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Match #6: Brown at Cornell
Tip off: Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m.
Site: Friedman Wrestling Center (1,000), Ithaca, N.Y.
2013-14 Records: Harvard (0-5, 0-0 Ivy); Cornell (5-0, 1-0 Ivy)
Series Record: Cornell leads 50-2
Last Meeting: Cornell won 35-6, Jan. 19, 2013 in Providence, R.I.
Radio: ESPN Ithaca (Matt Schultz)
TV: None
Live Video: available at IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com
Tickets: check availability by calling (607) 254-BEAR
Match #7: Rutgers at Cornell
Tip off: Sunday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m.
Site: Newman Arena (4,473), Ithaca, N.Y.
2013-14 Records: Rutgers (9-3); Cornell (5-0)
Series Record: Cornell leads 4-2-1
Last Meeting: Rutgers won 18-16, Jan. 31, 1998 in Princeton, N.J.
Radio: ESPN Ithaca (Matt Schultz)
TV: None
Live Video: available at IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com
Tickets: check availability by calling (607) 254-BEAR
HEAD COACH ROB KOLL
Cornell head coach
Rob Koll is in his 21st season at Cornell (236-79-5, .745; 92-8-1 Ivy, .916) ... he is the David R. Dunlop '59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell ... the all-time winningest wrestling coach in program history, Koll has guided the Big Red to 11 straight Ivy League titles (14 overall), seven consecutive EIWA crowns and seven top five NCAA team finishes, including second twice (2010, 2011) ... he was the 2005 NWCA Division I Coach of the Year and the Dan Gable Coach of the Year ... his wrestlers have won 11 national titles with 49 All-Americans and 42 individual EIWA champions.
STORY LINES: The Cornell wrestling team will attempt to remain unbeaten in dual meet competition when Brown and Rutgers visit Ithaca this weekend. The Big Red will attempt to take another step toward its 12th straight Ivy title when it meets Brown on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. before competing against the Scarlet Knights on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. at Newman Arena. The matches will be broadcast live on the Ivy League Digital Network, and you can listen to Matt Schultz call all the action on ESPN Ithaca.
Sunday's match, in particular, is special because it will serve as a benefit for Hospicare of Ithaca. Every person in attendance will help benefit in two ways. Fans can participate in the pledge challenge which people will donate for every person in attendance – a $.01 pledge per person would equate to $44.73 if Cornell meets its goal of selling out Newman Arena (capacity 4,473). There will also be an opportunity to give a donation at the event. You can also plan to bring family and friends to the matchup between the Big Red and the Scarlet Knights, as every person in attendance will contribute to raising additional funds. Hospicare of Ithaca provides high quality health care and services for those facing the final stages of terminal illness and their families.
The Big Red has had a strong campaign so far, winning all four dual meets and the New York State Intercollegiate tournament and placing fourth at both the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and the Southern Scuffle. Seven Big Red wrestlers rank in the top 20 nationally in their weight classes according to W.I.N. Magazine and lead one of the youngest teams in the country with four freshmen and two sophomores in the 10-man lineup. Returning NCAA All-Americans
Nahshon Garrett (second at 125 pounds) and
Mike Nevinger (11th at 141 pounds) are expected to lead the lineup along with 2013 NCAA qualifiers
Chris Villalonga (eighth at 149),
Jace Bennett and
Stryker Lane (HWT). Freshmen
Mark Grey (12th 133),
Brian Realbuto (eighth at 157),
Dylan Palacio (17th at 165) and
Gabe Dean (184) are all among the top 20 wrestlers in their respective weight classes, with Dean sitting No. 3 after his upset of Penn State's Ed Ruth, the two-time defending national champion.
Head coach
Rob Koll has built a powerhouse that has won 11 straight Ivy League titles, seven consecutive EIWA crowns and has four NCAA top-five team finishes in a row and nine top-10 finishes in the last 11 years. With five starters who qualified for NCAAs a year ago returning, as well as one of the top recruiting classes in the country, Cornell wrestling looks to reach all of those lofty goals yet again.
THE STREAKS:
• Cornell is 64-12-1 (.838) in dual meet competition in the last six seasons.
• Cornell has won 59 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign.
• The Big Red has won 29 straight duals against EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11.
