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Title: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 14, 2012, 05:37:08 PM
The tournament starts Thursday at noon. Cornell has wrestlers in 9 weight classes:

125: Frank Perrelli (6)
133: Nick Arujau (U) and opens against the 8 seed.
141: Mike Nevinger (U)
149: Chris Villalonga (U) and opens against the 1 seed.
157: Kyle Dake (1)
165: Marshall Peppleman (U)
187: Steve Bosak (4)
197: Cam Simaz (1)
285: Maciej Jochym (U) and opens against the 11 seed, who happens to be the older brother of Cornell backup heavyweight Stryker Lane.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: scoop85 on March 14, 2012, 10:04:14 PM
Quote from: ugarteThe tournament starts Thursday at noon. Cornell has wrestlers in 9 weight classes:

125: Frank Perrelli (6)
133: Nick Arujau (U) and opens against the 8 seed.
141: Mike Nevinger (U)
149: Chris Villalonga (U) and opens against the 1 seed.
157: Kyle Dake (1)
165: Marshall Peppleman (U)
187: Steve Bosak (4)
197: Cam Simaz (1)
285: Maciej Jochym (U) and opens against the 11 seed, who happens to be the older brother of Cornell backup heavyweight Stryker Lane.

So, to whom does Stryker Lane provide a scouting report - brother or teammate?
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 12:02:49 PM
Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: ugarteThe tournament starts Thursday at noon. Cornell has wrestlers in 9 weight classes:

125: Frank Perrelli (6)
133: Nick Arujau (U) and opens against the 8 seed.
141: Mike Nevinger (U)
149: Chris Villalonga (U) and opens against the 1 seed.
157: Kyle Dake (1)
165: Marshall Peppleman (U)
187: Steve Bosak (4)
197: Cam Simaz (1)
285: Maciej Jochym (U) and opens against the 11 seed, who happens to be the older brother of Cornell backup heavyweight Stryker Lane.

So, to whom does Stryker Lane provide a scouting report - brother or teammate?
In Coach Koll's prematchup report, he joked that Stryker says that he beats up on his brother when he's home for break and Jochym's match will let everyone know if he's blowing smoke.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 01:18:10 PM
First round:

125: Perrelli wins
133: Arujau loses
141: Nevinger wins
149: Villalonga loses a MD
157: Dake wins with a quick pin.
165: Peppleman wins
184: Bosak wins
197: Simaz wins by MD
285: Jochym wins over #11 Lane!
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: RichH on March 15, 2012, 01:32:08 PM
I know the past 2-3 years, there were whispers that CU had a legitimate shot at the team championship.  Given the number of unseeded wrestlers, I'm guessing that's a long-shot this year.

NCAA wrestling: No clear-cut favorite for team title (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120314/SPORTS/303140083/0/SPORTS/)

QuoteMinnesota, Oklahoma State, Cornell and Missouri could make it a six-team race.

...

Cornell's lineup features two-time NCAA champ Kyle Dake at 157 and No. 1 Cam Simaz at 197, but the Big Red need help from five unseeded wrestlers.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 01:37:38 PM
Quote from: RichHI know the past 2-3 years, there were whispers that CU had a legitimate shot at the team championship.  Given the number of unseeded wrestlers, I'm guessing that's a long-shot this year.

NCAA wrestling: No clear-cut favorite for team title (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120314/SPORTS/303140083/0/SPORTS/)

QuoteMinnesota, Oklahoma State, Cornell and Missouri could make it a six-team race.

...

