PHILADELPHIA – The 21st-ranked University of Pennsylvania Wrestling is set for its final Ivy League road dual of the season when it heads to Ithaca on Sunday. Penn will face Cornell for its penultimate Ivy dual of 2023. Both teams enter the weekend with perfect identical EIWA (5-0) and Ivy League (3-0) records.  
 
MEET INFORMATION
#21 Penn (6-4, 5-0 EIWA, 3-0 IVY) at #5 Cornell (9-2, 5-0 EIWA, 3-0, IVY)
Feb. 5, 2023 | 1 p.m. | Friedman Wrestling Center | Ithaca, N.Y.
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Scouting the opponent
Cornell closed out January with back-to-back wins at Army and Columbia. The Big Red picked up all the team points they needed as they jumped out to a 13-0 lead before Army posted back-to-back wins at 149 and 157 to cut the Cornell lead to 13-6. Over the final five bouts, the Big Red used three decisions and a fall at 285 to take the dual 27-12. Cornell made easy work of Columbia winning nine straight bouts to open the dual. The Big Red earned major decision wins at 133, 149, and 174 as they improved to 5-0 in EIWA contests defeating the Lions, 30-3.  Cornell is set to host a noon dual against Princeton on Saturday prior to its dual with Penn on Sunday. 
 
Quaker Notemeal
* For the second straight season, head coach Roger Reina has named Carmen Ferrante, Doug Zapf, and Ben Goldin as captains for the #TheMovement.  
* Eight Quakers continue to earn national recognition. Ryan Miller (125), Michael Colaiocco (133), Anthony Artalona (149), Doug Zapf (157), Lucas Revano (165), Nick Incontrera (174),  Cole Urbas (197), and Ben Goldin (285) all earned national rankings.
* Penn is coming off a 2-0 for the second consecutive weekend with dominating home wins over Brown and Harvard. The Quakers defeated Brown, 37-7, on Friday night at The Palestra. Penn's win was highlighted by back-to-back pins from #16 Nick Incontrera and Max Hale and a pair of back-to-back major decisions from #12 Anthony Artalona and #32 Lucas Revano as well as #30 Cole Urbas and #29 Ben Goldin. Penn closed out the weekend with a 20-point victory over Harvard, 28-8, on Saturday night. The Red and Blue earned seven wins including major decisions from Artalona and Urbas. Incontrera defeated #12 Phil Conigliaro by a 5-3 decision in the midst of five-straight victories from 157-197.  
* Penn will be well represented in the EIWA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 as Clint Mater C'97 W'97 and Dr. Rick Springman EAS'02 Gr'09 will be inducted into the EIWA Hall of Fame. Tickets for the 119th EIWA Championships are on sale now and can be purchased here. 
*Pending the Cornell/Princeton result on Saturday, the Quakers could be looking at a chance to clinch at least a share of the 2022-23 Ivy League title on Sunday. A Princeton win over Cornell will give Penn a chance to clinch the Ivy title outright with a win over the Big Red on Sunday. 
 
PROJECTED PENN LINEUP *
125: #24 Ryan Miller (14-7)
133: #7 Michael Colaiocco (18-3)
141: Carmen Ferrante (13-10)
149: #10 Doug Zapf (16-5)
157: #12 Anthony Artalona (19-5)
165: #32 Lucas Revano (16-10), Adam Thomson (4-5)
174: #16 Nick Incontrera (20-5)
184: Maximus Hale (9-11), Connor Strong (6-1)
197: #30 Cole Urbas (14-9)
285: #29 Ben Goldin (15-10)

PROJECTED CORNELL LINEUP *
125: #17 Brett Ungar (14-8)
133: #3 Vito Arujau (12-1)
141: #17 Vince Cornella (16-4)
149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (9-1)
157: Cole Handlovic (6-5) or Colton Yapoujian (3-4)
165: #9 Julian Ramirez (17-3)
174: #4 Chris Foca (18-1)
184: #6 Jonathan Loew (7-2) or Ethan Hatcher (1-6)
197: #14 Jacob Cardenas (8-3)
285: #20 Lewis Fernandes (3-4) or Brendan Furman (5-3)
 
*Rankings listed are individuals highest ranking from the following list of rankings: NCAA Amateur Wrestling News, Flo-wrestling, Intermat, Wrestlstat, The Open Mat, and Wrestling Insider Newsmag. Columbia rankings are listed as FloWrestling/Intermat.
 
Tickets are now on sale for the 119th EIWA Championships. This year's championships will be held at The Palestra on March 4 and 5. All Session tickets, as well as individual sessions are on sale now and can be purchased here.