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2015-16 CORNELL WRESTLING Game Notes CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports CornellAthletics Follow Big Red Wrestling World Wide Web.............................................www.CornellBigRed.com Facebook.................................... www.Facebook.com/cornellwrestling Twitter.......................................... www.Twitter.com/bigredwrestling YouTube.......................................www.Youtube.com/cornellwrestling Camps............................................. www.CornellWrestlingCamps.com Live Video (Home Matches)..............www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com Live Audio (All Matches)......................................www.ESPNIthaca.com Cornell Coaching Staff Head Coach Rob Koll Cornell head coach Rob Koll is in his 23rd season at Cornell (267-87-5, .751; 106-8-1 Ivy, .926) ... 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 14 straight Ivy League titles (17 overall), 10 consecutive 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 12 national titles with 56 All-Americans and 55 individual EIWA champions. Assistant Coaches...........................Damion Hahn (Minnesota ‘04) Mike Grey (Cornell ‘11) Donnie Vinson (Binghamton ‘12) Athletic Trainer.............................................................Chris Scarlata Strength Coach...............................................................Tom Howley Cornell Athletic Communications Director..................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan Deputy Director.................................................................. Julie Greco Assistant Director - Content Manager............... Brandon Thomas Intern - Multimedia Coordinator.............................Amanda Ghysel Dir. of Multimedia, Prod. & Web Comm........................ John Lukach Assistant Director - Video..............................................John Enright Web Site.................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com Facebook......................... www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics Twitter.........................................www.twitter.com/cornellsports YouTube..............................www.youtube.com/cornellathletics 2015-16 Schedule & Results NOVEMBER 21 DREXEL #.................................................W, 37-3 22 NEW YORK STATE INTERCOLLEGIATES &.....1st, 202 pts. Grapple at the Garden (New York, N.Y.) 29 vs. #5 Nebraska.................................................. L, 14-21 vs. #14 Rutgers................................................... L, 13-21 DECEMBER 4-5 at Las Vegas Invitational (Las Vegas, Nev.).......2nd, 113 pts. JANUARY 1-2 at Southern Scuffle (Chattanooga, Tenn.)... 4th, 98.5 pts. 10 at #4 Missouri.................................................... L, 17-18 15 * HARVARD ^...........................................W, 31-14 16 * BROWN ^..............................................W, 30-13 23 #6 LEHIGH ^...........................................L, 13-25 FEBRUARY 6 * COLUMBIA ^..........................................W, 23-15 7 #4 OKLAHOMA STATE #.............................L, 12-32 13 * at Penn................................................................ W, 21-9 * at Princeton...................................................... W, 23-16 MARCH 5-6 at EIWA Championships (Princeton, N.J.).. 1st, 170.5 pts. 17-19 at NCAA Championships (New York, N.Y.)............. All Day * - Ivy League game # - Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.) & - Barton Hall (Ithaca, N.Y.) ^ - Friedman Wrestling Center (Ithaca, N.Y.) Home games in BOLD CAPS NCAAs #18 CORNELL Big Red (6-5, 5-0 Ivy) at 2016 NCAA Championships March 17-19, 2016 • New York, N.Y. • Madison Square Garden (18,200) Television: ESPN and ESPNU • Live Video: ESPN3.com • Live Stats: NCAA.com EIWA Champions — 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1930, 1958, 1992, 1993, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 STORY LINES: • Years of hard work and dedication, coupled with a rare in-state opportunity to compete for national championships, will all come together when the Big Red’s contingent of nine wrestlers heads to Madison Square Garden for the three-day event beginning on Thursday, March 17. • Cornell won an unprecedented 10th consecutive EIWA title and its 14th-straight Ivy League crown earlier this spring and will attempt to claim its first team championship. • Cornell enters the tournament with a pair of wrestlers seeded No. 1 in their weight class - three-time All-American Nahshon Garrett at 133 pounds and 2015 national