Wrestling Falls to No. 8 Cornell on the Road, 37-3

Saturday, November 21

Ithaca, N.Y.

12:30

Drexel University

Cornell

Photo by: Ryan Samson

Wrestling Falls to No. 8 Cornell on the Road, 37-3

11/21/2015 3:00:00 PM | Wrestling

ITHACA, N.Y. - Drexel Wrestling fell on the road Saturday to No. 8 Cornell, 37-3. The Big Red had five wrestlers competing who were ranked in the top 20 in the nation, three of which were ranked No. 4 or higher. Matthew Cimato continued the strong start to his year, beating Cornell's Joe Galasso in the 149 match, 6-0.

Cornell got on the board first as No. 17 Dalton Macri edged Zack Fuentes at 125 by a score of 3-2. The fourth-ranked Nahshon Garrett earned a technical fall over Franco Ferraina at 133 to put the Big Red ahead, 8-0 and then Cornell's William Koll earned a major decision in the 141 match to extend the lead to 12-0. Cimato, who is ranked 16th in the nation at 149, was the lone Dragon to score points on the dual. With his 6-0 decision at 149, the redshirt junior improved to 10-1 overall and leads the Dragons with a perfect 5-0 record in dual meets.

The latter half of the dual proved tough for the Dragons, as they had to face three wrestlers ranked in the top 10 consecutively at 165, 174 and 184. Although sophomore Joey Goodhart almost pulled out a win in the heavyweight match, he ultimately dropped a 4-3 loss to Cornell's Jeramy Sweany which marked the Big Red's sixth win in a row to close out the match on the way to a 37-3 victory over Drexel.

With the loss, the Dragons move to 2-3 in dual action and 0-1 against EIWA opponents. Cornell, who opened its dual meet season on Saturday, improves to 1-0.

Dragons return to Philadelphia for the Keystone Classic on Sunday at Penn. Competition is set to begin at 9 a.m.

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No. 8 Cornell 37, Drexel 3
125: No. 17 Dalton Macri (CU) DEC Zack Fuentes (DU), 3-2
133: No. 4 Nahshon Garrett (CU) TF Franco Ferraina (DU), 18-2
141: William Koll (CU) MAJ Anthony Canfora (DU), 18-4
149: No. 16 Matthew Cimato (DU) DEC Joe Galasso (CU), 6-0
157: Chris Dowdy (CU) WBF Mike Comunale (DU) @ 1:26
165: No. 10 Duke Pickett (DU) DEC Austin Rose (DU), 9-3
174: No. 2 Brian Realbuto (CU) WBF Nick Elmer (DU) @ 4:09
184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (CU) DEC Stephen Loiseau (DU), 16-8
197: Taylor (CU) DEC Nezar Haddad (DU), 8-2
285: Jeramy Sweany (CU) DEC Joey Goodhart (DU), 4-3