By: Sydney Duenckel, Athletics Communications Intern
ITHACA, N.Y. – The No. 12 Cornell wrestling team defeated old foe No. 19 Lehigh 23-19 on Sunday afternoon in Newman Arena during Rumble and Tumble.
In the 102nd meeting between the Big Red and Mountain Hawks, Cornell came away with five bout wins that included a fall, two technical falls and a major decision.
Tyler Ferrara started the Big Red off strong in the 133lb class with a 17-2 technical fall over Logan Wadle.
The middleweight classes shined for Cornell with big wins from No. 2 Meyer Shapiro, No. 5 Julian Ramirez and No. 12 Simon Ruiz. Shapiro started with a 10-1 lead over Griffin Gonzalez in the first two minutes of the match before he made a sweeping move for the pin to put the Big Red in the lead 11-9.
Ramirez got a jump on his opponent Zeke Double and was able to earn a first period 18-1 technical fall. Ruiz opened his match with a quick takedown followed by a nearfall to start the first period up 5-0 over Rylan Rogers. He would go on to add and escape and another takedown before being awarded stalling and riding time points to win his bout 11-1.
No. 8 Chris Foca came in to clean it up for Cornell with a 2-0 decision over Caden Rogers.
Match-by-match results (rankings from InterMat rankings): Cornell 23, Lehigh 19
125: No. 15 Sheldon Seymour defeated Marcello Milani 3-2 by decision (Cornell 0, Lehigh 3)
133: Tyler Ferrara defeated Logan Wadle 17-2 by technical fall (Cornell 5, Lehigh 3)
141: Carter Bailey defeated No. 26 Josh Saunders and 1-0 by decision (Cornell 5, Lehigh 6)
149: Malyke Hines defeated No. 18 Ethan Fernandez and 5-4 by decision (Cornell 5, Lehigh 9)
157: No. 2 Meyer Shapiro defeated Griffin Gonzalez by fall (Cornell 11, Lehigh 9)
165: No.5 Julian Ramirez defeated Zeke Double 18-1 by technical fall (Cornell 16, Lehigh 9)
174: No. 12 Simon Ruiz defeated Rylan Rogers 11-1 by major decision (Cornell 20, Lehigh 9)
184: No. 8 Chris Foca and Caden Rogers 2-0 by decision (Cornell 23, Lehigh 9)
197: No. 6 Michael Beard defeated Aiden Hanning 22-5 by technical fall (Cornell 23, Lehigh 14)
285: No.9 Owen Trephan defeated Ashton Davis 18-3 by technical fall (Cornell 23, Lehigh 19)
UP NEXT
Cornell starts at five dual road trip in Ames, Iowa at the Cyclone Open hosted by Iowa State on Jan. 19 with action starting at 10 a.m. CT.
