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Central Michigan
ATHENS, Ohio – The Central Michigan wrestling team won six matches on Sunday in defeating Ohio, 21-12, in a Mid-American Conference dual at the Bobcats' Convocation Center.
 
It was the Chippewas' third consecutive MAC dual victory as they improved to 4-8, 3-1 MAC. CMU entertains Kent State on Sunday, Feb. 5 (2 p.m.) in a MAC dual. Ohio is 3-7, 2-2.
 
The Chippewas bounced back after dropping all three duals last weekend in the Chippewa Challenge at Campbell.
 
"After last weekend we needed to rebound the right way and we did that, so that was good," CMU coach Tom Borrelli said.
 
The Chippewas got five decision victories and another by forfeit.
 
CMU's Vince Perez (133 pounds), Johnny Lovett (149), Tracy Hubbard (165), Alex Cramer (174) and Bryan Caves (285) each won by decision.
 
Corbyn Munson (157) won by forfeit. He has won 10 consecutive bouts and is 22-8 on the season including 4-0 in MAC duals.
 
The highlight wins for CMU came from Lovett at 149 and from Hubbard at 165.
 
Lovett got a takedown and a two-point near fall in posting a 4-0 win over Alec Hagan, a past NCAA Championships qualifier who is ranked 31^st nationally by Intermat. Hagan is ranked second in the MAC, while Lovett is seventh.
 
Hubbard held on for a 5-4 victory over Jordan Slivka at 165. Slivka was an NCAA Championships qualifier last season, when he placed fourth in the MAC Championships, and was ranked nationally earlier this season. Slivka is ranked third in the MAC; Hubbard is eighth.
 
It was Hubbard's third consecutive victory and his fifth in his last six matches.
 
"Both of those were big wins for us," Borrelli said, adding that Hubbard took a 5-1 lead into the third period. "(Hubbard) pretty much dominated the match other than the third period. He's gaining confidence."
 
Cramer, the reigning MAC Wrestler of the Week, ran his win streak and improved to 22-8 on the season with a 9-2 victory over Garrett Thompson. He broke into the Intermat national rankings this week at No. 33 and is now 4-0 in MAC duals.
 
Caves clinched the dual with a 2-0 victory at 285, improving to 17-11 on the year and 3-1 in MAC duals. The Chippewas held an 18-12 lead when Caves took the mat and, had he been pinned, the meet would have been tied 18-18 and Ohio could have won on tie-breaker criteria.

As it was, Caves, a redshirt freshman, wrestled a smart match, getting an escape to open the second period and then riding his opponent throughout the third for the all-important riding-time point. He improved to 3-1 in MAC duals and to 17-11 on the season.
 
Caves, Borrelli said, "is really doing some good things for us as a redshirt freshmen. He goes out there and wrestles real smart matches when there's a little bit of pressure on him and he figures out how to win. That's a tough situation to be in and he's pulled through for us a number of times."

Clarion
KENT, Ohio --- The Golden Eagle wrestling team ripped off their seventh straight dual win on Sunday, improving to 7-1 in Mid-American Conference (MAC) action and 5-2 in road matches with a 29-6 effort over Kent State.
 
Clarion dominated the bouts contested on Sunday, winning eight out of 10 matches, including what could be considered an upset in the very first bout of the day. Joey Fischerdefeated the Golden Flashes' Jake Ferri by 3-1 decision in the 125-point bout, taking down the nationally-ranked challenger in the first period to make the difference. Ferri entered the weekend ranked 18^th in the NCAA coaches' poll at 125 pounds but Fischer scratched out the win to put his team on top early in the day.
 
The Golden Eagles never relinquished that lead, either, as Mason Prinkey earned his first dual victory of the season and his first career MAC dual match. He put up a flurry of points against Jacob Houpt to record a 10-9 decision, and Seth Koleno kept the wave going with a 12-1 major decision over Landen Hacker at 141 pounds.
 
Kent State did muster a response in the middle weights, winning decisions at 149 and 157 pounds to cut the Golden Eagles' lead to 10-6. Any thoughts of a comeback were quickly dashed in the next two bouts, though, as Cam Pine and John Worthing combined for 10 team points to re-establish control. Pine worked Colby Dalon for a 12-1 major decision at 165 pounds, and Worthing made quick work of Ashton Breen for a fall at 174. In the latter bout, Worthing took Breen down just 10 seconds into the match and proceeded to go to work, eventually rolling Breen to his shoulders for the pin.
 
The final three matches of the day were workmanlike decisions for the Golden Eagles' heaviest weights, starting with a 6-0 decision for 30^th-ranked Will Feldkamp over Mike Caniglia. That officially clinched the team win for Clarion, but Ty Bagoly followed up with a dominant 5-1 decision over Blake Schaffer. Austin Chapman rounded things out with a comparatively high-scoring bout against Jacob Cover, securing a late takedown for an 8-6 decision at 285 pounds.

