"I am absolutely overjoyed by the success the student-athletes we are bringing in had in the state tournament, but I am not surprised," said Goodale. "These are some of the best wrestlers in the country and the staff is very excited about the future of the Rutgers Wrestling program. Their performance over the weekend has caught the attention of the wrestling community, and the excitement about RU wrestling is spreading so obviously that is great news. It would really be tough to ask a group to have a better state tournament then they did, with four championships, a second-place finish, two third-place finishes and a fifth-place finish."
Scott Winston (Jackson, N.J.) of Jackson Memorial, the number two ranked senior recruit in the nation by InterMat, finished his stellar career 137-0, winning the 160-pound class with a pin of Sacred Heart's Scott Kelley in 2:14. In winning his third State championship, Winston became the first four-year wrestler to finish his career without a single loss. The other champion for Rutgers was Jesse Boyden (Kenilworth, N.J.) of Brearley, who won at 215, 3-1 over Glenn Carson of Southern.
In the championship bout at 140, Trevor Melde (Wayne, N.J.) of DePaul was pinned by Anthony Baldosaro of Delsea at 5:59. InterMat ranks Melde as the 17th-best recruit in the nation. Dan Rinaldi (Lodi, N.J.) of Lodi won third-place at 171 with a 4-1 decision over Madison's Kyle Kaufmann. Rinaldi is ranked No. 19 at 171-pounds by USA Wrestling.
Other wrestlers who will be attending Rutgers in 2008 include Nick Menditto (Ocean, N.J.) of Ocean Township, who won his second consecutive title at 152 with a 10-2 major decision over Greg Zannetti (Edison, N.J.) of J.P. Stevens, Joey Langel (Farmingdale, N.J.) of Howell, who won the 112-pound class with a 6-2 decision over Ocean Township's Mike Berardesco and Ocean Township's Zach Coulas (Ocean, N.J.), who finished fifth at 130-pounds.
Rutgers' 2008 recruiting class was ranked No. 10 by WIN Magazine.
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