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Central New York Twinbill Ahead for Wrestlers Saturday at Cornell, Binghamton
January 31, 2023 | Wrestling
at No. 5 Cornell, Sat., 12 p.m. | ESPN+
at Binghamton, Sat., 5 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Results
Against the Big Red and the Bearcats • Princeton ended a long Cornell winning streak in the series in 2020, as that win delivered Princeton its first Ivy League title since 1986 and first win over the Big Red since 1986. After missing the 2021 season due to the pandemic, Cornell won the rematch last year, 21-12. All four Tigers who won matches last year are back on the roster this year and three have been a regular pat of the lineup, in Patrick Glory, who won at 125 last year, Danny Coles at 141, and Quincy Monday, who won at 157 last year. Five of the six Big Red winners are back as well, in Yianni Diakomihalis (149), Chris Foca (174), Jonathan Loew (184), Jacob Cardenas (197) and Lewis Fernandes (heavyweight).
This will be the first time any of the current Tigers have faced Binghamton in a dual, with the teams' last meeting coming on Dec. 10, 2016 in Princeton, a 26-13 Tiger win. A year earlier, Binghamton won the teams' last dual at the Bearcats' home, 18-15 on Jan. 8, 2016.
Tough schedule • Seven teams in the Jan. 31 NWCA top 25 are on Princeton's dual-meet schedule this year: #5 Cornell, #15 Wisconsin, #19 Arizona State, #22 Indiana, #23 Rutgers, #24 Michigan State and #25 Penn. Princeton has already faced five of those and will see the other two between this weekend and next, at Cornell Saturday and at Penn next Friday.
Glory & Monday • Both NCAA finalists in 2022, delivering Princeton its first and second NCAA finalists since 2002 and two finalists in the same year for the first time ever, Patrick Glory and Quincy Monday are consensus-ranked top-five nationally. Glory is a consensus No. 2 at 125 and Monday is a near-consensus No. 3 at 165 after making his collegiate non-exhibition debut at the weight in winning the Midlands title, defeating Wisconsin's No. 4 Dean Hamiti in the final. Monday was an NCAA finalist at 157 last year and was a near-consensus No. 1 at that weight before going to 165. Midlands also saw rookie Kole Mulhauser place seventh at 174 and sophomore Luke Stout place fifth at 197.
Raise the Stakes • Princeton's team theme this year is Raise The Stakes, a reflection of the team returning all six of its NCAA qualifiers from last year. Seniors Patrick Glory (125) and Quincy Monday (157, now 165) not only became Princeton's first finalists in 20 years but gave Princeton its first two-finalist NCAAs ever. Seniors Marshall Keller (149) and Travis Stefanik (184, now HWT), junior Matt Cover (HWT) and sophomore Luke Stout (197) are back after earning NCAA bids last year. Still available for the Tigers this season are the program's first EIWA team title since 1978, the program's first NCAA individual champion since 1951, and of an NCAA trophy, which would eclipse its current best-ever finish at the NCAAs of fifth in 1951.
All-Americans • Of Princeton's 25 All-American finishes, 12 have come during Chris Ayres' coaching tenure, and all since 2016. Of the 13 wrestlers to earn All-American honors, five have come during Ayres' tenure. Active All-Americans include Patrick Glory (3x) and Quincy Monday (2x). Glory is looking to become just the second four-time All-American in program history, along with Matthew Kolodzik '21.
Rankings • Princeton has five wrestlers in national rankings as of Jan. 31. Patrick Glory (125) is ranked No. 2, by AWN, FloWrestling, InterMat, Open Mat, WIN and WrestleStat. Quincy Monday (165) is ranked as high as No. 3 by AWN, FloWrestling, InterMat, the NCAA Coaches ranking, Open Mat and WIN. Luke Stout (197) is ranked as high as No. 17 by the NCAA Coaches rankings and WrestleStat. Nate Dugan (184) is ranked No. 32 in the NCAA Coaches ranking, and Travis Stefanik (HWT), ranked as high as No. 31 by InterMat and WrestleStat, is also in the NCAA Coaches ranking at No. 33.
Cornell and Binghamton in the Rankings • Cornell has wrestlers ranked by multiple outlets at nine of the 10 weight classes. At 125, Brett Ungar is ranked as high as No. 8 by the NCAA coaches. At 133, Vito Arujau is No. 2 in the coaches ranking. At 141, Vince Cornella is eighth at AWN. At 149, Yianni Diakomihalis is No. 1 by several outlets. After 157, the lone weight without a Big Red ranked wrestler, Julian Ramirez is No. 7 at WrestleStat, WIN and the NCAA coaches ranking. Chris Foca is a near-consensus No. 4 at 174, Jonathan Loew is as high as No. 6 at InterMat, Jacob Cardenas is No. 14 at AWN and InterMat, and Lewis Fernandes is No. 14 at FloWrestling.
The Bearcats count 184-pounder Jacob Nolan, ranked as high as No. 22 by InterMat, heavyweight Cory Day, whose top ranking is No. 21 by InterMat, and 165-pounder Brevin Cassella, who is ranked No. 31 by InterMat.
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