Wrestling 2018-19

[mountainred]

No way to sugarcoat it, that was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad tournament.  No one beat their seed and only Tucker met it.  Even the Friday bright spots of Max Dean and Ben Honis, dimmed on Saturday.

I'm trying not to find it too terrible because while it wasn't *good* it also wasn't a nightmare.

We need to heal up.

Boy, your nightmares must be terrifying.  :-)

I totally agree with your assessment of Arujau v. Tucker.  Tucker's best case is probably the next Chris Villalonga, which isn't bad, but Vito could be the next Nahshon. Then again, maybe not. It just seems weird to take the third or fourth best starter (after YianniD, Dean and maybe Ben) out of the line-up.

As good as Dean looked on Friday, and he really did, his Saturday made it seem that Dean is top 10 but not in the elite tier at 184. The loss to Martin, who is a stud, wasn't close, and the 3rd period to double Z, who is also a stud, was one-sided.  

I was only disappointed by Honis' Saturday because of the injury default.  He looked good on Friday; he absolutely broke the kid from UNC.

[ugarte]

Boy, your nightmares must be terrifying.  :-)

I'm just saying it wasn't a nightmare because most of the lineup... shouldn't be the lineup in a couple of months. If it is, well then, let the sleep-screaming begin.

[George64]

Another Kyle Dake video.  I'm sure most high school wrestlers see these.  Great shots of Cornell and Ithaca area.

[ugarte]

After a short break (and before a longer one) Cornell went on the road to face Northern Iowa. Trivia for the non-wrestling fans out there, Coach Rob Koll's dad was a 3x national champion at Northern Iowa, and their facility is named for him.

Big news as the anticipated move of top freshman to 125 was finally possible, and the top of our lineup is now really, really good. When this all shakes out in a few weeks we should have top 20 wrestlers at 125, 133 and 141.

They decided to start the match at 141, where both teams had top 10 wrestlers.

141: #1 Diakomihalis was wrestling in his first dual meet of the season, and facing his first top-flight opponent, #10 Josh Alber. He won 12-2 and gave up only 2 escapes for a major decision. [CU 4-0]

149: Hunter Richard had his hands full with #10 Max Thomsen, and lost a 14-4 major decision. [4-4]

157: Fredy Stroker stayed undefeated on the season with a 12-6 victory over Patrick Schoenfelder. [CU 7-4]

165: In what may be his final match in the starting lineup (more later), Malik Dawkins fell to #12 Bryce Steiert 8-6. [7-7]

174: Another matchup of top 20 wrestlers, this time UNI had the higher ranked wrestler and chalk held. #14 Brandon Womack fell by major decision to #8 Taylor Lujan, 14-5. [UNI 11-7]

184: The second biggest match of the dual, #10 Max Dean - coming off of a rough tournament in Las Vegas - faced #7 Drew Foster. Dean came from behind and apparently the clock ran out right before what would have been a decisive takedown for Foster and won 6-5. [UNI 11-10]

197: With Ben Honis out (and probably in the concussion protocol), Jake Taylor wrestled in his first dual since 2016. He kept it close but fell 3-2 to freshman Tyrell Gordon. [UNI 14-10]

Hwt: Jeramy Sweany also had a rough time out in Las Vegas but returned to action with a 6-2 win over Izaak Schendelheim. [UNI 14-13]

125: Greyshirt freshman Vito Arujau wrestled his first match at 125 since probably his sophomore year of high school or something. He dropped down to face Jay Schwarm, who has spent some time in the top 20 and majored him, 17-7. [CU 17-14]

133: With Arujau dropping down to 125, #14 Chas Tucker can stop looking over his shoulder. Needing a win to secure the dual (I have no idea how the tiebreakers would have worked if he lost a regular decision), Tucker rolled to a 12-2 major decision. [CU 21-14]

Northern Iowa is a top 20 team, and there was definitely a chance we could lose this dual. With Honis out, Chavez still not back, a top 10 opponent at 184 and uncertainty at 125, I certainly wasn't super confident. This was a great win with a roster that is going to be even better soon. In an interview, Koll apparently said that All-American Jon Jay Chavez might be back for the South Beach Duals - a series of dual meets in Ft. Lauderdale over winter break (North Dakota State, Wyoming, Missouri and Indiana). He has to get back to 165, but I feel pretty good about that.