Cornell's lineup features two-time NCAA champ Kyle Dake at 157 and No. 1 Cam Simaz at 197, but the Big Red need help from five unseeded wrestlers.
This is not going to be our year. Last year was a much better shot but we had a rough go of it in the semifinals (lost three of four) and Penn State performed even better than they were supposed to.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: upprdeck on March 15, 2012, 01:40:01 PM
nice job by Dake.. Peppleman up next.. nice to watch all matches on espn3
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: nshapiro on March 15, 2012, 01:40:02 PM
It looks like nobody has ever won NCAA titles at three different weight classes, like Dake is trying to do.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 01:43:26 PM
Quote from: upprdecknice job by Dake.. Peppleman up next.. nice to watch all matches on espn3
Peppleman's brother got pinned in his opening round. Ugh. The conference as a whole is not doing well. (Cornell, though, is right where they are supposed to be.)
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: upprdeck on March 15, 2012, 02:24:48 PM
Peppleman wins in a dec.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: upprdeck on March 15, 2012, 02:52:18 PM
Bozak win..
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 02:56:30 PM
Simaz wins MD
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: upprdeck on March 15, 2012, 03:04:06 PM
SU in 4th now..
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 03:28:42 PM
Jochym with a big win!
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: upprdeck on March 15, 2012, 03:29:04 PM
Maciej Jochym wins 4-2. nice first round
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: scoop85 on March 15, 2012, 03:57:55 PM
Quote from: upprdeckSU in 4th now..

I though Syracuse gave up wrestling years ago :-P
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 04:37:11 PM
The second round is going to be tough for our unseeded guys in the championship bracket:

Championship
125: Perrelli (6) v. Snyder (11 - Virginia)
141: Nevinger (U) v. Maple (2 - Oklahoma)
157: Dake (1) v. Kreimier (U - AFA)
165: Peppleman (U) v. Sorenson (3 - Iowa St.)
184: Bosak (4) v. Schiedel (U - Binghamton)
197: Simaz (1) v. McIntosh (U - PSU)
285: Jochym (U) v. Wade (6 - PSU)

Consolation
133: Arujau (U) v. McGough (U - Arizona St.)
149: Villalonga (U) v. TBD (U)
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: Al DeFlorio on March 15, 2012, 08:32:36 PM
Perrelli advances to quarters with a 4-3 OT win.

Nevinger loses to the #2 seed.

Dake gets a fall at 1:30.

Peppelman loses 4-2.

Bosak wins 11-0 major decision.

Simaz a 22-7 tech fall.

Jochym loses to Penn State's Wade, 8-2.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 15, 2012, 09:56:44 PM
Arujau wins his consy by MD
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: Al DeFlorio on March 15, 2012, 10:43:50 PM
Quote from: ugarteArujau wins his consy by MD
And Villalonga loses his and is eliminated.:`-(

On to session III tomorrow.  Perrelli, Dake, Bosak, and Simaz in the championship matches, Arujau, Nevinger, Peppelman, and Jochym in consolations.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: KenP on March 16, 2012, 07:50:29 AM
Current team standings after Day 1 has Cornell in 4th place:

1.   Penn State   38.5
2.   Minnesota   33.0
3.   Oklahoma St.   28.5
4.   Cornell      27.5
5.   Iowa      26.0
6.   Illinois   23.0
7.   Oklahoma   19.5
8.   Ohio St.   19.0
9.   Lehigh      18.0
9.   Nebraska   18.0
9.   Northwestern   18.0
12.   Wyoming      17.5
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 10:54:26 AM
Up next:

Quarterfinals
125: Perrelli v. Zanetta (U - Pitt)
157: Dake v. Hickman (8 - Bloomsburg) [Dake beat Hickman earlier this year]
184: Bosak v. Steinhaus (5 - Minnesota) [Bosak has beaten Steinhaus each of the last two years.]
197: Simaz v. Hernandez (9 - Wyoming)

Cornell is favored in all four QF matches. LGR!

Consolation
133: Arujau v. Kalil (U - Navy) [IIRC, Arujau defeated Kalil earlier this year wrestling unattached]
141: Nevinger v. Krop (U - Princeton) [Nevinger lost to Krop 3-2 at the Princeton dual]
165: Peppleman v. Polz (9 - Illinois) [Peppleman lost to Polz earier this year]
285: Jochym v. Lester (U - Columbia) [Jochym is 2-2 vs. Lester this year, with a pin and an 8-1 win the last two meetings]

All four of these are winnable matches but in none would I say that Cornell is a clear favorite. LGR!
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 11:17:20 AM
125: Perrelli starts the day with a 6-3 win over Pitt and moves on to the National Semifinals, which guarantees him a spot on the podium as an All-American. Congrats, Frank! (He also caught a break, on paper anyway, when #10 Nick Megaludis beat #2 Zach Sanders.)

