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CornellBigRed.com2015-16 CORNELLCornell Athletics WRESTLING@CornellSports Game Notes CornellAthletics Follow Big Red wRestling matCh 5 HARVaRd CRimson (2-1, 0-0 iVy) Vs. #16 CoRNELL Big Red (1-3, 0-0 iVy) World Wide Web ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 • 6:30 p.m. • ithaca, n.y. • Friedman Wrestling center Facebook ....................................www.Facebook.com/cornellwrestling oNe adio THaca eiTH aad iVe ideo vY eague igiTal etwork com iVe tats rack resTliNg com TWiTTer .......................................... www.Twitter.com/bigredwrestling tV: N • r : espN i 1160 AM/107.1 Fm (k r ) • l V : i l d N . • l s : T W . YouTube .......................................www.Youtube.com/cornellwrestling corNell leads THe series 53-9 • corNell WoN lasT meeTiNg 30-8 (JaN. 17, 2015 iN cambridge, mass.) camps ............................................www.CornellWrestlingCamps.com live video (Home maTcHes) .............www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com matCh 6 BROWN BeaRs (0-3, 0-0 iVy) Vs. #14 CoRNELL Big Red (1-3, 0-0 iVy) live audio (all maTcHes) .....................................www.ESPNIthaca.com saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 • 1:00 p.m. • ithaca, n.y. • Friedman Wrestling center CoRnell CoaChing staFF tV: NoNe • radio: espN iTHaca 1160 AM/107.1 Fm (keiTH raad) • liVe Video: ivYleaguedigiTalNetwork.com • liVe stats: TrackWresTliNg.com head CoaCh RoB Koll corNell leads THe series 52-2 • corNell WoN lasT meeTiNg 33-9 (JaN. 17, 2015 iN provideNce, r.i.) Cornell head coach Rob Koll is in his 23rd season at Cornell (262-85-5, .751; 101-8-1 Ivy, .923) ... he is the David R. Dunlop ‘59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time winningest STORY LINES: wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided the Big Red • The Cornell wrestling team will put a nearly 14-year unbeaten streak against Ivy League opponents on the line when it welcomes Harvard to 13 straight Ivy League titles (16 overall), nine consecutive EIWA crowns and eight top five NCAA team finishes, including (Friday, Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m.) and Brown (Saturday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m.) to the Friedman Wrestling Center this weekend. second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 2005 NWCA Division • You can listen to this weekend’s matches at ESPN Ithaca 1160 AM/107.1 FM or ESPNIthaca.com with Keith Raad on the call or watch I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his wrestlers have won 12 national titles with 56 All-Americans on the IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork. and 51 individual EIWA champions. • Cornell enters the weekend having won 68 consecutive Ancient Eight duals and 13 straight Ivy League titles. AssistAnt Coaches ...........................Damion Hahn (Minnesota ‘04) • The Big Red has been especially dominant against Harvard (53-9) and Brown (52-2) over the years, posting a 105-11 all-time record Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) Donnie Vinson (Binghamton ‘12) against the two programs, with 14 in a row against the Crimson and 18 straight vs. the Bears. AthletiC trAiner .............................................................Chris Scarlata • The Big Red has set its sights high — with the NCAA Championships set for MSG in March, Cornell believes it should be in the mix for strength CoACh ..............................................................Tom Howley its first team title if it can get its lineup healthy. • Cornell features a pair of unbeaten, top-ranked wrestlers in Nahshon Garrett (24-0 at 133) and Gabe Dean (22-0 at 184). CoRnell athletiC CommuniCations • Garrett, a three-time All-American, won both the Las Vegas Invitational and the Southern Scuffle events and has now won 136 matches, DireCtor .................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan Deputy DireCtor .................................................................. Julie Greco good for fifth on the school’s career list. AssistAnt DireCtor - Content MAnAger ............... Brandon Thomas • Dean, the defending national champion, brings a string of 50 consecutive wins into the weekend’s duals, the third-longest in the country intern - MultiMeDiA CoorDinAtor ............................Amanda Ghysel Dir. of MultiMeDiA, proD. & Web CoMM. .......................John Lukach (Nick Gwiazdowski of NC State, 74 matches at heavyweight; Isaiah Martinez of Illinois, 58 matches at 157). AssistAnt DireCtor - ViDeo ..............................................John Enright • Junior Brian Realbuto, the national runner-up a season ago at 157 pounds, is now 22-3 on the season and has been ranked as high as Web site .................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com Facebook ........................