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Cornell Wins First Ivy League Tournament and Qualifies All Ten Wrestlers for NCAAs

PRINCETON, N.J. –  The Cornell wrestling team won the Inaugural Ivy League tournament with 135.5 team points while qualifying all ten wrestlers for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Cornell took the first ever Ivy League Tournament wrestling title followed by Penn (129.5), Columbia (144.5), Princeton (113), Brown (84.5) and Harvard (62).
Cornell earned 10 of the 26 allotted spots for the Ivy League into the NCAA Tournament. This is the second consecutive year 10 Big Red wrestlers will be at the national championships.
Meyer Shapiro was voted by the other Ivy League coaches as the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament.
SEMI FINAL HIGHLIGHTS
Seven Big Red wrestlers qualified for the NCAA championships in the semi-final bouts.
Julian Ramirez pinned Andy Troczynski of Penn in 35 seconds, the 26^th fastest pin in Cornell history. Mikey Dellagatta followed up behind him in the 197-weight class with a pin of his own over Joe Curtis of Columbia in 51 seconds.
THE CONSOLATION BRACKET
Marcello Milani battled his way through the consolation bracket after early loss in quarter finals to Sulayman Bah of Columbia only to face him again in the third-place bout and beat him 5-2.
Josh Saunders also battled back from an early upset to place third in the 141lb with consolation wins over Ian Oswalt of Brown and Lorenzo Frezza of Columbia.
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Meyer Shapiro earned the first gold for the Big Red defeating Jude Swisher 19-2 by technical fall.
Julian Ramirez followed up right behind him defeating Cesar Alvan 8-6 with two takedowns. … more at … https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/3/9/cornell-wrestling-wins-the-first-ivy-league-tournament-and-qualifies-all-ten-wrestlers-for-ncaa-championships.aspx

March 12, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized