Floor it: Freshman Kyle Dake leads his weight class at 141 lbs. Dake hopes to be able to take down Dalton Jensen, Iowa State sophomore at rank No. 13 during the match.With several compelling wins and close losses behind it, the wrestling team will face one of its most formidable opponents –– No. 2 Iowa State –– this Sunday. The two teams will meet at 1 p.m. in Bartels Hall before what is sure to be a packed crowd. The match will be especially important to the Red, as proceeds from fundraising initiatives will go toward the Adam Frey Foundation in memory of the former Cornell wrestler. Frey passed away at 24 on Dec. 26 after a two-year battle with cancer.

Following the wrestling team’s somewhat unsatisfactory 15-15 tie against Lehigh, the Red jumped head first into New York State’s annual Intercollegiate Championship, held Saturday and Sunday at Newman Arena. The Red finished the two-day tournament in first place, with five wrestlers winning individual titles. This is Cornell’s seventh team title in the event since the tournament was founded in 1970, and its first in eight years. Army’s squad finished a distant second, with 158 points to the home team’s 194.

The team’s recent success at the National Duals over Winter Break, however, gave the team the necessary confidence going into the first day of matches.

The No. 6 Cornell wrestlers will take on No. 8 Lehigh tonight at 7 p.m. in Newman Arena for the start of a big weekend for wrestling in Ithaca. After tonight's dual meet, Cornell will host 18 schools for the New York State Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships, which will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday.

This story was originally published on Jan. 2, 2010.

Since walking onto East Hill three years ago, Adam Frey ’11 showed himself to be one of the University’s most tenacious competitors in any venue. Frey died on Dec. 26 after a battle with cancer that lasted nearly two years and showcased all aspects of his winning personality.

Wrestling wins Southern Scuffle

Cornell wrestling had a busy weekend, competing at both the Maryland dual meet on Friday and then the Body Bar Invitational on Saturday, both at home in Ithaca.

The wrestling team is used to winning. They are used to winning because, in all honesty, that’s what they do best. You can see it in the face of head coach Rob Koll when he talks about this team, his team. He has faith in these young men; this team, his team. They will win, he says. How does he know this? He just knows.

On one of the biggest nights for Cornell sports so far this season, the wrestling team, defending Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) team champions three years running, will be opening its season tonight at 6:30.

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The wrestling team traveled to St. Louis hoping to return as national champions. However, only junior Troy Nickerson was successful in that quest. The Red, which entered the tournament ranked second, finished fifth. Nickerson, competing at 125 pounds, won all five of his matches en route to claiming an individual National Championship.

Nickerson was one of four Red wrestlers to earn All-American status. The others were seniors Steve Anceravage and Jordan Leen and freshman Cam Simaz. Cornell finished behind Iowa, Ohio State, Iowa State and Nebraska, in that order. Iowa also won the National Championship last season and has won 22 total in its history.