Sunday, February 24, 2019 – 1 p.m.
Rider Broncs (8-4, 5-1 EWL) vs. Maryland Terrapins (1-12, 0-9 Big 10)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Twitter Updates – Twitter.com/RiderWrestling

What You Need To Know
- The Rider University wrestling team wraps up the dual season with a 1 p.m. match against Maryland on Sunday at Alumni Gym.
- Prior to the match, the Broncs will honor their three-member senior class of Jovanni Gomez, Jesse Rodgers and Michale Fagg-Daves during Senior Day ceremonies. 
- Rider is ranked No. 17 in the latest NWCA Mid-Major Top 20.
- Rider is 8-4 in the dual season, including a 5-1 mark in EWL matches. The Broncs bounced back from their lone EWL setback at Lock Haven on Feb. 8 to defeat Bloomsburg, 28-15, on Feb. 10.
- The Broncs were set to take on Minnesota on Thursday, but the match was cancelled due to travel complications caused by snowstorms both in Minnesota and along the east coast.
- Senior Dean Sherry earned his first win by fall this season at Bloomsburg, pinning Gavin Hale at 2:29.   
- 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 now has a team-high 20 wins, is 10-1 in dual competition and 5-1 against EWL opponents.  
- Dellavecchia is now ranked as highly as No. 14 nationally by FloWrestling and TheOpenMat and No. 15 by Intermat. Amateur Wrestling News and WIN have him ranked 17^th and 18^th, respectively.
- Anthony Cefolo was named EWL Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 21 after pinning nationally-ranked No. 7 Austin Gomez of Iowa State.
- Cefolo had won seven-straight, including four-straight by fall and a fifth in a row by bonus points, prior to setbacks at Lock Haven and Bloomsburg.
- The Broncs own a 6-5 lead in the all-time series with Maryland, including wins in each of the last three. Rider defeated Maryland on the road, 23-18, last Feb. 18.
- Maryland's top performers in duals this season have been heavyweight Youssif Homida and Alfred Bannister at 149. Both wrestlers have five dual victories.  
- 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.