BigRedFan

That's Elijah Diakomihalis on the left at Cornell Senior Day. He's a HS sophomore wrestling at 189.

2018: true freshman wins against 2x AA (2/4) senior Meredith (33-1 record going in, with only in-season loss to Yianni) with torn ACL 2019: sophomore wins against 2x AA (3/3) 5th year senior McKenna (24-2 record going in, with only in-season losses to Yianni and Nick Lee) 2022: junior wins against Lovett (24-3 record going in, with only in-season losses to Yianni and Austin Gomez) Combined opponent record 81-6, with *three* of those six losses coming to Yianni. Yianni has NCAA wins over more NCAA AAs than Spencer Lee (e.g., Eierman counts as four AAs). "Not nearly as impressive": tough crowd. Maybe Yianni's opponents have been tougher? Regular decisions over Courtney and Mueller? Regular decision over Suriano.

Oddly enough, the dual with Cornell tomorrow might be very close. Princeton matches up well with Cornell. Wrestlestat says 18-16 for Cornell, although I think Cornell could score as high as 27 (TF for Arujau and Yianni instead of MD, Handlovic and Cardenas winning, Foca with a MD). Monday vs. Ramirez will be the highlight match. Compare that to Penn, which matches up poorly with Cornell. Penn's best guys (Colaiocco, Zapf, and Incontrera) face Arujau, Yianni, and Foca, respectively. Wrestlestat predicts a 27-3 shellacking. All depends on who "shows up."

Glory would have to weigh under 131 against Cornell to be able to descend to 125 for EIWAs.

Cornell, not going with Fernandes, Ramirez, or Loew, win 30-3 over Columbia.

No. You need a TV provider to get it.

Last year, he bonused in 17 of 18 straight matches (one a real injury default, one a "fake" injury default (same opponent)), with a 12-6 decision over Gomez the only non-bonus victory. His career bonus rate is 61% with 22 pins. RBY has 10 pins (11, if you count getting pinned) in his career, as an interesting data point. Sasso has been bonused once in his career (as a RSFR); Zapf five times (Nick Lee, DeSanto, Pletcher, and one other guy).

Make that five Hilton guys: add Collin Burns (285) at Binghamton.

Hilton High School in Rochester claims Yianni, Greg Diakomihalis, Lou DePrez, and Sam DePrez as current D1 wrestlers. The upcoming (2/10) dual between Cornell and Binghamton is being held at Hilton to honor Yianni and Lou, both of whom are seniors. Lou out, Greg D. out with shoulder surgery, so only with Sam and Yianni, not quite the celebration they had hoped for. Still, a nice gesture on the part of all involved.

If he stays at 133 in February, he has Arujau one weekend, and Colaiocco and McGonagle the next weekend. The most he could weigh in against the latter two would be 131 and still make 125 at EIWAs.

133: #2 (125) Patrick Glory (Princeton) wins by decision over HM Angelo Rini (Columbia); 7-3 (Columbia had three pins in their 27-13 victory)

Yes and yes.

How many just "solid" wrestlers have taken Lewis to OT, and also lost by just a point in another match? How many just "solid" wrestlers have lost to Starocci by a single point?

Goodale said that Alvarez is no longer with the team.

DePrez injury defaulted his last match at the Scuffle. Legit no-show.

Wrong. I have ESPN+, which is a streaming service for which I have a subscription (they carry all the home Ivy sports). This dual is on the ACC Network Extra, which is actually a channel that is part of ESPN's package, and requires a TV provider (e.g., YouTubeTV, Hulu, DirecTV, etc.) subscription.

Do you know if VT has any radio broadcast for this? I don't have ACC Network Extra, and I don't feel like trying to follow it on Twitter.

It appeared that the room was too hot, so the wrestlers were getting very sweaty (I saw some sweat dripping from heads), resulting in needing time to wipe down the mats between matches.

That's the Cornell vs. Virginia Tech dual (I know, because I don't have ESPN and thus no ACC NE).

Flo.

Nice assumption, as I have expressed nothing one way or another.

Is it different than it used to be? Serious question.

Translation: "I got nothing"

(My brain hurts reading that sentence) Cherry-picking to follow, wrt "stat padding matches". Gabe Dean, 2015-2016 season: Started with the NWCA All-Star match. Dual meets: Oklahoma, WV, NC State, Northern Iowa, Missouri, EIWA/Ivy duals (required), Minnesota, Iowa, Lehigh 2x. Tournaments: CKLV, Southern Scuffle (seven matches!), EIWA, NCAA. Not even going to count the five matches at the November NYS Intercollegiate tournament, since they were too easy, I'm sure.

That adds nothing. Is the season longer than it was? Was it always "too long," despite the fact that many top wrestlers competed in 40+ matches per season?