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CornellBigRed.com2015-16 CORNELLCornell Athletics WRESTLING@CornellSports Game Notes CornellAthletics Follow Big Red wRestling matCh 7 #6 LEHIGH mountain hawKs (10-1) vs. #15 CoRNELL Big Red (3-3) World Wide Web ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com Saturday, Jan. 23, 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 leHigH leads THe series 59-31-3 • corNell WoN 22-15 (Feb. 22, 2015 iN ioWa city, ioWa) camps ............................................www.CornellWrestlingCamps.com live video (Home maTcHes) .............www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com STORY LINES: live audio (all maTcHes) .....................................www.ESPNIthaca.com • No. 15 Cornell and No. 6 Lehigh perennially battle atop the EIWA standings, and the Mountain Hawks will look to overcome the recent CoRnell CoaChing staFF Big Red dominance in conference dual meet competition when the two teams meet on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Friedman head CoaCh RoB Koll Wrestling Center. Cornell head coach Rob Koll is in his 23rd season at Cornell (263-86-5, .750; 103-8-1 Ivy, .924) ... he is the David R. Dunlop ‘59 • You can listen to this weekend’s match at ESPN Ithaca 1160 AM/107.1 FM or ESPNIthaca.com with Keith Raad on the call or watch on Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time winningest the IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork. wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided the Big Red to 13 straight Ivy League titles (16 overall), nine consecutive • Cornell enters the weekend having won five straight duals against its rival Mountain Hawks and 47 straight against EIWA foes dating EIWA crowns and eight top five NCAA team finishes, including back to Lehigh’s 17-15 win on Jan. 20, 2011 in Bethlehem, Pa. second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 2005 NWCA Division I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his • The home team has won nine consecutive EIWA titles and the two teams have combined to win 14 straight. wrestlers have won 12 national titles with 56 All-Americans • Cornell is 45-5 (.900) all-time in the Friedman Wrestling Center, including 42-2 in its last 44 matches, but is 0-1 against Lehigh after and 51 individual EIWA champions. dropping a 16-16 match by criteria on Jan. 25, 2004. AssistAnt Coaches ...........................Damion Hahn (Minnesota ‘04) Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) • 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 Donnie Vinson (Binghamton ‘12) its first team title if it can get its lineup healthy. AthletiC trAiner .............................................................Chris Scarlata • Cornell features a pair of unbeaten, top-ranked wrestlers in Nahshon Garrett (24-0 at 133) and Gabe Dean (24-0 at 184). strength CoACh ..............................................................Tom Howley • Garrett, a three-time All-American, won both the Las Vegas Invitational and the Southern Scuffle events and has now won 136 matches, good for fifth on the school’s career list. CoRnell athletiC CommuniCations DireCtor .................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan • Dean, the defending national champion, brings a string of 52 consecutive wins into the weekend’s duals, the third-longest in the country Deputy DireCtor .................................................................. Julie Greco (Nick Gwiazdowski of NC State, 75 matches at heavyweight; Isaiah Martinez of Illinois, 60 matches at 157). AssistAnt DireCtor - Content MAnAger ............... Brandon Thomas intern - MultiMeDiA CoorDinAtor ............................Amanda Ghysel • Junior Brian Realbuto, the national runner-up a season ago at 157 pounds, is now 24-3 on the season and has been ranked as high as Dir. of MultiMeDiA, proD. & Web CoMM. .......................John Lukach No. 1 at 174 pounds after moving up two weight classes during the offseason. AssistAnt DireCtor - ViDeo ..............................................John Enright Web site .................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com • Senior Duke Pickett is the fourth ranked wrestler, sitting No. 19 at 165 pounds. Facebook ........................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics • A number of Big Red wrestlers in the lineup are on the borderline of being ranked, including freshman Dalton Macri (125), Joey Galasso Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports YouTube .............