Match 18: #16 Cornell (10-7) at Lock Haven (7-6)
Saturday, February 22, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. ET
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Lock Haven, Pa. • Thomas Field House
QUICK HITS
• Cornell is ranked 16th nationally in the latest NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
• SophomoreÂ
Ben Darmstadt (23-6) dropped in the FloWrestling rankings to #5 this week following a split weekend in which he pinned Binghamton's Sam DePrez and lost to North Carolina's Brandon Whitman.
•
Chas Tucker remains unbeaten at 27-0 following wins over Binghamton's Zack Trampe and North Carolina's Jaime Hernandez last weekend. Tucker ranks #5 at 133 pounds via FloWrestling.
• Three members of the Cornell squad are taking Olympic redshirt years and will miss the 2019-20 season -Â
Vito Arujau (125),Â
Yianni Diakomihalis (141) andÂ
Max Dean (184). Each was an All-American in 2018-19, with Diakomihalis winning the national title and Dean the national runner-up.
• Three NCAA qualifiers return for the 2019-20 season —Â
Chas Tucker (133),Â
Brandon Womack (174) andÂ
Ben Darmstadt (197).
• Womack (2017) and Darmstadt (2018) represent the two former All-Americans in the line-up.
• Womack has been out of commission since the end of December and will return to the mat this weekend at the Mat Town II tournament hosted by Lock Haven on Sunday.
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PROBABLE STARTERS FOR #16 CORNELL
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR LOCK HAVEN
| Â Wt. |
 Wrestler (Record) |
| 125 |
#13 Luke Werner (25-4) |
| 133 |
DJ Fehlman (22-6) |
| 141 |
#22 Kyle Shoop (17-5) |
| 149 |
Brock Port (11-12) -OR- Collin Glorioso (7-4) |
| 157 |
Alex Klucker (13-8) |
| 165 |
Austin Bell (18-11) |
| 174 |
Jared Siegrist (20-11) |
| 184 |
Corey Hazel (8-6) -OR- Ray Bernot (6-18) |
| 197 |
Parker McClellan (16-15) |
| HWT |
Trey Hartsock (5-12) |
HEAD COACH ROB KOLL
• Cornell head coachÂ
Rob Koll is in his 27th season at Cornell (316-101-5, .755; 125-9-1 Ivy, .929)
• 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 20 Ivy League titles, 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 LOCK HAVEN
• One of two NCAA Division I sports at Lock Haven (wrestling, field hockey), wrestling owns a 7-6 record during the 2019-20 season with wins over Navy, Millersville, McDaniel, Messiah, Bloomsburg, George Mason and Edinboro.
• Lock Haven took 10th place at the Southern Scuffle with three placewinners. Luke Werner took second at 125 pounds, Kyle Shoop was fourth at 141 pounds and Cole Manley placed fifth at 133 pounds.
• Four members of Lock Haven's projected starting lineups are ranked in the latest NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings released on Feb. 13.
• Werner is the highest ranking Bald Eagle in those rankings, checking in at #12 at 125 pounds.
• Shoop is #22 at 141 pounds, while DJ Fehlman is #24 at 133 and Alex Klucker is #31 at 157.
• Werner ranks #13 via FloWrestling, while Shoop holds steady at #22.
• Fehlman, Klucker and Shoop are all returning NCAA qualifiers, with Fehlman reaching the round of 16 and Shoop earning a seventh-place finish in 2019.
• Despite a strong career record of 80-28, Werner is seeking his first trip to the NCAA Championships this season.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. LOCK HAVEN
• Cornell is 12-4-1 all-time against the Bald Eagles in a series that dates back to the 1951-52 season.
LAST TIME VS. LOCK HAVEN
• #10 Cornell defeated #25 Lock Haven during the 2018-19 season on Saturday, Feb. 2 by a score of 32-9.
• Cornell wrestlers went 8-2 against the Bald Eagles that day, getting wins from #15
Brandon Womack, #10
Max Dean, #17
Ben Honis, #11
Vito Arujau, #13
Chas Tucker, #1
Yianni Diakomihalis,
Jonathan Furnas and
Adam Santoro. Honis and Furnas each won by major decision, while Diakomihalis and Santoro won matches by fall.
LAST TIME OUT
• Cornell opened last weekend with a 32-8 victory over Binghamton on Saturday, Feb. 15.
• Big Red wrestlers went 8-2 against the Bear Cats with wins from
Noah Baughman,
Hunter Richard,
Adam Santoro,
Chris Schoenherr,
Andrew Berreyesa,
Ben Darmstadt,
Dom LaJoie and
Chas Tucker.
• Cornell wrestling was defeated in its home finale on Sunday, Feb. 16, losing to #8 North Carolina by a final score of 21-13. It was a packed house inside Newman Arena on Sunday as the Big Red teamed up with Cornell gymnastics to host Tumble and Rumble, featuring simultaneous action between the two programs.
•
Jonathan Loew,
Brendan Furman,
Chas Tucker and
Noah Baughman took home wins against the Tar Heels, with Baughman defeating then #12 Zach Sherman, 3-1, in sudden victory.
WOMACK WORKING TOWARDS RETURN TO MAT
• Senior
Brandon Womack is working towards his return to the mat, starting this weekend at the Mat Town II tournament hosted by Lock Haven University on Sunday, Feb. 23.
• Womack has been out since Dec. 30 after sustaining an injury at the South Beach Duals.
• Before going down with his injury, Womack owned a 12-5 record at 174 pounds with seven wins by fall and two major decisions.
• For his career, Womack has an 88-37 record, wrestling at both 165 and 174 pounds. Womack was an All-American at 165 pounds in 2017.
SUCCESS AGAINST THE BEST
•Â
Chas Tucker is 9-0 against ranked (by FloWrestling) opponents this season.
• 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.
• Tucker has conceded just four total takedowns all season to three opponents.
• Tucker has won 37 straight regular season bouts dating back to the Lehigh dual on Jan. 12, 2019. Tucker's last regular season loss came against Missouri's John Erneste on Dec. 30, 2018.​​​​​​​
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 theÂ
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 67-5 (.931) in its last 72 duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11.
• Cornell is 115-7-1 (.939) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 102-1 against teams other than Lehigh.
• Head coachÂ
Rob Koll's teams racked up 17 Ivy League titles in a row from 2002-03 through 2018-19, the longest title streak in any sport in conference history.
• Cornell won 92 consecutive Ivy League dual meets from Feb. 9, 2002 to Feb. 8, 2020.
• Cornell is 128-30-1 (.808) in dual meet competition in the last 10 seasons.
• The Big Red is 59-13-1 (.815) in home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season.
• Big Red wrestling is 99-1 in dual meets (.990) 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 38 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
• Cornell's 17 straight Ivy League titles built on the Big Red's record of consecutive Ivy titles by the same team in a sport. The wrestling team 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.
• Head coachÂ
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 316-101-5 record in dual meets.
• Since the Friedman Wrestling Center opened in January of 2003, the Big Red is 81-15-1 in dual matches (.840) there.
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