Schuyler's sudden victory win breaks tie and gives Lehigh an upset win over No. 7 Cornell, 19-16
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by Gary Blockus, Special to TheMat.com
Last bout, match tied, sudden victory.
Lehigh senior Courtlandt Schuyler scored the match-deciding takedown 36 second into sudden victory as unranked Lehigh upset EIWA foe and No. 7 Cornell 19-16 on Saturday afternoon.
Schuyler’s takedown earned a 3-1 decision over fellow senior Jonathan Furnas that sent the Big Red (5-2, 1-1 EIWA) back to New York with a loss to kick off the 2019 portion of the season.
“Obviously we’re both banged up,” Cornell coach Rob Koll said. “It’s a matter of who has the least injured guys. It hurts us not having (No. 15 Brandon) Womack and Jon Jay (Chavez) in there at 184 and 165 … We can’t win with two All-Americans out of the lineup.”
Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro savored the win for the Mountain Hawks (2-7, 2-1), who were ranked No. 6 in the preseason before getting hit with a tremendous number of season-ending injuries.
“We lost a lot of guys,” he said, noting senior 133-pounder Scott Parker’s injury that basically ended the two-time All-American’s career. “I’ve never seen anything like it. We’ve got to get better and stay healthy.”
The Lehigh win as an underdog exacted some revenge for last season, when Lehigh went into Cornell favored and lost.
“Both teams have guys out and we both knew it was probably going to come down to the last match,” Santoro said after the draw produced a starting weight at 157. “I usually don’t get this excited over a dual, but with what we’ve been through, this was big.”
Schuyler (7-3) edged Furnas (13-5)midway through sudden victory to make the difference.
The crowd of 1,820 at Grace Hall for the Sheridan Dual went into their loudest roar in seasons with Schuler’s dramatic victory.
“That was awesome looking up in the stands,” he said. “It was electric. It’s a feeling I’m never going to forget.”
Schuyler fought off a deep shot midway through the opening period, but Furnas took an early lead with a second-period escape after the fourth scoreless opening period of the 10 bouts.
Schuyler escaped to start the final period, appropriately putting the decisive bout in a tie that went into overtime where Schuyler clinched the victory with a takedown 36 seconds into overtime.
“We were both wrestling the same kind of match, we were both getting really tired,” he said. “It’s not like he was fresh or anything … I knew I could take this kid down. Ii felt tie-breakers would be worse, so finally with 30 seconds left, I was like, ‘I gotta take this kid down.’ ”
And with it, the celebration.
The match didn’t start off well for Cornell when junior Fredy Stroker suffered a shoulder or chest injury and had to default to No. 17 Josh Humphreys at 157.
Lehigh senior Gordon Wolf followed with a major decision over junior Adam Santoro for a 10-0 Lehigh lead. He got in a scramble off the whistle Santoro before taking 50 seconds to come out on top. Santoro escaped, but Wolf picked up a much less labor-intensive takedown seconds later. Wolf earned three takedowns and 1:28 in riding time in the opening period.
Wolf worked an escape in seven seconds to start the second, but got hit in the head and went into concussion protocol evaluation. Wolf returned to the mat about 10 minutes later and gave up a takedown nearly to his back, but he reversed Santoro, who escaped before period’s end en route to a 10-6 decision and a 9-0 team lead for Lehigh.
Returning EIWA champion Jordan Kutler, ranked No. 7, went scoreless through the first period with Cornell freshman Andrew Berreyesa before cranking out a reversal and takedown in the second period and three more takedowns in the final period for bonus points in a 13-4 major decision to give Lehigh a 13-0 lead.
Cornell got on the scoreboard at 184 when sophomore Max Dean defeated sophomore Chris Weiler. Dean, No. 10 in the country, engaged in a lengthy scoreless scramble for more than a minute in the opening period. Weiler almost came out on top of a second scramble but Dean forced a stalemate in the scoreless first period.