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics (149) and Jeramy Sweany (285), while both Mark Grey (133) and Dylan Palacio (157) — formerly ranked at their weights — are expected back from injury this semester. 2015-16 sChedule & Results NOVEMBER THE STREAKS: 21 DREXEL # ................................................W, 37-3 22 NEW YORK STATE INTERCOLLEGIATES & ....1st, 202 pts. • Cornell is 91-18-1 (.832) in dual meet competition in the last seven seasons. • Cornell has won 70 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign. Grapple at the Garden (New York, N.Y.) 29 vs. #5 Nebraska ................................................. L, 14-21 • 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 vs. #14 Rutgers .................................................. L, 13-21 (eight straight). • The Big Red has won 47 straight duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11. DECEMBER • Cornell is 86-3-1 (.961) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 78-0 against teams other than Lehigh. 4-5 at Las Vegas Invitational (Las Vegas, Nev.) ......2nd, 113 pts. • The Big Red is 36-3 (.923) in its last 39 home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season. • Big Red wrestling has won 65 consecutive dual meets against unranked teams dating back to the beginning of the 2007-08 season. JANUARY • Cornell has won nine consecutive EIWA team titles, the longest streak in conference history. 1-2 at Southern Scuffle (Chattanooga, Tenn.) .. 4th, 98.5 pts. 10 at #4 Missouri .................................................... L, 17-18 • 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. 15 * HARVARD ^ ..........................................W, 31-14 • Cornell has won 27 straight meets against New York state opponents. 16 * BROWN ^ .............................................W, 30-13 • Cornell has won seven consecutive EIWA championships at 125 pounds (Troy Nickerson in 2009, 2010; Frank Perrelli in 2011, 2012; 23 #6 LEHIGH ^ ........................................6:30 p.m. Nahshon Garrett in 2013, 2014, 2015), the most consecutive in one weight class by any school since Lehigh won at 177 pounds from 1974-81, a record eight straight seasons. FEBRUARY • The Big Red has won four consecutive New York State team titles. 6 * COLUMBIA ^ ........................................1:00 p.m. 7 #5 OKLAHOMA STATE # ..........................1:00 p.m. 13 * at Penn ............................................................ 1:00 p.m. ABOUT LEHIGH: * at Princeton ..................................................... 7:00 p.m. • Lehigh brings a 10-1 dual meet record and an eight-match win streak into Saturday’s dual meet against the Big Red. 22 NWCA National Duals ................................................TBD • Six wrestlers enter the week ranked in the top 20 in the most recent Intermat poll, including 2015 national finalist and third-ranked Nathaniel Brown (13-2) at 184. Brown enters the weekend 0-6 against Cornell’s defending national champion Gabe Dean (24-0). MARCH 5-6 at EIWA Championships (Princeton, N.J.) ............. All Day 17-19 at NCAA Championships (New York, N.Y.) ............ All Day Projected Starting Lineup vs. #6 Lehigh * - Ivy League game #16 Cornell Big Red ........................Weight....Notes # - Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.) Dalton Macri (10-4) ........................................125 ...........Ranked in top 20 in a pair of national polls, 6-1 in last 7 matches & - Barton Hall (Ithaca, N.Y.) #1 Nahshon Garrett (24-0) ............................. ...........3x All-American and EIWA champ, 5th Cornell in career wins (136) ^ - Friedman Wrestling Center (Ithaca, N.Y.) 133 Home games in BOLD CAPS Mark Grey (6-5) .............................................141 ...........2x NCAA qualifier, 2x 2nd team All-Ivy, made NCAA All-America round in 2014 Joey Galasso (15-9) ........................................149 ...........One of four freshman starters, PA state champion as a HS junior Dylan Palacio (6-1) .........................................157 ...........Ranked top 10 preseason, 2x 1st-team All-Ivy at 165, missed fall due to injury #19 Duke Pickett (19-7) .................................165 ...........Consensus top 20 wrestler, 1st team All-Ivy in 2015 #7 Brian Realbuto (24-3) ................................174 ...........2015 NCAA runner-up at 157, 2x All-American, ranked as high as #1 this year #1 Gabe Dean (24-0) ......................................184 ...........2015 NCAA champ, 2x