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Cornell Wrestling Earns Three Fifth Place Finishes at the 2025 NCAA Championships

NEWS


PHILIDELPHIA, Pa. – Cornell wrestling ends the 2025 NCAA Championships with three fifth place finishes and three All-American in Meyer Shapiro, Simon Ruiz and Chris Foca.

SESSION FIVE ACTION

With only three wrestlers remaining, Cornell charged into the consolation semifinals with determination and earned three fifth place finishes.

No. 6 Chris Foca went a round with No. 4 Dustin Plott of Oklahoma State and was held without score till the third period. Plott earned a reversal at the end of the second period to take a 2-0 lead. Foca threw in an escape early in the third but could not put up another point falling 2-1. The senior was able to move on to win one last bout in the Big Red singlet as he took fifth over No. 8 Jaxson Smith of Maryland. Foca wrestled with nothing to lose and racked up two takedowns and an escape in his 7-4 victory over Smith. The New Jersey wrestler ended his senior career 18-2 and 95-20 all time for the Big Red.


No.2 Meyer Shapiro met the 157 first place seed Tyler Kasak of Penn State first thing. The top seeds made a match out of it as they pursued the third-place match. Kasak earned the first points of the match with a takedown in the first period. Shapiro was in control of the second period scramble ultimately letting Kasak escape and add another point the board. The sophomore would add an escape of his own and be rewarded with a penalty point falling 4-2 to the number one seed and moving on to the fifth-place match. Shapiro added one more bonus bout to his records earning a 11-0 major decision win over No. Vinny Zerban of Northern Colorado. With a takedown in each period as well as an escape and riding time the two-time All-American walks away from the championship in fifth place.

Freshman No. 5 Simon Ruiz held No. 2 Levi Haines scoreless through the first two periods of their consolation semifinal bout going into the third period with one escape. Ruiz then took control of the riding time looking to hold the Nittany Lion until the final 25 seconds as Ruiz took a shot to score and Haines got the upper hand to score a late takedown to win the match 4-1. Ruiz defeated No. 13 Cade DeVos of South Dakota State in his final freshman match to take fifth place in his first trip to the big show. Ruiz was in control of the match using an escape and riding time in a 2-1 victory. The freshman ended the season tied for third with the most wins by technical fall in a single season with nine after the tournament.

Cornell Wrestling Earns Three Fifth Place Finishes at the 2025 NCAA Championships

NEWS


PHILIDELPHIA, Pa. – Cornell wrestling ends the 2025 NCAA Championships with three fifth place finishes and three All-American in Meyer Shapiro, Simon Ruiz and Chris Foca.

SESSION FIVE ACTION

With only three wrestlers remaining, Cornell charged into the consolation semifinals with determination and earned three fifth place finishes.

No. 6 Chris Foca went a round with No. 4 Dustin Plott of Oklahoma State and was held without score till the third period. Plott earned a reversal at the end of the second period to take a 2-0 lead. Foca threw in an escape early in the third but could not put up another point falling 2-1. The senior was able to move on to win one last bout in the Big Red singlet as he took fifth over No. 8 Jaxson Smith of Maryland. Foca wrestled with nothing to lose and racked up two takedowns and an escape in his 7-4 victory over Smith. The New Jersey wrestler ended his senior career 18-2 and 95-20 all time for the Big Red.


No.2 Meyer Shapiro met the 157 first place seed Tyler Kasak of Penn State first thing. The top seeds made a match out of it as they pursued the third-place match. Kasak earned the first points of the match with a takedown in the first period. Shapiro was in control of the second period scramble ultimately letting Kasak escape and add another point the board. The sophomore would add an escape of his own and be rewarded with a penalty point falling 4-2 to the number one seed and moving on to the fifth-place match. Shapiro added one more bonus bout to his records earning a 11-0 major decision win over No. Vinny Zerban of Northern Colorado. With a takedown in each period as well as an escape and riding time the two-time All-American walks away from the championship in fifth place.

Freshman No. 5 Simon Ruiz held No. 2 Levi Haines scoreless through the first two periods of their consolation semifinal bout going into the third period with one escape. Ruiz then took control of the riding time looking to hold the Nittany Lion until the final 25 seconds as Ruiz took a shot to score and Haines got the upper hand to score a late takedown to win the match 4-1. Ruiz defeated No. 13 Cade DeVos of South Dakota State in his final freshman match to take fifth place in his first trip to the big show. Ruiz was in control of the match using an escape and riding time in a 2-1 victory. The freshman ended the season tied for third with the most wins by technical fall in a single season with nine after the tournament.

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