MISSOURI WINS EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE MAC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Final MAC Wrestling Championships Bracket
WATCH Championship Matches below
Weight Class Results listed below

DeKALB, Ill. -- The Missouri Tigers won their eighth consecutive MAC Wrestling Tournament Championship with 142.0 total team points as sophomore Brock Mauller won the 149-weight class championship. The Tigers had four wrestlers compete in Championship matches throughout the day. 
 
Central Michigan finished second with 121.0 total team points and three individual weight class winners with Drew Hildebrandt (125), Dresden Simon (141) and Matt Stencel (285) each winning their respective weight classes.  Simon also earned 2020 MAC Tournament Outstanding Wrestler as he defeated Cleveland State’s Evan Cheek to win the 141 weight class.
 
The Championship witnessed eight different programs with an individual champion, led by Central Michigan with three Chippewas taking first place.  Joining Missouri’s Mauller, Kent State’s Tim Rooney (133), Rider’s Jesse Dellavecchia (157), Buffalo's Troy Keller (165), Lock Haven’s Jared Siegrist (174), NIU’s Brit Wilson (184) and Clarion’s Greg Bulsak (197) all were individual weight class champions.
 
Host Northern Illinois finished third in the team standings with 90.5 total points, while Rider finished fourth with 84.5 total points and Lock Haven fifth with 82.0 total points.  Old Dominion ranked sixth (68.0), while Cleveland State (64.0) was seventh and Ohio finished eighth (58.5). 
 
The MAC also recognized Central Michigan head coach Tom Borrelli and NIU head coach Ryan Ludwig with Co-Coach of the Year honors.

2020 Final Team Standings:
1.  Missouri, 142.0
2.  Central Michigan, 121.0
3.  Northern Illinois, 90.5
4.  Rider, 84.5
5.  Lock Haven, 82.0
6.  Old Dominion, 68.0
7.  Cleveland State, 64.0
8.  Ohio, 58.5
9.  Kent State, 51.5
10. Buffalo, 49.5
11. Edinboro, 45.5
12. Clarion, 39.5
13. George Mason, 39.0
14. Bloomsburg, 32.5
15. SIUE, 31.0
 
2020 MAC Wrestling Championship Matches
125:  No. 1 seed Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) def. No. 3 seed Killian Cardinale (Old Dominion), 2-0
133:  No. 1 seed Tim Rooney (Kent State) def. No. 3 seed Allan Hart (Missouri), 3-1
141:  No. 1 seed Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) def. No. 2 seed Evan Cheek (Cleveland State), 6-1
149:  No. 1 seed Brock Mauller (Missouri) def. No. 2 seed Brock Zacherl (Clarion), 5-2
157:  No. 1 seed Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) def. No. 3 seed Jarrett Jacques (Missouri), 4-0
165:  No. 1 seed Troy Keller (Buffalo) def. No. 3 seed Izzak Olejnik (NIU), 10-5
174:  No. 5 seed Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) def. No. 3 seed Andrew McNally (Kent State), 10-9
184:  No. 4 seed Brit Wilson (NIU) def. No. 2 seed Dylan Wisman (Missouri), 8-5
197:  No. 1 seed Greg Bulsak (Clarion) def. No. 2 seed Ethan Laird (Rider), medical forfeit
285:  No. 1 seed Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) def. No. 2 seed Jon Spaulding (Edinboro), 11-0


Missouri Head Coach Brian Smith Interview:


Central Michigan's Dresden Simon - 141 lbs. champion & 2020 MAC Wrestling Tournament Outstanding Wrestler:
 

2020 MAC Wrestling Tournament Champion: Team Trophy Presentation -- Missouri Tigers:
 

2020 MAC Wrestling Championship Match Introductions:


2020 MAC Wrestling Championship Matches:

2020 MAC Wrestling Championship 125-lb Match:
No. 1 seed Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) def. No. 3 seed Killian Cardinale (Old Dominion), 2-0



2020 MAC Wrestling Championship 133-lb Match:
No. 1 seed Tim Rooney (Kent State) def. No. 3 seed Allan Hart (Missouri), 3-1



2020 MAC Wrestling Championship 141-lb Match:
No. 1 seed Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) def. No. 2 seed Evan Cheek (Cleveland State), 6-1



2020 MAC Wrestling Championship 149-lb Match:
No. 1 seed Brock Mauller (Missouri) def. No. 2 seed Brock Zacherl (Clarion), 5-2