champion Gabe Dean at 184 pounds. • Garrett, the 2014 NCAA runner-up at 125 pounds, became the 10th wrestler and fourth Cornellian to claim four EIWA crowns and now looks to add a first national title. • Three-time EIWA champion Dean will have a chance to join him next year, but in the meantime will look to become Cornell’s fourth two-time national champion (joining Dave Auble, Travis Lee and Kyle Dake). • Junior Brian Realbuto, the national runner-up a season ago at 157 pounds, is the No. 2 seed at 174 pounds after posting a 33-3 record this season and winning an EIWA title at 174 pounds. • Also collecting a top five seed is junior Dylan Palacio (No. 5 at 157), who fresh of his first EIWA title, will be looking to earn All-America honors for the first time. • Cornell will also have five unseeded wrestlers who will have a chance to climb through the field. • Seniors Duke Pickett (165) and Owen Scott (197) and freshmen Dalton Macri (125), Joey Galasso (149) and Jeramy Sweany (285) have each been ranked nationally during the season and are all, with the exception of Pickett, ready to step on the big stage for the first time in March. • Pickett is a two-time NCAA qualifier and 2016 EIWA runner-up who will be looking for his first NCAA win after making an appearance at nationals a year ago. CORNELL NCAA NOTES • The Big Red’s nine NCAA qualifiers were 136-10 (.932) against wrestlers who did not advance to the championship meet this season. • It is the third time in program history Cornell has had a pair of No. 1 seeds at the same tournament (Kyle Dake at 141 and Mack Lewnes at 174 in 2010; Cam Simaz at 197 and Kyle Dake at 157 in 2012). • Cornell has three wrestlers seeded in the top two in their weight class from the second straight year (No. 1 Gabe Dean at 184, No. 2 Brian Realbuto at 157 and Nahshon Garrett at 133 in 2015) and the third time in school history (No. 1 Mack Lewnes at 174 and Kyle Dake at 141, No. 2 Troy Nickerson at 125 in 2010). • It is just the sixth time in program history Cornell has had four wrestlers seeded in the top five (1958, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015). • Cornell has placed in the top five at the NCAA championships in six of the last seven seasons and in the top 10 in 11 of the last 13 years (eight straight). • Cornell will be sending a school-record tying nine NCAA qualifiers to New York City, matching a record set in 2005 and since matched in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015. • The Big Red has had at least one individual NCAA champion in seven of the last eight years and at least one finalist in eight straight campaigns. • The Big Red has had 12 different wrestlers win a combined 17 NCAA titles. Kyle Dake is one of three wrestlers to claim four national crowns (doing it in four different weight classes), while Dave Auble and Travis Lee won two titles each. • Cornell is one of just eight schools to qualify at least nine wrestlers for the championships, trailing only Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Rutgers with 10 apiece. Joining the Big Red with nine qualifiers is Iowa, Lehigh, Missouri and Penn State. • Cornell has had 37 wrestlers earn a total of 72 All-America honors, including 52 total All-Americans since 2002. • Since Rob Koll took over prior to the 1993-94 campaign, Cornell has had 152 NCAA qualifiers, 52 All-Americans and 12 national champions. In the first 63 seasons of the NCAA tournament, the Big Red program had 82 total NCAA qualifiers, 16 All-Americans and five national champions. • Cornell wrestlers have won at least 20 total matches in eight straight NCAA tournaments and 12 of the last 13. • The Big Red has qualified at least half its lineup in 17 of the last 18 seasons and 15 in a row. • Cornell has scored at least 50 team points in 12 of the last 13 NCAA tournaments, finishing no lower than 12th in any campaign. Lineup at the 2016 NCAA Championship #18 Cornell Big Red.........................Weight....Notes Dalton Macri (16-7)........................................125...........Ranked as high as No. 19 in national polls, 12-4 in last 16 matches #1 Nahshon Garrett (32-0)..............................133...........3x All-American, 4x EIWA champ, 3rd Cornell in career wins (144) Joey Galasso (20-12).......................................149...........2016 EIWA runner-up, 5-1 in last 6 matches #5 Dylan Palacio (13-1)...................................157...........2x 1st-team All-Ivy at 165, 2016 EIWA champ, missed fall due to injury Duke Pickett (26-9).........................................165...........2016 EIWA runner-up, 1st team All-Ivy in 2015, 90-42 career record #2 