Dean deferred to start the second period and Weiler immediately hit a reversal, then missed a cradle on the restart and Dean rolled through to avoid exposure points. Dean finally wiggled through for an escape and hit a takedown when both wrestlers were still awkwardly looking to go neutral to take a 3-2 lead into the third period. Dean escaped to start the final period. On a restart whistle, Dean took advantage of Weiler adjusting his knee sleeve for a takedown. Dean scored two more from neutral on a danger rule exposure and ended up with an 8-4 decision to put the Big Red on the scoreboard, down 13-3.
Cornell’s breakout freshman from a year ago, Ben Darmstadt, an All-American and EIWA champion, is out for the entire season with a pars fracture in his spine at 197, but Ben Honis, senior ranked No. 20, looks like more than capable replacement.
Honis reversed No. 15 Jake Jakobsen just past the midway point of the second period and let Jakobsen out before going in deep on the legs to convert a takedown for a 4-1 lead after two periods. Jakobsen escaped to start the final period and had a deep shot in the final minute that Honis used to his advantage for another takedown. The 6-2 decision got Cornell within seven points at intermission, down 13-6.
At heavyweight, Cornell senior Jeramy Sweaney scored a takedown and earned a defensive restart when No. 6 Jordan Wood needed injury time for a knee on the score just 46 seconds into the bout. Sweaney escaped for a big 3-0 lead early.
Sweaney picked up a penalty point for locked hands and escaped before Wood, a sophomore, scored a takedown. Wood allowed an escape and then scored another takedown to reel the score back, down 7-4 with a minute left in the second period. Wood scored a third takedown and picked up 1:03 in riding time, down 7-6 entering the third period when he went into monster mode with four takedowns for a 17-12 decision to put Lehigh on top 16-6 with four bouts remaining.
That’s when the Big Red went into high energy mode.
Vitali Arujau, a freshman franked No. 11 at 125, scored an 18-6 major over Lehigh freshman Luke Resnick to get Cornell within a pin, down 16-10 with three bouts remaining.
Cornell got a boost to start 133 when No. 13 Chas Tucker dumped Brandon Paetzell with a double leg. He let Paetzell out, but the Lehigh sophomore fought off a single leg to end the period down 2-1.
Tucker, a junior, escaped to start the second and worked a single on the mat into a cradle for a two-point tilt and a 7-1 lead. Paetzell reversed to start the second period but Ticker escaped to win 8-4 and Cornell was down just three in the team score with returning national champion Yianni Diakomihalis up next.
Diakomihalis, a 12-0 sophomore, responded by putting the Big Red on top with an impressive start against Ryan Pomrinca, leading 11-4 after one period. Pomrinca drew cheers from the home crowd by winning a mat scramble for a takedown, but Diakomihalis escaped. Still, Pomrinca held off the national champ to avoid a major decision.
Even though Diakomihalis won 13-7, the team score was tied at 16 to set up the final bout.
No. 7 Cornell , Lehigh 16
157: No. 17 Josh Humphreys (Leh) inj. def. over Fredy Stoker (Cor) 1:39.
165: Gordon Wolf (Leh) dec. Adam Santoro (Cor) 10-6.
174: No. 7 Jordan Kutler (Leh) maj. dec. Andrew Berreyesa (Cor) 13-4.
184: No. 10 Max Dean (Cor) dec. Chris Weiler (Leh) 8-4.
197: No. 7 Ben Honis (Cor) dec. N0. 15 Jake Jakobsen 6-2.
285: No. 6 Jordan Wood (Leh) dec. Jeramy Sweaney (Cor) 17-12.
125: No. 11 Vitai Arujau (Cor) maj. dec. Luke Resnick (Leh) 18-6.
133: No. 13 Chas Tucker (Cor) dec. Brandon Paetzell 8-4.
141: No. 1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cor) dec. Ryan Pomrinca (Leh) 13-7.
149: Courtlandt Schuyler (Leh) dec. Jonathan Furnas (Cor) 3-1 SV.
