Cornell Wrestling at NCAA's

[scoop85]

SU in 4th now..

I though Syracuse gave up wrestling years ago :-P

[ugarte]

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)

[Al DeFlorio]

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.

[ugarte]

Arujau wins his consy by MD

[Al DeFlorio]

Arujau 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.

[KenP]

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

[ugarte]

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!

[ugarte]

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.

[Al DeFlorio]

2nd period fall for Dake.  Bosak and Simaz coming up.

[KenP]

Is there someplace to see which mat will have which QF?  I missed the Dake match because I was watching Penn St vs Iowa.

[ugarte]

Is 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

[jhib]

Bosak on 5 right now.

[ugarte]

Simaz coming up momentarily on 3

[upprdeck]

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.

[ugarte]

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!