133: Arujau has a strong first period but can't keep it up. Loses 8-2 to Kalil and he's eliminated. See you next year, Nick, when you'll have a full season with the squad to improve.

141: Nevinger doesn't screw around. At around 2 minutes in, Nevinger throws Krop to his back and pins him at 2:01! Still two more TOUGH matches to get to AA but a great win for Nevinger. Up next is #7 Nelson from Virginia.

157: Dake is blowing through the bracket. For the third time in three matches, Dake pins his opponent roughly halfway through the second period. He's slipping, I guess, since the first two pins came in the first period. On to the semifinals, as Dake is an All American for the third straight year. Up next is #5 Ganbayar Sanjaa from American. Dake faced Sanjaa last year in the semis at 149 and won 4-0.

165: Peppleman can't handle Polz and loses 7-1.

184: Bosak with a tense 1-0 win over Steinhaus and moves on to the semis and is, IIRC, a three-time All-American. Up next #9 Austin Trotman from Appalachian State, who knocked of the #1 seed. Cornell gets another break (on paper) from the draw; Bosak beat Trotman 2-0 earlier this year. Bosak's nemesis, Hamlin of Lehigh, is in the other semifinal.

197: Simaz with an 8-2 win over Hernandez and he's on to the semis and is an All American for the 4th time. He'll face #5 Cayle Byers of Oklahoma State.

285: Jochym can't handle Lester this time. According to the 1160 reporter, he was taking chances, failing and getting caught. Loses 9-2 and is eliminated.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: Al DeFlorio on March 16, 2012, 12:21:52 PM
2nd period fall for Dake.  Bosak and Simaz coming up.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: KenP on March 16, 2012, 12:24:04 PM
Is there someplace to see which mat will have which QF?  I missed the Dake match because I was watching Penn St vs Iowa.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 12:25:14 PM
Quote from: KenPIs there someplace to see which mat will have which QF?  I missed the Dake match because I was watching Penn St vs Iowa.
http://108.166.83.57:8080/tw/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?sport=wrestling&TIM=1331909917183&pageName=&ie=true&frameSize=500
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: jhib on March 16, 2012, 01:03:40 PM
Bosak on 5 right now.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 01:15:42 PM
Simaz coming up momentarily on 3
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: upprdeck on March 16, 2012, 01:32:50 PM
CU up to 2nd for a bit with some Cons matches left and Iowa/PSU/Minn have a heavyweight to go. tough for anyone to catch PSU, they have a ton of bonus pts.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 02:12:02 PM
Last match of the session for Cornell. Mike Nevinger against #7 Nelson of UVA. Winner faces #9 Dardanes for a spot on the podium.

Nevinger wins 11-2 and gets the MD! WOW!
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: Cornell95 on March 16, 2012, 02:18:09 PM
am I reading the results right that Dake has pinned all 3 of his opponents so far?
(getting slow though, took him more than 4mins in his last match)
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 02:23:47 PM
Yes, Dake has pinned all three opponents in less than the standard time for a single match.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 02:37:58 PM
All right, coming up for tonight, 4 Cornellians in the semis and 1 in a consolation match to get AA.

Semis
125: Perrelli (6) v. Megaludis (10 Penn State) Perrelli beat Megaludis earlier this year.
157: Dake (1) v. Sanjaa (5 American) Dake beat Sanjaa last year in the NCAA 149 semis.
184: Bosak (4) v. Trotman (9 App. St.) Bosak beat Trotman earlier this year.
197: Simaz (1) v. Byers (5 Ok. St.) Haven't faced each other.

Consolation
141: Nevinger (U) v. Dardanes (9 Minnesota) Nevinger beat Dardanes earlier this year.

Cornell is sitting a distant 2d with Iowa and Minnesota right behind. Penn State is a collective beast.