Cleveland State
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland State (5-6, 4-3) swept their MAC tri-match on Saturday afternoon inside Woodling Gymnasium. The Vikings won both matches via tiebreakers: 19-18 against George Mason (9-4, 1-2) and 17-16 versus SIUE (5-6, 2-5).

No. 33 Marcus Robinson and DeAndre Nassar led the way for the Green and White, winning both their matches on the day.

Cleveland State 19, George Mason 18
George Mason jumped out to a 4-0 lead after recording a major decision at 125-pounds. The Vikings claimed their first lead of the day, 6-4, after winning back-to-back decisions by Jake Manley, 6-3 at 133-pounds, and Caleb Rea, 6-5 at 141-pounds.

The Patriots went back in front, 7-6, after winning a narrow 4-3 decision at 149-pounds. No. 33 Marcus Robinson put the Green and White back ahead, 9-7, after picking up a sudden victory over No. 32 Pappas at 157-pounds.

George Mason then recorded a fall at 165-pounds and a tech fall at 174-pounds to lead 18-9. DeAndre Nasar started the comeback for the home team with a 5-3 win at 184-pounds as Cleveland State trailed 18-12. Anthony Perrine made it a three-point match with a 4-2 victory at 197-pounds.

Daniel Bucknavich blanked his opponent 6-0 at 285-pounds, tying the team score at 18-18. With the match tied, tiebreakers were needed, with Cleveland State winning the first one, which was individual matches won, 6-4.
 

Cleveland State 17, SIU Edwardsville 16
The Vikings claimed the first four points of the match on an 11-3 major decision by Ben Aranda at 125-pounds. SIUE responded back with a sudden victory at 133-pounds and a major decision at 141-pounds to lead 7-4.

The Vikings evened the match at seven apiece as Douglas Terry picked up a 6-4 victory at 149-pounds. No. 33 Robinson followed with an 8-2 win at 157-pounds as the margin grew to 10-7. Daniel Patten made it 13-7 after winning 7-1 at 165-pounds.

The Cougars halted the momentum briefly, winning 8-1 at 174-pounds. However, DeAndre Nassar got the three points back with a 3-2 victory at 184-pounds as Cleveland State led 16-10.

SIUE claimed the final two matches of the afternoon via decisions to tie the match at 16-16. The match went into tiebreakers with Vikings winning on the fourth criteria of near fall points, 12-6, giving them their second win of the day.

Edinboro
Edinboro, Pa. – The Edinboro wrestling team dropped a 21-12 decision to visiting George Mason Saturday night at McComb Fieldhouse.
 
The Patriots jumped out to 9-0 lead on the backs of decisions from Markell Baker, Josh Jones and Anthony Glasl.
 
Ryan Burgos got the Scots on the board in a big way when he scored a fall at the 6:27 mark of the match over Nate Higley.
 
Luke Kemerer dropped a 7-3 decision to Peter Pappas at 157 and Drew Dickson scored an 11-4 decision over Max Kirby to extend the Patriot lead to 15-6. Logan Messer scored a 3-1 decision over Jared McGill and Tyler Kocak toped Jack Kilner 7-2.
 
The Scots finished the night with a pair of victories. Cody Mulligan scored a first period takedown to lead 2-0 after the first building 1:10 in riding time. He escaped to start the second extending his lead to 3-0. Jon List would score an escape, but not before Mulligan locked in the riding time point to score a 4-1 decision.
 
At 285, Nick Lodato scored a takedown late in the first to take a 2-0 lead over Donovan Sprouce. Sprouce escaped to start the second trimming the lead to 2-1. Lodato scored a reversal 20 seconds into the third and held off a late charge to win 4-2.

George Mason
Fairfax, Va.— The George Mason wrestling team split two MAC matches today in a Tri-meet hosted by Cleveland State. 

Host Cleveland State and Mason were deadlocked at 18-18, but the Vikings prevailed in the tie-breaker. In the second match, the Patriots defeated SIUE, 23--16 to remain even in the conference (10-4, 2-2). The Patriots won its 10th match this season, the first 10-win season since 2014-15 (10-12).
 
Mason's rookie Markel Baker (125) and sophomore Logan Messer (174) won both matches today to improve to a team-leading 21 wins. Baker earned a major decision against CSU's Ben Aranda, 12-3, and a technical fall against Davian Guanaluato, 24-9 (5:57). Baker leads the Patriots in tech falls with four.

Messer earned a technical fall against the Vikings JR Reed, 18-2(6:02) and a decision against the Cougars Chase Diehl, 5-1.

In his only match, Drew Dickson earned a fall against the Vikings Daniel Patten, (3:53) at 165.
 
Nate Higley earned his seventh fall of the season, coming against Alec Peralta from SIUE.

Several wrestlers also won a match today, incluing Paul Pierce, Peter Pappas, and Tyler Kocak.

