Match 12: #18 Cornell (6-5, 1-0 Ivy) vs. Harvard (1-4, 0-0 Ivy)
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 1:00 p.m. ET
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Cornell Dual Notes
Ithaca, N.Y. • Friedman Wrestling Center
Match 13: #18 Cornell (6-5, 1-0 Ivy) vs. Brown (0-4, 0-0 Ivy)
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. ET
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Ithaca, N.Y. • Friedman Wrestling Center
QUICK HITS
• Cornell is ranked 18th nationally in the latest NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
• Cornell defeated Harvard in the last meeting between the two teams, 50-0, in Cambridge, Mass. last season.
• The Big Red hold a 57-9 advantage in the all-time series against Harvard that dates back to the 1946-47 season. Cornell hasn't lost to Harvard since a 28-13 loss to the Crimson on Feb. 10, 2001.
• Cornell owns an impressive 56-2 all-time record against Brown, dating back to the 1920-21 season. The Big Red have won 22 consecutive duals against the Bears, with Cornell's last loss coming on Feb. 15, 1997 by a final score of 19-16.
• Cornell defeated Brown by a final score of 42-6 in Providence, R.I. last season. The win over Brown was head coach
Rob Koll's 300th win as head coach.
• Three members of the Cornell squad are taking Olympic redshirt years and will miss the 2019-20 season -
Vito Arujau (125),
Yianni Diakomihalis (141) and
Max Dean (184).
• Returning from Olympic redshirt last weekend was
Andrew Berreyesa (174), who opened his season with an 8-4 decision over Virginia Tech's Cody Hughes.
• Three NCAA qualifiers return —
Chas Tucker (133),
Brandon Womack (174) and
Ben Darmstadt (197).
• Womack (2017) and Darmstadt (2018) represent the two returning All-Americans to the line-up.
• Cornell head coach
Rob Koll became the eighth Big Red coach in any sport to hit the 300-win plateau last season.
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR #18 CORNELL
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR HARVARD
| Â Wt. |
 Wrestler |
| 125 |
#15 Nolan Hellickson (11-8) or Beau Bayless (12-9) |
| 133 |
Michael Jaffe (12-11) |
| 141 |
Lukus Stricker (13-12) |
| 149 |
Aaron Kruk (4-10) |
| 157 |
Hunter Ladnier (13-6) |
| 165 |
#17 Phil Conigliaro (19-6) |
| 174 |
Pierce Bausano (0-8) |
| 184 |
Michael Doggett (7-15) |
| 197 |
Evan Callahan (0-4) |
| HWT |
#9 Yaraslau Slavikauski (19-7) |
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR BROWN
| Â Wt. |
 Wrestler |
| 125 |
Trey Keeley (7-9) or Reese Fry (5-9) |
| 133 |
Charlie Faber (9-11) |
| 141 |
Jimmy Pawelski (9-8) or Samuel Lynch (3-10) |
| 149 |
Ricky Cabanillas (15-10) |
| 157 |
Jack Bokina (12-11) or Matt Lattanze (4-3) |
| 165 |
Kiran Srikanth (2-4) |
| 174 |
Bryce Rogers (5-3) or Cade Wilson (4-8) |
| 184 |
Brandon Kui (7-2) or Aaron Wolk (3-6) |
| 197 |
Nino Bastianelli (12-7) |
| HWT |
James Valentino (0-12) |
HEAD COACH ROB KOLL
• Cornell head coach
Rob Koll is in his 27th season at Cornell (312-99-5, .756; 122-8-1 Ivy, .935)
• 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 17 straight Ivy League titles (20 overall), 11 EIWA crowns and eight 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 16 national titles with 71 All-Americans and 64 individual EIWA champions.
ABOUT HARVARD
• Harvard is 1-4 in duals to open the year, defeating Franklin & Marshall for its lone win of the season on Jan. 17, 26-16.
•The Crimson have lost four times, including twice to ranked opponents. Arizona State, Iowa State, Campbell and Bucknell have all defeated Harvard.
• Harvard placed 15th of 35 teams at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in December scoring 38 team points.
• Harvard's top-ranked wrestler is Yaraslau Slavikauski (19-7), the No. 9-ranked heavyweight in the country by FloWrestling. A standout freshman, Slavikauski has won four straight matches entering this weekend.
• Nolan Hellickson is the No. 15-ranked 125 pounder by FloWrestling this week following a pair of wins in duals against F&M and Bucknell. Hellickson is 2-2 in dual matches this season.
• Phil Conigliaro is the third and final ranked wrestler in the Harvard lineup, checking in at #17 via FloWrestling. Conigliaro previously defeated
Milik Dawkins,
Jake Brindley and
Adam Santoro at tournaments earlier in the season.
• Michael Jaffe (133), Lukus Stricker (141) and Hunter Ladnier (157) are the three remaining members of the Crimson that own records above the .500 mark.
• Jaffe was defeated by
Chas Tucker, 7-4, at the Cliff Keen Invitational.