Interesting Cornell-brother news:

157: After getting pinned in his first match, #4 Walter Peppleman will face #8 Hickman for a spot on the podium.
285: After losing to Cornell's Jochym in his first match, #11 Tucker Lane, brother of backup 285 Stryker Lane, has survived through the consolation bracket and will make AA if he beats the #10 wrestler in his next match.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: billhoward on March 16, 2012, 02:47:53 PM
Quote from: ugarteCornell is sitting a distant 2d with Iowa and Minnesota right behind. Penn State is a collective beast.
Cornell appears to be outscoring the rest of the Ivy League combined. (D1 standings (http://www.ncaa.com/content/2012-di-wrestling-sessiontwoteamscores)) The ninth Ivy team, Duke, stands scoreless. Shame.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 03:03:36 PM
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: ugarteCornell is sitting a distant 2d with Iowa and Minnesota right behind. Penn State is a collective beast.
Cornell appears to be outscoring the rest of the Ivy League combined. (D1 standings (http://www.ncaa.com/content/2012-di-wrestling-sessiontwoteamscores)) The ninth Ivy team, Duke, stands scoreless. Shame.
That scoresheet is out of date... but still accurate regarding the rest of the Ivy League. Cornell has pulled much farther away.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: jkahn on March 16, 2012, 03:46:39 PM
The semis tonight are on ESPNU.  So for those of us not in AC, we can watch that on TV while watching hockey over the 'net.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: billhoward on March 16, 2012, 04:32:30 PM
Quote from: jkahnThe semis tonight are on ESPNU.  So for those of us not in AC, we can watch that on TV while watching hockey over the 'net.
Jeff, don't tempt me. I'm about to hop in the car for the ninety-minute drive to AC. One advantage of living in NJ. That and maybe seeing Snooki at the local Publix.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: upprdeck on March 16, 2012, 08:12:50 PM
Nevinger wins..
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: dag14 on March 16, 2012, 08:32:22 PM
So does Dake, but not Perrelli.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: Al DeFlorio on March 16, 2012, 08:45:39 PM
Quote from: dag14So does Dake, but not Perrelli.
Five Cornell All-Americans with Nevinger's win
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 09:13:59 PM
Bosak is the second wrestler into the finals! 4-2 SV win over Trotman. He'll face defending champ Quentin Wright of Penn State.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 09:29:50 PM
Cam is the THIRD wrestler in the finals for Cornell. Amazing.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 09:46:23 PM
Semis
125: Perrelli (6) loses to Megaludis 3-2 in OT. He'll face #8 Mango of Stanford in the consolation semis. If he wins, he wrestles for 3d; if he loses he wrestles for 5th.
157: Dake (1) wins 4-0 over Sanjaa, who apparently spent the match running away to avoid getting beaten BADLY. Dake faces #2 St. John of Iowa in the finals.
184: Bosak (4) wins 4-2 over Trotman in SV. He'll face defending champ #6 Wright of Penn State.
197: Simaz (1) wins 6-3 over Byers. He'll face #2 Honeycutt of Edinboro, who I believe he dominated earlier this year.

Consolation
141: Nevinger beat Dardanes 5-2 to move into the medal round, where he lost 9-3 to #4 Mangrum of Oregon State. He'll face #8 Little of NC State for 7th place.

Cornell has 5 All-Americans AGAIN. As a team, Cornell is comfortably in 4th, just out of third and possibly in shouting distance of second.

1.   Penn State   124.0
2.   Minnesota    94.5
3.   Iowa            87.5
4.   Cornell            86.0


In brother news, older brother Walter Peppleman recovered to make AA, but will wrestle for 7th, which is probably a little disappointing, since he was the 4 seed. Older brother Tucker Lane lost a close one in the round of 12 and didn't make AA.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: Al DeFlorio on March 16, 2012, 09:58:52 PM
Quote from: ugarteSemis
125: Perrelli (6) loses to Megaludis 3-2 in OT. He'll face #8 Mango of Stanford in the consolation semis. If he wins, he wrestles for 3d; if he loses he wrestles for 5th.
157: Dake (1) wins 4-0 over Sanjaa, who apparently spent the match running away to avoid getting beaten BADLY. Dake faces #2 St. John of Iowa in the finals.
184: Bosak (4) wins 4-2 over Trotman in SV. He'll face defending champ #6 Wright of Penn State.
197: Simaz (1) wins 6-3 over Byers. He'll face #2 Honeycutt of Edinboro, who I believe he dominated earlier this year.

Consolation
141: Nevinger beat Dardanes 5-2 to move into the medal round, where he lost 9-3 to #4 Mangrum of Oregon State. He'll face #8 Little of NC State for 7th place.

