DePrez Defeats No. 7 Cardenas, Bearcats Fall to Cornell in Final Dual of Season
SOURCE: bubearcats.com
February 25, 2024

 


Brevin Cassella also earns team-leading 24th overall win for Binghamton

ITHACA, N.Y. - No. 9 Lou DePrez earned a statement victory by defeating No. 7 Jacob Cardenas, but the Binghamton wrestling team was ultimately defeated by No. 8 Cornell 33-6 Sunday at Friedman Wrestling Center. The loss ends a five-match winning streak for the Bearcats.

"That was a really big win for Louie today to position him within the EIWA and the national field," said Binghamton Head Coach Kyle Borshoff. "So hopefully he can keep that momentum rolling at the EIWAs. We should have a number of guys who are seeded highly there."

The Bearcats kept it close against the Big Red early, as the dual was tied at 6 after the first four matches. But the Big Red went on to win the final six matches to secure the victory and finish the regular season with an undefeated conference record of 6-0.

"Duals like this are always tough, and we needed it" said Borshoff. "We came off a nice, long win streak and Cornell is a really great team. Wrestling these guys right now really brings us back to Earth a little bit, and I think that's a good think going into EIWAs."

Highlights
In the second match between ranked wrestlers, DePrez defeated Cardenas to earn his 10th dual win of the season, and 19th overall. He will enter the EIWA Championships looking to win his 20th match of the season, which would mark the fifth time in his career that he has won that many matches in a season.
Brevin Cassella opened the dual by defeating Brody Oleksak 5-2. With the win, Cassella retook the team lead in overall wins with 24, while also extending his team lead in dual wins by moving up to 12.

No. 8 Cornell 33 Binghamton 6
165 - No. 17/18 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. Brody Oleksak (Cornell) DEC 5-2, BU 3 Cornell 0
174 - Benny Baker (Cornell) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-1 SV, BU 3 Cornell 3
184 - No. 11/8 Chris Foca (Cornell) def. No. 25/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) DEC 4-2, Cornell 6 BU 3
197 - No. 9/9 Lou DePrez (BU) def. No. 7/7 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) DEC 7-3, BU 6 Cornell 6
285 - No. 17/17 Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) def. Charlie Tibbitts (BU) FALL 3:55, Cornell 12 BU 6
125 - No. 15/17 Brett Ungar (Cornell) def. Carson Wagner (BU) TF 17-0, Cornell 17 BU 6
133 - Marcello Milani (Cornell) def. Matt Griffin (BU) TF 17-1, Cornell 22 BU 6
141 - No. 10/12 Vince Cornella (Cornell) def. Nate Lucier (BU) MD 9-1, Cornell 26 BU 6
149 - No. 28/21 Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) def. Jordan Brown (BU) MD 11-0, Cornell 30 BU 6
157 - Wyatt Yapoujian (Cornell) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 1-0, Cornell 33 BU 6
*rankings based on FloWrestling/InterMat

Up Next
The Bearcats will prepare to compete at the EIWA Championships, which take place from March 8-9 at Bucknell University.


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