Brian Realbuto (33-3)................................174...........2015 NCAA runner-up at 157, 2x All-American, ranked as high as #1 this year #1 Gabe Dean (29-1).......................................184...........2015 NCAA champ, 2x All-American, 3x EIWA champ, 112-6 career record Owen Scott (15-7)..........................................197...........Third at 2016 EIWAS, 37-13 career record, two-year backup making 1st NCAA trip Jeramy Sweany (22-14)..................................HWT.........First among Cornell freshmen in wins, making first NCAA trip after placing at EIWAs Cornell Big Red at 2016 NCAA Championship • Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) March 17-19, 2016 • Page 2
CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports CornellAthletics Rob Koll The David R. Dunlop ‘59 Head Coach • Rob Koll, the David R. Dunlop ’59 Head Coach of Wrestling, is in his 23rd season as the mentor of the Cornell wrestling program. • Under Koll’s direction, the Big Red has captured 17 Ivy League titles, crowned 12 NCAA champions and achieved 56 All-Americans and 55 individual EIWA champs. • He is the school’s career leader in wins, posting a 267-87-5 (.751) career record. • Over the past 10 years, Cornell has shown without question that it is one of the nation’s elite squads with 45 All-Americans, 10 national champions, eight top five team finishes at the NCAAs and 10 straight EIWA titles. • In addition, the Big Red has won 14 consecutive Ivy crowns and 73 straight Ivy matches. THE KOLL FILE PERSONAL Family: wife Rachel, sons William and Daniel. EDUCATION North Carolina University - Chapel Hill, 1989 (B.A. in Communication) WRESTLING EXPERIENCE University of North Carolina • 1988 NCAA champion at 158 pounds. • Four-time NCAA All-American, posted 150-20-1 career record. • Three-time ACC champion. • Twice selected to compete in the NWCA All-Star Classic. Post Collegiate • Alternate for 1992 U.S. OIympic team. • Won his weight class at the 1990 and 1993 World Cups. • A 1992 World Cup Grand Prix champion. • Placed fifth at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. • Pan-Am Games champ in 1989. • National Freestyle champion in 1990 and 1991. • Runner-up at the 1989 Olympic Festival in Oklahoma City, Okla. Cornell University • Assistant coach under Jack Spates for four seasons, helping Big Red to four Ivy and two EIWA titles. • Helped develop 18 NCAA qualifiers in his four seasons as an assistant. COACHING EXPERIENCE EIWA NCAA Year School Position Record Ivy Record (Finish) Finish Finish 1993-94 Cornell Head Coach 14-6 4-1 (2nd) 4th t-17th 1994-95 Cornell Head Coach 15-5 5-0 (1st) 4th t-56th 1995-96 Cornell Head Coach 14-3 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-42nd 1996-97 Cornell Head Coach 11-5 3-2 (3rd) 4th t-41st 1997-98 Cornell Head Coach 11-5-2 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-67th 1998-99 Cornell Head Coach 16-2-1 4-0-1 (t-1st) 2nd t-33rd 1999-00 Cornell Head Coach 11-4 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-34th 2000-01 Cornell Head Coach 8-4-1 4-1 (t-1st) 4th t-28th 2001-02 Cornell Head Coach 8-4 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-18th 2002-03 Cornell Head Coach 13-5 5-0 (1st) 2nd 10th 2003-04 Cornell Head Coach 11-6 5-0 (1st) 3rd 11th 2004-05 Cornell Head Coach 12-4 5-0 (1st) 2nd 4th 2005-06 Cornell Head Coach 10-4 5-0 (1st) 2nd 5th 2006-07 Cornell Head Coach 9-5 5-0 (1st) 1st 12th 2007-08 Cornell Head Coach 9-5 5-0 (1st) 1st 9th 2008-09 Cornell Head Coach 12-2 5-0 (1st) 1st 6th 2009-10 Cornell Head Coach 9-4-1 5-0 (1st) 1st 2nd 2010-11 Cornell Head Coach 13-1 5-0 (1st) 1st 2nd 2011-12 Cornell Head Coach 11-1 5-0 (1st) 1st 4th 2012-13 Cornell Head Coach 14-4 5-0 (1st) 1st 5th 2013-14 Cornell Head Coach 13-1-0 5-0 (1st) 1st 7th 2014-15 Cornell Head Coach 17-2-0 5-0 (1st) 1st 5th 2015-16 Cornell Head Coach 6-5-0 5-0 (1st) 1st Totals as head coach 23rd season at COR 267-87-5 106-8-1 THE STREAKS: • Cornell has won 10 consecutive EIWA team titles, the longest streak in conference history. • The Big Red has crowned at least one EIWA champion in each of the last 15 seasons and in 25 of the last 26 years. • The Big Red is 50-1 (.980) in its last 51 duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11. • Cornell is 89-4-1 (.952) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 81-0 against teams other than Lehigh. • Head coach Rob Koll’s teams have racked up 14 Ivy League titles in a row, the longest title streak in any sport in conference history. • Cornell has won 73 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign. • Cornell has placed in the top five at the NCAA championships in six of the last seven seasons and in the top 10 in 11 of the last 13 years (eight straight). • Cornell is 94-20-1 (.822) in dual meet competition in the last seven seasons. CONSECUTIVE EIWA TITLES: School (Years)........................ Consec. Titles Cornell (2007-pr).............................................. 10 Cornell (1912-17)............................................... 6 Lehigh (2002-06)..........................................................5 Lehigh (1931-35)..........................................................5 Yale (1905-09)..............................................................5 Penn (1996-99)............................................................4 Navy (1943-46).............................................................4 Penn State (1918-21)....................................................4 LONGEST ACTIVE CONFERENCE TITLE STREAKS: Conference... School (Years).......... Consec. Titles Ivy...................Cornell (2003-pr)................................14 EIWA................Cornell (2007-pr)................................10 Pac-12.............Oregon State (2012-pr)........................5 Big 12..............Oklahoma State (2013-pr)....................4 MAC.................Missouri (2013-pr)................................4 ACC..................NC State (2016-pr)................................1 Big Ten.............Penn State (2016-pr)............................1 EWL.................Rider (2016-pr)....................................1 Southern..........Appalachin State (2016-pr)..................1 • The Big Red is 37-5 (.881) in its last 42 home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season. • Big Red wrestling has won 68 consecutive dual meets against unranked teams dating back to the beginning of the 2007-08 season. • Cornell has won 28 straight meets against New York state opponents. • The Big Red has won four consecutive New York State team titles. • Dylan Palacio (157) and Brian Realbuto (174) also won EIWA titles, while Joey Galasso (149) and Duke Pickett (165) advanced to the finals. ALL-IVY LEAGUE AWARDS: • Senior Nahshon Garrett earned his second Ivy League Wrestler of the Year award and freshman Joey Galasso became the third Cornellian in the last four years to capture Ivy League Rookie of the Year when the Ancient Eight announced its all-league teams. • In addition, Rob Koll captured Ivy League Coach of the Year honors for the second straight year, sharing the honor with Princeton’s Chris Ayres. • Garrett (133) and Galasso (149), both unanimous first-team picks, were joined on every ballot by firstteamers Gabe Dean (184), Brian Realbuto (174) and Dalton Macri (125). • Senior Duke Pickett (165) captured second-team accolades and sophomore Dylan Realbuto (141) and freshman Jeramy Sweany (285) took spots on the honorable mention squad. NOTES TO KNOW: • Senior Nahshon Garrett, a three-time All-American, sports a 33-match win streak and is unbeaten (32-0) this season. • Garrett ranks third all-time at Cornell with 144 wins and could move into second behind Mack Lewnes’ record of 150 with a march through the NCAAs. • Garrett has 90 career bonus wins, good for third on the school’s all-time charts and needs one to match Mack Lewnes ‘12 for second. • Junior Gabe Dean became the 23rd Cornellian with 100 career wins and now ranks 17th (112). • Dean joined the school’s top 10 for career falls with his pin against Harvard and now has 29 in his first three seasons. • Dean also ranks third all-time at Cornell in individual winning percentage (112-6, .949), behind only Dave Auble (.981, 51-1) and Dake (.972, 137-4). • Both junior Brian Realbuto (92-14) and senior Duke Pickett (90-42) both reached 90 career wins at the EIWAs, becoming the 28th and 29th players in Cornell history to reach that mark. • Since the Friedman Wrestling Center opened in January of 2003, the Big Red is 66-13-1 (.831). • The Big Red finished the 2014-15 dual meet season with a 17-2 record, the third-highest total in school history. Cornell won a record 21 matches during the 1991-92 campaign. • Head coach Rob Koll became the ninth Big Red coach in any sport to reach 250 career victories with a sweep at the Grapple at the Garden last season. He now sports a 267-87-5 record in dual meets. • The Big Red has won 14 consecutive Ivy crowns and 73 straight Ivy matches. • Cornell’s 14 straight Ivy League titles build on the Big Red’s record of consecutive Ivy titles by the same Cornell Big Red at 2016 NCAA Championship • Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) March 17-19, 2016 • Page 3
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