Cornell Claims Second-Straight Wrestling Tournament Title

NEW YORK — The Cornell Big Red made it two-for-two in Ivy League Wrestling Tournaments, winning their second-consecutive, and the second-ever, tournament title in the 2026 installment of the event, held inside Columbia’s Levien Gymnasium.

Cornell had six wrestlers reach the finals of their respective weight classes, with four of them winning individual titles, both of which were the most of any competing school in the tournament and aided the Big Red’s team win. Cornell totaled 132.5 points, behind gold medal-winning efforts from Tyler Ferrera (133 pounds), Vince Cornella (141), Jaxon Joy (149), and Simon Ruiz (174), to finish 14.5 points clear of Columbia.

Columbia finished second with 118 points, vaulting Penn on the last match of the day as Vincent Mueller (285) won the heavyweight finals to give Columbia their third finals victory of the event. Cesar Alvan (165) defeated Ty Whalen by sudden victory and Joe Curtis (184) stood atop the podium after earning a decision in his bout.

While Penn settled for third in the tournament, the Quakers sent five wrestlers to the finals and pulled off, arguably, the biggest upset of the night as Jude Swisher defeated top-seeded Meyer Shapiro of Cornell, who hadn’t lost since last year’s NCAA Championships, with an 8-3 decision. The win helped earn Swisher Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament honors.

Princeton, who finished fourth, saw Marc-Anthony McGowan defend his 2025 title at 125 pounds, and Brown, who finished fifth as a team, saw Andrew Reall pull-out a sudden victory win at 197.

On top of the individual titles handed out, which automatically sent those winners to the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships, several other Ivy student-athletes punched their tickets as the Ivy League received 23 pre-tournament allocations.

• 125 (2 Allocations): Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton), Davis Motyka (Penn)
• 133 (2): Tyler Ferrara (Cornell), Evan Mougalian (Penn)
• 141 (3): Vince Cornella (Cornell), CJ Composto (Penn), Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia)
• 149 (3): Jaxon Joy (Cornell), Cross Wasilewski (Penn), Austin McBurney (Brown)
• 157 (4): Jude Swisher (Penn), Meyer Shapiro (Cornell), Kai Owen (Columbia), Jimmy Harrington (Harvard)
• 165 (3): Cesar Alvan (Columbia), Ty Whalen (Princeton), Sean Seefeldt (Penn)
• 174 (2): Simon Ruiz (Cornell), Nick Fine (Columbia)
• 184 (1): Joe Curtis (Columbia)
• 197 (1): Andrew Reall (Brown)
• 285 (2): Vincent Mueller (Columbia), Alex Semenenko (Brown)

The Ivy League will now eagerly await the NCAA announcement of the remaining at-large selections to see if they’ll add to their total representation in the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championship field. The at-large announcement will be made on Tuesday, March 10th, followed by the brackets and seeding being revealed during the selection show on Wednesday, March 11th at 8:00 p.m. on NCAA.com. 
Final Team Standings:

1. Cornell (132.5)
2. Columbia (118)
3. Penn (116.5)
4. Princeton (85)
5. Brown (79)
6. Harvard (70)