Rutgers kicked of their 2013-2014 with an exciting 21-20 victory over EIWA rival Hofstra in a dual meet that had three local wrestlers record big victories. Jamie Franco (Monroe Woodbury) picked up a convincing 5-1 victory at 125 for Hofstra over Rutgers freshman Scott DelVecchio, a 2X NJ state champion. At 149, Valley Central graduate Cody Ruggirello picked up bonus points for Hofstra when he pinned Rutgers sophomore Ken Thoebold at the 6:10 mark. At heavyweight, Rutgers redshirt sophomore and High Point (NJ) graduate, Billy Smith pinned Hofstra’s Mike Hughes in 5:17. Hughes, a true freshman, was an undefeated NYS champ last year.
141 Luke Vaith (Hofstra) won by tech fall over Corey Stasenko (Rutgers) 5:45 18-3.
149 Cody Ruggirello (Hofstra) won by pin over Ken Theobold (Rutgers) 6:36.
157 Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers) won by decision over Nick Terdick (Hofstra) 6-4.
165 Joe Booth (Hofstra) won by decision over Nick Visicaro (Rutgers) 11-7.
174 Phillip Bakuckas (Rutgers) won by decision over Victor Pozsonyi (Hofstra) 3-0.
184 Dan Seidenberg (Rutgers) won by decision over Dwight Howes (Hofstra) 3-1.
197 Hayden Hrymack (Rutgers) won by pin over David Heitman (Hofstra) 0:43.
285 William Smith (Rutgers) won by pin over Michael Hughes (Hofstra) 5:17.
125 Jamie Franco (Hofstra) won by decision over Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) 5-1.
133 Jamel Hudson (Hofstra) won by major decision over Sean McCabe (Rutgers) 16-5