[ugarte]

South Beach Duals started today, but later than expected: NDSU got snowed in and had to cancel the early morning matches. We wrestled at 11, but it was a hodge-podge lineup (we even had two matches at 149) against a grab bag of opponents who were around and willing: our wrestlers faced a mix of people from Kent State, Michigan State, Wyoming and Missouri.

At 1, we were up against Wyoming, which has a few ranked guys.

125: Arujau started slow but after a back-and-forth start, wasn't ever in danger and he won 7-4.

133: #13 Tucker faced #12 Bridges. Tucker just missed a takedown in the first period when he couldn't keep his toe in-bounds; there was no other scoring aside from the escapes at the start of the second and third periods. No scoring in SV, so it went to rideouts. Tucker couldn't get off of bottom, so rather than try to match the ride for 30 seconds, he opted to give up the point, let Bridges start on his feet, and win with a takedown. It didn't happen, and he lost 2-1.

141: Yianni had no trouble and won by Major.

149: In the 11am grab bag, Wyoming's sent out Jensen to wrestle Hunter Richard, who won by a point. In the dual, Schoenherr replaced Richard, but Jensen came out again for Wyoming. It was a back and forth match, with Schoenherr again winning by one. Schoenherr gave up a late takedown, but was able to escape with just enough time to get a takedown of his own at the buzzer and win.

157: #18 Stroker had a wild back and forth match with Krueger. He gave up a point late in the third for either an escape or a penalty (the video had no sound, much less an announcer) that left him down 6-5 and in need of a late takedown... which he got immediately. He then had to prevent an escape to keep the match from going to overtime, which he did by holding on to an ankle for dear life, at the expense of a stalling warning, which he had to give. Close win.

165: Jon Jay Chavez is with the team and listed on the roster, but he didn't wrestle in the 11 or 1pm sessions. Instead, Dawkins had to face #9 Ashworth. He kept it under a major but fell 6-0.

174: Like at 149, Wyoming offered the same wrestler for the 11am and 1pm sessions. Cornell won both times, this time with #14 Womack taking the W.

184: #6 Dean gave up a takedown off of the whistle but after that it was all Max. He ran away with this and got a tech fall.

197: Ben Honis wrestled and won in the morning. With the dual locked up, Cornell sent out the backup Jake Taylor who came close but lost 5-3.

Hwt: In part because of a loss to #20 Andrews in Las Vegas, Sweany fell out of the rankings. Andrews took the lead with a late takedown, but a Sweany reversal and riding time gave him a one point revenge victory.

At some point around the Stroker match Cornell was penalized a team point for unknown reasons, so the final score was 23-9.

We face Indiana and #6 Missouri tomorrow.

125   Vitali Arujau (Cornell) over Cole Verner (Wyoming) Dec 7-4 [CU 3-0]
133   Montorie Bridges (Wyoming) over Charles Tucker (Cornell) TB-1 2-1 [3-3]   
141   Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) over Sam Turner (Wyoming) Maj 14-6 [CU 7-3]
149   Chris Schoenherr (Cornell) over Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) Dec 8-7 [CU 10-3]
157   Fredy Stroker (Cornell) over Dewey Krueger (Wyoming) Dec 7-6   [CU 13-3]
165   Branson Ashworth (Wyoming) over Milik Dawkins (Cornell) Dec 6-0 [CU 12-6]
174   Brandon Womack (Cornell) over Casey Randles (Wyoming) Dec 6-0 [CU 15-6]
184   Maxwell Dean (Cornell) over Carless Looney (Wyoming) TF 17-2 [CU 20-6]
197   Cale Davidson (Wyoming) over Jacob Taylor (Cornell) Dec 5-3 [CU 20-9]
285   Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) over Brian Andrews (Wyoming) Dec 6-5 [CU 23-9]

