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• The Cornell wrestling team will face a nationally competitive field when it heads to Sin City for the 2016 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational beginning on Friday, Dec. 2 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
• You can watch the two-day event live with a subscription to FloWrestling.com.
• Nine of the nation's top 25 teams will be in action in the tournament (No. 4 Ohio State, No. 6 Virginia Tech, No. 8 Cornell, No. 10 Michigan,  No. 14 Central Michigan, No. 15 Stanford, No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 18 Minnesota and No. 19 Arizona State), as well as Oregon State, Iowa State, Purdue and West Virginia.
• Cornell has finished in the top six in Vegas in each of the last eight seasons with five finishes in the top three.
• The Big Red has won 17 individual titles dating back to 2004, including at least two in three consecutive seasons (three in 2015-16).
• Two-time NCAA champ Gabe Dean (184 pounds), who earlier this season became the fourth wrestler in meet history to claim four New York State Intercollegiate titles, will attempt to become the sixth person to win three Las Vegas Invite titles.
• Also looking to repeat last season's title will be two-time All-American and 2015 NCAA runner-up Brian Realbuto.
• The Big Red has big goals — Cornell is eyeing yet another top five effort with a handful of wrestlers with national championships and All-America finishes in their sights.
• Dean and Realbuto headline an experienced and talented lineup that also includes 2016 All-American Dylan Palacio (157).
• NCAA qualifiers Dalton Macri (125), Palacio (157) and Owen Scott (197) have combined to wrestle just one total match so far this season, but all three are expected to be in the lineup this spring.
• In addition, two-time NCAA qualifier Mark Grey (133), 2016 NCAA qualifiers Joey Galasso (149) and Jeramy Sweany (285) join first-year starters Will Koll (141) and Brandon Womack (165) to punctuate the lineup.
• Noah Baughman (125), Taylor Simaz (157) and Ben Honis (197) have had great success early in the season while Macri, Palacio and Scott ready for the return in the New Year and will compete for the top spot once they return.

THE STREAKS:
• The Big Red has crowned at least one champion at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational for eight straight seasons.
• Cornell has won 10 consecutive EIWA team titles, the longest streak in conference history.
• Head coach Rob Koll's teams have racked up 14 Ivy League titles in a row, the longest title streak in any sport in conference history.
• Cornell has won 73 consecutive Ivy League dual meets dating back to the 2001-02 campaign.
• The Big Red has crowned at least one EIWA champion in each of the last 15 seasons and in 25 of the last 26 years.
• The Big Red is 51-1 (.981) in its last 52 duals against current EIWA competitors dating back to 2010-11.
• Cornell is 90-4-1 (.953) in dual meet action against current EIWA teams dating back to 2004-05, including 82-0 against teams other than Lehigh.
• Cornell has placed in the top five at the NCAA championships in six of the last eight seasons and in the top 10 in 12 of the last 14 years (nine straight).
• Cornell is 97-20-1 (.826) in dual meet competition in the last seven seasons.
• The Big Red is 38-5 (.884) in its last 43 home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season.
• Big Red wrestling has won 70 consecutive dual meets against unranked teams dating back to the beginning of the 2007-08 season.
• Cornell has won 32 straight meets against New York state opponents.
• The Big Red has claimed five consecutive New York State team titles.

CORNELL HISTORY AT THE CLIFF KEEN LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL:
• Cornell will compete at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational for the ninth straight year and 12th time in the last 13 seasons.
• The Big Red won the 2010 title with three individual champions and a team-best 140 points.
• Cornell has finished in the top six in each of the last eight seasons with five finishes in the top three.
• The Big Red has won 17 individual titles dating back to 2004, including at least two in three consecutive seasons (three in 2015-16).
    
LAST TIME AT THE CLIFF KEEN LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL:
• Senior Nahshon Garrett became the fifth person to claim three Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational titles to start the night, upsetting the No. 1 ranked wrestler at 133 pounds to lead three Cornell champions as the Big Red finished second as a team.
• Juniors Brian Realbuto (174) and Gabe Dean (184) capped the night with dominant efforts in the finals as five Big Red wrestlers reached the podium at one of the nation's premier events.
• Garrett remained unbeaten since his move up to 133 pounds by knocking off undefeated defending national champion Corey Brewer of Oklahoma, the event's top seed.
• He rallied from an early 7-2 deficit for an impressive 14-9 victory to claim his third title, joining four-time champion Logan Stieber (Ohio State, 2011-14) and fellow three-time champions Ben Askren (Missouri, 2004-06), Andrew Howe (Oklahoma/Wisconsin, 2009-10, 13) and fellow Big Red great Mack Lewnes (Cornell, 2008-10).
• Dean will have a chance to join Garrett on that list a year from now after earning his second crown with a dominant 15-6 major decision victory over 12th-ranked Dominic Abounader of Michigan.
• Rounding out the championship performances was a dominant 11-1 finals win by Realbuto over No. 15 Bryce Hammond of Cal-Bakersfield.
• Missouri won the team title with 154 points with Cornell settling in as the runner-up with 113 points.

CORNELL AT THE GRAPPLE AT THE GARDEN:
• The eighth-ranked Cornell wrestling team one-upped the Big Red hockey team, winning two matches on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden to sweep the Grapple at the Garden.
• The Big Red improved to 3-0 on the season with a 39-0 win over Hofstra and a 28-10 triumph over No. 10 Rutgers.
• Cornell hockey got the weekend started on Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over New Hampshire to make the Big Red a perfect 3-0 on the weekend at the World's Most Famous Arena.
• The Big Red's win over Rutgers avenged last season's dual meet loss to the Scarlet Knights and came on the heels of a momentum-building shutout of the Pride, its third over Hofstra since 2011.
• Sophomore Brandon Womack continued his tremendous start with a pair of second period falls at 165 pounds, pinning Hofstra's Bobby Fehr in 3:50 and Willie Scott of Rutgers in 4:40.
• His win against Scott gave Cornell a 12-10 lead and was the first of five straight Cornell victories to end the dual.
• The 18-point win was Cornell's largest over a ranked team since topping No. 16 Virginia Tech 34-0 in February of 2014.
• Senior Gabe Dean was his usual dominant self, earning a 33 second fall over Hofstra's Mike Oxley before a just as impressive 16-3 major decision over 13th-ranked Nicholas Gravina in the nightcap.
• Noah Baughman (125), Mark Grey (133), Brian Realbuto (174), Ben Honis (197) and Jeramy Sweany (285) all were 2-0 on the day, while each of the 10 wrestlers in the lineup had at least one victory.

NEXT UP:
• Cornell will head to the state of Oklahoma for a pair of dual meets against two of the nation's top teams after final exams break.
• The Big Red will square off with No. 1 Oklahoma State on Friday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. in Stillwater.
• The Cowboys have won all four meetings between the teams.
• Cornell will then travel the 80 miles to Norman on Sunday, Dec. 18 for a 2 p.m. dual match at No. 16 Oklahoma.
• The Sooners have an 8-5 edge in the all-time series with the Big Red.