Thursday, January 17, 2019 – 7 p.m.
Rider Broncs (4-2, 2-0 EWL) vs. #16 Iowa State Cyclones (4-1, 2-0 Big 12)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Twitter Updates – Twitter.com/RiderWrestling

What You Need To Know
- The Rider University wrestling team will face nationally-ranked No. 16 Iowa State Thursday night at Alumni Gym.
- Rider is 4-2 in the dual season, including wins in its last three this past weekend over Cleveland State, Drexel and Edinboro.
- Redshirt junior Jesse Dellavecchia was named EWL Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 14 after going 3-0 against competition from Cleveland State, Drexel and Edinboro. Dellavecchia opened his weekend with a win by fall in 3:45 over John Vaughn of Cleveland State, and followed that up with a 9-4 decision victory over Ebed Jarrell of Drexel, who was ranked as highly as No. 14 nationally. Dellavecchia wrapped up the weekend with a 6-4 decision victory over Fritz Hoehn of Edinboro.
- Dellavecchia is now ranked as highly as No. 15 nationally by Intermat. FloWrestling has him at No. 16, while TheOpenMat and Amateur Wrestling News have him ranked 17^th and 18^th, respectively. He now has a team-high 16 wins, including three pins.  
- Seven of Iowa State's wrestlers are ranked nationally. Willie Miklus headlines the group at No. 6, while Austin Gomez and Jarrett Degen are each ranked as highly as No. 7. Ian Parker is ranked as highly as No. 12, Sam Colbray comes in as highly as No. 14, while Alex Mackall (18) and Marcus Coleman (22) round out the ranked Cyclones wrestlers.
- Rider took a 22-15 dual win last season in Ames. Included in the win, John Hangey's first as Head Coach at RU, was a fall by Anthony Cefolo. The Cyclones own a 2-1 lead in the all-time series.
- Rider had 12 top six finishes in their three tournaments – the Princeton Open, Keystone Classic and Southern Scuffle -  including Jonathan Tropea's (Harrington Park, NJ/Saint Joseph (Montvale)) Keystone Classic Championship at 125 and runner-up finish at the Princeton Open and a fourth-place finish from Dellavecchia at the Southern Scuffle. 
- The Broncs were picked second in the EWL Preseason Coaches Poll, while seniors Dean Sherry (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) and Anthony Cefolo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park [South Dakota State]) were picked atop their weight classes of 174 and 133, respectively.
- The Broncs' recruiting class was ranked No. 22 in the nation by Intermat. Frankie Gissendanner (Rochester, NY/Penfield) headlined the class after ranking second in the country last year. Chris Wright (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) was also ranked 13^th at 126 last year, while Joe Casey (Bridgewater, NJ/Bound Brook), Bryan Martin (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown), Richie Koehler (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) and Quentin Milliken (Mechanicsburg, PA/Trinity) also come highly rated.
- A Rider wrestler has achieved All-American status on 17 occasions, including 15 different wrestlers.