No. 14 Wrestling Wraps Up Home Slate Monday with Princeton

Monday, February 16

Piscataway, N.J.

7 PM

Rutgers University

Princeton

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No. 14 Wrestling Wraps Up Home Slate Monday with Princeton

Feb 14 | Wrestling

Big Ten Plus

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 14 Rutgers wrestling (12-5) closes its home schedule with Princeton (4-9) on Monday at Jersey Mike's Arena. The dual is set for a 7 p.m. start and will stream on Big Ten Plus, with Nick Kosko and Matt Howe on the call.

Monday serves as Senior Night, as Patrick Adams, Hunter Catka, Brandan Chletsos, Andrew Clark, Eric Freeman, Sebastiano Nini, Joseph Olivieri, Lenny Pinto, Dylan Shawver and Anthony White will all be recognized prior to the dual.

The Scarlet Knights face the Tigers for the 88th time in their long standing in-state rivalry. RU has won the previous four matchups and 28 of the last 29 with Princeton dating back to 1993. Rutgers won last season's meeting, 32-7, on Dec. 8, 2024 at Jadwin Gym to retain the B1G-IVY Trophy.

The Scarlet Knights enter the final week of the regular season after it defeated Michigan State, 29-9, on Friday in East Lansing. The victory secured a winning Big Ten Conference record for the second consecutive season under head coach Scott Goodale.

Projected Lineups

Projected Lineups
No. 14 Rutgers (12-5, 5-3)
125: 24/22 Ayden Smith (14-6)
133: 24/32 Dylan Shawver (16-8)
141: 6/8 Joseph Olivieri (13-0) -OR- Mason Gibson (12-11)
149: 29/-- Andrew Clark (12-8) -OR- Devon Magro (7-5)
157: 26/27 Anthony White (13-6)
165: 19/24 Andrew Barbosa (14-5) -OR- Ryan Ford (14-3)
174: 17/20 Lenny Pinto (9-6)
184: 20/18 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (19-6)
197: 16/16 Remy Cotton (13-4) -OR- PJ Casale (9-5)
HWT: 19/19 Hunter Catka (15-7)
Rankings Intermat/Flo

Princeton (4-9)
125: 12/15 Marc-Anthony McGowan (11-5)
133: Ethan Rivera (10-10)
141: Matthew Martino (12-11)
149: 10/15 Eligh Rivera (11-5) -OR- Christopher Martino (9-5)
157: Rocco Camillaci (13-7)
165: 17/22 Ty Whalen (19-4)
174: Holden Garcia (14-8)
184: Xavier Giles (13-12)
197: Conor McCloskey (3-15)
285: Sebastian Garibaldi (7-11)
Rankings Intermat/Flo

Last Time Out

• Rutgers defeated Michigan State, 29-9, Feb. 13 at Jenison Field House. The victory secured a winning Big Ten Conference record for the second consecutive season under head coach Scott Goodale.
• The Scarlet Knights used an 8-2 match split against the Spartans, highlighted by a ranked win from No. 16 Remy Cotton (197) over No. 23 Kael Wisley and bonus points from No. 17 Lenny Pinto (174), No. 19 Andrew Barbosa (165) and No. 29 Andrew Clark (149).
• Friday night marked the fourth straight win over the Spartans in the series and gave the Scarlet Knights their fifth winning conference record since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15. Depending on how the weekend shakes out across the league, RU can finish as high as tied for third in the conference – a program first.

Smith B1G Freshman of the Week

• Ayden Smith (125) was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, announced Thursday by the conference office. Smith delivered a 7-2 decision over then-No. 10 Jore Volk to help No. 14 Rutgers wrestling to a 23-15 upset over then-No. 6 Minnesota on Feb. 6 in Piscataway.
• Smith is the first Big Ten Freshman of the Week in program history and earns the first weekly accolades for the Scarlet Knights from the conference since Dean Peterson picked up co-wrestler of the week laurels last season.

In the Rankings

• The NCAA announced the second coaches ranking and first Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. All 10 starters from Rutgers wrestling appear in the latest coaches' rankings, while eight own an RPI.

Rutgers in the Second NCAA Coaches Ranking (2/12/2026)
125: No. 21 Ayden Smith
133: No. 27 Dylan Shawver
141: No. 8 Joseph Olivieri
149: No. 27 Andrew Clark
157: No. 22 Anthony White
165: No. 22 Andrew Barbosa
174: No. 16 Lenny Pinto
184: No. 14 Shane Cartagena-Walsh
197: No. 16 Remy Cotton
HWT: No. 20 Hunter Catka

Rutgers in the First RPI (2/12/2026)
125: No. 11 Ayden Smith
133: No. 14 Dylan Shawver
149: No. 27 Andrew Clark
157: No. 21 Anthony White
165: No. 11 Andrew Barbosa
184: No. 17 Shane Cartagena-Walsh
197: No. 5 Remy Cotton
HWT: No. 19 Hunter Catka

• Rutgers jumped three spots to No. 14 in this week's NWCA Coaches Poll – its highest rank since it was 12th in week six. The program is ranked within the top 20 by Intermat (14), WIN Magazine (16) and The Open Mat (18).
• Ten Scarlet Knights are ranked in at least one national poll, with all 10 weights ranked by Intermat.
• Six Scarlet Knights – No. 6 Joseph Olivieri (141), No. 16 Remy Cotton (197), No. 17 Lenny Pinto (174), No. 19 Andrew Barbosa (165), No. 19 Hunter Catka (HWT) and No. 20 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (184) – are ranked within the top 20 of their respective weight classes, according to Intermat.

Wrestler	Intermat	FloWrestling	The Open Mat	AWN
Ayden Smith (125)	24	22	---	19
Dylan Shawver (133)	24	32	---	---
Joseph Olivieri (141)	6	8	7	8
Andrew Clark (149)	29	---	---	---
Anthony White (157)	26	27	---	---
Andrew Barbosa (165)	19	24	17	15
Lenny Pinto (174)	17	20	---	19
Shane Cartagena-Walsh (184)	20	18	19	17
Remy Cotton (197)	16	16	15	18
Hunter Catka (HWT)	19	19	19	---

Series vs. Princeton

• In a series that dates back to 1931, Rutgers leads Princeton, 48-34-5. The 48 wins over the Tigers are the most over one school in program history, as the Scarlet Knights have won 28 of the last 29 matchups dating back to 1993.
• RU defeated Princeton, 32-7, last season in their last meeting. Current Scarlet Knights Joseph Olivieri (141), Andrew Clark (149), Conner Harer (157) and Anthony White (165) all had wins in the dual at Jadwin Gym, with Harer winning by bonus.