Harvard @ Cornell

Cornell topped Ivy foe Harvard 37-7 at the Friedman Wrestling Center in New York on January 27, 2024. The Big Red’s margin was built on a string of bonus-point victories that made the dual one-sided early and late.

Greg Diakomihalis set the tone for Cornell’s scoring with a 14-3 major decision at 125 pounds, and the middle-to-upper weights delivered the knockout blow. Chris Foca turned in a dominant performance at 184, winning by technical fall 19-4, and Jacob Cardenas followed with a 16-1 technical fall at 197. Lewis Fernandes closed the night at heavyweight with a fall, sealing the 30-point margin.

That sequence of bonus wins in the upper weights left Harvard with too much ground to make up; Cornell’s combination of tech falls and a pin produced the decisive swing in team points. Those high-value results, more than the individual decisions, determined the outcome.

Cornell’s ability to convert opportunities into bonus points across multiple weight classes was the difference, while Harvard managed only a handful of decision victories in reply. The 37-7 final reflects a night where Big Red depth and finishing ability dominated at Friedman.