Kent State
KENT- Keegan Knapp won for the second time this weekend and Kody Komara added a shutout, highlighting the Flashes' "Beauty and the Beast" dual with Clarion.

Clarion took the dual 29-6 as the match took place alongside the Flashes dual victory over Western Michigan in a gymnastics dual.

Sunday's dual started at the traditional 125 pounds. Jake Ferri couldn't find the late takedown he needed as a first-period takedown by Joey Fischer proved to be the distance in a 3-1 decision.

The match of the day was at 133. Jacob Houpt and Mason Prinkley went back-and-forth for all three periods. Houpt stormed back in the third with a pair of takedowns to cut the Prinkley lead to one. That would be the result with Prinkley holding on for the 10-9 victory.

After a major decision for Clarion at 141, the Flashes would pick up the next two bouts. Kody Komara would score a takedown in the first and earned the riding time bonus with a dominant first period. He'd add an escape in the second and that bonus point gave him the 4-0 shutout.

Knapp followed his major decision victory on Friday with another strong showing on Sunday. Knapp recorded a first period takedown and backed that up with a second take down and a near fall to take a 8-2 lead. Elfvin would close the gap but Knapp would close strong with another takedown to win 13-8.

Clarion would take the final five matches of the evening. Jacob Cover lost a back-and-forth match with Austin Chapman. Cover rallied with a third period take down to tie the bout at five, but a late escape and takedown by Chapman gave him an 8-6 victory. Kent State hits the road for two more matches next weekend. First up is the annual grudge match with Ohio University. Friday night's rivalry dual starts at 7 p.m. from the Convocation Center in Athens. 

Ohio
ATHENS, Ohio—The Ohio wrestling team (3-7, 3-2 MAC) fell to the Central Michigan Chippewas (4-8, 3-1 MAC) at the Convocation Center Sunday afternoon (Jan. 29), 21-12. 
 
Both redshirt junior Oscar Sanchez (Genoa, Ohio) and graduate student Kyran Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) won their matches in overtime, with Sanchez taking a 2-1 sudden victory at 125 pounds and Hagan winning with a 2-0 sudden victory at 141 pounds.  
 
At 184 pounds, sophomore Zayne Lehman (Akron, Ohio) fought for a 4-3 decision, coming back with a takedown in the final minute. Redshirt junior Carson Brewer (Avon, Ind.) won at 197 pounds with a 3-1 decision. 
 
Up next, the Bobcats return to action on Friday, Feb. 3 when they host Kent State at 7 p.m. on senior night. The match can be viewed on ESPN+.

Rider
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ –Tyler Klinsky and Ethan Laird were both able to pick up bonus point wins however Rider would fall 19-15 to Bucknell. With the loss, the Broncs drop to 4-4 on the year and Bucknell moves to 6-4 overall. 

Rider was able to start the dual on top partially due to a big opening win at 125 from Tyler Klinsky, who was able to get his first tech fall of the year as he took down Grayson McLlean, 22-6. 

Rider would get wins at 141 and 149 from #33 McKenzie Bell and #23 Quinn Kinner to lead them to a 11-4 advantage heading to 157. Bell was able to pick up another win over a nationally ranked opponent as he beat #22/#11 Darren Miller by decision. The win adds to Bell's impressive season now with a 28-7 record and wins vs #22/#11 Miller as well as a win over Parker Filius who was ranked #11 at the time of their meeting earlier this year.

Bucknell would go on a four-bout win streak and take the lead 16-15 going to 197.

At 197, Laird got another dominant win as he took down Nolan Springer 16-3 to cut the dual score to only one. For Laird, it is his second straight win by major decision and his third bonus point win in his last four bouts.

SIUE
CLEVELAND, Ohio - SIUE wrestling dropped a pair of Mid-American Conference dual meets Saturday.

George Mason upended the Cougars 23-16 in the first match. Cleveland State topped SIUE 17-16 with the match being decided by on the criteria of near fall points.

SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates said the trio of Saul Ervin, Ryan Yarnell and Colton McKiernan were 3-0 for the weekend and have shown consistency this season.

"We have our core group," he said. "Saul, Ryan and Colton all went 3-0. These are the guys we have relied on throughout the season."

Ervin picked up a pair of major decision, defeating George Mason's Anthony Glasl 10-2 and Cleveland State's Caleb Rea 10-0. Yarnell earned a pair of close wins, dispatching George Mason's Jon List 2-1 and Cleveland State's Joey Lyons 2-0. McKiernan, who has a team-leading 21 victories, recorded SIUE's lone fall of the day, a 1 minute, 32 second victory over George Mason's Donovan Sprouse. He also defeated Cleveland State's Daniel Bucknavich 3-1.

SIUE, 4-7 overall and 1-6 in the MAC, is scheduled to compete at the Indianapolis Open next weekend. SIUE's next dual meet is Feb. 12 against Ohio at First Community Arena.