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• A number of streaks are on the line for Cornell when it takes to the mats on the road in Ivy League competition for the final time this season when the Big Red visits Columbia on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. at University Gymnasium.
• The contest will be available on the Ivy League Digital Network.
• Cornell has won 75 consecutive duals against Ivy foes, 73 in a row against unranked opponents, 32 straight against teams located in New York and 30 consecutive against the Lions entering the weekend.
• The Big Red will have a chance to reach 10 dual meet wins for the sixth time in the last seven seasons.
• Cornell has already guaranteed itself a winning dual meet record for the 31st straight year and the 39th time in the last four decades.
• At 9-2, Cornell continues its dual match schedule as it begins it search for an unprecedented 15th consecutive Ivy League title.
• Ranked ninth nationally in the latest USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll, Cornell also holds down the top spot in the first-ever NWCA/NDS Mid-Major Top 20 poll announced last week.
• Senior Gabe Dean, a leading candidate for the Hodge Trophy, has dominated all season long and has won 17 of his 23 matches this season by fall with seven victories over wrestlers ranked in the top 20 — including six bonus point wins.
• He enters the weekend with 140 career wins, good for fifth place all-time at Cornell.
• The Big Red has big goals — Cornell is eyeing yet another top five team effort at NCAAs and has a number of wrestlers with national championship and All-America aspirations.
• Dean, along with 2015 NCAA finalist and two-time All-American Brian Realbuto, as well as 2016 All-American Dylan Palacio, headline an experienced and talented lineup.
• Seniors Taylor Simaz (157) and Dylan Palacio (165) make up the starting lineup at the two middle weights.
• In addition, two-time NCAA qualifier Mark Grey (133) and 2016 NCAA qualifier Joey Galasso (149) join first-year starter Will Koll (141) in the regular lineup.
• Senior Craig Scott and 2016 NCAA qualifier Jeramy Sweany are competing for the top spot at heavyweight, while Honis and Owen Scott are jockeying at 197.
• Either sophomore Dalton Macri, an NCAA qualifier a season ago, or freshman Noah Baughman will likely be the choice at 125 pounds.
• In the first NCAA Wrestling Coaches' Panel Rankings released this season, seven Big Red wrestlers appeared in the top 33, including top-ranked Gabe Dean at 184 and third-ranked Brian Realbuto at 174.
• Grey sits 17th at 133, while Simaz (No. 24 at 157), Galasso (No. 26 at 149), Honis (No. 26 at 197) and Koll (No. 33 at 133) also appear in the weight class rankings.
• Columbia will be looking for its first win over the Big Red since 1986, as Cornell leads the all-time series 88-13 with 30 consecutive wins.
• The Lions, under first-year head coach Zach Tanelli, feature two-time first-team All-Ivy League selection Garrett Ryan at heavyweight and two-time NCAA qualifier Tyrel White at 165 pounds.
• Ryan is ranked No. 26 in the latest NCAA Wrestling Coaches' Panel Rankings.
 
THE STREAKS:
• Cornell has won 10 consecutive EIWA team titles, the longest streak in conference history.
• Head coach Rob Koll's teams have racked up 14 Ivy League titles in a row, the longest title streak in any sport in conference history.
• Cornell has won 75 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign.
• The Big Red has crowned at least one EIWA champion in each of the last 15 seasons and in 25 of the last 26 years.
• The Big Red is 55-1 (.982) in its last 56 duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11.
• Cornell is 94-4-1 (.955) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 85-0 against teams other than Lehigh.
• 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 (nine straight).
• Cornell is 102-22-1 (.820) in dual meet competition in the last seven seasons.
• The Big Red is 39-6 (.867) in its last 45 home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season.
• Big Red wrestling has won 73 consecutive dual meets against unranked teams dating back to the beginning of the 2007-08 season.
• Cornell has won 32 straight meets against New York state opponents.
• The Big Red has claimed a record five consecutive New York State team titles.
 
ABOUT COLUMBIA:
• Columbia brings a 3-8 dual meet record (1-1 Ivy) into Saturday's dual and has gone 3-1 in its last four outings.
• The Lions split a pair of road contests last weekend, dropping Brown (22-14) after falling to Harvard (24-14).
• A number of Columbia wrestlers are on the verge of national rankings, led by heavyweight Garrett Ryan (19-6) and 165-pounder Tyrel White (16-10).
• Both Ryan and White are two-time NCAA qualifiers, with Ryan capturing first-team All-Ivy honors both of his varsity seasons and White garnering honorable mention accolades.
• Head coach Zach Tanelli, a former Purdue assistant coach and Wisconsin All-American, is in his first season on Morningside Heights.

