💪 Battles on the mat

Welcome to Knights of the Raritan, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Rutgers University’s collective Knights of the Raritan.

In today’s content:
- VT Presser 😤
- Black Knight Invite recap 📺
+ So much more

Wrestling sits 2-1 on the year in the early 2023-24 campaign with a doubleheader win over Duke and Cal Poly followed by a 19-12 loss to No. 8 Virginia Tech and then Black Knight Invitational play.

In this special Monday edition, we’ll cover how we got here with the dual meet loss to the Hokies and a few things to take away from the Black Knight Invitational before we get to Edinboro on December 1.

• “Our guys were into it. There was an excitement around campus. It was all good” (0:00)

• What did Coach know about Virginia Tech heading into it? (0:55)

• John on his win at 197lbs + how he’s feeling overall (1:28)

• How important is it to “win ugly”? (1:45)

• Andy Clark’s upcoming availability (4:08)

STICK AROUND 🔴⚔

Enjoying today’s newsletter? Stick with what’s up to date in Scarlet Knight Nation and see what fun things are happening in the Knights of the Raritan Collective by subscribing now. 💪

• Yaruslau Slavikouski and Shane Cartegena-Walsh earned individual victories at the heavyweight and 174lb positions

• 10 Scarlet Knights finished within the top six of their weight classes

• Dylan Shawler (133lbs) finished third overall in his weight class

• Anthony White (165 lbs), Jacob Butler (149 lbs), Devon Britton (133 lbs), Al DeSantis (157 lbs) all finished fourth

• Check out full results here