.@BigRedWrestling crowned another national champion this weekend and almost made it two in a top-10 team finish down in Pittsburgh this past weekend. https://t.co/UBxxy3Q2Sd
— The Cornell Daily Sun (@cornellsun) March 25, 2019
With 30 seconds left in the national championship bout at the 141-pound weight class, Cornell wrestling head coach Rob Koll felt something he almost never feels when sophomore Yianni Diakomihalis is on the mat: doubt.
"We never worry about Yianni because we know he's always gonna win," Koll said Sunday.
Down by one to Joey McKenna of Ohio State — a wrestler Diakomihalis smoothly sailed by when they last met in February — the coaches in Diakomihalis' corner became uneasy even knowing Diakomihalis won his first national title last year on a four-point cradle with 20 seconds left.