Projected Winner- Sammy Alvarez
149- Anthony White vs Kyle Schnickel
Projected Winner- Anthony White
157- Andrew Clark vs Trevor Elfvin
Projected Winner- Andrew Clark
165- Connor O’Neill vs Eli Brinsky
Projected Winner- Connor O’Neill
174- Jackson Turley vs John Worthing
Projected Winner- Jackson Turley
184- John Poznanski / Brian Soldano vs Will Feldkamp
Projected Winner- John Poznanski or Will Feldkamp if Poznanski does not go out
197- Billy Janzer vs Ty Bagoly
Projected Winner- Billy Janzer
285- Boone McDermott vs Austin Chapman
Projected Winner- Boone McDermott
Team Score Projection: 30-3 Rutgers
Overall Thoughts:
If Poznanski goes at 184 Rutgers may just have the potential to blank Clarion but that just seems highly unlikely with a few swing matches in the mix.
Getting to see Alvarez back in the mix now at 141 should be very interesting being he looked solid when we saw him compete back in 2020 down at 133 pounds.
Turley back in the lineup at 174 and O’Neill down to 165 is either going to work out very well for Rutgers or maybe cause a hinderance. However it will be good to see the All American back in action.
Joe Heilmann will be taking the mat after transferring from UNC. Another South Plainfield hammer wrestling for Rutgers and it should be a lot of fun for Rutgers fans to see him back in his home state.
