Bloomsburg
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - The Bloomsburg wrestling team dropped a pair of dual matches to Kent State (37-5) before dropping a 31-11 decision to Sacred Heart.
 
Kent State got off to a hot start with bonus point wins in the first four matches. William Morrow (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn)scored first against Keegan Knapp at 157-pounds with an escape in the second period to take a 1-0 lead. After a second stall was called against Morrow, Knapp tied the match at 1-1 before getting a takedown to lead 4-1 at the end of the second period. Knapp chose bottom to start the third and clinched his decision with an escape to win the match 5-1.
 
After Aaron Ferguson won a 5-0 decision against Macon Myers(York, Pa./Central York) at 165-pounds, the Huskies got on the board with a tech fall from graduate student Tanner Culver(Hartland, Mich./Hartland). The 17-1 tech fall at 4:00 over Mitchell Broskie at 184 pounds was the first of Culver's career at Bloomsburg. The grad student dominated the match from the opening whistle. He quickly got a takedown in the first period and earned four back points to take a 7-0 lead. After an escape by Broskie, Culver built his lead to 14-1 with another takedown and four-count near fall. Broskie chose bottom to start the second and Culver got the benefit of a penalty point and a two-point reversal to seal the tech fall win.
 
The Golden Flashes closed out the match with a tech fall at 197-pounds and a decision at 285 for the 37-5 win.
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Buffalo
BUFFALO, NY – It was a battle of the Mid-American Conference West Division leaders on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. Unfortunately, in a back-and-forth dual, it was Northern Illinois that came out on top, 18-16, over Buffalo to clinch the West Division title.

Trailing 5-0, Tommy Maddox got the Bulls on the board at 133 with his best performance of the season. The redshirt-senior earned a 17-9 major decision over Michael Kaminski to pull the Bulls to within one, 5-4.

After the Huskies won decisions in the next two to extend their lead to 11-4, the Bulls got on a role and won three straight matches.

An under-the-weather Nick Stampoulos got takedowns in the first and second period en route to a 7-2 decision over Brett Smith at 157.

Hunter Shaut followed in the 165 bout with a 4-2 decision over Tommy Bennett. Shaut's second-period takedown was the difference in the match.

Jay Nivison got a takedown in the second and a takedown in the third to dispose of Ricardo Salinas, 7-3, and put the Bulls ahead in the dual, 14-13.
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Central Michigan
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – An outstanding start, some gritty close wins, and an exclamation point pin.

Central Michigan won seven matches on Sunday in downing Ohio, 28-9, in a Mid-American Conference wrestling dual at McGuirk Arena, improving to 5-6, 3-1 MAC and continuing to build momentum as the regular season hits the home stretch.

"Today was a really good match for us," CMU coach Tom Borrelli said. "We wrestled some quality competition, and we didn't win all of those matches, but we were very, very competitive and won enough of them to win the dual meet.

"Really, we're just trying to improve, every day, (and) get ready for the conference tournament. That's what we're really focused on, being ready at the end of the month and the beginning of March."

The Chippewas, who entertain Buffalo (8-11, 3-2) in a MAC dual on Sunday, Feb. 11, got technical-fall wins from Sean Spidle (125 pounds) and Vince Perez (133) and a decision victory from Jimmy Nugent (141) in building a 13-0 lead over the Bobcats (5-5, 1-3).
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Clarion
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- It was a night of upsets, big scores and exciting finishes, but the Golden Eagle wrestling team came up just short on the road, falling 25-16 to Lock Haven at Thomas Fieldhouse on Thursday evening. 

The bouts on the night were split evenly at 5-5, giving an indication of how the result was more even than the final score would indicate. As such, bonus points were a major factor in determining the winner, and on that account the Bald Eagles came out ahead, as all of their wins came with extra points attached.  

