Thursday, November 14th, 2024 – 7:00 PM
Rider Broncs vs #18 West Virginia Mountaineers 
Location - Alumni Gym, Lawrenceville, NJ
Tickets - GoBroncs.com
Live Video: BroncVision

What You Need To Know
- The Rider wrestling team hosts #18 West Virginia in Alumni Gym in their home opener on Thursday. 
 
Last Time Out
- The Broncs had three placers at the Princeton open with Enrique Munguia (165 lbs) and Issac Dean (184 lbs) leading the Broncs earning 5th along with Steyne De Lange (197 lbs) placing 6th.

Broncs in the Rankings
- Oklahoma St transfer, Sammy Alvarez (149 lbs) comes into the dual at #22 in the nation, along with #22 Colton Washleski (157 lbs), and #33 Enrique Munguia (165 lbs).

*All rankings are according to Intermat*

History vs West Virginia
- The Broncs and Mountaineers will meet for the second time Thursday night with West Virginia trying to avenge the loss in 2017 when they dropped a 28-6 dual to the Broncs.

About the Mountaineers
- West Virginia comes into the dual at #18 in the country.
- The Mountaineers projected lineup consists of six nationally-ranked wrestlers. 
- WVU returns two All-Americans from last season's NCAA tournament with Ty Watters (149 lbs) placing 4th and Peyton Hall (165 lbs) placing 7th. 
- In addition to the Mounatineers' All-Americans, they return three NCAA qualifiers with Jett Strickenberger (133 lbs), Jordan Titus (141 lbs), and Brody Conley (174 lbs). 

Projected Lineup 
#18 West Virginia
125: Jace Schafer
133: #20 (at 125 lbs) Jett Strickenberger
141: #11 Jordan Titus/Blake Boyers
149: #3 Ty Watters
157: Caleb Dowling
165: #3 Peyton Hall
174: #24 Brody Conley
184: Ian Bush
197: Austin Cooley/Rune Lawrence
HWT: #27 Michael Wolfgram

Rider
125: Will Betancourt
133: Michael Campanaro
141: McKenzie Bell
149: #22 Sammy Alvarez
157: #22 Colton Washleski
165: #33 Enrique Munguia
174: Michael Wilson
184: Isaac Dean
197: Steyn De Lange
HWT: Collin French