ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell wrestling team will gets its much-anticipated 2023-24 season underway on Saturday, Nov. 18, at noon when it hosts Sacred Heart at Barton Hall. The first-ever dual between the Big Red and the Pioneers will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Big Red Storylines

• Cornell is No. 7 nationally in the USA Today/NWCA Divison I Wrestling Coaches Poll. 

• The Big Red has won 19 of the last 20 Ivy League titles and two in a row under coach Mike Grey. 

• Cornell has won 27 EIWA titles, including the last two. 

• Cornell returns six national qualifiers and three All-Americans from last year. The Big Red finished third as a team at nationals. 

• Arguably the nation's top wrestler, Arujau won the NCAA title at 133 with a victory over Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young last season. The three-time All-American earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler award at the championships and was a finalist for the Dan Hodge Trophy, given annually to the nation's best wrestler. 

• Arujau will be looking to start a new win streak, as he had his 15-match win streak snapped by Lehigh's Ryan Crookham at the Journeymen Classic. 

• Ungar nearly earned All-American status at the NCAA Championships last season, reaching the Round of 12. An EIWA runner-up, he went 20-13 overall and won 12 matches against nationally ranked wrestlers. 

• Cornella won an EIWA title and qualified for the NCAA Championships as a freshman last season. He won Ivy League and EIWA Rookie of the Year honors. 

• Ramirez won his first EIWA title and advanced to the Round of 12 in the NCAA Championships for the second straight season in 2022-23. 

• Foca finished third at the NCAA Championships to claim his first All-American honor at 174 last season. He went 30-2 overall, led the team in falls, won his first EIWA title and had a 20-match win streak during the year. 

• Foca will be making his debut at 184 pounds against Sacred Heart. 

• Cardenas finished eighth at the NCAA Championships last season, earning his first All-American honor. He went 20-6 and won the EIWA title.

Last Time Out

• Cornell participated in the Journeymen Collegiate Classic in Bethlehem, Pa., last weekend.  

• In 165A, Ramirez took down Derek Fields (NC State) 16-1 by technical fall, Luke Ahrberg (NC State) 11-1 by major decision and Jake Logan (Lehigh) 8-5 by decision en route to a first-place finish. 

• Ungar beat teammate Greg Diakomihalis 2-1, Troy Hohman (NC State) 7-2 and Diego Sotelo 3-2 to claim first place in 125A. 

• Freshman Meyer Shapiro, ranked as the nation's top recruit in the 2023 class by Intermat.com, beat Micah Hanau (Army) 15-3 by fall, Rhise Royster (LIU) 8-2 by decision and Jude Swisher (LIU) 15-0 by technical fall. 

• Seven others finished first in their respective pools, including freshman Ethan Qureshi (133E), junior Ethan Fernandez (149B), sophomore Nate Wade (149F), freshman Benny Rogers (157E), junior Wyatt Yapoujian (157D), senior Benny Baker (174 C) and freshman Ashton Davis (285 E).

Welcome to Barton Hall

• Saturday's dual will be Cornell's first in Barton Hall since 2003. 

• Opened in 1915, Barton Hall served as a ground school for military aeronautics during World War I. It was an armory and a drill deck during World War II. 

• The historic building is named after Colonel Frank A. Barton, one of the first Cornell students to earn a commission in the US Army. 

• Renovated in 2016, Barton Hall has a 200-meter track, the widest allowable by the NCAA for NCAA-qualifying purposes.

Know The Foe

• Sacred Heart is 0-2 in duals this season, with a 28-10 loss to LIU and a 28-18 loss to Bloomsburg. The Pioneers face North Carolina State and Presbyterian on Friday in Albany before visiting the Big Red. 

• Senior Andrew Fallon (133) and graduate senior Scott Jarosz (165) have been SHU's top performers. Both recorded victories over LIU and Presbyterian. 

• Three Cornell wrestlers — Foca (174), Yianni Diakomihalis (149) and Christian Hansen (184) — won by fall against Sacred Heart grapplers at the EIWA Championships last season. Foca beat Ryan Bolletino, Diakomihalis beat Mike McGhee and Hansen beat Owen Ayotte. 

• Head coach John Clark took over the Sacred Heart program in 2017 and helped Nick Palumbo and Joe Accousti become the first Pioneers to qualify for the NCAA Championships since 2007. 

• A 2004 graduate of Ohio State, Clark was a two-time All-American for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes and Big Red squared off during the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.