Referees: Nathan Chatman, Jesse Rawls, Jr.
Attendance: 1,820.
Lehigh senior Courtlandt Schuyler scored the match-deciding takedown 36 second into sudden victory as unranked Lehigh upset EIWA foe and No. 7 Cornell 19-16 on Saturday afternoon.
Schuyler’s takedown earned a 3-1 decision over fellow senior Jonathan Furnas that sent the Big Red (5-2, 1-1 EIWA) back to New York with a loss to kick off the 2019 portion of the season.
“Obviously we’re both banged up,” Cornell coach Rob Koll said. “It’s a matter of who has the least injured guys. It hurts us not having (No. 15 Brandon) Womack and Jon Jay (Chavez) in there at 184 and 165 … We can’t win with two All-Americans out of the lineup.”
Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro savored the win for the Mountain Hawks (2-7, 2-1), who were ranked No. 6 in the preseason before getting hit with a tremendous number of season-ending injuries.
“We lost a lot of guys,” he said, noting senior 133-pounder Scott Parker’s injury that basically ended the two-time All-American’s career. “I’ve never seen anything like it. We’ve got to get better and stay healthy.”
The Lehigh win as an underdog exacted some revenge for last season, when Lehigh went into Cornell favored and lost.
“Both teams have guys out and we both knew it was probably going to come down to the last match,” Santoro said after the draw produced a starting weight at 157. “I usually don’t get this excited over a dual, but with what we’ve been through, this was big.”
Schuyler (7-3) edged Furnas (13-5)midway through sudden victory to make the difference.
The crowd of 1,820 at Grace Hall for the Sheridan Dual went into their loudest roar in seasons with Schuler’s dramatic victory.
“That was awesome looking up in the stands,” he said. “It was electric. It’s a feeling I’m never going to forget.”
Schuyler fought off a deep shot midway through the opening period, but Furnas took an early lead with a second-period escape after the fourth scoreless opening period of the 10 bouts.
Schuyler escaped to start the final period, appropriately putting the decisive bout in a tie that went into overtime where Schuyler clinched the victory with a takedown 36 seconds into overtime.
“We were both wrestling the same kind of match, we were both getting really tired,” he said. “It’s not like he was fresh or anything … I knew I could take this kid down. Ii felt tie-breakers would be worse, so finally with 30 seconds left, I was like, ‘I gotta take this kid down.’ ”
And with it, the celebration.
The match didn’t start off well for Cornell when junior Fredy Stroker suffered a shoulder or chest injury and had to default to No. 17 Josh Humphreys at 157.
Lehigh senior Gordon Wolf followed with a major decision over junior Adam Santoro for a 10-0 Lehigh lead. He got in a scramble off the whistle Santoro before taking 50 seconds to come out on top. Santoro escaped, but Wolf picked up a much less labor-intensive takedown seconds later. Wolf earned three takedowns and 1:28 in riding time in the opening period.
Wolf worked an escape in seven seconds to start the second, but got hit in the head and went into concussion protocol evaluation. Wolf returned to the mat about 10 minutes later and gave up a takedown nearly to his back, but he reversed Santoro, who escaped before period’s end en route to a 10-6 decision and a 9-0 team lead for Lehigh.
Returning EIWA champion Jordan Kutler, ranked No. 7, went scoreless through the first period with Cornell freshman Andrew Berreyesa before cranking out a reversal and takedown in the second period and three more takedowns in the final period for bonus points in a 13-4 major decision to give Lehigh a 13-0 lead.
Cornell got on the scoreboard at 184 when sophomore Max Dean defeated sophomore Chris Weiler. Dean, No. 10 in the country, engaged in a lengthy scoreless scramble for more than a minute in the opening period. Weiler almost came out on top of a second scramble but Dean forced a stalemate in the scoreless first period.
