Rutgers 34 Millersville 6
Weight Millersville Rutgers Score Winner
125 Omar Porrata Ryan Brennan 4-3 RU
133 Kris Hoff Jeff Beverly 2:11 (fall) RU
141 Josh Miller Greg Austin 13-5 (md) RU
149 Jesse Reed Jon Forster 8-0 (md) RU
157 Alan Grasso Shane Engel-Folks 5-1 MU
165 Andy Cote Bryon Lauer 6-0 MU
174 Craig Pequinot Justin Haskins 18-2 (tf 6:44) RU
184 Adam Schaaf Tom Tanis 5-2 RU
197 Joe Garfinkel Craig Buckley 6-1 RU
285 Tyler Woolever Frank Sabatino 2:50 (fall) RU
Rutgers Wrestling Drops Millersville
Extend Winning Streak to Five
(New Brunswick, NJ) - The Rutgers University Wrestling team (7-3) defeated
Millersville University (6-7) 34-6, tonight at the College Avenue Gymnasium.
With the victory, Rutgers extends its winning streak to five consecutive matches dating back to a tri-meet on February 12 versus Franklin & Marshall,
Coppin State and Syracuse.
Rutgers opened the meet winning the first two matches as freshman 141-pounder
Greg Austin (Seaville, NJ) and 149-pound senior captain Jon Forster (Minotola, NJ) won by major decisions. Austin (24-9; 5-3 dual meets) defeated
Millersville's Josh Miller, 13-5 and Forster bested Jesse Reed 8-0 giving the
Scarlet Knights a quick 8-0 team score advantage. Forster, currently ranked
second in the EIWA, raised his season mark to 31-10 and 8-2 in dual meets.
Millersville responded winning the next two matches. At 157-pounds, junior
Shane Engel-Folks (Washington, NJ) battled blood throughout the match due to
a first period laceration over the eye, but dropped a 5-1 decision to Alan
Grasso. Sophomore Bryon Lauer (Belvidere, NJ) was shutout by Andy Cote, Millersville's leader in wins this season, 6-0.
Junior Justin Haskins (Cliffwood Beach, NJ) followed at 174-pounds with an
impressive 18-2 technical fall of Craig Pequinot at 6:44, improving his record to 28-12 on the season (6-4 in dual meets). At 184-pounds, junior Tom
Tanis (Oak Ridge, NJ) followed by winning his fifth consecutive match scoring
a 5-2 decision over Adam Schaaf, raising his record to 12-6 (6-3 dual meets).
Scarlet Knight freshman 197-pounder Craig Buckley (Hingham, MA) continued the
winning ways for Rutgers by defeating Joe Garfinkel 6-0. Sophomore heavyweight Frank Sabatino (Hazlet, NJ) then pinned Tyler Woolever at 2:50.
The freshman tandem of Ryan Brennan (Randolph, NJ) and Jeff Beverly (Point
Pleasant, NJ) closed out the meet for Rutgers with victories. Brennan defeated Omar Porrata 4-3, while Beverly pinned Kris Hoff at 2:11.
The Scarlet Knight close out their 2000 home wrestling season on Thursday,
February 24 versus Drexel at the College Avenue Gymnasium beginning at 7 p.m..