PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team dropped a close Ivy League battle with #21 Cornell on Sunday afternoon, falling 19-13 in the Palestra.
 
With one match to go and the meet sitting at 16-13 in favor of Cornell, the #21 Big Red won the heavyweight battle to secure the 19-13 win to shift to 2-1 in conference duals, while Penn fell to 2-2.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*#29 Davis Motyka (125), #13 Evan Mougalian (133), #20 Sean Seefeldt (165), and Martin Cosgrove (197) won their bouts to account for Penn's 13 points.
 
*Junior Mougalian is the sole Quaker to stay undefeated in Ivy duals, topping #16 Tyer Ferrara, 7-2, to move to 4-0 in conference action.
 
*Junior Cosgrove won his first Ivy dual of the season, topping Aiden Hanning, 11-4, to keep Penn in the meet until the final bout.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (6-2, 2-2 Ivy League) hit the road next weekend, heading to nationally ranked Lehigh on Friday, Feb. 13, for a 7 p.m. matchup.
 
Results
125: #29 Davis Motyka def. Greg Diakomihalis, 1-0 DEC | 3-0 Penn
133: #13 Evan Mougalian def. #16 Tyler Ferrara, 7-2 DEC, 6-0 Penn
141: #6 Vince Cornella def. #7 CJ Composto, 7-4 DEC | 6-3 Penn
149: #2 Jaxon Joy def. #5 Cross Wasilewski, 5-1 DEC | 6-6
157: #2 Meyer Shapiro def. #12 Jude Swisher, 9-2 DEC | 9-6 Cornell
165: #20 Sean Seefeldt def. Benny Rogers, 15-2 MD 10-9 Penn
174: #2 Simon Ruiz def. Caden Bellis, 9-0 MD | 13-10 Cornell
184: Louie Cerchio def. Liam Carlin, 3-1 DEC | 16-10 Cornell
197: Martin Cosgrove def. Aiden Hanning, 11-4 DEC16-13 Cornell
285: Cy Kruse def. John Pardo, 8-1 DEC | 19-13 Cornell