Central Michigan University Athletics
Wrestling Takes Second At MAC Finals
3/4/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
March 4, 2001
ATHENS, Ohio--Central Michigan took second place at the Mid-American Conference championships that wrapped up on Sunday at Ohio University.
Ohio won the title with 74.5 points and was followed by Central Michigan (63.5), Kent State (62), Buffalo (58), Northern Illinois (33.5) and Eastern Michigan (23.5).
Central had a pair of individual champions in Jason Mester and Ty Morgan.
Mester defeated Ryan Egan of Northern Illinois, 7-2, to capture the 141 pound title while Morgan posted a 6-1 win over Bill Jacoutot of Buffalo to win the 149 crown
CMU had four other wrestlers in championship matches.
Ahmad Sanders lost to Brent Thompson of Kent State, 6-2, in the 125 final. He finished the tournament in second place.
Jordan Webster fell to Buffalo's Shawn Kegal, 10-5, in the 133 title match. Webster took second with a 4-3 victory over Anthony Carrizales of Ohio.
Kevin Carr dropped his 174 match to Luke Moore of Ohio by a 2-1 count. He took third after falling to Mike Feeney of Eastern Michigan (3-2).
Brett Faustman lost to Dan Bednar of Northern Illinois, 4-3, at 197. Faustman finished second with a 9-3 win over Zeb Miller of Kent State.
Jack Leffler wrapped up third place with a 3-1 decision over Kent State's Jim Swetter at heavyweight.
Mester and Morgan earned automatic bids to the NCAA tournament and Sanders, Webster and Faustman earned wild card bids. The NCAA tournament is set for March 15-17 at the University of Iowa.
Mester and Morgan were both named first team All-MAC while Sanders was an honorable mention pick.
Mester was named MAC Freshman of the Year. He is the fifth CMU wrestler to earn the honor. Ohio's Joel Greenlee was the Coach of the Year and Mike Feeney of Eastern Michigan was tabbed the Wrestler of the Year.