The upset of the night came in the 125-pound match, where Joey Fischer got the best of eighth-ranked Anthony Noto by decision. Noto – a 2023 All-American that placed fourth at the NCAA Division I Championships – had beaten Fischer in their previous four meetings, but this time Fischer came out on top. Fischer fought off an attack from Noto early in the first period, countering to take him down for the first points of the bout. An eventual escape from Noto and another at the start of the second period narrowed the deficit to 3-2, and Noto took a 5-4 lead with a takedown before the end of that frame. Fischer got out from the bottom at the start of the third to tie the bout, and the highlight of the bout came with 43 seconds remaining when he fought off a shot and scrambled to get on top of Noto for a takedown. He held on as the clock wound down to zero for the 9-6 decision, briefly giving Clarion a 13-11 match lead. 
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Cleveland State
EDINBORO, Pa. – Cleveland State competed in their final open on Saturday at Edinboro University. Tate Geiser was the lone placer as the sophomore finished fourth at 165-pounds.

The Green and White won 13 matches on the afternoon including four by major decision, two by fall, and one tech fall.
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Edinboro
Edinboro, Pa. – The Edinboro wrestling team fell 43-3 to visiting Clarion Sunday afternoon in MAC Dual action inside McComb Fieldhouse.

Joey Fischer jumped out to a 9-0 lead after one over Caleb Edwards. The Clarion wrestler chose neutral, scored another takedown before Edwards scored an escape. Fischer tallied a takedown and four nearfall points to score the 19-1 tech fall.

Eamonn Jimenez bumped up to 133 against TJ England. He trailed 6-1 heading to the third before England scored a reversal and tallied a fall at 5:55.

Ryan Sullivan jumped out to a 14-3 lead on Jacob Brenneman after one. Brenneman scored a second period takedown, but eventually Sullivan tallied the 24-9 tech fall victory.

Kyle Schickel scored a takedown and Colin Roberts an escape to make it 3-1 after the first. Schickel scored six nearfall points in the second before scoring seven points in the third on his way to a 17-3 major decision.

George Mason
Fairfax, Va.— George Mason wrestling couldn't earn wins in the swing matches, dropping a dual match to the MAC leading Rider Broncs, 29-9, in a Sunday afternoon tilt inside the RAC.

The dual was the final MAC match for the Patriots (10-8, 3-4 MAC) before the conference championships, March 8-9 at Kent State. Rider improves to 6-6, 6-0 in the MAC.

After Rider got on the board with two straight bonus point wins, Mason's Dominic Hargroveearned a sudden victory win at 141 pounds to get Mason on the board. Redshirt sophomore Kaden Cassidy and Rider's #27 Quinn Kinner battled into the third period before points were scored.  With under a minute to go in the third, Kinner earned an escape and a takedown to earn the close match, 5-0 at 149 lbs.

A nationally ranked match at 157 pounds was won by the Patriots #21DJ McGee defeating the Broncs #29Colton Washleski. McGee earned the win with a takedown in the second period, earning the win 4-2. McGee, ranked second in the MAC's latest rankings, improves to 22-4, 5-1 in the MAC.
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Kent State
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - The Golden Flashes won eight of the nine wrestled matches, including five bonus point victories in a lopsided 37-5 victory over the Bloomsburg Huskies on Saturday afternoon.

Kent State won two matches by technical fall and another three by major decision on Saturday afternoon. The Flashes opened the dual winning three matches by major decision and the fourth by forfeit. Adan Benevidez used a trio of takedowns and got the riding time bonus to defeat Bronson Garber 11-3 in a match that pitted the ninth and tenth ranked MAC wrestlers at 125 pounds.

Pablo Castro IV was dominant in his 17-4 major decision racking up three of his five takedowns in the first period to take control of the match. Matt Ryan followed suit with a nearly identical 17-5 victory at 149 pounds. Ryan had two takedowns in the first and two more in the third on the way to the one-sided win.
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Lock Haven
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The No. 22 Lock Haven men's wrestling team fell to host Navy (7-5), 33-9, tonight (Friday, Feb. 2) on the road in a non-conference dual.
 