Cornell has 5 All-Americans AGAIN. As a team, Cornell is comfortably in 4th, just out of third and possibly in shouting distance of second.

1.   Penn State   124.0
2.   Minnesota    94.5
3.   Iowa            87.5
4.   Cornell            86.0


In brother news, older brother Walter Peppleman recovered to make AA, but will wrestle for 7th, which is probably a little disappointing, since he was the 4 seed. Older brother Tucker Lane lost a close one in the round of 12 and didn't make AA.
Iowa also has three in the finals, with one Iowa-Cornell collision at 157.  Goofers have two finalists, a two (285) and a seven (149) seed.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 16, 2012, 10:53:35 PM
I posted incomplete results, so here's an update to the team scores. It isn't as close as I thought.


                                1-2 3-6 7-8 Highest possible score, not including bonus points
1.   Penn State   124.0   5   1   0   148.5
2.   Minnesota   101.5   2   5   0   132  
3.   Iowa            93.0   3   2   1   115
4.   Cornell            86.0   3   1   1   103.5


We can pass Iowa for third but Minnesota would have to have a horrible day to drop behind us.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: nshapiro on March 17, 2012, 12:37:03 PM
Frank Perelli just lost the 3rd place match to finish 4th
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 17, 2012, 02:20:23 PM
Perrelli won the 125 consolation semifinals over Mango 10-3, then lost 6-4 in OT in the 3d place match to the #2 wrestler in the country. Congratulations to Frank Perrelli for outperforming his seed, finishing in 4th place and graduating as an All-American.

Nevinger won the 7th place match over Little 10-3, Congratulations to Mike Nevinger for outperforming his seed, finishing in 7th place and getting his first All-American placement as a sophomore.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 17, 2012, 02:31:11 PM
Update on the team scores... All of the schools did a good job in the medal rounds, so none of the positions changed. It is techinically possible for Iowa to catch Minnesota for second place, if they win all three of their finals and Minnesota loses both of theirs, since 1st place is worth 4 points (second place points are already factored in to the scores). Cornell could catch Iowa if we win all of our finals (reasonable, since we are the higher seed in all - but probably Bosak is still an underdog...), Iowa loses all three of theirs (unlikely that McDonough will lose at 125) AND Cornell picks up bonus points.

All that said, the top of the table last night is the same heading into tonight and is almost certainly going to be the same after the finals.

Current scoring:

                        Score  
1.   Penn State   128.5
2.   Minnesota   113.5
3.   Iowa           103.5
4.   Cornell            90.5
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: dag14 on March 17, 2012, 09:47:28 PM
Bosak wins!!!!
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: slh10 on March 17, 2012, 10:04:34 PM
Simaz follows up with his own Championship. Great job Big Red!!!!
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 17, 2012, 11:30:03 PM
I had to stay off of the internet all night so that I could watch the DVR'd finals matches. HOLY SHIT THIS WAS AMAZING.

Kyle Dake completely dominated his opponent in the finals for the third year in a row. St. John barely tried to score on him and never came close.

Steve Bosak did a great job getting out from bottom twice and finished a beautiful shot in sudden victory to win the title.

Cam Simaz just owned Honeycutt after the first period and graduates a champion after finishing 8th, 3d and 3d.

I am so proud of this team. Every seeded wrestler met or exceeded their seed. Mike Nevinger went from being not seeded at all to finishing in 7th place, and he's a sophomore. Nick Arujau, Marshall Peppleman and Maciej Jochym all picked up points for the Red, some of them in upsets. The only wrestler who didn't score for the Red, Chris Villalonga, had an insanely tough draw: both wrestlers he faced were in the top 15 nationally.

Three national champs, five All-Americans, 8 wrestlers who scored points, 9 qualifiers and a 4th place finish for the team. Rob Koll has done an incredible job for this program.

Wow.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: jkahn on March 17, 2012, 11:37:20 PM
Quote from: ugarteI had to stay off of the internet all night so that I could watch the DVR'd finals matches. HOLY SHIT THIS WAS AMAZING.

Kyle Dake completely dominated his opponent in the finals for the third year in a row. St. John barely tried to score on him and never came close.

