Wrestling 2019-20

ugarte · November 02, 2019, 10:19:06 PM

Berreyesa loses 6-1 in his first match and does not get pulled back into repechage, so Cornell's international efforts are done for the year. Tucker should be back with the team soon, if he isn't already. Dean and Berreyesa will probably be "around" but will be training with Yianni and Vito for the Olympic trials in March (I think).

Some of our greyshirts will be wrestling tomorrow at the Princeton Open, but the season for the Big Red starts on 11/23 with a tough dual against NC State. When we scheduled this I don't think we anticipated that half of our team would be taking a year off.

jkahn · November 03, 2019, 02:24:35 PM

Like hockey, we start the wrestling season a lot later than many other teams. At Michigan State this weekend the Michigan State Open was held, with, per one news article, 450 wrestlers from 31 schools. There was an Open division and a separate Frosh-Soph division. When I walked into my hotel lobby on Friday I saw a lot of people wearing red. It turned out they were from Oklahoma.

ugarte · November 03, 2019, 04:55:26 PM

Quote from: ugarteSome of our greyshirts will be wrestling tomorrow at the Princeton Open, but the season for the Big Red starts on 11/23 with a tough dual against NC State. When we scheduled this I don't think we anticipated that half of our team would be taking a year off.

Chris Foca (184), Lewis Fernandes (197) and Jacob Cardenas (Hwt) all finished 1st at the Princeton Open. With these guys coming next year, and the return of Dean plus Darmstadt, and Hatcher coming in the year after, we are going to have really good upper weights for a long time.

Quote from: jkahnLike hockey, we start the wrestling season a lot later than many other teams. At Michigan State this weekend the Michigan State Open was held, with, per one news article, 450 wrestlers from 31 schools. There was an Open division and a separate Frosh-Soph division. When I walked into my hotel lobby on Friday I saw a lot of people wearing red. It turned out they were from Oklahoma.

This isn't an Ivy League thing, though, because Princeton, Penn and Columbia all sent wrestlers to the Princeton open. Not sure why we didn't. We're hosting our own open tournament the day after the NC State Dual, so maybe that's why.

mountainred · November 04, 2019, 08:29:04 AM

Most of team should be down in Binghamton next weekend, even if wrestling unattached, right? I see most of the Finger Lakes crew is registered.

ugarte · November 04, 2019, 01:15:06 PM

Quote from: mountainredMost of team should be down in Binghamton next weekend, even if wrestling unattached, right? I see most of the Finger Lakes crew is registered.

they didn't have the binghamton open on the schedule last year either so that's a good bet.

klehner · November 05, 2019, 06:50:30 PM

Cornell entrants listed for Bearcat Open this weekend, on Trackwrestling. Darmstadt is back (at 184)!

mountainred · November 05, 2019, 09:01:11 PM

Quote from: klehnerCornell entrants listed for Bearcat Open this weekend, on Trackwrestling. Darmstadt is back (at 184)!

And Fredy Stroker not listed (I shouldn't get my hopes there, should I?)

ugarte · November 06, 2019, 12:35:58 AM

Quote from: mountainred
Quote from: klehnerCornell entrants listed for Bearcat Open this weekend, on Trackwrestling. Darmstadt is back (at 184)!

And Fredy Stroker not listed (I shouldn't get my hopes there, should I?)

Womack isn't registered either so I don't know that it means a lot, since Koll included him as the presumptive starter in the season preview. I assume Tucker is catching up on his homework.

ugarte · November 10, 2019, 09:45:17 PM

Binghamton Open results:

125: Dom LaJoie went 4-1 and finished in third place.

133: Chas Tucker skipped the tournament. Phillip Moomey, who may end up wrestling at 125 later in the year, went 0-2.

141: Noah Baughman, up from 125 at the start of last year, went 5-0 and finished in first. Good start for Baughman at a new weight. Stepping into Yianni's shoes is a tall order.

Ryan Moore went 4-2 (including a forfeit win) and finished in 5th. Michael Russo went 3-2 but didn't place. Shouting him out anyway because he got two pins. Trence wilson-Gillem (1-2), Michael Venosa (1-2) and Jacob Lehr (0-2) also wrestled for us at 141.

149: Hunter Richard went 4-0 and finished in first. Chris Schoenherr went 4-2 and finished in 4th. Ian McNitt and James Overheiser both went 0-2.

157: Freshman Colton Yapoujian went 4-0, including a MD and a pin and finished in 1st. Fredy Stroker skipped the tournament. Will be interesting to see if he can get his starting spot back. Micah Hoffman went 1-2,

165: Adam Santoro went 3-1 (including a win by MFF) and finished in 2nd. Jakob Brindley went 2-2 and finished in 4th. Adam Merola went 2-0 then forfeited out to 6th place.

174: Brandon Womack skipped the tournament. Nathan Thacker went 0-2.

184: Ben Darmstadt went 3-1 with 2 pins and finished in second. Disappointing even though Binghamton's Lou DePrez is very good.

Jonah Barley went 3-2 and finished in 5th. Jonathon Fagen went 2-2.

197: Jonathan Loew went 3-1 and finished in 2nd.

Hwt: Brendan Furman went 5-1 and finished in 3rd. Seth Janney went 2-2 including a win by MFF.

The Future (wrestlers of note taking a gap year at Finger Lakes Regional Training Center):

157: Julian Ramirez went 2-2 and finished in 6th.

174: Chris Foca went 4-0 and finished in 1st. He had two techs and a major.

