The victory keeps Princeton alive in the Ivy League chase, and sets up a potentially historic Saturday night in Dillon Gym. The Tigers (2-1 Ivy) will host Cornell (3-0 Ivy) at 6 pm on the Ivy League Network. The Big Red, who take on Penn Saturday at 12 pm, have won 31 straight dual matches against Princeton and have the longest league championship streak of any team among the 33 Ivy League sports. A Princeton victory would keep the Tigers in the thick of the championship race going into a home match the following Saturday against Penn.
Princeton faced a must-win situation Friday against Cornell, and Tiger co-captain Mike D'Angelo got the ball rolling with a Top-20 win over Markus Scheidel at 157. The 17th-ranked D'Angelo, who missed last weekend with injury, scored an overtime takedown to post a 2-1 victory over the 13th-ranked Scheidel.
Fellow Princeton co-captain Jonathan Schleifer built on that lead with a win at 165, and sophomore Kevin Parker added a 10-1 major at 184 to build the lead to 10-5. 17th-ranked freshman Patrick Brucki added more team points with a 12-3 major decision, his team-best 21st win of the season, though ranked heavyweight Garrett Ryan got Columbia back in the match with a major decision.
Princeton needed a momentum stopper, and sophomore Matteo DeVincenzo handled that role. His 10-0 major built the lead back to 18-10, and it assured Tiger All-American Matthew Kolodzik a chance to clinch the victory in the evening's final match.
After a pair of Columbia wins, that scenario played out, and Kolodzik was more than up to the challenge. He took the early lead, but never relinquished and eventually put Jacob Macalolooy on his back in the third period for the fall.
While Princeton will be looking to stay in the 2018 Ivy League title chase tomorrow, the Tigers will also honor the 1978 EIWA championship team prior to the Cornell match. Also, the first 200 Tiger fans in Dillon Gym will receive an orange Princeton wrestling t-shirt.
Results:
157 – #17 Mike D'Angelo (P) dec. Markus Scheidel 2-1, TB-1
165 – Jonathan Schleifer (P) dec. Laurence Kosoy 10-5
174 – Tyrel White (C) TF Carlin Powell 22-7
184 – Kevin Parker (P) mdec. Andrew Psomas 10-1
197 - #17 Patrick Brucki (P) mdec. Michael Bulkin 12-3
285 - #16 Garrett Ryan (C) TF Michael Markulec 24-9
125 – Matteo DeVincenzo (P) mdec. Spencer Good 10-0
133 – Alec Kelly (C) mdec. Jonathan Gomez 14-6
141 – JP Ascolese (C) dec. Jordan Reich 12-5
149 - #12 Matthew Kolodzik (P) WBF Jacob Macalolooy 6:27
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