Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's

[Cornell95]

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)

[ugarte]

Yes, Dake has pinned all three opponents in less than the standard time for a single match.

[ugarte]

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.

[billhoward]

Cornell 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) The ninth Ivy team, Duke, stands scoreless. Shame.

[ugarte]

Cornell 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) 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That scoresheet is out of date...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.

[jkahn]

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.

[billhoward]

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.

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.

[upprdeck]

Nevinger wins..

[dag14]

So does Dake, but not Perrelli.

[Al DeFlorio]

So does Dake, but not Perrelli.

Five Cornell All-Americans with Nevinger's win

[ugarte]

Bosak is the second wrestler into the finals! 4-2 SV win over Trotman. He'll face defending champ Quentin Wright of Penn State.

[ugarte]

Cam is the THIRD wrestler in the finals for Cornell. Amazing.

[ugarte]

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.

[Al DeFlorio]

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.

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.

[ugarte]

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.