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Matchup of Top-20 Teams, Ivy Unbeatens Set for Saturday as Princeton Hosts Cornell
February 03, 2022 | Wrestling
Now, the teams will meet again, for the first time since that historic match that delivered Princeton its 500th Ivy League title across all sports. The dual will be part of a two-match weekend with the No. 20-ranked Tigers heading to Rider on Sunday.
vs. No. 11 Cornell, Saturday, 1 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Results | Tickets | Match Program
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Princeton probables (NCAA coaches rankings):
125: #1 Patrick Glory
133: Nick Kayal/Brandon Spellman
141: Danny Coles/Jacob Mann
149: Marshall Keller/Josh Breeding
157: #8 Quincy Monday
165: Jake Marsh/Blaine Bergey
174: Nate Dugan/Mikey Squires
184: #22 Travis Stefanik
197: #17 Luke Stout/Aidan Conner
HWT: Matt Cover/Jack DelGarbino
Cornell probables (NCAA coaches rankings):
125: #1 Vito Arujau/Greg Diakomihalis
133: #27 Dom LaJoie/Phillip Moomey
141: JJ Wilson/Cole Handlovic
149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis/Mike Venosa
157: Hunter Richard/Adam Santoro
165: #8 Julian Ramirez/Jake Brindley
174: #10 Chris Foca/Andrew Berreyesa
184: #17 Jonathan Loew/Ethan Hatcher
197: #19 Jacob Cardenas/Ben Darmstadt
285: #17 Lewis Fernandes/Brendan Furman
Rider probables (NCAA coaches rankings):
125: Tyler Klinsky
133: #31 Richie Koehler
141: #29 Quinn Kinner
149: Cole McComas
157: Alec Bobchin
165: Mike Wilson/Angel Garcia
174: Shane Reitsma
184: Evan Vazquez
197: Matt Correnti/Azeem Bell 285: David Szuba
On the series • Princeton's win over Cornell in 2020 was its first since 1986, delivering Princeton its first Ivy title since 1986 and ending Cornell's Ivy dual-match win streak that began in 2002. Princeton has won the last two over Rider since the Broncs' last win over Princeton in 2018.
Probables vs. Probables • Among those listed in the probables, here are the previous matchups between wrestlers competing for their schools at the time of the match and at the weight they're listed as a probable for this weekend's matches: Patrick Glory split a pair of matches in 2019 against Vito Arujau, losing in a fall in 4:31 in the dual before winning a 10-8 decision at EIWAs. Marshall Keller lost to Yianni Diakomihalis 14-6 in the 2019 dual. Quincy Monday defeated Adam Santoro in both the 2019 (16-5) and 2020 (9-7) duals, Travis Stefanik defeated Jonathan Loew 10-4 in the 2020 dual, and Aidan Conner lost to Brendan Furman 9-0 at the 2020 dual. Based on the probables, there are a few possibities for ranked-vs-ranked matchups, with Cornell's Vito Arujau and Princeton's Patrick Glory both ranked No. 1 at 125 by the NCAA coaches rankings, Princeton with Travis Stefanik at No. 22 and Cornell with Jonathan Loew at No. 17 at 184, and Princeton with Luke Stout at No. 17 and Cornell with Jacob Cardenas at No. 19 at 197.
Taking on the best • Princeton will wrestle six fellow teams in the most recent NWCA team rankings, which have Princeton at No. 20. Along with already-wrestled No. 1 Iowa, No. 5 N.C. State, and No. 6 Arizona State (rankings at match time), Princeton has No. 11 Cornell Saturday and No. 14 Lehigh and No. 15 Rutgers the following two Fridays.
Rank 'em • Four Princeton wrestlers were included in the first NCAA coaches rankings, with Patrick Glory ranked No. 1 at 125, Quincy Monday No. 8 at 157, Travis Stefanik No. 22 at 184, and Luke Stout No. 17 at 197.
Ranked wins • Princeton wrestlers have 16 wins over InterMat- or NCAA-ranked opponents this season, including: Aidan Conner (197) over #13 Isaac Trumble (N.C. State dual), Jack DelGarbino (HWT) over #3 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa dual), Nate Dugan (174) over #16 Jackson Turley (Rutgers, MatMen Open) and #27 Joshua Kim (Harvard, dual), Patrick Glory (125) over #16 Jake Medley (Michigan, Cliff Keen), #7 Devin Schroder (Purdue, Keen), #4 Brandon Courtney (Ariz. St. dual) and #15 Joe Manchio (Columbia dual), Nick Masters (133) over #23 Mosha Schwartz (N. Colorado, Keen), Quincy Monday (157) over #30 Connor Brady (Va. Tech, SE Open), #6 Kaleb Young (Iowa dual), #15 Will Lewan (Michigan, Keen), #6 Peyton Robb (Nebraska, Keen), Travis Stefanik over #20 Max Lyon (Purdue, Keen), and Luke Stout (197) over #32 Andrew Davison (Northwestern, Keen) and #21 Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State, Keen).
On our way back • Patrick Glory (125), Quincy Monday (157), Grant Cuomo (165) and Travis Stefanik (184) were four of Princeton's six qualifiers to the 2020 NCAA Championships, along with 2021 grads Matthew Kolodzik (149) and Patrick Brucki (197).
Quite a resume • Since Chris Ayres took over the program in 2006, 18 Princeton wrestlers have earned a total of 38 NCAA Championship bids, all since 2010. The previous 18 NCAA qualifiers to the Ayres era came over a span of 30 years, twice the amount of time Ayres has been at the helm, and the previous 38 NCAA bids were earned over a period of 32 years. Ayres' tenure has seen 10 All-America honors, all since 2016, where the program's previous 10 All-America honors came over a span of 33 years.
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