CornellBigRed.com2018-19 CORNELLCornell Athletics WRESTLING@CornellSports Game Notes CornellAthletics FOLLOW BIG RED WRESTLING EIWAS #9 CORNELL BIG RED (13-3, 5-0 IVY) AT 2019 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD WIDE WEB ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com FACEBOOK ...................................www.Facebook.com/cornellwrestling MARCH 8-9, 2019 • VESTAL, N.Y. • BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY EVENTS CENTER (5,142) TWIttER ......................................... www.Twitter.com/bigredwrestling LIVE VIDEO: FLOWRESTLING.COM • LIVE STATS: TRACKWRESTLING.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 EIWA Championship CORNELL COACHING STAFF #9 Cornell Big Red Weight Notes HEAD COACH ROB KOLL #7 Vitali Arujau (23-1) .......................... ............. Perfect 18-0 record since dropping to 125, 20-match win streak 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 #10 Chaz Tucker (23-4) .........................133 ............. 2018 NCAA qualifier, EIWA runner-up, 46-16 career, enters with 10-match win streak ‘59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time win- #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (20-0) .............. ............. 2018 NCAA champion, EIWA champ, Ivy Wrestler of the Year, 57-1 career record ningest wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided 141 the Big Red to 16 straight Ivy League titles (19 overall), 11 Jonathan Furnas (19-7) ........................149 ............. 2018 NYS champ, 2017 All-Ivy 2nd team, 2x EIWA qualifier, 59-28 career EIWA crowns and eight top five NCAA team finishes, including Adam Santoro (16-9) ........................... ............. 2017 NYS champion, 5th at Binghamton Open, 30-22 career record second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 2005 NWCA Division 157 I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his Andrew Berreyesa (14-8) .....................165 ............. 2018 UWW Junior World Member, 2018 New York State & Lock Haven Open champ wrestlers have won 15 national titles with 67 All-Americans #16 Brandon Womack (17-7) ............... ............. 2017 NCAA All-American, EIWA champ, 2x NCAA qualifier, 71-29 career record and 61 individual EIWA champions. 174 #7 Max Dean (17-5) .............................184 ............. 2018 NCAA All-American, EIWA semifinalist, first-team All-Ivy, 49-11 career ASSISTANT COacHES ............................................Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) Gabe Dean (Cornell ‘17) #7 Ben Honis (16-3) .............................197 ............. 2017 NCAA qualifier, 2018 Binghamton Open champ, 2x EIWA qualifier, 64-32 career VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COacH ............................Kyle Dake (Cornell ‘13) Jeramy Sweany (12-6) .........................HWT ........... 2016 & 2018 NCAA qualifier, 2x All-Ivy, 3x EIWA qualifier, 66-41 career record ATHLETIC TRAINER ............................................................. Chris Scarlata STRENGTH COacH ............................................................... Tom Howley STORY LINES: CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • The Cornell wrestling team will attempt to begin a brand new championship streak when head coach Rob Koll and his squad compete DIRECTOR .................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan DEPUTY DIRECTOR .................................................................. Julie Greco in the 2019 EIWA Championship beginning on Friday, March 8 at the Binghamton University Events Center. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - CONTENT MANAGER ............... Brandon Thomas • Live video of the duals can be viewed on FloWrestling. INTERN - MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR ..............................................JJ Klein DIR. OF MULTIMEDIA, PROD. & WEB COMM. ......................John Lukach • The Big Red has already extended its record streak of Ivy titles to 17 and is now poised to attempt to regain its EIWA championship from ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - VIDEO ..............................................John Enright Lehigh as well as make a mark at nationals. DIGITAL CONTENT & STRATEGIC COMM. SPECIALIST .......... Eldon Lindsay WEB SITE ................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com • Cornell is ranked ninth nationally in the latest USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll and was 13-3 in dual matches this Facebook ........................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics season, with wins over six nationally ranked teams — Northern Iowa (21-14), Wyoming (23-9), Lock Haven (32-9), Princeton (34-7) Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports YouTube .............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics Virginia Tech (17-16) and North Carolina (29-5) — as well as both West Virginia (20-15) and Indiana (21-10). • The Big Red has set its sights high — with the NCAA Championships set for Pittsburgh, Pa. in March, Cornell believes it should be in 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS the mix for yet another top 10 team finish. Overall Record: 13-2 • After taking second at the EIWA Championships at Hofstra last spring, snapping a string of 11 consecutive conference titles, the Big Red Ivy League: 5-0 • EIWA: 6-1 • Non-Conference: 6-1 took seven qualifiers to the national championships - crowning four All-Americans and Yianni Diakomihalis as the NCAA champion at Home: 4-0 • Road: 7-1 • Neutral: 2-1 141 pounds on the way to a seventh-place team finish. NOVEMBER • Six NCAA qualifiers will attempt to make return trips to nationals — Chas Tucker (133), Diakomihalis (141), Brandon Womack (174), 16 # at Binghamton ...................................................W, 36-6 Max Dean (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. • Seven wrestlers are EIWA tournament veterans, with each earning a spot on the podium in their careers and combining for two Eastern DECEMBER titles — Brandon Womack at 165 in 2017 and Yianni Diakomihalis at 141 in 2018. 30-1 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ...................21st, 20 pts. • Sweany (5-4) and Womack (8-1) will be making their third appearance at Easterns, while Dean (3-1), Diakomihalis (4-0), Honis (4-1), 16 at #16 Northern Iowa .......................................W, 21-14 Tucker (3-1) and Jonathan Furnas (3-3) return for a second year. 29-30 South Beach Duals • Freshmen Vitali Arujau (125) and Andrew Berreyesa (165) and sophomore Adam Santoro (157) will all be making their first EIWA 29 & vs. #18 Wyoming ................................................W, 23-9 appearances. 30 & vs. Indiana ........................................................W, 21-10 • In all, Cornell will attempt to clinch 10 of the 47 bids to the NCAA Tournament during the two day tournament. 30 & vs. #6 Missouri ..................................................... L, 9-22 WHAT’S AT STAKE?: JANUARY • A total of 47 bids to the NCAA tournament will be awarded by placement at the EIWA championship (equal to 2018 and four more 12 # at Lehigh ........................................................... L, 16-19 than in 2017). 19 *# at Columbia ......................................................W, 30-10 • Only the Big Ten (78) and the Big 12 (53) will have more qualifiers than the EIWA. 26 *# at Brown .............................................................W, 42-6 • The top six at 157, 184 and 197 pounds will automatically qualify for NCAAs. *# at Harvard ..........................................................W, 50-0 • To earn a spot at NCAAs at 149 or 174, a wrestler will have to finish fifth or higher. FEBRUARY 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 Championship (Vestal, N.Y.) ................... All Day Mid-American Conference 4 3 4 1 5 1 2 2 1 4 27 21-23 at NCAA Championship (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 14 Home matches in BOLD CAPS Southern Conference 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 13 TOTAL NCAA QUALIFIERS 29 29 29 28 29 29 27 29 28 29 286 Cornell Big Red at EIWA Championship • Vestal, N.Y. (Binghamton University Events Center) March 8-9, 2019 • Page 1 CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics