CornellBigRed.com2018-19 CORNELLCornell Athletics WRESTLING@CornellSports Game Notes CornellAthletics FOLLOW BIG RED WRESTLING DUALS #8 CORNELL BIG RED (3-0, 0-0 IVY) AT THE SOUTH BEACH DUALS WORLD WIDE WEB ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com DEC. 29-30, 2018 • FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA • FORT LAUDERDALE CONVENTION CENTER FACEBOOK ...................................www.Facebook.com/cornellwrestling IVE IDEO RACKWRESTLING COM TWIttER ......................................... www.Twitter.com/bigredwrestling L V : T . YOUTUBE ......................................www.Youtube.com/cornellwrestling CORNELL IS 2-2 AT THE SOUTH BEACH DUALS • 2018: (NORTH DAKOTA STATE, L 20-16; #8 MINNESOTA, W 22-19; KENT STATE, W 27-7; #4 MISSOURI, L 27-11) CAMPS ............................................www.CornellWrestlingCamps.com LIVE VIDEO (HOME MATCHES) .......................www.IvyLeagueNetwork.com STORY LINES: LIVE AUDIO (ALL MATCHES) ......................................www.ESPNIthaca.com • The Cornell wrestling team will have an opportunity to wrestle four duals, including three against nationally ranked oppoentns, and CORNELL COACHING STAFF will attempt to hand head coach Rob Koll his 300th career victory when it opens the South Beach Duals on Saturday, Dec. 30. HEAD COACH ROB KOLL • The two-day event will see the Big Red grapple with No. 20 North Dakota State (11 a.m.) and No. 18 Wyoming (1 p.m.) on Saturday, Cornell head coach Rob Koll is in his 26th season at Cornell followed by Indiana (11 a.m.) and No. 6 Missouri (1 p.m.) on Sunday at the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. (296-91-5, .761; 117-8-1 Ivy, .932) ... he is the David R. Dunlop ‘59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time winningest • Live video of the duals can be viewed with a subscription to Trackwrestling. wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided the Big • Koll, who was one of the creative minds behind the event — now in its second year and featuring 16 collegiate teams, nine ranked Red to 16 straight Ivy League titles (19 overall), 11 EIWA among the top 25 — enters the weekend with 296 career wins and would become the eighth Big Red coach in any sport to hit the crowns and eight top five NCAA team finishes, including second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 2005 NWCA Division 300-win plateau if it can win all four duals. I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his • Cornell entered the season looking to extend its record streak of Ivy titles to 17, regain its EIWA championship and prepared to make wrestlers have won 15 national titles with 67 All-Americans a mark at nationals. and 61 individual EIWA champions. • Cornell is ranked eighth nationally in the latest USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll and is 3-0 in dual matches this season, ASSISTANT COacHES ............................................Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) Gabe Dean (Cornell ‘17) with wins over Binghamton (36-6), West Virginia (20-15) and No. 16 Northern Iowa (21-14). ATHLETIC TRAINER ............................................................. Chris Scarlata • The Big Red has set its sights high — with the NCAA Championships set for Pittsburgh, Pa. in March, Cornell believes it should be in STRENGTH COacH ............................................................... Tom Howley the mix for yet another top 10 team finish. • After taking second at the EIWA Championships at Hofstra last spring, snapping a string of 11 consecutive conference titles, the Big CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Red took seven qualifiers to the national championships - crowning four All-Americans and Yianni Diakomihalis as the NCAA champion DIRECTOR .................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan at 141 pounds on the way to a seventh-place team finish. DEPUTY DIRECTOR .................................................................. Julie Greco ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - CONTENT MANAGER ............... Brandon Thomas • Seven NCAA qualifiers return — Chas Tucker (133), Yianni Diakomihalis (141), Jon Jay Chavez (165), Brandon Womack (174), Max Dean INTERN - MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR ..............................................JJ Klein (184), Ben Honis (197) and Jeramy Sweany (285). DIR. OF MULTIMEDIA, PROD. & WEB COMM. ......................John Lukach • Returning champion Diakomihalis joins Chavez, Womack (2017 at 165) and Dean as All-Americans back in the lineup. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - VIDEO ..............................................John Enright DIGITAL CONTENT & STRATEGIC COMM. SPECIALIST .......... Eldon Lindsay WEB SITE ................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com A WIN OVER NORTH DAKOTA STATE WOULD: Facebook ........................