PRINCETON, N.J. – The Cornell wrestling team won the Inaugural Ivy League tournament with 135.5 team points while qualifying all ten wrestlers for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Cornell took the first ever Ivy League Tournament wrestling title followed by Penn (129.5), Columbia (144.5), Princeton (113), Brown (84.5) and Harvard (62).
Cornell earned 10 of the 26 allotted spots for the Ivy League into the NCAA Tournament. This is the second consecutive year 10 Big Red wrestlers will be at the national championships.
Meyer Shapiro was voted by the other Ivy League coaches as the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament.
SEMI FINAL HIGHLIGHTS
Seven Big Red wrestlers qualified for the NCAA championships in the semi-final bouts.
Julian Ramirez pinned Andy Troczynski of Penn in 35 seconds, the 26th fastest pin in Cornell history. Mikey Dellagatta followed up behind him in the 197-weight class with a pin of his own over Joe Curtis of Columbia in 51 seconds.
THE CONSOLATION BRACKET
Marcello Milani battled his way through the consolation bracket after early loss in quarter finals to Sulayman Bah of Columbia only to face him again in the third-place bout and beat him 5-2.
Josh Saunders also battled back from an early upset to place third in the 141lb with consolation wins over Ian Oswalt of Brown and Lorenzo Frezza of Columbia.
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Meyer Shapiro earned the first gold for the Big Red defeating Jude Swisher 19-2 by technical fall.
Julian Ramirez followed up right behind him defeating Cesar Alvan 8-6 with two takedowns.
Shutting out his opponent with two take downs and an escape, Simon Ruiz took the 174lb crown 8-0.
Chris Foca made Max Hale of Penn work going into a sudden victory overtime with a takedown to finish the bout 8-5.
Ashton Davis waited all day for his opportunity to punch his ticket to the NCAA tournament. In the final bout of the night, he did just that with a 5-1 win over Vincent Mueller to solidify his spot in the tournament and Cornell's team victory.
Tyler Ferrara, Ethan Fernandez and Mikey Dellagatta each placed second in their respective classes.
Match-by-match results (Ivy League seed) Cornell team score: 135.5
125: No.4 Marcello Milani
Quarter Finals: No. 5 Sulayman Bah defeated No.4 Milani 4-1 by decision. (Columbia)
Consolation Semis: No. 4 Milani defeated No. 3 Diego Sotelo 4-2 by decision. (Harvard)
Third Place: No. 4 Milani defeated No. 5 Sulayman Bah 5-2 by decision. (Columbia)
133: No. 1 Tyler Ferrara
Semi-Finals: No.1 Ferrara defeated No. 4 Dan Jones 5-2 by decision. (Princeton)
Championship: No. 2 Ryan Miller defeated No.1 Ferrara 4-2 by decision. (Penn)
141: No. 2 Josh Saunders
Semi-Finals: No. 3 Eligh Rivera defeated No. 2 Saunders 4-1 by decision. (Princeton)
Consolation Semis: No. 2 Saunders defeated No. 5 Ian Oswalt 6-1 by decision. (Brown)
Third Place: No. 2 Saunders defeated No. 4 Lorenzo Frezza 8-4 by decision. (Columbia)
149: No. 2 Ethan Fernandez
Semi-Finals: No. 2 Fernandez defeated No. 3 Ty Whalen 8-6 by decision. (Princeton)
Championship: No. 1 Cross Wasilewski defeated No. 2 Fernandez 5-1 by decision. (Penn)
157: No.1 Meyer Shapiro
Semi-Finals: No.1 Shapiro defeated No.4 Jimmy Harrington 9-0 by major decision. (Harvard)
Championship: No. 1 Shapiro defeated No. 2 Jude Swisher 19-2 by technical fall at 4:53 (Penn)
165: No.1 Julian Ramirez
Semi-Finals: No.1 Ramirez defeated No.4 Andy Troczynski by fall at 0:35. (Penn)
Championship: No.1 Ramirez defeated No. 2 Cesar Alvan 8-6 by decision (Columbia)
174: No.1 Simon Ruiz
Semi-Finals: No.1 Ruiz defeated No. 4 Drew Clearie 18-2 by technical fall 7:00 (Brown)
Championship: No.1 Ruiz defeated No. 2 Jack McGill 8-0 by major decision (Columbia)
184: No. 1 Chris Foca
Semi-Final: No. 1 Foca defeated No. 4 Nick Fine 11-2 by major decision. (Columbia)
Championship: No. 1 Foca defeated No. 2 Max Hale 8-5 by sudden victory (Penn)
197: No. 2 Mikey Dellagatta
Semi-Final: No. 2 Dellagatta defeated No. 3 Joe Curtis by fall at 0:51. (Columbia)
Championships: No. 1 Luke Stout defeated No. 2 Dellagatta 20-5 by technical fall at 6:18 (Princeton)
285: No. 1 Ashton Davis
Semi-Finals: No. 1 Davis defeated No. 4 Alex Semenenko 8-1 by sudden victory decision. (Brown)
Championship: No.1 Davis defeated No. 3 Vincent Mueller 6-1 by decision (Columbia)
UP NEXT
Cornell will travel all 10 qualifiers to the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships, which will be held March 20-22 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.