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“We’re excited, we expect to be up there and competing for a national championship with the pieces we have coming back,” Grey said. “If you look at other programs, a lot of them have fifth, sixth year seniors…so if you look at returning points, we’re up there with Penn State, so that’s very exciting and motivating.”
Vito Arujau was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler, and will look to finish the year strong as one of the top seeds at nationals.
Wrestling fought hard but fell just short on the road against No. 8 Wisconsin, losing 19-16.
In keeping with the theme of the night, Grey did not play his traditional starting lineup, opting instead to saturate the weight classes with seniors.
Wrestling swept its Ivy League competition this past weekend to take home the conference title.
Cornell swept Columbia and Navy, improving to 3-0 in Ivy play.
“It gives us lots of confidence, coming off of a bit of a letdown against Lehigh,” said wrestling Head Coach Mike Grey ’11. “I think momentum is a huge factor especially when you’re getting into the heart of the schedule.”
“He’s back wrestling folkstyle and just doing a good job. He’s getting better too because he hasn’t wrestled the college style of wrestling in a few years.”
Cornell defeated Stanford in Rob Koll’s return to Ithaca.
While five Cornellians represented the United States at this year’s Summer Olympic Games, Taylor Knibb ’20 and Kyle Dake ’13 each managed to find their way onto the podium.