ABOUT BROWN
• Brown is 0-4 in duals to start the season, with losses to American, George Mason, Bucknell and Franklin & Marshall.
• Duals have been close for the Bears, losing to American (18-16), George Mason (19-15) and Franklin & Marshall (21-19) by narrow margins.
• The Bears will wrestling at Binghamton at 1 p.m. on Saturday prior to making the trip to Ithaca for the 6 p.m. dual.
• Brown placed 32nd of 35 teams at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, scoring 37 team points.
• Had six place-winners at the Franklin & Marshall Open, led by Ricky Cabanillas who won the 149-pound weight class.
• Unofficially, Browns line-up projects to include Trey Keeley (125), Charles Faber (133), Jimmy Pawelski (141), Ricky Cabanillas (149), Jack Bokina (157), Kiran Srikanth (165), Bryce Rogers (174), Brandon Kui (184), Nino Bastianelli (197) and James Valentino (285).
• Pawelski, Cabanillas, Bokina, Rogers, Kui and Bastianelli all own records above .500 for the season.
• Cabanillas is the team-leader in wins with 15, owning a 15-9 record.
SUCCESS AGAINST THE BEST
• After beating a pair of ranked opponents last weekend,
Chas Tucker is now 9-0 against ranked opponents this season to go alongside his 21-0 record.
• Tucker owns ranked wins over Jarrett Trombley (NC State), Montorie Bridges (Wyoming) x2, Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) x2, Garrett Pepple (Michigan State), Allan Hart (Missouri), Nick Farro (Lehigh) and Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers).
• Tucker's 3-2 victory over Sammy Alvarez snapped a streak of nine-straight wins by the Scarlet Knights freshman.
• With seven duals remaining, Tucker isn't currently projected to face another ranked wrestler during the regular season.
ANDREW BERREYESAÂ RETURNS TO LINEUP
• After missing the first 10 duals of the season, sophomore
Andrew Berreyesa returned from Olympic redshirt for Cornell's match against #3 Virginia Tech.
• Berreyesa returned in a big way, throwing Cody Hughes for six points in the first period and almost securing a fall. The Reno, Nev. would go on to defeat Hughes, 8-4, in his return.
• Berreyesa slots into the Big Red lineup at 174 pounds, while maintaining his goal of qualifying for the Olympic trials (Greco-Roman).
LAST TIME OUT
• The Big Red split last weekend, going 1-1 in duals against #22 Rutgers and #3 Virginia Tech.
• Cornell defeated #22 Rutgers on Friday, Jan. 17 by a score of 18-16.
Chas Tucker,
Noah Baughman,
Hunter Richard,
Adam Santoro and
Jake Brindley all picked up wins for the Big Red.
• Richard's third period fall against Gerard Angelo swung momentum in Cornell's favor heading into 157 and 165, where the Big Red won a pair of crucial swing matches.
• Cornell was defeated by Virginia Tech on Sunday, Jan. 19, losing to the Hokies by a final score of 23-9.
• Tucker, Richard and
Andrew Berreyesa all won matches for Cornell against Virginia Tech.
•
Dom LaJoie, Baughman and Santoro wrestled close matches, but were unable to come up with victories.
THE STREAKS
• Cornell has placed in the top 10 at the NCAA championships in 15 of the last 17 seasons following the first top 10 season of the
Rob Koll era (2002-03).
• The Big Red has crowned at least one EIWA champion in each of the last 18 seasons and in 28 of the last 29 years.
• The Big Red is 63-4 (.940) in its last 67 duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11.
• Cornell is 111-6-1 (.945) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 99-0 against teams other than Lehigh.
• Head coach
Rob Koll's teams have racked up 17 Ivy League titles in a row, the longest title streak in any sport in conference history.
• Cornell has won 89 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign.
• Cornell is 124-28-1 (.817) in dual meet competition in the last 10 seasons.
• The Big Red is 56-12-1 (.830) in home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season.
• Big Red wrestling is 95-1 in dual meets (.989) against unranked teams dating back to the beginning of the 2007-08 season - the lone loss coming last season in a 20-16 defeat to North Dakota State at the South Beach Duals that snapped a 77-match win streak against unranked opponents.
• Cornell has won 37 straight meets against New York state opponents.
• Cornell has put three or more wrestlers on the NCAA podium for 17 straight seasons, dating back to 2003.
TEAM NOTES TO KNOW
• The Big Red has won 17 consecutive Ivy crowns and 89 straight Ivy matches.
• Cornell's 17 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 four 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.
• Cornell went 43-7 in individual Ivy matches in 2018-19, its best showing since going 43-6 during the 2010-11 campaign.
• The Big Red outscored its first five Ivy League opponents by a 196-26 margin.
• Head coach
Rob Koll became the eighth Big Red coach in any sport to reach 300 career victories with a win at Brown on Jan. 26, 2019 and now sports a 304-93-5 record in dual meets.
• Since the Friedman Wrestling Center opened in January of 2003, the Big Red is 78-15-1 in dual matches (.835) there.
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