[ugarte]

Don't have the energy to post a detailed recap of the Indiana dual. We blew them out, with our only losses coming from a backup 157 pounder wrestling up at 165 and a forfeit at 197 when we didn't send a wrestler out to save his energy for the Missouri match and had the dual in hand. Arujau, Diakomihalis, Dean and Sweany all dominated their matches. Richard had a scrappy come-from-behind win at 149.

We lost badly to Minnesota, in a dual that turned out to be more winnable than I expected.

125: Arujau had to go to OT but won in the Sudden Victory period and was never really threatened. [CU 3-0]

133: #3 Tucker lost a close one against #6 Erneste and very nearly won it. It was tied late in the third period when he almost converted a takedown but Erneste was able to roll out before Tucker got control and Ernest finished the scramble on top for the win. [3-3]

141: #1 Diakomihalis beat #3 Eierman 3-1 in the biggest match of the night. Eierman was Yianni's only loss last year, and it came in the South Beach duals. It wasn't exactly a revenge match - that was last year's national semi - but it was still good for any lingering demons to be exorcised. Eierman never really threatened to score and a late takedown from Diakomihalis was all he needed. [CU 6-3]

149: Schoenherr lost 6-1. I haven't watched it yet. [6-6]

157: #13 stroker lost to an unranked wrestler because he was too passive until it was too late. Disappointing loss. He's still not trying to score enough. [Mizzou 9-6]

165: Dawkins lost to a ranked wrestler fairly decisively. Chavez never did come back this weekend. [MIzzou 13-6]

174: #13 Womack lost 5-0 to #4 Lewis. Haven't watched this one yet either. The Track archives are being janky. [Mizzou 16-6]

184: #6 Dean lost to fringe top-20 Wisner 7-6. Bad loss, though in my opinion he got jobbed by the ref and should have gotten credit for a takedown in the last 10 seconds for the winning margin. [Mizzou 19-6]

197: Backup Taylor wrestled again, surprisingly, so I hope we don't find out that Honis is hurt. He seemed to have gotten a concussion a few weeks ago but he wrestled and won early on Saturday so I expected to see him against Missouri. No dice. Taylor lost 7-4. [Mizzou 22-6]

Hwt: Sweany is likely to get back into the top 20 after this weekend. He capped it off with his second win over a top 20 wrestler, beating #13 Elam 3-2. Two top 20 wins and a pin should get him ranked again. [Mizzou 22-9]

Crazy that with a full squad and a better final 10 seconds in the Tucker and Dean matches and this could have been a 21-10 win. Looking forward to seeing Chavez and Honis wrestling for us soon.

[ugarte]

The big rivalry dual against Lehigh today and ... bleh. Lehigh has been dealing with a combination of injuries and an insanely brutal out-of-conference schedule and came in 2-7. A lot of their injured guys are back and now we're dealing with some holes in the lineup and well, it wasn't a lot of fun.

157: The day started with Fredy Stroker, recently demoted from the top 20 against true frosh Humphreys, now at #17. Humphreys got an early TD and turned Stroker to his back for what looked like it might be a pin but actually it was worse. Stroker called for injury time and couldn't continue, apparently hurt his shoulder. We'll see how bad it turns out to be. [LU 6-0]

165: Jon Jay Chavez was listed as a possible starter for his first match of the year. It was not to be. Adam Santoro came out for Cornell, replacing Milik Dawkins. He faced Gordon Wolf. Santoro came out firing but Wolf kept turning Santoro's attacks into his own points with brute strength. Then Santoro headbutted Wolf in the face in the middle of a scramble, bloodying his mouth and sending him into the concussion protocol. Wolf was OK(ish), though, and after a long delay came back to finish his 10-6 victory. [LU 9-0]