Steve Bosak did a great job getting out from bottom twice and finished a beautiful shot in sudden victory to win the title.

Cam Simaz just owned Honeycutt after the first period and graduates a champion after finishing 8th, 3d and 3d.

I am so proud of this team. Every seeded wrestler met or exceeded their seed. Mike Nevinger went from being not seeded at all to finishing in 7th place, and he's a sophomore. Nick Arujau, Marshall Peppleman and Maciej Jochym all picked up points for the Red, some of them in upsets. The only wrestler who didn't score for the Red, Chris Villalonga, had an insanely tough draw: both wrestlers he faced were in the top 15 nationally.

Three national champs, five All-Americans, 8 wrestlers who scored points, 9 qualifiers and a 4th place finish for the team. Rob Koll has done an incredible job for this program.

Wow.

Those matches were lots of fun to watch.  Congrats to Kyle, Steve, Cam, Coach Koll and the entire team and the extended Cornell wrestling community.  Awesome.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: nshapiro on March 19, 2012, 12:06:54 PM
Quote from: ugarteEvery seeded wrestler met or exceeded their seed.
In fact, the only seeded wrestlers who did not exceed their seed were #1 seeds.

I liked the comment at the end of the telecast that said something like - Tonight was all about the Big 10 and the Big Red.

I guess the only question now is does Dake move up to take on Taylor next year.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2012-03-17/dake-wins-historic-national-title
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 19, 2012, 04:15:44 PM
Quote from: nshapiroI guess the only question now is does Dake move up to take on Taylor next year.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2012-03-17/dake-wins-historic-national-title
That would be incredibly ballsy but my guess is no. There haven't been any whispers that Dake was having trouble cutting to 157 the same way the cuts to 141 and 149 appeared to wear on Dake in prior years. He was still unbeatable but the motor didn't seem to run as well late in matches or tournaments.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: billhoward on March 19, 2012, 05:16:28 PM
Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: nshapiroI guess the only question now is does Dake move up to take on Taylor next year.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2012-03-17/dake-wins-historic-national-title
That would be incredibly ballsy but my guess is no. There haven't been any whispers that Dake was having trouble cutting to 157 the same way the cuts to 141 and 149 appeared to wear on Dake in prior years. He was still unbeatable but the motor didn't seem to run as well late in matches or tournaments.
4 classes and 4 NCAA titles has a certainy symmetry. He'd get a mention in SI's Faces in the Crowd and it would give Mister Lacrosse Who Also Covers Wrestling Quint Kessenich something to talk about in the post-bout interview. But if he didn't win it all next year at 157 ...

Success of the wrestling team was a nice antidote to the men's and women's hockey teams that didn't reach their pinnacles of achievement.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 19, 2012, 10:06:30 PM
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: nshapiroI guess the only question now is does Dake move up to take on Taylor next year.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2012-03-17/dake-wins-historic-national-title
That would be incredibly ballsy but my guess is no. There haven't been any whispers that Dake was having trouble cutting to 157 the same way the cuts to 141 and 149 appeared to wear on Dake in prior years. He was still unbeatable but the motor didn't seem to run as well late in matches or tournaments.
4 classes and 4 NCAA titles has a certainy symmetry. He'd get a mention in SI's Faces in the Crowd and it would give Mister Lacrosse Who Also Covers Wrestling Quint Kessenich something to talk about in the post-bout interview. But if he didn't win it all next year at 157 ...

Success of the wrestling team was a nice antidote to the men's and women's hockey teams that didn't reach their pinnacles of achievement.
First, it remains to be seen what the men's hockey team will do.

Second, as symmetrical as it would be to get titles at four weights... Taylor is insane. I'd love to see them wrestle but I don't think it is worth it for Dake. I'm already looking forward to next year, whatever he decides to do.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: Jim Hyla on March 20, 2012, 07:37:08 AM
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: nshapiroI guess the only question now is does Dake move up to take on Taylor next year.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2012-03-17/dake-wins-historic-national-title
That would be incredibly ballsy but my guess is no. There haven't been any whispers that Dake was having trouble cutting to 157 the same way the cuts to 141 and 149 appeared to wear on Dake in prior years. He was still unbeatable but the motor didn't seem to run as well late in matches or tournaments.
4 classes and 4 NCAA titles has a certainy symmetry. He'd get a mention in SI's Faces in the Crowd and it would give Mister Lacrosse Who Also Covers Wrestling Quint Kessenich something to talk about in the post-bout interview. But if he didn't win it all next year at 157 ...

