NCAA Wrestling FINAL results

[DeltaOne81]

They're showing both 125 semis simultaneously split screen. Commentary is the other one, but both are available. No score yet in either match.

Edit: Nickerson leads 1-0 after 2 periods, due to an escape.

Edit: And Donahoe escapes in the 3rd, tied at 1.

[DeltaOne81]

Nickerson loses in what I can only describe as quadruple overtime on a stall call.

[Al DeFlorio]

Bizarre match.  Second in a row for Nickerson without a single takedown. It didn't look like he tried anything offensively in this match--or the last, for that matter.  All very strange.

[Al DeFlorio]

Leen advances in the wrestlebacks to make All-American.

Arnone match just starting.  And Arnone finishes it 1:24 later with a fall.  A third All-American.

Rinaldi up next.  Person describing the match for Intermat says "the pace is very slow."  Rinaldi's takedown and reversal beat Taylor's three escapes, 4-3.  A fourth All-American.

Cornell had five wrestlers seeded eighth or higher--the All-American level.  Of these, Frey and Anceravage did not get there.  Nickerson, Leen, and Rinaldi did, along with the unseeded Arnone.  Still to come:  the consolation matches for placement at 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th.

Rinaldi to face unseeded Nick Roy of Michigan.  Arnone gets #7 Alex Clemsen of Edinboro.  Leen draws unseeded Tyler Turner of Wisconsin.  Nickerson faces either #5 Charlie Falck of Iowa or #9 Obe Blanc of Lock Haven, and will finish at worst sixth. [Edit:  Blanc beats Falck 6-5 so Nick gets him next.]

Leen loses to Turner, 6-5, on a late penalty point (stalling?) and exactly one minute of riding time.  Will wrestle for 7th place against Harvard's J.P. O'Connor.  That's two matches (Nick's semifinal) lost to penalty points.

Arnone beaten by Clemsen, 3-2, and will wrestle for 7th.

Intermat summary shows Rinaldi beating Roy 2-0 but the narrative detail ends in the 2nd period.  I was fooled earlier when it showed Leen's match with Turner as over with the score 5-4 Leen, but then further detail gave the match to Turner 6-5.  So I'm not sure about this one.  If Rinaldi did win, he will get #11 Chris Weidman of Hofstra, who was beaten by Josh Glenn of American in the semifinals--and will be assured at least a sixth place finish.

[jkahn]

Nickerson finishes 3rd.
Leen 8th.
Arnone 8th.
Rinaldi 6th.

[ugarte]

You know that your program has joined the elite when 12th place with 4 All-Americans is a disappointment. It is, however, an objectively impressive achievement and I congratulate Rob Koll and his staff for their success and thank them for their effort.

Still, Josh Arnone is the only wrestler on the team that surpassed his seeding in the tournament. Leen and Anceravage, both seeded, failed to make the medal round. Nickerson lost in the semifinals because he didn't attack an inferior wrestler and got nailed for stalling; Leen dropped his last two matches to unseeded wrestlers - the first of those by another stalling penalty; Rinaldi lost to the 11 seed from Hofstra (who he beat earlier in the year) and never could beat his nemesis, Penn State's Davis, losing to him in both the QF and the 5th place match.

That said, the only elite wrestler the program is losing to graduation is Rinaldi. Hogle lost his starting spot at 184 to Arnone and Hooker, while a fine wrestler, was not among the nation's elite. The rest of the seniors were backing up the underclassmen and rarely saw action.

The team returns three All-Americans (Nickerson, Leen, Arnone), two more who will be in line for A-A (Frey, Anceravage), brings in at least one top flight frosh and hopefully will see improvement from Manson and at heavyweight. This program remains strong and Coach Koll should be commended for what he has built.

[Jacob '06]

My one complaint the whole time I've watched Cornell wrestling is that they are way too willing to take a stall call. When I wrestled my coach would kill us after a match if we gave up a point for stalling. Theres no reason an elite wrestler should not be capable of being aggressive in a match. Maybe this post-season will help coach Koll to start remedying this problem. That being said, Cornell has an amazing wrestling program and I congratulate coach Koll on getting them this far.