THE CORNELL-COLUMBIA SERIES:
• Cornell leads the all-time series 88-13 dating back to the 1907-08 season when the teams first met.
• The Big Red has won 30 consecutive dual meets against the Lions.
• Columbia's last win over the Big Red came in a 20-19 Lions victory in Ithaca during the 1985-86 campaign.
 
LAST TIME VS. COLUMBIA:
• With a match against No. 4 Oklahoma State looming the following day, the Cornell wrestling team made sure it wasn't looking ahead and took care of business to remain atop the Ivy League standings, winning its 71st consecutive conference match with a 23-15 triumph over Columbia on Feb. 6, 2016 at the Friedman Wrestling Center.
• Cornell forfeited at 125 and used four backups in the lineup, but a late rally by Owen Scott at 197 sealed the win for the Big Red.
• Nahshon Garrett had his hand raised for the 137th time in a Cornell singlet, matching four-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake for fourth on the school's all-time list.
• He improved his win streak to 26 and ran his season record to 25-0.
• Duke Pickett and Brian Realbuto were dominant in decision wins at 165 and 174 over strong Lion opponents, and Scott wrapped up the win by overcoming a 3-0 deficit thanks to a reversal, an escape, a third period takedown and a stalling call to earn the 6-3 victory.
 
INDIVIDUAL NOTES TO KNOW:
• Senior Gabe Dean enters the weekend with 140 career wins, good for fifth on the school's career list.
• Dean's 33-match win streak entering the weekend is the seventh-longest in school history, but just his second best (52 wins from 2014-16).
• With 17 falls and 22 bonus point wins in his 23-0 start, Dean has an amazing 5.478 NCAA dominance ranking - the school record for a season is Kyle Dake's 4.784 during his senior season (2012-13).
• Dean also ranks third all-time at Cornell in individual winning percentage (140-6, .959), behind only Dave Auble (.981, 51-1) and Dake (.972, 137-4).
• Dean joined Jace Bennett '15 as the second four-time New York state intercollegiate champion in school history and just the fourth overall in meet history.
• He became the third four-time Southern Scuffle champion, joining former Big Red great Kyle Dake and Minnesota's Cole Konrad.
• Junior Brian Realbuto (107-17) became the 25th wrestler in Cornell history to reach 100 wins with a 3-2 decision over No. 4 Kyle Crutchmer of Oklahoma State on Dec. 16.
 
TEAM NOTES TO KNOW:
• The Big Red has won 14 consecutive Ivy crowns and 75 straight Ivy matches.
• Cornell's 14 straight Ivy League titles build on the Big Red's record of consecutive Ivy titles by the same team in a sport. The wrestling team has won three more than Cornell had in men's gymnastics (from 1967-68 to 1976-77) and men's lacrosse (1973-74 to 1982-83), as well as Princeton in men's lacrosse (1994-95 to 2003-04). 
• Every four-year member of the Cornell wrestling team who has enrolled since 1980 has won at least one Ivy League title during their career.
• The Big Red holds a 32-match win streak against teams from New York dating back to 2004, including 18 consecutive at home.
• The Big Red is 255-81-3 all-time against teams from New York state in its history — Army (11-17-1), Binghamton (7-0), Brooklyn Poly (2-0), Buffalo (7-4), Clarkson (2-0), Colgate (29-2), Columbia (88-13), Cortland (17-1), Geneseo (1-0), Hofstra (19-4), Ithaca (12-3), Long Island (1-0), Manhattan (1-0), NYU (2-0), Queens (1-0), RPI (2-0), RIT (7-0-1), St. Lawrence (0-1), Syracuse (42-35-1), Union (2-1) and Wagner (2-0).
• Cornell registered its fifth consecutive New York state intercollegiate title, matching Buffalo's run from 1974-78 as the longest in tournament history.
• Since the Friedman Wrestling Center opened in January of 2003, the Big Red is 68-14-1 in dual matches (.825).
• Head coach Rob Koll became the ninth Big Red coach in any sport to reach 250 career victories with a sweep at the Grapple at the Garden in 2014 and now sports a 276-89-5 record in dual meets.
• The Big Red's coaching staff has combined for 11 All-America accolades and three individual NCAA titles at a total of two different weight classes as collegiate athletes.
 
NEXT UP:
• The Big Red will close out Ivy League season with a pair of home duals that could decide the Ancient Eight title.
• Cornell will meet perennial Ivy contender Penn on Friday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. before tackling Princeton on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 3 p.m.
• Cornell has a decisive 82-21-1 lead over Penn in the all-time series dating back to 1907-08, including 14 consecutive wins.
• The Big Red leads the all-time series with Princeton 53-15 dating back to 1907-08 with 30 straight dual wins.