CornellBigRed.com2018-19 CORNELLCornell Athletics WRESTLING@CornellSports Game Notes CornellAthletics FOLLOW BIG RED WRESTLING NCAAS #7 CORNELL BIG RED (13-3, 5-0 IVY) AT 2019 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS WORLD WIDE WEB ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com FACEBOOK ...................................www.Facebook.com/cornellwrestling MARCH 21-23, 2019 • PITTSBURGH, PA. • PPG PAINTS ARENA (19,758) TWIttER ......................................... www.Twitter.com/bigredwrestling LIVE VIDEO: ESPN NEtwORKS • 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.IvyLeagueNetwork.com LIVE AUDIO (ALL MATCHES) ......................................www.ESPNIthaca.com Lineup at the 2019 NCAA Championship CORNELL COACHING STAFF #7 Cornell Big Red Weight Notes HEAD COACH ROB KOLL #8 Vitali Arujau (26-2) .......................... ............. Sports 21-1 record since dropping to 125, 2019 EIWA runner-up, 1st team All-Ivy Cornell head coach Rob Koll is in his 26th season at Cornell 125 (306-94-5, .762; 121-8-1 Ivy, .935) ... he is the David R. Dunlop #9 Chaz Tucker (27-4) ...........................133 ............. 2x NCAA qualifier, 2019 EIWA champ, 50-16 career, enters with 14-match win streak ‘59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time win- #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (24-0) .............. ............. 2018 NCAA champion, 2x EIWA champ, 2x Ivy Wrestler of the Year, 61-1 career record ningest wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided 141 the Big Red to 17 straight Ivy League titles (20 overall), 11 #16 Brandon Womack (20-8) ...............174 ............. 2017 NCAA All-American, 2017 EIWA champ, 3x NCAA qualifier, 74-30 career record EIWA crowns and eight top five NCAA team finishes, including #5 Max Dean (21-5) ............................. ............. 2018 NCAA All-American, 2019 EIWA champ, 2x first-team All-Ivy, 53-11 career second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 2005 NWCA Division 184 I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his #9 Ben Honis (19-4) .............................197 ............. 2x NCAA qualifier, 2x EIWA qualifier, 2019 EIWA runner-up, 67-33 career wrestlers have won 15 national titles with 67 All-Americans #24 Jeramy Sweany (15-8) ................... ........... 3x NCAA qualifier, 3x All-Ivy, 3x EIWA qualifier, 69-43 career record and 64 individual EIWA champions. HWT ASSISTANT COacHES ............................................Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) STORY LINES: Gabe Dean (Cornell ‘17) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COacH ............................Kyle Dake (Cornell ‘13) • Rob Koll’s Cornell wrestling team will head to Pittsburgh, Pa. with their sights set on bringing home national titles and All-America ATHLETIC TRAINER ............................................................. Chris Scarlata honors when the 2019 NCAA Championship begins on Thursday, March 21 at the PPG Paints Arena. STRENGTH COacH ............................................................... Tom Howley • Live video of every match can be viewed on the ESPN family of networks. CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • Cornell is ranked seventh nationally in the final USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll and was 13-3 in dual matches this DIRECTOR .................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan season, with wins over six nationally ranked teams — Northern Iowa (21-14), Wyoming (23-9), Lock Haven (32-9), Princeton (34-7) DEPUTY DIRECTOR .................................................................. Julie Greco ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - CONTENT MANAGER ............... Brandon Thomas Virginia Tech (17-16) and North Carolina (29-5) — as well as both West Virginia (20-15) and Indiana (21-10). INTERN - MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR ..............................................JJ Klein • The Big Red has already extended its record streak of Ivy titles to 17, extending its conference win streak to 88 matches in the process, DIR. OF MULTIMEDIA, PROD. & WEB COMM. ......................John Lukach ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - VIDEO ..............................................John Enright and took second at the EIWA championship. DIGITAL CONTENT & STRATEGIC COMM. SPECIALIST .......... Eldon Lindsay • Cornell also ranked at the top of the NWCA Mid-Major poll for the second time in three years. WEB SITE ................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com Facebook ........................