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CornellBigRed.com2018-19 CORNELLCornell Athletics WRESTLING@CornellSports Game Notes CornellAthletics FOLLOW BIG RED WRESTLING MATCH 8 #10 CORNELL BIG RED (5-2, 0-0 IVY) AT COLUMBIA LIONS (4-1, 0-0 IVY) WORLD WIDE WEB ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com JAN. 19, 2019 • 1:00 P.M. • NEW YORK, N.Y. • DODGE FITNESS CENTER FACEBOOK ...................................www.Facebook.com/cornellwrestling IVE IDEO IVE UDIO THACA ARK HELLEY TWIttER ......................................... www.Twitter.com/bigredwrestling L V : ESPN+ • L A : 1160 ESPN I (M S ) YOUTUBE ......................................www.Youtube.com/cornellwrestling CORNELL LEADS THE SERIES 90-13 • CORNELL WON THE LAST MEETING 33-5 (FEB. 3, 2018 IN ITHACA, N.Y.) CAMPS ............................................www.CornellWrestlingCamps.com LIVE VIDEO (HOME MATCHES) .......................www.IvyLeagueNetwork.com MATCH 9 #10 CORNELL BIG RED (5-2, 1-1 EIWA) AT SACRED HEART PIONEERS (0-0, 0-0 EIWA) LIVE AUDIO (ALL MATCHES) ......................................www.ESPNIthaca.com JAN. 19, 2019 • 6:00 P.M. • FAIRFIELD, CONN. • WILLIAM H. PITT CENTER CORNELL COACHING STAFF LIVE AUDIO: 1160 ESPN ITHACA (MARK SHELLEY) HEAD COACH ROB KOLL FIRST-EVER MEETING BEtwEEN THE PROGRAMS Cornell head coach Rob Koll is in his 26th season at Cornell (298-93-5, .759; 117-8-1 Ivy, .932) ... he is the David R. Dunlop ‘59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time win- STORY LINES: ningest wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided • Tenth-ranked Cornell will attempt to snap its first losing streak in three years when it visits Ivy rival Columbia and first-time opponent the Big Red to 16 straight Ivy League titles (19 overall), 11 EIWA crowns and eight top five NCAA team finishes, including Sacred Heart on the road this coming weekend. second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 2005 NWCA Division • Live video of Saturday’s 1 p.m. dual vs. Columbia can be viewed live on ESPN+, while both matches, including the 6 p.m. matchup at I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his Sacred Heart, will be broadcast on 1160 ESPN Ithaca with Mark Shelley on the call. wrestlers have won 15 national titles with 67 All-Americans and 61 individual EIWA champions. • Cornell head coach Rob Koll enters the weekend with 298 career wins and is on the verge of becoming the eighth Big Red coach in any ASSISTANT COacHES ............................................Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) sport to hit the 300-win plateau. Gabe Dean (Cornell ‘17) • Cornell entered the season looking to extend its record streak of Ivy titles to 17, regain its EIWA championship from Lehigh and prepared VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COacH ............................Kyle Dake (Cornell ‘13) to make a mark at nationals. ATHLETIC TRAINER ............................................................. Chris Scarlata STRENGTH COacH ............................................................... Tom Howley • Cornell is ranked 10th nationally in the latest USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll and is 5-2 in dual matches this season, with wins over nationally ranked Northern Iowa (21-14) and Wyoming (23-9), as well as both West Virginia (20-15) and Indiana (21-10). CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • The Big Red has set its sights high — with the NCAA Championships set for Pittsburgh, Pa. in March, Cornell believes it should be in DIRECTOR .................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan DEPUTY DIRECTOR .................................................................. Julie Greco the mix for yet another top 10 team finish. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - CONTENT MANAGER ............... Brandon Thomas • After taking second at the EIWA Championships at Hofstra last spring, snapping a string of 11 consecutive conference titles, the Big INTERN - MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR ..............................................JJ Klein Red took seven qualifiers to the national championships - crowning four All-Americans and Yianni Diakomihalis as the NCAA champion DIR. OF MULTIMEDIA, PROD. & WEB COMM. ......................John Lukach ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - VIDEO ..............................................John Enright at 141 pounds on the way to a seventh-place team finish. DIGITAL CONTENT & STRATEGIC COMM. SPECIALIST .......... Eldon Lindsay • Seven NCAA qualifiers return — Chas Tucker (133), Diakomihalis (141), Jon Jay Chavez (165), Brandon Womack (174), Max Dean (184), WEB SITE ................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com Facebook ........................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics Ben Honis (197) and Jeramy Sweany (285). Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports • Returning champion Diakomihalis joins Chavez, Womack (2017 at 165) and Dean as All-Americans back in the lineup. YouTube .............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics A WIN OVER COLUMBIA WOULD: 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • improve Cornell to 6-2 on the season and 2-1 against EIWA rivals. Overall Record: 5-2 • be the 84th consecutive dual meet win over an Ivy League opponent, including the 33rd straight against the Lions. Ivy League: 0-0 • EIWA: 1-2 • Non-Conference: 5-2 Home: 1-0 • Road: 2-1 • Neutral: 2-1 • make the Big Red 32-6 in dual meets over the last three years (.842). • be the 299th career victory for head coach Rob Koll (298-93-5, .759). NOVEMBER • give the Big Red an 816-402-20 (.667) all-time dual meet record. 16 at Binghamton ...................................................W, 36-6 17 WEST VIRGINIA ......................................W, 20-15 THE CORNELL-COLUMBIA SERIES: 18 NEW YORK STATE INTERCOLLEGIATES ..11th, 58 pts. • Cornell leads the all-time series 90-13 dating back to the 1907-08 season when the teams first met. DECEMBER • The Big Red has won 32 consecutive dual meets against the Lions. 30-1 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ...................21st, 20 pts. • Columbia’s last win over the Big Red came in a 20-19 Lions victory in Ithaca during the 1985-86 campaign. 16 at #16 Northern Iowa .......................................W, 21-14 29-30 South Beach Duals LAST TIME VS. COLUMBIA: 29 & vs. #18 Wyoming ................................................W, 23-9 • Cornell senior Gabe Dean became the school’s career leader in bonus point wins with a first-minute fall as the ninth-ranked Big Red 30 & vs. Indiana ........................................................W, 21-10 dominated the second half of the meet in a 34-9 win over Columbia on Feb. 4, 2017 at University Gymnasium. 30 & vs. #6 Missouri ..................................................... L, 9-22 • Dean earned the fall over Jacob Young just 38 seconds into his match to collect his 94th bonus point victory, surpassing four-time All-American Cam Simaz (93). JANUARY • Dean’s continued dominance overshadowed an early Big Red deficit, as Columbia led 9-3 after three matches. 12 # at Lehigh ........................................................... L, 16-19 • Cornell answered in a big way - seven consecutive wins to cruise to the victory. 19 *# at Columbia ..................................................... 1:00 p.m. • Noah Baughman opened the match with a hard-fought 4-0 win over Johnson Mai at 125, but the Lions responded with a fall at 133 at Sacred Heart ................................................ 6:00 p.m. and a third period tilt that allowed for a Columbia decision at 141. 26 *# at Brown ........................................................ 11:00 a.m. • Jonathan Furnas got Cornell back within 9-6 with a 5-1 victory over Sam Ward, and Taylor Simaz put the visitors in the lead for good *# at Harvard ....................................................... 6:00 p.m. with a first period fall over Tyler Oberg at 157. FEBRUARY • Senior Brian Realbuto’s pin at 174 put the Big Red on the verge of winning, then Dean’s fall put Cornell over the top for the program’s 2 #24 LOCK HAVEN ...................................1:00 p.m. Projected Starting Lineup at Columbia, Sacred Heart 8 *# PENN ...................................................6:30 p.m. 9 *# #22 PRINCETON ....................................1:00 p.m. #7 Cornell Big Red Weight Notes 15 at #13 Virginia Tech .......................................... 6:00 p.m. #11 Vitali Arujau (13-1) .............................................125 ..................Perfect 8-0 record since dropping to 125, 4x NYS HS champ 16 at #17 North Carolina ...................................... 6:00 p.m. #12 Chas Tucker (14-4) ..............................................133 ..................2018 NCAA qualifier, EIWA runner-up, 2018 Bearcat Open champ 22 #2 OHIO STATE ......................................6:30 p.m. #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (12-0) ...................................141 .................. 2018 NCAA champion, EIWA champ, 49-1 career record J. Furnas (13-5)/H. Richard (9-5)/C. Schoenherr (19-7) ...149 ..................Trio has 41-17 record in ‘18-19, 2 Open titles, 7 podium finishes MARCH Fredy Stroker (5-3) ....................................................157 ..................Transfer from Minn., 2018 Shorty Hitchcock champ, 20-17 career 8-9 at EIWA Championships (Vestal, N.Y.) .................. All Day Milik Dawkins (6-9) or Jon Jay Chavez (0-0) ..............165 ..................5th at Bing. Open, 27-19 career; 2018 All-American, EIWA champ 21-23 at NCAA Championships (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ........... All Day #15 Brandon Womack (11-5) ....................................174 ..................2017