Dean deferred to start the second period and Weiler immediately hit a reversal, then missed a cradle on the restart and Dean rolled through to avoid exposure points. Dean finally wiggled through for an escape and hit a takedown when both wrestlers were still awkwardly looking to go neutral to take a 3-2 lead into the third period. Dean escaped to start the final period. On a restart whistle, Dean took advantage of Weiler adjusting his knee sleeve for a takedown. Dean scored two more from neutral on a danger rule exposure and ended up with an 8-4 decision to put the Big Red on the scoreboard, down 13-3.
Cornell’s breakout freshman from a year ago, Ben Darmstadt, an All-American and EIWA champion, is out for the entire season with a pars fracture in his spine at 197, but Ben Honis, senior ranked No. 20, looks like more than capable replacement.
Honis reversed No. 15 Jake Jakobsen just past the midway point of the second period and let Jakobsen out before going in deep on the legs to convert a takedown for a 4-1 lead after two periods. Jakobsen escaped to start the final period and had a deep shot in the final minute that Honis used to his advantage for another takedown. The 6-2 decision got Cornell within seven points at intermission, down 13-6.
At heavyweight, Cornell senior Jeramy Sweaney scored a takedown and earned a defensive restart when No. 6 Jordan Wood needed injury time for a knee on the score just 46 seconds into the bout. Sweaney escaped for a big 3-0 lead early.
Sweaney picked up a penalty point for locked hands and escaped before Wood, a sophomore, scored a takedown. Wood allowed an escape and then scored another takedown to reel the score back, down 7-4 with a minute left in the second period. Wood scored a third takedown and picked up 1:03 in riding time, down 7-6 entering the third period when he went into monster mode with four takedowns for a 17-12 decision to put Lehigh on top 16-6 with four bouts remaining.
That’s when the Big Red went into high energy mode.
Vitali Arujau, a freshman franked No. 11 at 125, scored an 18-6 major over Lehigh freshman Luke Resnick to get Cornell within a pin, down 16-10 with three bouts remaining.
Cornell got a boost to start 133 when No. 13 Chas Tucker dumped Brandon Paetzell with a double leg. He let Paetzell out, but the Lehigh sophomore fought off a single leg to end the period down 2-1.
Tucker, a junior, escaped to start the second and worked a single on the mat into a cradle for a two-point tilt and a 7-1 lead. Paetzell reversed to start the second period but Ticker escaped to win 8-4 and Cornell was down just three in the team score with returning national champion Yianni Diakomihalis up next.
Diakomihalis, a 12-0 sophomore, responded by putting the Big Red on top with an impressive start against Ryan Pomrinca, leading 11-4 after one period. Pomrinca drew cheers from the home crowd by winning a mat scramble for a takedown, but Diakomihalis escaped. Still, Pomrinca held off the national champ to avoid a major decision.
Even though Diakomihalis won 13-7, the team score was tied at 16 to set up the final bout.
No. 7 Cornell , Lehigh 16
157: No. 17 Josh Humphreys (Leh) inj. def. over Fredy Stoker (Cor) 1:39.
165: Gordon Wolf (Leh) dec. Adam Santoro (Cor) 10-6.
174: No. 7 Jordan Kutler (Leh) maj. dec. Andrew Berreyesa (Cor) 13-4.
184: No. 10 Max Dean (Cor) dec. Chris Weiler (Leh) 8-4.
197: No. 7 Ben Honis (Cor) dec. N0. 15 Jake Jakobsen 6-2.
285: No. 6 Jordan Wood (Leh) dec. Jeramy Sweaney (Cor) 17-12.
125: No. 11 Vitai Arujau (Cor) maj. dec. Luke Resnick (Leh) 18-6.
133: No. 13 Chas Tucker (Cor) dec. Brandon Paetzell 8-4.
141: No. 1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cor) dec. Ryan Pomrinca (Leh) 13-7.
149: Courtlandt Schuyler (Leh) dec. Jonathan Furnas (Cor) 3-1 SV.
Referees: Nathan Chatman, Jesse Rawls, Jr.
Attendance: 1,820.
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