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics No. 1 at 174 pounds after moving up two weight classes during the offseason. Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports 1. Penn State (12 1st place, 6-0) ......................300 YouTube .............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics • Senior Duke Pickett is the fourth ranked wrestler, sitting No. 18 at 165 pounds. 2. Iowa (8-0) ....................................................288 • A number of Big Red wrestlers in the lineup are on the borderline of being ranked, including freshman Dalton Macri (125), Joey Galasso 3. N.C. State (11-0) ..........................................271 2015-16 sChedule & Results (149) and Jeramy Sweany (285), while both Mark Grey (133) and Dylan Palacio (157) — formerly ranked at their weights — are expected 4. Missouri (5-0) ..............................................262 5. Virginia Tech (4-1) ........................................255 NOVEMBER back from injury this semester. 6. Ohio State (5-1) ...........................................236 21 DREXEL # ................................................W, 37-3 • Harvard features one ranked wrestler, as No. 7 Todd Preston at 141 pounds will meet either Dylan Realbuto or two-time All-Ivy selection 7. Oklahoma State (4-2) ..................................234 22 NEW YORK STATE INTERCOLLEGIATES & ....1st, 202 pts. Mark Grey, who advanced to the NCAA All-America round in 2014 and holds a 3-2 win over Preston in their only meeting, the finals of 8. Rutgers (10-2) .............................................203 Grapple at the Garden (New York, N.Y.) the 2014 Binghamton Open. 9. Nebraska (6-1) .............................................201 29 vs. #5 Nebraska ................................................. L, 14-21 10. Lehigh (7-1) .................................................190 vs. #14 Rutgers .................................................. L, 13-21 11. Illinois (8-1) .................................................183 THE STREAKS: 12. Oklahoma (5-2) ...........................................173 DECEMBER • Cornell is 89-18-1 (.829) in dual meet competition in the last seven seasons. 13. Michigan (4-1) .............................................157 4-5 at Las Vegas Invitational (Las Vegas, Nev.) ......2nd, 113 pts. • Cornell has won 68 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign. 14. Cornell (1-2) ................................................148 • Cornell has placed in the top five at the NCAA championships in six of the last seven seasons and in the top 10 in 11 of the last 13 years 15. North Carolina (6-1) .....................................130 JANUARY 16. Central Michigan (4-0) .................................112 (eight straight). 1-2 at Southern Scuffle (Chattanooga, Tenn.) .. 4th, 98.5 pts. • The Big Red has won 45 straight duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11. 17. Virginia (4-2) ...............................................107 10 at #4 Missouri .................................................... L, 17-18 18. Iowa State (3-2) ...........................................103 15 * HARVARD ^ .........................................6:30 p.m. • Cornell is 84-3-1 (.960) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 76-0 against teams other than Lehigh. 19. Purdue (5-1) ..................................................76 16 * BROWN ^ ............................................1:00 p.m. • The Big Red is 34-3 (.919) in its last 37 home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season. 20. Pittsburgh (5-1) .............................................72 23 #8 LEHIGH ^ ........................................6:30 p.m. 21. Ohio University (4-1) .....................................65 • Big Red wrestling has won 63 consecutive dual meets against unranked teams dating back to the beginning of the 2007-08 season. 22. Indiana (4-0) .................................................45 • Cornell has won nine consecutive EIWA team titles, the longest streak in conference history. 23. Minnesota (4-5) .............................................28 FEBRUARY • The Big Red has crowned at least one EIWA champion in each of the last 14 seasons and in 24 of the last 25 years. 24. Old Dominion (2-3) ........................................24 6 * COLUMBIA ^ ........................................1:00 p.m. • Cornell has won 27 straight meets against New York state opponents. 7 #5 OKLAHOMA STATE # ..........................1:00 p.m. 25. West Virginia (5-2) .........................................16 • Cornell has won seven consecutive EIWA championships at 125 pounds (Troy Nickerson in 2009, 2010; Frank Perrelli in 2011, 2012; Others receiving votes: Appalachian State, Wisconsin, Oregon State, 13 * at Penn ...........................................................