No. 21 Indiana Drops Dual at No. 14 Rutgers

Friday, January 12

Piscataway, N.J.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

#14 Rutgers

1/12/2024 10:10:00 PM | Wrestling

Results (PDF)

PISCATAWAY, N.J. ––– No. 21 Indiana fell to No. 14 Rutgers on the road Friday night, 30-11, at No. 21 Rutgers in Jersey Mike's Arena.

With the loss, Indiana's record drops to 3-1 and 0-1 in the conference.

KEY MOMENTS
• Rutgers won the first two matches by fall and tech fall, respectively, building an early 11-0 lead.
• No. 23 Dan Fongaro (141) and No. 14 Graham Rooks (149) each earned victories to cut into the deficit. Fongaro won by tech fall, 19-3 (6:41), over Max Hermes and Rooks won by decision, 8-2, over Michael Cetta. After those two wins, it was an 11-8 match.
• The Hoosiers and Scarlet Knights split the next two matches, including No. 22 Tyler Lillard (165) winning over Anthony White by decision, 4-1. That pushed the team score to 15-11 in Rutgers' favor.
• Rutgers closed out the dual with winning the final four bouts.

NOTABLES
• Fongaro's win was his second by tech fall this season.
• Fongaro wrestled in his home state, hailing from Lincoln Park, N.J., a little under an hour away from Rutgers.
• While they didn't wrestle against one another, Fongaro's brother Joe, wrestles for the Scarlet Knights.
• G. Rooks' win improved his season record to 12-4.
• With the win, Lillard's season record now stands at 14-4.

UP NEXT
• Indiana Wrestling will be back in action this weekend when it takes on No. 1 Penn State on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Rec Hall.

FULL RESULTS
125: No. 13 Dean Peterson (RU) def. Blaine Frazier (IU)               |Fall (5:54) |              Score: RU up 6-0

133: No. 8 Dylan Shawver (RU) def. Cayden Rooks (IU)                |TF, 22-7 (7:00)|         Score: RU up 11-0

141: No. 23 Dan Fongaro (IU) def. Max Hermes (RU)                   |TF, 19-3 (6:41)|          Score: RU up 11-5

149: No. 14 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Michael Cetta (RU)              |Dec. 8-2|                 Score: RU up 11-8

157: Al DeSantis (RU) def. Zack Rotkvich (IU)                              |MD, 9-0 |                 Score: RU up 15-8

165: Tyler Lillard (IU) def. Anthony White (RU)                           |Dec. 4-1|                 Score: RU up 15-11

174: No. 27 Jackson Turley (RU) def. No. 9 DJ Washington (IU)    |TF, 15-0 (4:56)|       Score: RU up 20-11

184: No. 21 Brian Soldano (RU) def. Roman Rogotzke (IU)           |MD, 15-5 |               Score: RU up 24-11

197: No. 8 John Poznanski (RU) def. Gabe Sollars (IU)                  |Dec. 7-1 |                 Score: RU up 27-11

285: No. 7 Yaraslau Slavikouski (RU) def. Nick Willham (IU)         |Dec. 4-1 |                 Score: RU up 30-11

FINAL TEAM SCORE: NO. 14 RUTGERS 30, NO. 21 INDIANA, 11