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March 16-18, 2017 • Page 1 CornellBigRed.com2016-17 CORNELLCornell Athletics WRESTLING@CornellSports Game Notes CornellAthletics FOLLOW BIG RED WRESTLING NCAAS #7 CORNELL BIG RED (13-2, 5-0 IVY) AT 2017 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS WORLD WIDE WEB ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com FACEBOOK ...................................www.Facebook.com/cornellwrestling March 16-18, 2017 • Saint LouiS, Mo. • Scottrade center (19,260) TWIttER ......................................... www.Twitter.com/bigredwrestling teLeviSion: ESPN aNd ESPNU • Live video: ESPN3.com • Live StatS: NCAA.COM haMpionS YOUTUBE ......................................www.Youtube.com/cornellwrestling eiWa c — 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1930, 1958, 1992, 1993, CAMPS ............................................www.CornellWrestlingCamps.com 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 LIVE VIDEO (HOME MATCHES) .............www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com LIVE AUDIO (ALL MATCHES) ......................................www.ESPNIthaca.com STORY LINES: CORNELL COACHING STAFF • Years of hard work and dedication will all come together when the Big Red’s contingent of six wrestlers heads to Saint Louis, Mo. for a HEAD COACH ROB KOLL three-day celebration of the sport when the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships begin on Thursday, March 16 at the Scottrade Center. Cornell head coach Rob Koll is in his 24th season at Cornell • Cornell won an unprecedented 11th consecutive EIWA title and its 15th-straight Ivy League crown earlier this spring and will attempt (280-89-5, .755; 111-8-1 Ivy, .929) ... he is the David R. Dunlop ‘59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time win- to claim its first NCAA team championship. ningest wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided • You can watch every match from the 2017 NCAA Tournament on ESPN’s family of networks. the Big Red to 15 straight Ivy League titles (18 overall), 11 consecutive EIWA crowns and eight top five NCAA team • Senior Gabe Dean, a leading candidate for the Hodge Award as the nation’s most outstanding wrestler, enters the tournament on a finishes, including second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 41-match win streak and will attempt to cap a storied career with his third NCAA title. 2005 NWCA Division I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his wrestlers have won 14 national titles • Two weeks ago, Dean became the 11th four-time EIWA champion in conference history and the fifth Cornellian to make that claim. with 59 All-Americans and 55 individual EIWA champions. • Earlier in the year he became the third four-time Southern Scuffle champion and the sixth three-time Las Vegas Invite champ ASSISTANT COacHES .............................Damion Hahn (Minnesota ‘04) • Dean joins Dave Auble, Travis Lee and Kyle Dake as Cornell’s multiple-time NCAA champions and will be in search of his third, something Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) Donnie Vinson (Binghamton ‘12) only Dake has done. ATHLETIC TRAINER ............................................................. Chris Scarlata • Senior Brian Realbuto, the national runner-up at 157 pounds in 2015, is the No. 2 seed at 174 pounds after posting a 23-1 record (only STRENGTH COacH ............................................................... Tom Howley loss is a 3-2 decision to No. 1 seed Zahid Valencia of Arizona State) this season and winning his third EIWA title. • Also collecting a top 10 seed is senior Dylan Palacio (No. 7 at 157), a returning All-American at the weight and a two-time EIWA champion. CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • Cornell will also have two unseeded wrestlers who will have a chance to climb through the field. DIRECTOR .................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan DEPUTY DIRECTOR .................................................................. Julie Greco • Senior Mark Grey (133) and sophomore Ben Honis (197) both appear in national polls during the season after placing third at the EIWA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - CONTENT MANAGER ............... Brandon Thomas Championships. INTERN - MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR ...............................Katie Peverada DIR. OF MULTIMEDIA, PROD. & WEB COMM. ......................John Lukach • Grey is a three-time NCAA qualifier who made the blood round in 2014, falling one match short of All-America honors, and has a 4-4 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - VIDEO ..............................................John Enright career record at nationals. WEB SITE ................