174: Another change to the roster as #15 Brandon Womack sat in favor of world junior silver medalist and greyshirt frosh Andrew Berreyesa in his first dual meet start against #7 Jordan Kutler. Berreyesa looked slow and tired quickly and looked despondent by the second period. Kutler won an easy 13-4 MD. [LU 13-0]

184: ANOTHER roster change. An expected top 10 matchup between last season's EIWA finalists wasn't to be, as #7 Ryan Preisch sat out against #10 Max Dean. Preisch's backup is no joke - he almost beat Ben Darmstadt at 197 last season in both meetings - but he wasn't strong enough at 184 to handle Dean and seemed to get tired. Dean wins Cornell's first match, 8-4. [LU 13-3]

197: Finally, a starter is back, with #20 Ben Honis facing #15 Jake Jacobsen. Honis wrestled a great match and came out on top, 6-2. [LU 13-6]

Hwt: SUrprisingly, not a top 20 matchup, as Sweany didn't get back into the rankings, but Jordan Wood is at #7. Sweany started strong with a takedown and it also looked like Wood may have hurt his knee, but after a brief injury timeout, Wood came back from being down 5-0 to storm to a 17-10 win. [LU 16-6]

125: #11 Vito Arujau found himself against a backup with a 1-5 record, so it looked like an opportunity for at least 5 points. Not to be. Vito dominated but he never got any back points, much less a fall. He still won an 18-6 MD but it felt disappointing. [LU 16-10]

133: #13 Chas Tucker faced Brandon Paetzell, whose 6-6 record belies some impressive recent wins. Tucker controlled almost the entire match, but gave up a takedown that cost him a major. Wins 8-4. [LU 16-13]

141: With #1 Yianni Diakomihalis facing a backup promoted to starter by injury, it looked like Cornell would have its first lead of the dual. Somehow, no! Yianni was able to score early, but like Vito, wasn't even really trying for back points. In the middle of the second period, Yianni went for a takedown and held on to a bad position too long and ended up giving one up. He never seemed the same after that, limping a little and flexing the knee he injured last year, and never really seeming the same. He held his lead easily, but in a real shocker, never got the last takedown to get bonus points, settling for a 13-7 win to tie the dual. [16-16]

149: The final match of the day saw another new starter for Cornell, with last year's starter Jonathan Furnas replacing Hunter Richard against Cortland Schuyler, an occasional top 20 guy. Furnas came close to a takedown so many times, but Schuyler was able to wriggle out of it each time and the match went to SV tied 1-1. In the extra period, Furnas took a dangerous shot and paid for it, with Schuyler sliding behind for an easy takedown to win the match and the dual for Lehigh. [LU 19-16]

This sucked! And if Yianni is really hurt it REALLY, REALLY sucks. Chavez is still missing, Womack was out, Stroker may be hurt, even our wins were less impressive than they should have been. As I type this I'm watching Princeton battle their asses off against Oklahoma State and for the first time in a long time, I'm sweating the Ivy title. Not great!

[mountainred]

I feel like I am stealing ugarte's thunder, but Cornell rested 4 starters and still beat Columbia handily.  The snow forced the cancellation of a match at Sacred Heart, which almost certainly would have been a chance for more back-ups to wrestle.  Next Saturday should be two more Ivy wins (Brown and Harvard have some good wrestlers, but not much depth) and a chance to worry more if Yianni, Stroker, Chavez and Womack miss the duals.

[ugarte]

The Columbia meet was weird. Arujau had an easy time at 125, Dean steamrolled his opponent for a tech fall at 187, Honis was dominating his opponent and pinned him at 197, Sweany was never threatened and coasted at Heavyweight. The other 5 weights were weird.

Columbia didn't put anyone up to face Tucker at 133 and Santoro had a big win over one of Columbia's better wrestlers at 157, which gave Cornell wins at 7 weights.

