Cornell wins first Ivy League Tournament title, qualifies 10 for NCAA Championships

PRINCETON, N.J.—Cornell earned the team title at the Inaugural Ivy League tournament with 135.5 team points, qualifying all ten wrestlers for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Five wrestlers won individual titles for the Big Red on Sunday night.

Cornell took the first ever Ivy League Tournament team title followed by Penn (129.5 points), Columbia (144.5 points), Princeton (113 points), Brown (84.5 points) and Harvard (62 points).

In the semifinals, Cornell’s Julian Ramirez pinned Andy Troczynski of Penn in 35 seconds, the 26th fastest pin in Cornell history. At 197 pounds, Mikey Dellagatta followed a pin over Joe Curtis of Columbia in 51 seconds.

At 157 pounds, Meyer Shapiro defeated Penn’s Jude Swisher 19-2 by technical fall. Shapiro is the No. 3 ranked wrestler in his weight class. Julian Ramirez followed up with a win over Columbia’s Cesar Alvan 8-6 at 165 pounds.

Simon Ruiz won the title at 174 pounds, defeating Columbia’s Jack Mcgill by 8-0 major decision. At 184 pounds, Chris Foca took down Penn’s Max Hale in sudden victory, 8-5.

The final champion of the night was Cornell’s Ashton Davis at 285 pounds. Davis earned a spot at the NCAA tournament with a 5-1 victory over Columbia’s Vincent Mueller. There is just one pre-allocation at this weight for the Ivy League, which went to Davis.

The Big Red qualified all 10 wrestlers for the second consecutive year, and just the second time in program history. There are a total of 26 allocations for the Ivy League for the NCAA National Championships, taking place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 20-22 at the Wells Fargo Center.

Penn finished the tournament with 129.5 points, with three individual champions in Ryan Miller (133), CJ Composto (141), and Cross Wasilewski (149). In addition to the three individual champions, the Quakers will send six to the NCAA Championships after Max Gallagher (125), Jude Swisher (157), and Maximus Hale (184) finished second on Sunday.

Columbia placed third in the team race, scoring 114.5 points. Lorenzo Frezza (141), Richard Fedalen (157), Cesar Alvan (165), Jack McGill (174) and Nick Fine (184) qualified for the NCAA Championships, as all 10 wrestlers finished on the podium for the Lions.

For brackets and results, visit FloArena. The event was streamed on ESPN+.

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Team Standings

1          Cornell, 135.5 points

2          Penn, 129.5 points

3          Columbia, 114.5 points

4          Princeton, 113 points

5          Brown, 84.5 points

6          Harvard, 62 points

Full Results

125 pounds (3 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Marc-Anthony Mcgowan (Princeton) dec. Max Gallagher (Penn), 8-6

3rd – Marcello Milani (Cornell) dec. Sulayman Bah (Columbia), 5-2

5th – Diego Sotelo (Harvard) tech. fall Jared Brunner (Brown), 18-0

133 pounds (2 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Ryan Miller (Penn) dec. Tyler Ferrara (Cornell), 4-2

3rd – Dan Jones (Princeton) maj. dec. Logan Brzozowski (Harvard), 11-3

5th – Hunter Adrian (Brown) tech. fall Connor Smith (Columbia), 19-3

141 pounds (4 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Cj Composto (Penn) dec. Eligh Rivera (Princeton), 4-0

3rd – Josh Saunders (Cornell) dec. Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia), 8-4

5th – Ian Oswalt (Brown) dec. Dante Frinzi (Harvard), 4-2

149 pounds (3 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Cross Wasilewski (Penn) dec. Ethan Fernandez (Cornell), 5-1

3rd – Ty Whalen (Princeton) tech. fall Kai Owen (Columbia), 16-1

5th – Giuseppe Iamunno (Brown) pin Jaden Pepe (Harvard), 3:15

157 pounds (3 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) tech. fall Jude Swisher (Penn), 19-2

3rd – Richard Fedalen (Columbia) maj. dec. Umihiko Saito (Brown), 10-1

5th – Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) pin Jake Mann (Princeton), 1:09

165 pounds (2 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Julian Ramirez (Cornell) dec. Cesar Alvan (Columbia), 8-6

3rd – Keegan Rothrock (Brown) pin Andy Troczynski (Penn), 5:48

5th – Blaine Bergey (Princeton) maj. dec. Cael Berg (Harvard), 14-3

174 pounds (2 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Simon Ruiz (Cornell) maj. dec. Jack Mcgill (Columbia), 8-0

3rd – Nick Incontrera (Penn) maj. dec. Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard), 14-1

5th – Drew Clearie (Brown) dec. Xavier Giles (Princeton), 5-0

184 pounds (4 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Chris Foca (Cornell) dec. Max Hale (Penn), 8-5 SV

3rd – Nick Fine (Columbia) pin Kole Mulhauser (Princeton), 4:12

5th – Andrew Reall (Brown) tech. fall Luke Rada (Harvard), 17-2

197 pounds (2 NCAA Automatic Qualifiers)

1st – Luke Stout (Princeton) tech. fall Michael Dellagatta (Cornell), 20-5

3rd – Joe Curtis (Columbia) dec. Nate Taylor (Penn), 4-0

5th – Thomas Sandoval (Brown) med. forf. Max Agresti (Harvard)

285 pounds (1 NCAA Automatic Qualifier)

1st – Ashton Davis (Cornell) dec. Vincent Mueller (Columbia), 6-1

3rd – John Pardo (Penn) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown), 4-0 3:11

5th – Will Sather (Princeton) pin Logan Marissal (Harvard), 3:13