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Six Reach The Podium As Cornell Takes Fifth At Southern Scuffle

NEWS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Cornell had six wrestlers reach the podium with both Jonathan Loew (184) and Lewis Fernandes (285) reaching the finals as the Big Red took fifth as a team at the Southern Scuffle after Sunday's final rounds at McKenzie Arena. The Big Red's 85 team points was just 0.5 points out of fourth and represented the 14th top 10 finish in 14 all-time appearances at the event.


Loew and Fernandes were the team's top finishers, both going 4-1 during the two-day event. Loew earned a dominant 10-2 major decision over No. 29 Isaiah Salazar of Minnesota in the semifinals, but was stopped in the championship match by Maryland's 32nd-ranked Kyle Cochran, who defeated both of the top two seed on his way to the title. Loew scored the first points of the finals match on a second period escape, but Cochran evened it up in the third with an escape, picked up a takedown and a rideout and picked up the riding time point for a 4-1 victory.


Fernandes dominated Iowa's Aaron Costello by major decision in the semifinals by a 9-0 margin, his third bonus point win of the tournament, but was upended by Air Force's Wyatt Hendrickson in the final match. Seventh-ranked Hendrickson picked up a six-point takedown to the sophomore's back early in the first, then squared off Fernandes for the pin. The loss did not diminish a tournament that saw him earn bonus points in wins over wrestlers from Missouri, Oklahoma State and Iowa.


Hunter Richard was fourth at 157 pounds with an impressive 5-2 weekend that included a 6-4 consolation semifinal win over two-time All-American Brock Mauller of Missouri. He wasn't able to top 23rd-ranked Jarrett Jacques in the placement match, falling 8-6.


Both Greg Diakomihalis and Andrew Berreyesa (174) finished tournament runs in seventh place. Diakomihalis avenged one of his two losses with a sudden victory takedown of Virginia Tech's Eddie Ventresca to place seventh, while Berreyesa won four straight matched in the back draw with bonus points after losing in the first round to eventual champion Cade Devos of South Dakota State by a narrow 6-2 margin.


Josh Saunders (141) took eighth after medically forfeiting out of the tournament following his 6-3 consolation win over Maryland's Ethen Miller to finish on the podium.

Dom LaJoie finished one match away from gaining a spot on the podium after suffering a 7-3 loss to Appalachian State's Ethan Oakey in the round of 12.

Six Reach The Podium As Cornell Takes Fifth At Southern Scuffle

NEWS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Cornell had six wrestlers reach the podium with both Jonathan Loew (184) and Lewis Fernandes (285) reaching the finals as the Big Red took fifth as a team at the Southern Scuffle after Sunday's final rounds at McKenzie Arena. The Big Red's 85 team points was just 0.5 points out of fourth and represented the 14th top 10 finish in 14 all-time appearances at the event.


Loew and Fernandes were the team's top finishers, both going 4-1 during the two-day event. Loew earned a dominant 10-2 major decision over No. 29 Isaiah Salazar of Minnesota in the semifinals, but was stopped in the championship match by Maryland's 32nd-ranked Kyle Cochran, who defeated both of the top two seed on his way to the title. Loew scored the first points of the finals match on a second period escape, but Cochran evened it up in the third with an escape, picked up a takedown and a rideout and picked up the riding time point for a 4-1 victory.


Fernandes dominated Iowa's Aaron Costello by major decision in the semifinals by a 9-0 margin, his third bonus point win of the tournament, but was upended by Air Force's Wyatt Hendrickson in the final match. Seventh-ranked Hendrickson picked up a six-point takedown to the sophomore's back early in the first, then squared off Fernandes for the pin. The loss did not diminish a tournament that saw him earn bonus points in wins over wrestlers from Missouri, Oklahoma State and Iowa.


Hunter Richard was fourth at 157 pounds with an impressive 5-2 weekend that included a 6-4 consolation semifinal win over two-time All-American Brock Mauller of Missouri. He wasn't able to top 23rd-ranked Jarrett Jacques in the placement match, falling 8-6.


Both Greg Diakomihalis and Andrew Berreyesa (174) finished tournament runs in seventh place. Diakomihalis avenged one of his two losses with a sudden victory takedown of Virginia Tech's Eddie Ventresca to place seventh, while Berreyesa won four straight matched in the back draw with bonus points after losing in the first round to eventual champion Cade Devos of South Dakota State by a narrow 6-2 margin.


Josh Saunders (141) took eighth after medically forfeiting out of the tournament following his 6-3 consolation win over Maryland's Ethen Miller to finish on the podium.

Dom LaJoie finished one match away from gaining a spot on the podium after suffering a 7-3 loss to Appalachian State's Ethan Oakey in the round of 12.

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