WEST POINT, N.Y. -- The Cornell wrestling team jumped out to a 12-0 team lead and was never threatened, rolling past Army West Point 27-12 on Saturday afternoon at Gillis Field House for its seventh straight dual meet win. The Big Red improved to 8-2 (4-0 EIWA) with the win, while the Black Knights slipped to 4-5 (2-2 EIWA) in the loss.
Six Cornell ranked wrestlers picked up wins, with one coming in overtime and four total in hard-fought decision victories. That started right from the beginning, with freshman
Brett Ungar's escape in rideouts accounting for the only point in a 1-0 decision over No. 33 Ethan Berginc at 125 pounds. That got Cornell off to a strong start, and third-ranked VIto Arujau gave the visitors some distance by the end of 133. Arujau shut out Richard Treanor 15-0 for a tech fall victory to make it 8-0 Big Red.
Vince Cornella also earned a shutout victory, with his 12-0 triumph at 141 over Eddie Hummel staking Cornell to a 12-0 team lead. Army won consecutive matches at 149, where three-time national champion
Yianni Diakomihalis took a rest day, and 157, before Cornell reeled off four wins in the final five matches.
Both
Julian Ramirez and
Chris Foca protected their top 10 rankings with strong, but narrow, wins at 165 and 174, while
Jacob Cardenas out-pointed Kyle Swartz 3-1 at 197.
Brendan Furman's second period fall closed out the win. Only
Jonathan Loew's injury default loss at 184 ruined the second half shutout, as he led 5-2 when injured in the second period.
The Big Red returns to action on Sunday, Jan. 29 when it faces Ivy foe Columbia at 1 p.m. at University Gymnasium. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+.
#5 Cornell 27, Army West Point 12
125: #17
Brett Ungar (Cornell) won by decision over #33 Ethan Berginc (Army West Point), 1-0 (OT2)
133: #3
Vito Arujau (Cornell) won by technical fall over Richard Treanor (Army West Point), 15-0
141: #16
Vince Cornella (Cornell) won by major decision over Eddie Hummel (Army West Point), 12-0
149: Trae McDaniel (Army West Point) won by decision over
JJ Wilson (Cornell), 7-1
157: Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) won by decision over
Cole Handlovic (Cornell), 4-2 (sv1)
165: #8
Julian Ramirez (Cornell) won by decision over Dalton Harkins (Army West Point), 4-2
174: #4
Chris Foca (Cornell) won by decision over #20 Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point), 6-3
184: Sahm Abdulrazzaq (Army West Point) won by injury default over #6
Jonathan Loew (Cornell)
197: #16
Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) won by decision over Kyle Swartz (Army West Point), 3-1
285:
Brendan Furman (Cornell) won by fall over Kade Carlson (Army West Point), 3:25
