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2019-20 Wrestling Roster

Hailey Varga

Peter Lipari

  • Weight 141
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Byram Township, NJ
  • Highschool Bergen Catholic

Biography

2019-20:
- Became the Broncs’ starter at 141 lbs. after joining the team in late December
- Posted a 10-6 record, including an 8-2 mark in dual matches
- Went 4-1 in MAC duals
- Won one match by fall
- Posted a win over nationally-ranked No. 21 Sa’Derian Perry of Old Dominion in the Broncs’ dual victory on Jan. 19

Before Rider:
Earned 40 wins in his first three collegiate seasons at Rutgers, earning an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Championships after his ninth-place result at the Big Ten Championships (March 9-10)... picked up three wins and appeared in the championship quarterfinals at the 2018 Midlands Championships... Finished 2017-18 with 10 wins... went 3-2 at the National Collegiate Open... collected two wins at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial (Jan. 13)...had two wins, including a pin at Midlands (Dec. 28-29)... placed fourth at the Black Knight Invitational (Nov. 19)... finished 1-2 at the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 12)… Finished his rookie campaign of 2015-16 with 15 victories… Finished with a combined high school record of 130-21 at Bergen Catholic and Lenape Valley... Junior National Freestyle All-American... ranked as high as No. 14 by FloWrestling out of high school... three-time NJSIAA placewinner... finished seventh in the state at 126 pounds as a senior and also won the Region 2 title... closed out final high school season with 32 wins... finished junior season sixth in the state at 126 pounds ... seventh at 120 pounds for Lenape Valley as a sophomore.