197: Jacob Cardenas left his first match with an injury but I don't know if it is serious.

Hwt: Lewis Fernandes went 4-0 with three pins and finished in first.

Not a bad start. Not great. The future looks very good with not only a great class at the RTC but 4 starters who will come back after their Olympic redshirt. Not to mention some other great recruits finishing high school this year.

ugarte · November 15, 2019, 07:22:11 PM

At the a Bill Farrell Open, an Olympic Trials Qualifier tournament, Andrew Berreyesa, a soph taking a redshirt this year, made it to the semifinals before defaulting out of the consolation bracket.

Tomorrow, Cornell has a a few guys going: Nahshon Garrett '16, Frank Perrelli '12 and future Cornellian Josh Saunders (probably). I thought Vito Arujau - another soph taking a redshirt - would be there but he's apparently not registered.

ugarte · November 16, 2019, 05:13:46 PM

Quote from: ugarteAt the a Bill Farrell Open, an Olympic Trials Qualifier tournament, Andrew Berreyesa, a soph taking a redshirt this year, made it to the semifinals before defaulting out of the consolation bracket.

Tomorrow, Cornell has a a few guys going: Nahshon Garrett '16, Frank Perrelli '12 and future Cornellian Josh Saunders (probably). I thought Vito Arujau - another soph taking a redshirt - would be there but he's apparently not registered.

Perrelli went 0-1 and was eliminated. (You had to get to the QF to make the consolation bracket.)
Garrett won his first two matches, but lost in the QF in an upset. In the consolation bracket he won two and will wrestle for 3d place. UPDATE: Finished in 4th.
Saunders went 0-1 and was eliminated.

ugarte · November 22, 2019, 09:36:03 PM

The dual meet season starts tomorrow with a visit from NC State. When we scheduled this I don't think we planned on half of our squad taking a year off for the Olympics. Gonna be a long day.

On Sunday Cornell hosts the new Cornell Open. It's a one-day tournament mostly for D-I teams from the Northeast. This part of the schedule used to be the NYS Invitational, but since only Cornell, Army and Columbia have D-I programs of note, half the day was spent pinning guys from Brockport and Farmingdale. The NYS Invitational is now being hosted by Oswego and our guys can wrestle in a tournament where they get more matches in that count towards the minimum required to qualify for postseason consideration. Of course... be careful what you wish for because Rutgers, Lock Haven and Bucknell give the competition a real boost.

scoop85 · November 22, 2019, 09:43:49 PM

Quote from: ugarteThe dual meet season starts tomorrow with a visit from NC State. When we scheduled this I don't think we planned on half of our squad taking a year off for the Olympics. Gonna be a long day.

On Sunday Cornell hosts the new Cornell Open. It's a one-day tournament mostly for D-I teams from the Northeast. This part of the schedule used to be the NYS Invitational, but since only Cornell, Army and Columbia have D-I programs of note, half the day was spent pinning guys from Brockport and Farmingdale. The NYS Invitational is now being hosted by Oswego and our guys can wrestle in a tournament where they get more matches in that count towards the minimum required to qualify for postseason consideration. Of course... be careful what you wish for because Rutgers, Lock Haven and Bucknell give the competition a real boost.

Binghamton has a decent wrestling program too, no?

ugarte · November 22, 2019, 09:59:40 PM

Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: ugarteThe dual meet season starts tomorrow with a visit from NC State. When we scheduled this I don't think we planned on half of our squad taking a year off for the Olympics. Gonna be a long day.

On Sunday Cornell hosts the new Cornell Open. It's a one-day tournament mostly for D-I teams from the Northeast. This part of the schedule used to be the NYS Invitational, but since only Cornell, Army and Columbia have D-I programs of note, half the day was spent pinning guys from Brockport and Farmingdale. The NYS Invitational is now being hosted by Oswego and our guys can wrestle in a tournament where they get more matches in that count towards the minimum required to qualify for postseason consideration. Of course... be careful what you wish for because Rutgers, Lock Haven and Bucknell give the competition a real boost.

Binghamton has a decent wrestling program too, no?

indeed. i knew i'd get cavalier and miss one. better than columbia's.

mountainred · November 24, 2019, 01:09:19 PM

Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: ugarteThe dual meet season starts tomorrow with a visit from NC State. When we scheduled this I don't think we planned on half of our squad taking a year off for the Olympics. Gonna be a long day.

On Sunday Cornell hosts the new Cornell Open. It's a one-day tournament mostly for D-I teams from the Northeast. This part of the schedule used to be the NYS Invitational, but since only Cornell, Army and Columbia have D-I programs of note, half the day was spent pinning guys from Brockport and Farmingdale. The NYS Invitational is now being hosted by Oswego and our guys can wrestle in a tournament where they get more matches in that count towards the minimum required to qualify for postseason consideration. Of course... be careful what you wish for because Rutgers, Lock Haven and Bucknell give the competition a real boost.

Binghamton has a decent wrestling program too, no?
indeed. i knew i'd get cavalier and miss one. better than columbia's.

I'm nitpicking, but Buffalo and Hofstra are about at Columbia's level too. Still, you'd have guys wrestle 5 or 6 times but only get a win or two that actually helped the RPI. You knew Cornell was getting of the NYS Invitational business when Rob only dressed a handful of guys for it last year.

The NC St. dual was tough to watch, as a lot of guys looked gassed late. Lowe's pin was nice and Colton Yapoujian hung tough against the #1 ranked guy, but otherwise.....