• Cornell is 68-3-1 in dual meet action against EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 64-0 against teams other than Lehigh.
• The Big Red is 25-2 (.926) in its last 27 home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season.
• Big Red wrestling has won 45 consecutive dual meets against unranked teams dating back to the beginning of the 2007-08 season.
• Cornell has won 23 straight meets against New York state opponents.
• Freshman
Gabe Dean has won a team-high 13 consecutive matches, while sophomore
Nahshon Garrett has won 11 straight.
ABOUT BROWN:
• At 0-5 in dual meets this season, Brown has dropped two by six points or less.
• The Bears are coming off a pair of narrow losses at Bucknell, dropping contests to the Bison (22-19) an Clarion (24-16).
• Tenth-ranked Ophir Bernstein is the Bears' top wrestler and a near-certain NCAA qualifier at 184 pounds.
• First-year head coach Todd Beckerman is looking for his first win after spending eight seasons as assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator at Maryland.
• Brown was 1-4 in Ivy League dual meet competition a year ago.
THE SERIES WITH BROWN:
• Cornell has a decisive 50-2 edge in the all-time dual meet series with Brown and has won 16 consecutive matchups.
• The Bears last defeated the Big Red 19-16 on Feb. 15, 1997.
LAST TIME VS. BROWN:
• Cornell won 9-of-10 bouts as part of a 35-6 victory over Brown on Jan. 19. 2013 in Providence, R.I.
• The Big Red won four bonus point matches, including
Chris Villalonga winning by fall at 149 and
Kyle Dake earning a pin at 165.
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Nahshon Garrett won by major decision at 125 and
Steve Bosak earned a major at 184.
ABOUT RUTGERS:
• The Scarlet Knights are an impressive 9-3 on the year in dual meets, including wins over Ivy League opponents Princeton (27-9), Columbia (18-15) and Harvard (24-15).
• Rutgers had its four-match win streak snapped in its last contest, a 22-13 loss at Iowa State on Jan. 17 in Ames, Iowa.
• The team has one top 20 wrestler in its lineup in No. 18 Billy Smith, who is 17-5 on the season at heavyweight. Four of his five losses have come against nationally ranked wrestlers.
• Returning NCAA qualifiers Vincent Dellefave (133) and Nick Visicaro (165) are also formidable opponents looking to return to the national championships.
• Sixth-year head coach Scott Goodale has an impressive 109-33-1 dual meet record, inclduing a 16-4 record a season ago.
• The Scarlet Knights are 12-1 in EIWA dual meets over the last two seasons and finished fifth at the conference tournament a year ago.
THE SERIES WITH RUTGERS:
• Cornell leads the all-time series 4-2-1 dating back to the 1951-52 season when the teams first met.
• The two teams last met during the 1997-98 season with the Scarlet Knights taking an 18-16 decision at Princeton.
• Cornell's last win came in the previous meeting between the teams back in 1990-91, a 33-6 Big Red victory in Ithaca.
LAST TIME VS. RUTGERS:
• With Cornell leading the dual 16-15 heading into the final match of the evening, Rutgers' Tom Petko earned a 5-2 decision over Seth Charles at heavyweight to escape with an 18-16 triumph.
• Nate Rupp earned Cornell's lone bonus point when he won by major decision at 126 pounds.
• Earlier in the day, the Big Red had knocked off Princeton 45-3.
HOW TO FOLLOW CORNELL WRESTLING:
• There are numerous way to follow the Big Red through the 203-14 wrestling season.
• The Big Red's home dual meets will all be broadcast live with streaming video as part of the Ivy League Digital Network subscription service. Visit www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com for all the latest information on Cornell broadcasts.
• Wrestling duals will be broadcast on ESPN Ithaca for the 2013-14 season. Matt Schultz will be on the radio call.
• You can follow the team on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Highlights, interviews and features can be found at www.youtube.com/CornellWrestling, www.facebook.com/cornellwrestling or www.twitter.com/bigredwrestling.
NEXT UP:
• The Big Red hits the road for a pair of Ivy League dual matches on Saturday, Feb. 1.
• Cornell will meet Penn at 1 p.m. in Philadelphia before the team jumps on the bus to meet Princeton at 6 p.m. in New Jersey.