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports • start Cornell off 4-0 in dual meets in 2018-19. YouTube .............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics • extend the Big Red’s dual meet win streak to 13 matches dating back to last year. • even the all-time record between the teams at 1-1. 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • make the Big Red 30-4 in dual meets over the last three years (.882). Overall Record: 3-0 • give Cornell a 3-2 record in the South Beach Duals. Ivy League: 0-0 • EIWA: 1-0 • Non-Conference: 3-0 • be the 297th career victory for head coach Rob Koll (296-91-5, .761). Home: 1-0 • Road: 2-0 • Neutral: 0-0 • give the Big Red an 814-400-20 (.668) all-time dual meet record. NOVEMBER 16 at Binghamton ...................................................W, 36-6 ABOUT THE SOUTH BEACH DUALS: 17 WEST VIRGINIA ......................................W, 20-15 • The brainchild of Cornell head coach Rob Koll and former Big Red assistant and current Missouri head coach Brian Smith, the South 18 NEW YORK STATE INTERCOLLEGIATES ..11th, 58 pts. Beach Duals is in its second year of exisence and has grown from 12 to 16 Division I schools. • The Big Red went 2-2 a year ago at the inaugural event, collecting wins over No. 8 Minnesota (22-19) and Kent State (27-7) and dropping DECEMBER matches to North Dakota State (20-16) and No. 4 Missouri (27-11). 30-1 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ...................21st, 20 pts. • Eventual national champion Yianni Diakomihalis suffered his only collegiate loss at the event a year ago, falling to Missouri’s Jaydin 16 at #16 Northern Iowa .......................................W, 21-14 Eierman — he’d avenge the loss with a win over Eierman in the NCAA semifinals. 29-30 South Beach Duals • He will again face third-ranked Eierman, as well as 16th-ranked Cole Weaver of Indiana, this season. 29 & vs. #20 North Dakota State ............................ 11:00 a.m. • Freshman Vitali Arujau, freshly ranked after making his debut at 125. will have an opportunity to climb the rankings with matches 29 & vs. #18 Wyoming ............................................. 1:00 p.m. against No. 10 Brent Fleetwood of North Dakota State and Missouri’s No. 16 Colby Smith. 30 & vs. Indiana ..................................................... 11:00 a.m. • At 133, Cornell’s Chas Tucker will face No. 9 John Erneste of Missouri and No. 12 Montorie Bridges of Wyoming, as well as No. 19 Cam Sykora of North Dakota State. 30 & vs. #6 Missouri ................................................. 1:00 p.m. • Returning All-American Jon Jay Chavez will have a chance to make a strong debut at 165 with matches against No. 9 Branson Ashworth JANUARY of Wyoming, No. 13 Connor Flynn of Missouri and No. 17 Andrew Fogarty of North Dakota State. 12 # at #21 Lehigh .................................................. 2:00 p.m. • Another former All-American, Brandon Womack at 174, will smatch up with No. 4 Daniel Lewis of Missouri, while heavyweight Jeramy Sweany 19 *# at Columbia ..................................................... 1:00 p.m. will match up with No. 13 Zach Elam of Missouri and No. 20 Brian Andrews of Wyoming, who handed him one of his two losses this season. at Sacred Heart ................................................ 6:00 p.m. 26 *# at Brown ........................................................ 11:00 a.m. LAST TIME OUT: • Sophomore Yianni Diakomihalis made his 2018-19 dual meet debut and Cornell ran off wins in the final three matches to overcome a *# at Harvard ....................................................... 6:00 p.m. FEBRUARY Projected Starting Lineup at South Beach Duals 2 #19 LOCK HAVEN ...................................1:00 p.m. 8 *# PENN ...................................................6:30 p.m. #8 Cornell Big Red Weight Notes 9 *# PRINCETON ..........................................1:00 p.m. #13 Vitali Arujau (6-1) ...............................................125 .................. 15 at #14 Virginia Tech .......................................... 6:00 p.m. #13 Chas Tucker (11-2) ..............................................133 ..................2018 NCAA qualifier, EIWA runner-up, 2018 Bearcat Open champ 16 at #12 North Carolina ...................................... 6:00 p.m. #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (4-0) .....................................141 .................. 2018 NCAA champion, EIWA champ, 42-1 career record 22 #2 OHIO STATE ......................................6:30 p.m. J. Furnas (10-3)/H. Richard (7-4)/C. Schoenherr (12-3) ...149 ..................Trio has 29-10 record in ‘18-19, 2 Open titles, 6 podium finishes #18 Fredy Stroker (3-0) .............................................157 ..................Transfer from Minn., 2018 Shorty Hitchcock