Tyler Ferrara of Cornell is in on a single leg. Ferrara from Chenango Forks HS beat Danny Jones from Princeton 5-2. Cornell (119 points) leads Penn (111) and Columbia (102.5)

MAT NOTES:

Cornell, the #8 ranked team in the nation, are favored to capture the team title at the inaugural Ivy League Wrestling Championships at the historic Jadwin Gymnasium on the campus at Princeton University, NJ.The Big Red (11-1) were the Ivy League dual meet champions and have six top seeds at the tournament. They are paced by returning All-Americans, sophomore Meyer Shapiro (9-1) at 157 and Chris Foca (17-1) at 184 pounds. Other number one rated grapplers are; Tyler Ferrara (11-4) at 133, rugged Julian Ramirez (18-1) at 165, freshman Simon Ruiz (20-5) at 174 and Ashton Davis (285). Potential finalists are: Joshua Sanders (16-5) at 141 and freshman Mikey Dellagatta (14-2) at 197 pounds. Cornell head coach, Mike Grey ( a former NJ state champion) stated: "Our guys have to be  excited and eager to wrestle to the level that than can", he added, "The goal is to qualify all 10 of the starters for the NCAAs."


The host Tigers have two No. 1 seeds, Marc-Anthony McGowan (13-2) at 125 and Luke Stout (12-2) at 197. Both are nationally ranked and could be qualifiers at the NCAA meet. Princeton also points to highly-regarded Elijah Rivera (15-6) at 141, Ty Whelan (149), Blaine Bergey (165) and Kole Mulhauser (12-7) at 184. 


UPenn also grabbed a pair of top seeds, junior CJ Composto (22-3) at 141 and Cross Wasilewski (20-3) at 149. The Quakers also have 2024 NCAA qualifier, sophomore Max Gallagher (24-7), the #2 seed in the loaded 125-pound bracket, Ryan Miller (20-6) at 133, Jude Swisher (22-6) at 157 and bolstering the team are Nick Incontreta (19-5) at 174 and Maximus Hale (20-7) at 184 pounds.


Rounding out the other teams are Brown, Columbia and Harvard. Also vying for NCAA berths will be: Harvard's Diego Sotelo (10-4) at 125, along with Brown teammates, Hunter Adrian (133) and Blake Saito at 157. Columbia has a trio of standouts; Kai Orine (149), No.2 Cesar Alvan (23-8) at 165 and Nick Fine (11-6) in the well balanced 184-pound class.


Of the 60 grapplers entered in the tournament, only three are NY natives; Max Gallagher (Bayport Blue-Point), Tyler Ferrara (Chenango Forks) and Kole Mulhauser (Central Square). That elite trio are all former NYS champions.


The Ivy League Conference has been allotted 26 automatic berths for the 94th annual NCAA Championships at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA, on March 20th-22nd.


The 1975 ( nearly 50 years to the day- March 15th) and 1981 NCAA Division I Championships were held at the Jadwin Gymnasium, and in both years the team champion was the Iowa Hawkeyes. Winning NCAA titles in '81 were Gene Mills (118), a NJ state champion and the best wrestler in Syracuse University history, along with the Banach twins from Port Jervis, NY. Ed (177) and Lou (Unl.) competed for Dan Gable's Hawkeye dynasty, and all posted falls in the finals.  ​


SEMIFINAL RESULTS: 

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125- Marc-Anthony McGowan (Prin) pinned Slayman Bah (Col) 5:47

         Max Gallagher (Penn) maj.dec. Diego Sotelo (Harv) 13-4


133- Tyler Ferrara (Corn) dec. Danny Jones (Prin) 5-2

         Ryan Miller (Penn) maj.dec. Hunter Adrain (Brown) 16-4


141- CJ Composto (Penn) dec. Lorenzo Frezza (Col) 8-3

         Elijah Rivera (Prin) dec. Joshua Sanders (Corn) 4-1 OT


149- Cross Wasilewski (Penn) pinned Kai Owen (Colum) 5:31

         Ethan Fernandez (Corn) dec. Ty Whelan (Prin) 8-6


157- Meyer Shapiro (Corn) maj.dec. Jimmy Harrington (Harv) 9-0

         Jude Swisher (Penn) dec. Blake Saito (Brown) 3-0


165- Juliuan Ramirez (Corn) pinned Andrew Trocynski (Penn) :35

        Cesar Alvan (Col) maj.dec. Blaine Bergery (Prin) 11-1


174- Simon Ruiz (Corn) tech fall Drew Clearie (Brown) 18-2

​         Jack McGill (Col) dec. Nick Incontreta (Penn) 4-1 OT


184- Chris Foca (Corn) maj.dec. Nick Fine (Col) 11-2

         Maximus Hale (Penn) dec. Kole Mulhauser (Prin) 7-5


197- Luke Stout (Prin) pinned Max Agresti (Harv) 3:42

         Mikey Dellagatta (Corn) pinned Joe Curtis (Col) :51

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285- Ashton Davis (Corn) dec. Alex Semenenko (Brown) 8-1 OT

          Vincent Mueller (Col) pinned John Pardo (Penn) 1:43


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Meyer Shapiro of Cornell

Chris Foca is leading the charge for Cornell winning his 184 pound Ivy League semifinal.

Cross Wasilewski of Penn

Julian Ramirez of Cornell

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  TEAM SCORES AFTER SEMIS:
  1. Cornell (115.5 points)
  2. Penn (107.5)
  3. Princeton (89.5)
  4. Columbia (87)
  5. Brown (68.5)


Marc-Anthony McGowan of Princeton

Ethan Fernandez of Cornell

Max Gallagher of Penn works for a takedown on Diego Sotelo of Harvard. Gallagher from Bayport-Bluepoint HS won this 125 pound Ivy League semifinal 13-4.

CORNELL LEADS THE IVY LEAGUE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS OVER PENN, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON​​

Luke Stout of Princeton works for his fall at 197 pounds.

CJ Composto of Penn