NEW YORK – The Columbia wrestling team will end its road stand with a dual match at No. 8 Cornell on Friday night before returning home to host Bucknell Sunday at 1 p.m. in Levien Gymnasium.
 
Sunday's match will also be alumni day. The wrestling program will welcome back and honor former wrestlers during an intermission halfway through the dual match against Bucknell. Sal Lanuto will be recognized as an honorary coach for the dual. Lanuto was a three-time captain and three-time MVP as a member of the Columbia wrestling team from 1971 until 1974. Lanuto posted a fourth-place finish at the 1973 EIWA Championships, which earned him a spot in the NCAA Championships. He went on to finish in the Top Eight at 118 pounds at the 1973 NCAA Championships, and finished his senior season with a 21-1 record, earning him First Team All-Ivy League recognition.
 
LOOKING BACK
Columbia enters the weekend with a 1-7 dual match record this season after losing at Princeton and No. 22 Penn last weekend. Jaden Le and No. 22 Lennox Wolak picked up wins in the dual at Princeton last Friday. Nick Babin earned the team's lone win in the dual at Penn last Sunday.
 
THE OPPONENTS
Cornell is currently ranked No. 8 in the latest Intermat dual rankings after defeating No. 2 Missouri, 20-16 last Sunday. The Big Red is now 7-3 in duals this season and 5-0 at home. Cornell brings a solid lineup into Friday's dual with nine wrestlers ranked in the latest Intermat poll.
 
Bucknell is 7-4 overall in duals this season. The Bison will travel to Navy for a dual Saturday evening before making the trip to New York. Bucknell was 1-1 in duals last weekend with a home loss to Army and a road win at Drexel. The Bison currently have three wrestlers included in the Intermat rankings – Kurt Phipps (14^th at 133), Noah Mulvaney (12^th at 165) and Dorian Crosby (27^th at 285).
 
RANKED LIONS
Five Columbia wrestlers are currently included in one or more rankings done by Intermat, FloWrestling and WrestleStat.
 
Four Lions are included in the latest Intermat rankings. Angelo Rini (133) is ranked No. 19, Lennox Wolak (174) is No. 20, Aaron Ayzerov (184) is No. 29 and Jack Wehmeyer (197) came in at No. 27.
 
Columbia has five individuals included in the latest FloWrestling rankings. Rini (133) is No. 20, Kai Owen (141) is No. 33, Wolak (174) is No. 9, Ayzerov (184) is No. 24 and Wehmeyer (197) is No. 33.
 
Four wrestlers are included in the newest WrestleStat rankings with Rini (133) at No. 27, Owen (141) at No. 31, Wolak (174) at No. 17 and Ayzerov (184) at No. 21.
 
PROJECTED LINEUPS
#8 Cornell
125 #16 Brett Ungar or Greg Diakomihalis
133 #2 Vito Arujau
141 #12 Vince Cornella or Mark Botello
149 #26 Ethan Fernandez
157 #7 Meyer Shapiro
165 #4 Julian Ramirez
174 Benny Baker or Evan Canoyer
184 #7 Chris Foca
197 #7 Jacob Cardenas
285 #17 Lewis Fernandes
 
Bucknell
125 Kade Davidheiser
133 #14 Kurt Phipps
141 Braden Bower or Dylan Chappell
149 Riley Bower
157 Kolby Depron or Aiden Davis
165 #12 Noah Mulvaney
174 Myles Takats
184 Mikey Bartush
197 Logan Deacetis
285 #27 Dorian Crosby
 
Columbia
125 Nick Babin
133 Sulayman Bah
141 Kai Owen or Lorenzo Frezza
149 Richard Fedalen
157 Jaden Le or David Berkovich
165 Andy Garr
174 #20 Lennox Wolak or Garrett Bilgrav
184 #29 Aaron Ayzerov or Jack McGill 
197 #27 Jack Wehmeyer or Adam Haselius
HWT Billy McChesney 
*Intermat Rankings
 
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