In front of a large and boisterous Dragon crowd, the Big Red stayed poised and avoided giving any energy to the home team in improving to 11-1-1 all-time against Drexel. Cornell is now 90-0 against EIWA opponents other than Lehigh over the last 14 seasons (102-4-1 overall).
Cornell entered halftime with a 12-4 lead after the dual started at 165. Ebed Jarrell got the Spirit Day crowd into a frenzy with a major decision victory to kick off the night, but four consecutive Big Red victories, all by decision, put the visitors in control. Brandon Womack got things started with a 2-0 win over Austin Rose and 174, followed by 11th-ranked Max Dean's 8-3 triumph over Alex DeCiantis. Ben Darmstadt, ranked No. 3 at 197, picked off the first of three expected top 20 foes on the weekend when he topped No. 20 Stephen Loiseau by a 6-4 margin. Jeramy Sweany closed out the first half with a 6-1 decision over Josh Murphy.
The Dragons mounted a comeback with Zack Fuentes and No. 4 Austin DeSanto earning wins, the latter sneaking out a 2-1 decision over Chaz Tucker at 133. Yianni Diakomihalis ended Drexel's momentum with a first period pin of Julian Flores in just 81 seconds and Will Koll clinched the dual with a 10-0 major decision over Trevor Elfvin in a match that will be key for EIWA seeding.
Cornell will attempt to claim its 16th straight Ivy title tomorrow when it meets Penn at 12 p.m. and Princeton at 6 p.m. A win in either match would clinch at least a share, a sweep would be its 16th consecutive unbeaten season in conference action.
Results:
165: Ebed Jarrell (D) won by major decision over Adam Santoro (C), 13-5
174: Brandon Womack (C) won by decision over Austin Rose (D), 2-0
184: #11 Max Dean (C) won by decision over Alex DeCiantis (D), 8-3,
197: #3 Ben Darmstadt (C) won by decision over #20 Stephen Loiseau (D), 6-4
285: Jeramy Sweany (C) won by decision over Josh Murphy (D), 6-1
125: Zack Fuentes (D) won by decision over Noah Baughman (C), 6-0
133: #4 Austin DeSanto (D) won by decision over Chaz Tucker (C), 2-1
141: #4 Yianni Diakomihalis (C) won by fall over Julian Flores (D), 1:21
149: Will Koll (C) won by major decision over Trevor Elfvin (D), 10-0
157: Garrett Hammond (D) won by decision over Kyle Simaz (C), 7-4
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