Cornell overcame a forfeit at 133 with a pair of falls in the final 20 seconds of matches and five total bonus point victories. Missing three regular starters, the Big Red used a big second half after trailing the Crimson 14-9 through five matches.
Dalton Macri (125) and Gabe Dean (184), looking for extra bonus points on the way to tech falls, each earned pins late to pick up the extra important team point. Macri turned Nolan Hellickson for the fall with 15 seconds left to tie the dual after the first two weight classes, while Dean's fall over Michael Mocco came with 17 seconds to spare and all but put the match away, giving Cornell a virtually insurmountable 24-14 edge.
Macri's fall and a solid win at 149 by Joey Galasso in highlighted the first half, but Harvard added a tight 2-0 decision by seventh-ranked Todd Preston over former high school teammate Mark Grey at 141 and a tech fall victory by Tyler Tarsi over Kyle Simaz at 157 to run out to the lead.
From there, the home team took control.
Chris Dowdy, moving up from 157, dominated Peter Bearse 12-3 for a major decision to get back within a point before Realbuto earned a 16-0 tech fall over Josef Johnson to give Cornell the lead for good. Top-ranked Dean, needing to cut Michael Mocco and earn a takedown for a tech fall, instead turned his opponent and earned the fall at 6:43. Owen Scott earned a major decision victory over Josh Popple at 197 thanks to a pair of late turns that nearly made it a tech fall, and freshman Jeramy Sweany captured an impressive 5-2 victory over Nicholas Gajdzik in a match that will likely be important for EIWA seeding.
Cornell will look to start 2-0 in Ivy play and extend its conference win streak to 70 games when Brown visits Friedman Wrestling Center on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m.
Results:
125: Dalton Macri (C) won by fall over Nolan Hellickson (H), 6:45
133: Jeffrey Ott (H) won by forfeit
141: #7 Todd Preston (H) won by decision over Mark Grey (C), 2-0
149: Joey Galasso (C) won by decision over Patrick Hogan (H), 8-2
157: Tyler Tarsi (H) won by technical fall over Kyle Simaz (C), 20-3
165: Chris Dowdy (C) won by major decision over Peter Bearse (H), 12-3
174: #7 Brian Realbuto (C) won by technical fall over Josef Johnson (H), 16-0
184: #1 Gabe Dean (C) won by fall over Michael Mocco (H), 6:43
197: Owen Scott (C) won by major decision over Josh Popple (H), 15-2
285: Jeramy Sweany (C) won by decision over Nicholas Gajdzik (H), 5-2
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