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com Facebook ........................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics • Honis will be making his first NCAA appearance. Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports YouTube .............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics CORNELL NCAA NOTES 2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • The Big Red has had at least one individual NCAA champion in eight of the last nine years and at least one finalist in nine straight campaigns. NOVEMBER • Cornell has at least two wrestlers seeded in the top two in their weight class from the third straight year (No. 1 Gabe Dean at 184, No. 19 BUFFALO # ............................................W, 18-15 2 Brian Realbuto at 174). 20 NEW YORK STATE INTERCOLLEGIATES #.....1st, 155 pts. • Cornell has placed in the top five at the NCAA championships in six of the last eight seasons and in the top 10 in 12 of the last 14 years Grapple at the Garden (New York, N.Y.) (nine straight). 27 vs. Hofstra ..........................................................W, 39-0 • The Big Red has had 13 different wrestlers win a combined 19 NCAA titles. Kyle Dake is one of three wrestlers to claim four national vs. #10 Rutgers .................................................W, 28-10 crowns (doing it in four different weight classes), while Gabe Dean, Dave Auble, Travis Lee have won two titles each. DECEMBER • Cornell has had 38 wrestlers earn a total of 75 All-America honors, including 55 total All-Americans since 2002. 2-3 at Las Vegas Invitational (Las Vegas, Nev.) ......5th, 93.5 pts. • Since Rob Koll took over prior to the 1993-94 campaign, Cornell has had 158 NCAA qualifiers, 55 All-Americans and 14 national 16 at #1 Oklahoma State ........................................ L, 19-23 champions. In the first 63 seasons of the NCAA tournament, the Big Red program had 82 total NCAA qualifiers, 16 All-Americans and 18 at #18 Oklahoma ..............................................W, 21-19 five national champions. • Cornell wrestlers have won at least 20 total matches in nine straight NCAA tournaments and 13 of the last 14. JANUARY • The Big Red has qualified at least half its lineup in 18 of the last 19 seasons and 16 in a row. 1-2 at Southern Scuffle (Chattanooga, Tenn.) ..... 8th, 63 pts. 13 #25 DREXEL ^........................................W, 24-18 • Cornell has scored at least 50 team points in 13 of the last 14 NCAA tournaments, finishing no lower than 12th in any campaign. 14 #9 MISSOURI ^ .......................................L, 11-25 • At least three Cornellians have taken the podium as All-Americans in each of the last 14 seasons. 21 at #7 Lehigh .....................................................W, 21-20 • The team’s six qualifiers are its fewest since four wrestled in the 2001 campaign. 22 LOCK HAVEN ..........................................W, 31-15 • The Big Red’s six NCAA qualifiers were 100-11 (.901) against wrestlers who did not advance to the championship meet this season. 28 * at Brown .............................................................W, 35-8 * at Harvard ........................................................W, 33-11 THE STREAKS: FEBRUARY • Cornell has won 11 consecutive EIWA team titles, the longest streak in conference history. 4 * at Columbia ........................................................W, 34-9 • The Big Red has crowned at least one EIWA champion in each of the last 16 seasons and in 26 of the last 27 years. 10 * PENN ^.................................................W, 27-10 • The Big Red is 58-1 (.983) in its last 59 duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11. 11 * PRINCETON ^ ........................................W, 21-12 • Cornell is 97-4-1 (.956) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 86-0 against teams other 19 #4 OHIO STATE # + .................................. W, 19-18 than Lehigh. • Head coach Rob Koll’s teams have racked up 15 Ivy League titles in a row, the longest title streak in any sport in conference history. MARCH 3-4 at EIWA Championships (Lewisburg, Pa.) ....1st, 163 pts. • Cornell has won 78 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign. 16-18 at NCAA Championships (Saint Louis, Mo.) .......... All Day * - Ivy League game Lineup at the 2017 EIWA Championship # - Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.) & - Barton Hall (Ithaca, N.Y.) #7 Cornell Big Red Weight Notes ^ - Friedman Wrestling Center (Ithaca, N.Y.) Mark Grey (20-10) ................................133 ............. 3x NCAA qualifier, 3x EIWA third-place finisher, 79-40 career record + - NWCA National Dual Series (Ithaca, N.Y.) #6 Dylan Palacio (8-1) ..........................157 ............. 2016 NCAA All-American, 2x EIWA champ, 4x EIWA finalist, 80-17 career record Home games in BOLD CAPS #13 Brandon