There were a few extra emotions for the wrestler who is as dead-focused on the task at hand as anyone on Sunday.
Nick Suriano, the four-time undefeated new Jersey state champion who transferred from Penn State to Rutgers over the summer, faced his former team for the first time in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,319 at the Rutgers Athletic Center.
Suriano started off the dual meet with a pin of Nittany Lion freshman Devin Schupp. Rutgers battled the country's No.1 team before falling 25-15 - a match that became a little closer when 157-pound national champion Jason Nolf had to default with a leg injury in a back-and-forth match with Rutgers' John VanBrill.