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics • The Big Red has set its sights high — with the NCAA Championships set for Pittsburgh, Pa. in March, Cornell believes it should be in Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports the mix for yet another top 10 team finish — something it has done in each of the last 11 seasons. YouTube .............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics • Only Cornell and Iowa can make that claim. 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • The Big Red bring seven qualifiers to nationals this season — the same number it did a year ago when it crowned four All-Americans Overall Record: 13-2 and Yianni Diakomihalis as the NCAA champion at 141 pounds on the way to a seventh-place team finish. Ivy League: 5-0 • EIWA: 6-1 • Non-Conference: 6-1 • Diakomihalis is looking to become the fifth multiple-time national champion in program history, joining Big Red assistant coaches Kyle Home: 4-0 • Road: 7-1 • Neutral: 2-1 Dake ‘13 (a four-time champion) and Gabe Dean ‘17 (two-time champion). NOVEMBER • Six NCAA qualifiers are making a return trips to nationals — Chas Tucker (133), Diakomihalis (141), Brandon Womack (174), Max Dean 16 # at Binghamton ...................................................W, 36-6 (184), Ben Honis (197) and Jeramy Sweany (285). 17 WEST VIRGINIA ......................................W, 20-15 • Returning national champion Diakomihalis joins Womack (2017 at 165) and Dean as All-Americans eyeing another podium finish. 18 NEW YORK STATE INTERCOLLEGIATES ..11th, 58 pts. • Entering 2019 NCAAs, there are 22 former Big Red wrestlers who have earned All-America honors more than once. DECEMBER • Womack and Sweany are three-time NCAA qualifiers, becoming the 30th and 31st Big Red grapplers to reach nationals at least three times. • Sweany is out to become the first Big Red All-American at heavyweight in program history. 30-1 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ...................21st, 20 pts. • Freshman Vitali Arujau, the EIWA runner-up at 125 pounds, is making his first appearance at nationals and will attempt to become the 16 at #16 Northern Iowa .......................................W, 21-14 first Big Red All-American and 125 since Nahshon Garrett in 2015, as well as the fifth freshman All-American in the last three seasons. 29-30 South Beach Duals 29 & vs. #18 Wyoming ................................................W, 23-9 CORNELL NCAA NOTES: 30 & vs. Indiana ........................................................W, 21-10 • Cornell and Iowa are the only two schools to finish in the top 10 at NCAAs every year since 2008. 30 & vs. #6 Missouri ..................................................... L, 9-22 • The Big Red has had at least one individual NCAA champion in nine of the last 11 years and at least one finalist in 11 straight campaigns. JANUARY • Cornell has at least two wrestlers seeded in the top five in their weight class from the fifth straight year (No. 1 Yianni Diakomihalis at 12 # at Lehigh ........................................................... L, 16-19 141; No. 5 Max Dean at 184). 19 *# at Columbia ......................................................W, 30-10 • Cornell has placed in the top five at the NCAA championships in six of the last 10 seasons and in the top 10 in 14 of the last 16 years 26 *# at Brown .............................................................W, 42-6 (11 straight). *# at Harvard ..........................................................W, 50-0 • The Big Red has had 14 different wrestlers win a combined 20 NCAA titles — Kyle Dake is one of three wrestlers to claim four national FEBRUARY crowns (doing it in four different weight classes), while Gabe Dean, Dave Auble, Travis Lee have won two titles apiece. 2 #24 LOCK HAVEN ......................................W, 32-9 8 *# PENN ......................................................W, 40-3 2019 NCAA Qualifiers By Conference 9 *# #19 PRINCETON .......................................W, 34-7 Conference 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Total 15 at #14 Virginia Tech ...........................................W, 17-16 Big Ten Conference 9 8 9 6 9 9 8 8 5 7 78 16 at #13 North Carolina .........................................W, 29-5 Big 12 Conference 5 5 6 7 1 6 5 5 7 6 53 22 #6 OHIO STATE ..........................................L, 9-25 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association 4 4 3 5 6 4 5 6 6 4 47 MARCH Atlantic Coast Conference 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 37 8-9 at EIWA Championships (Vestal, N.Y.) .........2nd, 139 pts. Mid-American Conference 4 3 4 1 5 1 2 2 1 4 27 21-23 at NCAA Championships (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ........... All Day Pacific-12 Conference 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 17 * - Ivy League match; # - EIWA match; & - South Beach Duals Eastern Wrestling League 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2