No. 17 Rutgers Wrestling (12-1, 2-1) hosted No. 15 Illinois (2-1, 0-1) Friday night at Jersey Mike’s Arena in frosty Piscataway and came away with a 21-13 win, taking 6 of 10 matches on the evening.
Graduate student and current No. 3 ranked wrestler at 141lbs Sebastian Rivera picked up his 100th collegiate win in a wild match as he prepares for his toughest test of the season Sunday at Penn State.
The dual started with a ranked matchup at 125lbs where Rutgers’ No. 31 Dylan Shawver was up against No. 26 Justin Cardani of the Illini.