For the Bald Eagles (6-9), it marked their second consecutive night of action. The Haven downed rival Clarion, 25-16, last night at home in Mid-American Conference (MAC) action.
 
Lucas Kapusta (Jeanette, Pa./Hempfield Area), Colin Fegley (Mahanoy, Pa./Mahanoy) and Gable Strickland (Benton, Pa./Benton) provided Lock Haven with victories tonight in Annapolis.
 
All three secured signature wins.
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Northern Illinois
BUFFALO, N.Y.—A back and forth battle from start to finish, the (RV) Northern Illinois University Huskies wrestling program won a thriller against the University at Buffalo, 18-16. With the win, the Huskies move to 11-2 on the season and 5-1 in MAC action.
 
This is the Huskies second straight win over the Bulls of Buffalo. The last three meetings have been decided by two points or less.
 
The Huskies have reached 11 wins in a single season for the tenth time in program history, with the last time being in 2019-20 (13-4 overall).
 
The Huskies are receiving votes in the National Wrestling Coaches Poll (NWCA) and are ranked No. 14 in the NWCA Mid-Major Top-20 poll.
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Ohio
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The Ohio wrestling team (5-5, 1-3 MAC) lost this afternoon (Feb. 4) to Central Michigan (5-6, 3-1 MAC) by a score of 28-9. 

The Chippewas and Bobcats entered the meet as the second and third ranked teams in the MAC based off of the conference's January rankings. Central Michigan had the upper hand on the day, winning seven of the ten matches in the meet. 

Redshirt sophomore Peyten Kellar (Cutler, Ohio) stayed perfect on the year in dual-meets. He defeated No. 21 Johnny Lovett by way of a 6-0 decision. Kellar is now 15-2 on the year and 8-0 in dual-meets. 

Following behind Kellar, redshirt sophomore Garrett Thompson (Murrysville, Pa.) picked up the second win of the day for the Bobcats. Thompson battled with CMU's Tyler Swiderski en route to a 1-0 decision victory. The win gave Thompson his team-leading 23rd win of the season. 
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Rider
FAIRFAX, V.A- The Rider University Wrestling team rounded out their weekend of duals by staying perfect in the MAC with a 30-9 victory over George Mason on Sunday afternoon. With the win, Rider moves to 6-6 and 6-0 in the Mid-American. 

Rider kicked off the dual with more magic from Tyler Klinskyand Richie Koehler, who both returned to their bonus point ways in Fairfax. Klinsky picked up his team-best 10th bonus point win and seventh tech fall by taking down JB Dragovich. Koehler then topped Klinsky's win with his second pin of the year taking down Brandon Wittenberg to give Rider an 11-0 dual lead after two bouts. 

After a loss at 141, Rider turned to #33 Quinn Kinner who defeated Kaden Cassidy 5-0, to win his third straight match and move to 5-1 in MAC duals.

Following a loss at 157, Jake Silverstein and Michael Wilsoncame out with big wins at 165 and 174. Silverstein took a high-scoring decision over Evan Maag 12-9. The former 2020-21 NCAA qualifier Silverstein battled in a shootout with both sides trading takedowns back and forth throughout. 
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SIUE
INDIANAPOLIS - Brock Woodcock dominated the 157-pound weight class at the Greyhound Open Sunday, earning a tournament title.

Woodcock, a freshman from St. Clair, Missouri, won all five of his matches with bonus points, including a fall and four technical falls. He won his title match 15-0 over Illinois unattached wrestler Logan Swaw.

"Brock missed some events early in the season," said SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates. "He needed some matches, and he wanted to go out there and help his winning percentage. He went out there and got a lot of wins an a lot of bonus points so that was good for him."

Woodcock is now 12-5 overall this season.

SIUE newcomer Gavin Alexander also advanced to the finals, ultimately taking second place at 133 pounds.
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