Penn State's fourth straight Southern Scuffle title was stunningly tarnished Thursday night when Cornell's Gabe Dean defeated Ed Ruth 7-4.

Ruth was riding an 84-match winning streak and was trying to become just the third four-time Scuffle champion, but Dean pretty much dominated the bout.

Dean, now 21-2, took down Ruth in the first period but Ruth later escaped and took down Dean. Dean escaped to knot the score at 3.

Ruth rode Dean for most of the second period but could not turn him, was called for a stalling point and ultimately allowed Dean to escape and trailed 5-3 with two minutes to go.

Ruth chose down but could not escape from the bottom until late in the period, and Dean converted on another takedown to complete the shocker.

Ruth had not lost since defaulting while losing in the NCAA quarterfinals in 2011.