NCAA Results and Brackets

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Big Red wrestling team is in fourth place heading into the finals on Saturday night. Senior Frank Perrelli capped off his stellar Cornell career with a fourth place finish at 125 pounds, while unseeded sophomore Mike Nevinger muscled his way to a seventh place All-America honor at 141 pounds.

At 125 pounds, Perrelli opened the day with a 10-3 decision over Ryan Mango of Stanford to move to the third place round. Perrelli notched the first take down against No. 2 Zack Sanders of Minnesota, but the Gopher wrestler escaped to come within a point. Both wrestlers escaped from their starting down positions in their respective periods. Sanders notched a takedown late in the third to take the lead, but Perrelli escaped to tie the match at 4-4. Sanders took him down once again to win in sudden victory, 6-4. Perrelli concludes his Cornell career with a 110-41 record. The Big Red senior ranks 12^th in the Big Red career record books in wins.

Nevinger wrapped up his sophomore season with a match for seventh place against North Carolina State's Darrius Little. Nevinger racked up a 5-0 lead over the eighth seeded wrestler with a takedown and three back points. He continued to dominate his opponent on his way to a 10-3 decision to take seventh place.

Cornell will have a school record three wrestlers in the finals tonight at 6:30 p.m. CST. Kyle Dake will wrestle No. 2 Derek St. John of Iowa at 157 pounds in search of his third NCAA title in as many years. Junior Steve Bosak will take on No. 6 Quentin Wright of Penn State at 184 pounds, while senior Cam Simaz will cap off his Big Red career in the finals against No. 2 Chris Honeycutt of Edinboro. All matches will be broadcast live on ESPN.