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Rutgers' John VanBrill scores revenge win, moves into 2018 NCAA wrestling quarterfinals

CLEVELAND -- No "stupid points" this time around.

When John VanBrill dropped a sloppy 14-6 major decision loss to Kennedy Monday during Rutgers' mid-January dual meet win over North Carolina, Scarlet Knights coach Scott Goodale lamented VanBrill "just came out of position a lot. ... He gave up too many points ... stupid points."

VanBrill got a second shot at Monday Thursday night in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Championships, and he played it smart, posting a 10-7 win to move into Friday's 157-pound quarterfinal round against Ohio State's third-seeded Micah Jordan.