Success of the wrestling team was a nice antidote to the men's and women's hockey teams that didn't reach their pinnacles of achievement.
The women's team did at least as well as the wrestling team did. Let's not try and underplay it. Individual wrestlers reached their "pinnacles of achievement", but the team didn't.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: nshapiro on March 20, 2012, 09:26:56 AM
Quote from: ugarteTaylor is insane. I'd love to see them wrestle but I don't think it is worth it for Dake. I'm already looking forward to next year, whatever he decides to do.


I agree Taylor is insane, but in Dake's post-match interview with Quint he talked about looking for new challenges, saying something like he was more motivated than he would have been just beating the same guys again.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: CAS on March 20, 2012, 09:49:39 AM
The Cornell wrestling team scored more points this year than in the two prior years, when the team finished second.  Having 3 national champs is an amazing accomplishment.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on March 20, 2012, 10:45:59 AM
Quote from: Jim Hyla
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: nshapiroI guess the only question now is does Dake move up to take on Taylor next year.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2012-03-17/dake-wins-historic-national-title
That would be incredibly ballsy but my guess is no. There haven't been any whispers that Dake was having trouble cutting to 157 the same way the cuts to 141 and 149 appeared to wear on Dake in prior years. He was still unbeatable but the motor didn't seem to run as well late in matches or tournaments.
4 classes and 4 NCAA titles has a certainy symmetry. He'd get a mention in SI's Faces in the Crowd and it would give Mister Lacrosse Who Also Covers Wrestling Quint Kessenich something to talk about in the post-bout interview. But if he didn't win it all next year at 157 ...

Success of the wrestling team was a nice antidote to the men's and women's hockey teams that didn't reach their pinnacles of achievement.
The women's team did at least as well as the wrestling team did. Let's not try and underplay it. Individual wrestlers reached their "pinnacles of achievement", but the team didn't.
This is just a quibble - both the wrestling team and the women's hockey team achieved tremendous things - but while the women's team is likely disappointed that they didn't win the national title, Cornell was, quite literally, the fourth best tournament team in the country and that is exactly where they finished. Unless the Penn State bus crashed on the way to the arena, there was no chance to take away their title.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: JasonN95 on March 23, 2012, 08:04:10 AM
A big thanks to folks on this thread, especially ugarte, for the informative posts throughout the season. I was never a wrestler or fan growing up, but a good friend of mine while at Cornell had been a highschool wrestler and I became a casual fan of the Cornell team by attending some duals with him. It's nice being able to follow the team by reading the updates/reports here.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: jtn27 on April 02, 2012, 10:51:37 PM
This might not be the best place to put this, but yesterday wrestler Warner Phipps '12 was arrested for threatening someone with a gun.
http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/04/01/cornell-wrestler-allegedly-threatened-woman-long-gun

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120401/NEWS01/204010366/Wrestler-arrested-gun-charge?odyssey=nav
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: ugarte on April 03, 2012, 01:31:42 PM
Quote from: jtn27This might not be the best place to put this, but yesterday wrestler Warner Phipps '12 was arrested for threatening someone with a gun.
http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/04/01/cornell-wrestler-allegedly-threatened-woman-long-gun

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120401/NEWS01/204010366/Wrestler-arrested-gun-charge?odyssey=nav
This quite possibly marks the first time that Phipps has been mentioned in the Sun.
Title: Re: Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's
Post by: David Harding on April 03, 2012, 09:22:14 PM
Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: jtn27This might not be the best place to put this, but yesterday wrestler Warner Phipps '12 was arrested for threatening someone with a gun.
http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/04/01/cornell-wrestler-allegedly-threatened-woman-long-gun

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120401/NEWS01/204010366/Wrestler-arrested-gun-charge?odyssey=nav
This quite possibly marks the first time that Phipps has been mentioned in the Sun.
Jeff K.'s 10 Questions With Warner Phipps (http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2010/04/13/jeff-ks-10-questions-warner-phipps)