In Cornell's three losses, we had two guys wrestling light (133 pound Noah Baughman at 141 and 157 pound freshman Jake Brindley at 165). At 174, highly-touted freshman (and world junior silver medalist) Andrew Berreyesa wrestled his second match in a row in place of Brandon Womack and ... looked shockingly bad. Couldn't get off of bottom and a 4-1 lead after two periods turned into a 10-4 loss.

I really want to see everyone healthy soon! There are other matches in between but I want a full lineup for Princeton on 2/9.

[ugarte]

The Columbia meet was weird. Arujau had an easy time at 125, Dean steamrolled his opponent for a tech fall at 187, Honis was dominating his opponent and pinned him at 197, Sweany was never threatened and coasted at Heavyweight. The other 5 weights were weird.

Columbia didn't put anyone up to face Tucker at 133 and Santoro had a big win over one of Columbia's better wrestlers at 157, which gave Cornell wins at 7 weights.

In Cornell's three losses, we had two guys wrestling light (133 pound Noah Baughman at 141 and 157 pound freshman Jake Brindley at 165). At 174, highly-touted freshman (and world junior silver medalist) Andrew Berreyesa wrestled his second match in a row in place of Brandon Womack and ... looked shockingly bad. Couldn't get off of bottom and a 4-1 lead after two periods turned into a 10-4 loss.

I really want to see everyone healthy soon! There are other matches in between but I want a full lineup for Princeton on 2/9.

After reading Coach Gabe Dean's match report, I was right that Baughman and Brindley were wrestling above their weight classes. What I didn't know is that Berreyesa also weighed in at 165 for his 174 match, so he was also wrestling against a heavier opponent.

I don't know yet what it means that Berreyesa is weighing in at 165 just when it seems Jon Jay Chavez might be ready to return.

[ugarte]

Faced Brown in the first dual of the day. As expected, we rolled them.

125: #11 Vito Arujau started a little slow but once he got going, didn't stop. Came just short of a tech, winning 16-3 MD. [CU 4-0]
133: #12 Chas Tucker started fast and cruised, getting the last second points Arujau couldn't for a 20-5 Tech. [CU 9-0]
141: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis came back after his week off and steamrolled the younger brother of former Cornell wrestlers Brian and Dylan Realbuto 22-4. [CU 14-0]
149: Jonathan Furnas appears to be back as the starter at 149. He came out fast and never let up, finishing by fall in the first period. [CU 20-0]
157: Adam Santoro may be the Cornell starter for good, depending on Fredy stroker's injury. He wrestled very well today and won 10-5. [CU 23-0]
165: Andrew Berreyesa wrestled his first match at 165 and it looked a lot like what was happening at 174. He was facing Brown's only ranked wrestler, #18 Jonathan Viruet, so that couldn't have helped, but he again had trouble on bottom and it was compounded by his getting overwhelmed strength-on-strength on his feet. No bueno. He got pinned midway through the third period. [CU 23-6]
174: #15 Brandon Womack got the first takedown and a really nice 6 point move from the bottom and then used those points to coast in the third period for an 8-5 win. [CU 26-6]
184: #10 Max Dean gave up the first takedown and almost gave up another, but as soon as the second period started he dominated, getting a takedown and then eventually the fall against an opponent who has spent some time in the top 20. [CU 32-6]
197: #17 Ben Honis cruised to an easy 14-5 major decision. [CU 36-6]
285: Jeramy Sweany was up comfortably when he inadvertently poked his opponent in the eye, forcing the opponent to medically default. From everyone's body language, it didn't look like there was a risk of long term damage. [CU 42-6]

You can catch the first hour of the Harvard dual on ESPN+ while waiting for the puck drop against Colgate (unless you are, like me, going to Levien to watch us play Columbia in basketball).

