Wrestling Hosts No. 9 Cornell for Senior Day Sunday

Sunday, February 2

New York, N.Y.

12:00 PM

Columbia University

#9 Cornell

Photo by: Scott Pilutik

Wrestling Hosts No. 9 Cornell for Senior Day Sunday

1/31/2025 1:57:00 PM | Wrestling

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Columbia faces Cornell for the final home match of the season Sunday

By: Garret Sulak

NEW YORK – The Columbia wrestling team will compete inside Levien Gymnasium for the final time this season on Sunday against No. 9 Cornell as the Lions celebrate senior day.

Action against Cornell is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. Sunday. A senior day ceremony to recognize Columbia's seven seniors will begin at 11:45 a.m. This year's graduating class includes Jack Bernick, Kenny Duschek, Javen Jovero, Jaden Le, Jack McGill, Matt Romanelli and Dominic Rossetti

LIVE COVERAGE
Sunday's dual match will be streamed live on ESPN+ and live results will be available through TrackWrestling.

LAST TIME OUT
Columbia hosted Penn and Princeton last weekend to kick off the Ivy League dual schedule. The Lions dropped a tight battle to Penn on Friday night before falling to Princeton on Sunday. Columbia claimed four bout victories in the dual against Penn. Jack McGill, Nick Fine, Joe Curtis and Vincent Mueller all contributed bonus points, but Penn pulled away at the end for a 24-20 team victory. McGill secured his second victory of the weekend in the dual against Princeton to become the only Lion to finish the weekend with a 2-0 mark.

IVY LEAGUE WRESTLER OF THE WEEK
Columbia senior 174-pounder Jack McGill earned Ivy League Co-Wrestler of the Week recognition Tuesday after finishing the weekend 2-0 with a win over a top 10 opponent.

"Jack performed well this weekend," Andrew F. Barth Head Coach of Wrestling Donny Pritzlaff said. "As a captain, he has shown tremendous leadership the entire season and his work ethic is a positive example for our program. We look forward to seeing him continue to build upon a solid season."

McGill started the Ivy League slate strong last weekend with two victories. In a high-energy affair Friday night against Penn, McGill posted a 14-3 major decision victory over 7^th-ranked Nick Incontrera at 174 pounds. Following the top 10 victory on Friday night, McGill kept the momentum going Sunday to finish the weekend on a strong note. McGill defeated Xavier Giles in a tight battle at 174 that saw McGill battle to a 2-0 decision victory.

PROJECTED LINEUP
125: Sulayman Bah or Connor Smith
133: Boris Witmer
141: Kai Owen or Lorenzo Frezza
149: Richard Fedalen
157: Jaden Le or Dominic Rossetti or Rawson Iwanicki
165: #29/26 Cesar Alvan
174: Jack McGill
184: #30/30 Nick Fine or Spencer Fine
197: Joe Curtis
285: Billy McChesney or Vincent Mueller
*FloWrestling/Intermat Rankings

RANKED LIONS
Cesar Alvan and Nick Fine are both ranked in the FloWrestling and Intermat polls entering the weekend. Alvan and Fine have been consistently ranked most of the season, while some other Lions have entered the rankings at times.

Alvan, Fine and Joe Curtis were listed in the first edition of the coaches' rankings for the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Alvan came in at No. 25 at 165 pounds, Fine earned the No. 27 spot at 184 and Curtis ranked 32nd at 197.

Cesar Alvan (165) – 28 (FloWrestling), 27 (Intermat), 25 (NCAA)
Nick Fine (184) – 31 (FloWrestling), 32 (Intermat), 27 (NCAA)
Joe Curtis (197) – NR (FloWrestling), NR (Intermat), 32 (NCAA)

THE CORNELL MATCHUP
Cornell enters the weekend ranked No. 9 in the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Cornell is 5-1 overall in duals this season with a 2-0 record in Ivy duals to possess first place in the Ivy standings. The Big Red took down Harvard and Brown on the road last weekend to open the Ivy slate.

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