Bloomsburg @ Rutgers

Rutgers Men's Wrestling beat Bloomsburg Men's Wrestling 37-8 at the Scarlet Knights in Piscataway, NJ on February 21, 2024. The meet was decided by multiple bonus-point wins, as Rutgers piled up high-scoring results that created an insurmountable lead.

Devon Britton delivered a dominant technical fall at 133 pounds, stopping Major Lewis 15-0 and earning five team points. Michael Cetta followed with another tech at 149, taking Cade Balestrini 24-9 for an additional five points. Those authoritative victories gave Rutgers a clear scoring edge through the middle weights.

Bloomsburg got a big response from Caden Dobbins at 165, who scored a 16-0 technical fall over Luke Gayer to grab five team points and keep Bloomsburg in the match on the scoreboard. That individual performance was the night’s biggest swing in Bloomsburg’s favor, but it proved insufficient to turn the dual.

The decisive blow came in the upper weights, where Jackson Turley and Brian Soldano each finished their opponents by fall at 174 and 184, respectively, worth six team points apiece. Those back-to-back pins put the dual out of reach and sealed Rutgers’ 37-8 victory. The meet was ultimately defined by Rutgers’ string of bonus-point wins and a pair of late pins that closed out the team scoring.