NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Brian Realbuto
Junior • 5-8 • Somers, N.Y. (Somers HS)
NCAA Finalist (2015) • NCAA All-American (2014, 2015) • NCAA Qualifier (2014, 2015, 2016) •
EWIA Champion (2015, 2016) • EWIA Qualifier (2014, 2015, 2016) • All-Ivy League First Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
174
W - L Falls TF MD Bonus Win Pct. Dual W-L
2013-14 36 -8 14 3 7 24 .818 10 -1
2014-15 23 -3 0 3 5 8 .885 12 -0
2015-16 33 -3 6 7 7 20 .917 11 -0
CAREER 92 -14 20 13 19 52 .868 33 -1
NOTES TO KNOW
• Two-time NCAA All-American and the 2015 and 2016 EIWA champion.
• First-team All-Ivy League in each of his first two seasons and has a sparkling 92-14 career record.
• Has been ranekd as high as No. 1 nationally and sports a 33-3 overall record with 20 bonue wins.
• Was a perfect 11-0 in dual meets (33-1 in his career) and near-perfect 21-1 against EIWA opponents.
• Won the Binghamton Open, New York State Intercollegiates and the Las Vegas Invitational.
• Is 10-2 against nationally ranked opponents and 18-2 against NCAA qualifiers.
• Was national runner-up at 157 pounds, reaching the finals at NCAAs as part of a 23-3 campaign, in 2014-15.
• Won his first-ever EIWA title with a perfect 4-0 run, including a 6-1 triumph over American’s John Boyle in the finals.
• Defeated six nationally ranked wrestlers during his run, including a 9-3 triumph over then-unbeaten and No. 1 Dylan
Ness (No. 3 seed), as well as seeded wrestlers John Boyle of American (No. 8), Joey LaVallee of Missouri (No. 9), Ian
Miller of Kent State (No. 7) and Mitch Minotti of Lehigh (No. 11) twice.
• Missed the first semester while recovering from a knee injury suffered at last season’s NCAA tournament.
• Was a perfect 12-0 in dual meets, 9-0 against EIWA wrestlers and 5-0 against Ivy League foes.
• A 2014 All-American after finishing sixth at the NCAA championships, he finished his freshman season with a 36-8
record.
• Enters the EIWA tournament with 12 consecutive wins, including five straight over ranked wrestlers.
• The unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection ranked second on the team in wins and led the squad in both
falls (14) and bonus wins (24).
• Advanced to the semifinals at NCAAs with a sudden victory decision over Blaise Butler of Virginia and a dominant 11-4
triumph over defending national champion Derek St. John (Iowa) before being injured in a semifinal loss to eventual
champion Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State).
• Was forced to default out to sixth place to end his tournament.
• Was fourth at his first EIWA championship meet in 2014.
• Finished second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, topping a pair of NCAA qualifiers along the way.
• Was 10-1 in dual meet competition, 6-1 against Ivy foes and 15-4 in EIWA action.
• Finished third at the Binghamton Open, first at the New York State Intercollegiates, second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas
Invitational and fifth at the Southern Scuffle.
Cornell NCAA Champions at 174 Pounds
1929 Glenn Stafford (175 pounds)
Cornell NCAA All-Americans at 174 Pounds
1974 Dick Minekime (177 pounds)
1993 Kyle Rackley (177 pounds)
2001 Jim Stanec
2005 Joe Mazzurco
2008 Steve Anceravage
2009 Steve Anceravage
2010 Mack Lewnes
2011 Mack Lewnes
Cornell Big Red at 2016 NCAA Championship • Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)
2015-16 Results (33-3)
Record vs. EIWA opponents................................................. 21-1
Record vs. nationally ranked opponents ............................. 10-2
Record vs. Ivy League opponents........................................ 12-1
Record in dual meets.......................................................... 11-0
Record vs. 2016 NCAA Qualifiers......................................... 18-2
Record in NCAA championship meet..................................... 7-2
Record in EIWA championship meet................................... 12-2
Match-by-Match
Jonathan Kaloust Binghamton Open (6-0, 1st)
11/8 174 Jake Kocsis (Binghamton) W Fall, 1:25
174 Tyler Lusht (SUNY Brockport) W TF, 15-0
174 Tom Grosso (Sacred Heart) W TF, 16-0
174 #12 Elliot Riddick (Lehigh) W D, 1-0
174 #19 Jadean Bernstein (Navy) W D, 5-0
174 Jon Schleifer (Princeton) W D, 7-2
11/21 174 Nick Elmer (Drexel) W Fall, 4:09
New York State Intercollegiates (4-0, 1st)
11/22 174 Lantze Lange (Oneonta) W Fall, 1:21
174 Alex Kelly (Niagara CC) W Fall, 0:49
174 Zack Hernandez (Columbia) W MD, 13-0
174 Brian Harvey (Army West Point) W D, 8-3
Grapple at the Garden (2-0)
11/29 174 #15 Micah Barnes (Nebraska) W D, 9-6
174 Phil Bakuckas (Rutgers) W D, 6-1
Las Vegas Invitational (5-0, 1st)
12/4 174 Andrew LaBrie (Brown) W D, 8-6
174 Josef Johnson (Harvard) W MD, 12-1
174 Brian Harvey (Army West Point) W Fall, 407
12/5 174 #17 Jadean Bernstein (Navy) W TF, 16-0
174 #15 Bryce Hammond (Cal Bakersfield) W MD, 11-1
Southern Scuffle (3-3)
1/1 174 Timothy Knipl (The Citadel) W TF, 17-0
174 Nicholas Wanzek (Minnesota) W D, 8-3
174 Chandler Rodgers (Oklahoma State) W Fall, 1:24
1/2 174 #5 Bo Nickal (Penn State) L D, 14-7
174 Casey Kent (Penn) L D, 8-5
174 #2 Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma State) L D, 4-3
1/10 174 #8 Blaise Butler (Missouri) W D, 3-2
1/15 174 Josef Johnson (Harvard) W TF, 16-0
1/16 174 Andrew LaBrie (Brown) W MD, 19-5
1/23 174 Elliott Riddick (Lehigh) W MD, 11-0
2/6 174 Zack Hernandez (Columbia) W D, 6-0
2/7 174 Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State) W MD, 13-2
2/13 174 #15 Casey Kent (Penn) W D, 8-2
174 #16 Jonathan Schleifer (Princeton) W TF, 16-0
EIWA Championship (4-0, 1st)
3/5 174 Andrew LaBrie (Brown) W MD, 9-1
174 Zack Hernandez (Columbia) W TF, 17-1
3/6 174 #18 Jadean Bernstein (Navy) W D, 9-3
174 #17 Brian Harvey (Army West Point) W D, 12-6
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