[ugarte]

Harvard was much worse than Brown

125: Vito dominated but again spent too much time on top without getting back points for a tech. This is a very mild criticism. 20-8 win. [CU 4-0]

133: Tucker had a surprising amount of trouble with a guy who came in with a losing record, and who he majored at an early season tournament. Couldn't get out from underneath the entire second period and even gave up a stalling point that sent the match to OT. He was able to escape in the third period and OT, though, and pulled it together for the TD in SV2 to win 6-4. [CU 7-0]

141: That poor kid was 1-10 coming in and never had a chance against Yianni. Lasted to the second period, which is something. [CU 13-0]

149: Furnas with a gutty win. Had trouble finishing his shots even when he got in on a leg then got trapped on bottom for all of the second period. With about 30 seconds left, he made a beautiful throw to put the guy right on his back. Damn near got a fall out of it but the TD2+2NF was enough to win 4-1. [CU 16-0]

157: Santoro had a great match. Whipped that kid but to be fair, his opponent started the season wrestling at 141 and hasn't won a D-1 match this season. 16-0 tech that took just over a period. [CU 21-0]

165: Berreyesa finally hit the throw he tried three times against Brown and put his opponent right on his back for the fall. [CU 27-0]

174: Womack was on the verge of winning by tech fall when he was able to stick his opponent with 3 seconds left. Sweet. [CU 33-0]

184:Dean had no trouble and was able to beat the first period buzzer for Cornell's third straight pin. [CU 39-0]

197: Honis dominated throughout and the RT point at the end was the difference in getting a 7 minute tech, 21-6. [CU 44-0]

Hwt: Harvard didn't send out their heavy, so Sweany won by forfeit. [CU 50-0]

[ugarte]

Cornell rolled #24 Lock Haven team. Mostly looked very good. You can watch the replay here if you have ESPN+.

174: Womack with a workmanlike but comfortable win. Gave up a late stalling point to avoid any real danger (though there really was some danger as Siegrist got more aggressive late in the match). [CU 3-0]

184: Dean-Hazel was the only match between closely ranked wrestlers, and a rematch of a close Dean win last year. Second verse, same as the first. Hazel is strong and made Dean work but he came back from down 4-1 to win 7-5. [CU 6-0]

197: Honis had no trouble and lost a race with the clock for a tech fall. [CU 10-0]

285: Sweany got into two funky scrambes against Haines and nearly got pinned during the first and did get pinned the second time. [CU 10-6]

125: Arujau was never threatened. [CU 13-6]

133: Tucker with his second consecutive OT win against a wrestler who shouldn't get him to OT, and he benefited from a weird stalling call late in the match, but it only mattered because he was dinged with a weird stalling call earlier. In SV, he took his opponent straight to his back and nearly got a pin in SV. [CU 16-6]

141: Last year, Yianni beat Shoop 16-1. This one was all Yianni again but he was able to square him up for the fall. Also, significant, this was Yianni's first match without a knee brace since his surgery following the national championship. [CU 22-6]

149: Hell of a win for Furnas, who has looked very good since taking over 149. Got the late TD he needed for the MD. Will Koll, surprisingly, came back and wrestled a couple of matches at the Edinboro Open this weekend. I don't think anyone expected to see him again this season. I wonder if a wrestle-off is coming to see who represents Cornell at EIWA. [CU 26-6]

157: Santoro was down 5-0 when he took an upper body hold and literally cartwheeled himself into a takedown and put Klucker straight his back for the fall. It was amazing. If you can, go to 1:26:50 in the link above. I've watched it a dozen times. [CU 32-6]

165: Berreyesa kept it under a major against #5 Marsteller but wasn't competitive. Getting him adjusted to college rules and improving his raw strength is going to be one of the most important coaching jobs this team will do in the offseason.  [CU 32-9]

