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Wrestling Hosts No. 9 Cornell Friday Night

| By: Sydney Harbaugh (sharbau1@bighamton.edu)

Dual scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Events Center

VESTAL, N.Y. - The Binghamton wrestling team kicks off the dual portion of its schedule hosting No. 9 Cornell this Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Events Center. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN3. This is the first time in five years the two teams will meet in a dual setting. 

"We're excited for tomorrow night," head coach Kyle Borshoff said. "We haven't faced Cornell in a number of years and they're perennially one of the top programs in the country. It'll be great to get back into the Events Center and see how we stack up against the Big Red."

Bearcat Bites
  • The Bearcats feature three grapplers in the rankings heading into the dual Friday night
  • R-Fr. Lou DePrez is ranked as high as #13, returning NCAA qualifier Frankie Garcia at #17 and Vincent DePrez at #21
  • Binghamton had five wrestlers place at the 2018 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, highlighted by a 1st place finish at 125 lb by redshirt sophomore Audey Ashkar
  • Steven Bulzomi finished fourth at 125 lb, Vincent DePrez second at 174 lb, Anthony DePrez fourth at 197 lb and Joe Doyle fifth at HWT
  • The tournament title at 125 lb was the first of Ashkar's career
  • Binghamton finished 5th of 20 teams at the Open with 300 team points
  • The Bearcats are coming off of one of their best seasons to date, finishing in seventh place overall at the 2018 Eastern's, marking the highest finish in program history
  • Binghamton had five place winners in the tournament, sending two wrestlers to nationals - Garcia and Steven Schneider
  • The Bearcats went 12-5 overall with a 6-1 EIWA mark for the regular season
  • Head Coach Kyle Borshoff starts his second year at the helm for Binghamton
Friday Night
  • Returners from last years' lineup include Joe Nelson (133), Garcia (149) and Vincent DePrez (174)
  • Fresh talent shapes the rest of the Bearcat squad with seven new faces taking the mat against Cornell
  • Anthony Sparacio, a DII All-American and transfer from Long Island University Post will get his first DI start Friday night at 141 pounds
  • Dylan Wood will make his second career start for the Bearcats at 157 lb. Last season, Wood made his debut against Sacred Heart, winning his match by major (11-2) over Adrian Nelson
  • Aidan Monteverdi, Lou DePrez and Joe Doyle all make their collegiate debut tomorrow night vs. the Big Red
Scouting the Big Red
  • Cornell is ranked ninth nationally in the initial USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll
  • Seven NCAA qualifiers return — Chas Tucker (133), Yianni Diakomihalis (141), Jon Jay Chavez (165), Brandon Womack (174), Max Dean (184), Ben Honis (197) and Jeramy Sweany(285)
  • Returning champion Diakomihalis joins Chavez, Womack (2017 at 165) and Dean as returning All-Americans in the lineup
  • Cornell wrestlers opened their season at the Bearcat Open, winning titles at 133 (Tucker), 149 (Hunter Richard) and 197 (Honis)
Series History
  • Cornell leads the all-time series 7-0
  • The series began in 1971-72, when the two teams met in a quad meet in Cortland with the Big Red outscoring the Bearcats 97.5-53.5
  • The closest meet in series history came in Cornell's 22-21 win on Jan. 5, 2012 in Vestal, N.Y. The Big Red won on criteria after ending the meet tied 21-21 having had scored more points in the individual matches. 
  • The Big Red won the last meeting between the teams 33-6 on Nov. 23, 2013 at Newman Arena
Probable Lineups

#9 Cornell

125 – Noah Baughman (0-0)
133 – #15 Chaz Tucker (4-0)
141 – #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (0-0)
149 – Hunter Richard (5-0)
157 – Fredy Stroker (0-0)
165 – Milik Dawkins (3-2)
174 – #16 Bradon Womack (5-1)
184 – #9 Max Dean (0-0)
197 – #18 Ben Honis (3-0)
285 – Brendan Furman (0-0)

Binghamton

125 - Audey Ashkar (4-0)
133 - Joe Nelson (0-0)
141 - Anthony Sparacio (3-2)
149 - #17 Frankie Garcia (2-2)
157 - Dylan Wood (1-2)
165 - Aidan Monteverdi (0-0)
174 - #21 Vincent DePrez (3-1)
184 - #13 Lou DePrez (0-0) or Nunzio Crowley (2-2)
197 - Anthony DePrez (4-2)
HWT - Joe Doyle (4-2)

Black Knight Invitational 
  • Bearcats travel to Army West Point on Nov. 18 for the Black Knight Invite
  • Wrestling starts at 10 am and will go all day
  • Ten Bearcats placed at last year's tournament
  • Highlighted by Garcia's second place finish at 149 pounds
  • Tristan Rifanburg finished third at 157 pounds, Steven Bulzomi (125) and Vincent DePrez (165) fourth and Nunzio Crowley fifth at 174

NYS Championships
  • Redshirt freshmen Chris Barker, Trent Wechsler, Michael Zarif and Paddy Lupole will compete in the NYS Championships on Nov. 18
  • Tournament will be held at Barton Hall in Ithaca, N.Y.
Up Next
  • Binghamton will travel to the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 in Las Vegas, NV


 
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