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No. 12 Rutgers Wrestling Dominates Indiana in Big Ten Opener

No. 12 Rutgers Wrestling (11-0, 1-0) hosted Big Ten rival Indiana (2-1, 0-1) on Friday night at a sparsely filled Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway. The Scarlet Knights were more than the Hoosiers could handle as the home team won eight of ten matches to take the meet 29-7 to kick off the Big Ten dual schedule on a very high note.

The outcome is more impressive considering No. 16 Sammy Alvarez couldn’t go at 133lbs, one of the matches Indiana was able to win.

The dual opened with our first ranked matchup of the evening, as Rutgers’ No.