174: #15 Brandon Womack (Cor) won by decision over Jared Siegrist (LHU), 4-3
184: #10 Max Dean (Cor) won by decision over #18 Cory Hazel (LHU), 7-5
197: #17 Ben Honis won by major decision over Parker McClellan (LHU), 15-2
285: #9 Thomas Haines (LHU) won by fall over Jeramy Sweany (Cor), 1:39
125: #11 Vitali Arujau (Cor) won by decision over Luke Werner (LHU), 11-4
133: #13 Chas Tucker (Cor) won by decision over DJ Fehlman (LHU), 9-5 (sv1)
141: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cor) won by fall over #20 Kyle Shoop (LHU), 4:42
149: Jonathan Furnas (Cor) won by major decision over Jonathan Ross (LHU), 10-2
157: Adam Santoro (Cor) won by fall over Adam Klucker (LHU), 3:46
165: #5 Chance Marsteller (LHU) won by decision over Andrew Berreyesa (Cor), 9-2

[scoop85]

Cornell rolled #24 Lock Haven team. Mostly looked very good. You can watch the replay here if you have ESPN+.

174: Womack with a workmanlike but comfortable win. Gave up a late stalling point to avoid any real danger (though there really was some danger as Siegrist got more aggressive late in the match). [CU 3-0]

184: Dean-Hazel was the only match between closely ranked wrestlers, and a rematch of a close Dean win last year. Second verse, same as the first. Hazel is strong and made Dean work but he came back from down 4-1 to win 7-5. [CU 6-0]

197: Honis had no trouble and lost a race with the clock for a tech fall. [CU 10-0]

285: Sweany got into two funky scrambes against Haines and nearly got pinned during the first and did get pinned the second time. [CU 10-6]

125: Arujau was never threatened. [CU 13-6]

133: Tucker with his second consecutive OT win against a wrestler who shouldn't get him to OT, and he benefited from a weird stalling call late in the match, but it only mattered because he was dinged with a weird stalling call earlier. In SV, he took his opponent straight to his back and nearly got a pin in SV. [CU 16-6]

141: Last year, Yianni beat Shoop 16-1. This one was all Yianni again but he was able to square him up for the fall. Also, significant, this was Yianni's first match without a knee brace since his surgery following the national championship. [CU 22-6]

149: Hell of a win for Furnas, who has looked very good since taking over 149. Got the late TD he needed for the MD. Will Koll, surprisingly, came back and wrestled a couple of matches at the Edinboro Open this weekend. I don't think anyone expected to see him again this season. I wonder if a wrestle-off is coming to see who represents Cornell at EIWA. [CU 26-6]

157: Santoro was down 5-0 when he took an upper body hold and literally cartwheeled himself into a takedown and put Klucker straight his back for the fall. It was amazing. If you can, go to 1:26:50 in the link above. I've watched it a dozen times. [CU 32-6]

165: Berreyesa kept it under a major against #5 Marsteller but wasn't competitive. Getting him adjusted to college rules and improving his raw strength is going to be one of the most important coaching jobs this team will do in the offseason.  [CU 32-9]

174: #15 Brandon Womack (Cor) won by decision over Jared Siegrist (LHU), 4-3
184: #10 Max Dean (Cor) won by decision over #18 Cory Hazel (LHU), 7-5
197: #17 Ben Honis won by major decision over Parker McClellan (LHU), 15-2
285: #9 Thomas Haines (LHU) won by fall over Jeramy Sweany (Cor), 1:39
125: #11 Vitali Arujau (Cor) won by decision over Luke Werner (LHU), 11-4
133: #13 Chas Tucker (Cor) won by decision over DJ Fehlman (LHU), 9-5 (sv1)
141: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cor) won by fall over #20 Kyle Shoop (LHU), 4:42
149: Jonathan Furnas (Cor) won by major decision over Jonathan Ross (LHU), 10-2
157: Adam Santoro (Cor) won by fall over Adam Klucker (LHU), 3:46
165: #5 Chance Marsteller (LHU) won by decision over Andrew Berreyesa (Cor), 9-2

Great summary as always, although I wouldn't characterize Womack's win as "comfortable"

[ugarte]

Great summary as always, although I wouldn't characterize Womack's win as "comfortable"

It could have been more comfortable.