No. 7 Cornell rallied from a halftime deficit with a big second half, winning the meet's final six matches en route to a 26-9 triumph over the Quakers on Saturday afternoon at Newman Arena. The Big Red improved to 9-1 (3-0 Ivy) and extended its win streak over Ivy opponents to 66 in the process.
The Big Red shut out the Quakers 18-0 over the final five matches, spurred on by a first period fall by sophomore Dylan Palacio over Ray Bethea to turn the tide of the dual and get the crowd of better than 2,100 back into the match. Consecutive overtime wins, including a late rally to get there for Duke Pickett, and another top-five win for Gabe Dean, was one of three consecutive matches the Big Red won by a single point or in overtime.
Nahshon Garrett earned a takedown four seconds into the match and dominated throughout, earning two nearfall to take a 4-0 lead with 2:56 of ride time into the second period. He dominated throughout, building more than four minutes of ride time before closing the match with a takedown with 20 seconds left to take home the tech fall.
Bricker Dixon earned a takedown in the final minute of the first period against NCAA qualifier Caleb Richardson to take a 2-1 lead into the second. After choosing down and adding a point with an escape, Dixon gave up a reversal to Richardson early in the third to tie the match at 3-3 and rode him out final the final 75 seconds to lock in the riding point and win 4-3.
Jason Canfora picked up a first period takedown in the final 15 seconds to take a 2-0 lead into the second. A Canfora reversal made it 4-0, and after a Ryan Dunphy escape, the Penn wrestler picked up a stalling point to head into the final period up 5-1. Dunphy earned a late escape to keep the match from being a major, but the Quakers were able to take the 6-5 lead.
T.J. Cobb's first period takedown ended up being the difference in the match, as Chris Villalonga's escape point in the first and then in the second after choosing down put the match into sudden victory. After a couple scrambles where Villalonga just missed picking up the two, Cobb was able to get the advantage for two and the win to give the Quakers a 9-5 advantage.
Cornell got back within a point of the visitors at halftime when Brian Realbuto earned a 7-2 win over Brooks Martino to send the home team to the break trailing 9-8.
After resuming action, Palacio had the biggest result of the day, shaking off an early takedown from Ray Bethea, escaping and tilting the Quaker for the fall to put the Big Red back into the lead.
Pickett and Dean won consecutive sudden victory contests with takedowns, Pickett only coming after locking in riding time late in the third, allowing the escape and then picking up the match-tying takedown with 11 seconds remaining in regulation. Dean nearly had three late takedowns to win his match against fifth-ranked Lorenzo Thomas, but settled for the walk-off win after defending a Thomas shot.
Jace Bennett won at 197 with a narrow 3-2 decision thanks to a third period takedown that not only put him into the lead at 3-1, but erased a ride time point for Canaan Bethea. An escape by the Quaker got him back within a point, but Bennett was able to hold him off for the win.
At heavyweight, Jacob Aiken-Phillips was in control throughout against Penn freshman Patrick Garren, taking a 2-1 lead and nearly two minutes of ride time into the second. That ride time creeped to nearly four minutes heading into the third period, and a pair of takedowns for the Big Red senior clinched the 8-2 decision.
Cornell returns to action when it visits No. 11 Lehigh tomorrow at 3 p.m. in Bethlehem, Pa.
Results:
125: #3 Nahshon Garrett (C) won by technical fall over Jeremy Schwartz (P), 19-4
133: Caleb Richardson (P) won by decision over Bricker Dixon (C), 4-3
141: Jeff Canfora (P) won by decision over Ryan Dunphy (C), 9-2
149: #16 C.J. Cobb (P) won by decision over #7 Chris Villalonga (C), 4-2 (sv1)
157: #7 Brian Realbuto (C) won by decision over Brooks Martino (P), 7-2
165: #11 Dylan Palacio (C) won by fall over Ray Bethea (P), 2:17
174: Duke Pickett (C) won by decision over Brad Wukie (P), 7-5 (sv1)
184: #1 Gabe Dean (C) won by decision over #5 Lorenzo Thomas (P), 3-1 (sv1)
197: #14 Jace Bennett (C) won by decision over Canaan Bethea (P), 3-2
285: Jacob Aiken-Phillips (C) won by decision over Patrick Garren (P), 8-2
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