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CMU Wrestling Has 15 Wrestlers Place At Michigan State Open
11/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Nov. 9, 2003
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EAST LANSING - The Central Michigan University wrestling team got its season off to a solid start with 15 of its wrestlers placing in the Michigan State Open this weekend. Along with the 15 wrestlers who placed, CMU had one champion and 10 wrestlers finish in the top four of their weight class.
The tournament featured many of the top Big Ten and Mid-American Conference teams. Some of the top teams who participated were No. 5 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 19 Wisconsin, and No. 24 Michigan State. The three teams picked to finish second through fourth in the MAC coaches' poll, Northern Illinois, Ohio and Kent State, also competed in the tournament.
CMU's 15 placers were the most of any team at the tournament. Michigan had the second-most with seven, while Michigan State had six, Wisconsin and Northwestern had five and Ohio State had four. In comparison to the other MAC teams at the tournament, the three other squads had a combined 10 placers with only two wrestlers finishing in the top four.
David Bolyard (Akron, Ohio/Jr.) wrestled unattached and won the 165-pound weight class. In the finals, he defeated 10th-ranked Pat Owen of Michigan in overtime, 4-2, and in the semifinals, he beat fourth-ranked Johnny Clark of Ohio State in overtime, 3-1. He finished the tournament 5-0. Jason Mester (Mineral Point, Wis/Sr.), ranked fourth in the nation, fell to third-ranked Scott Moore of Virginia in the finals at 141, 6-4. He went 4-1 in the tournament.
Taking third in the tournament were: Kyle Stoffer (Olmsted Falls, Ohio/So.) at 125; Jordan Webster (Washington, Ill./Sr.) at 133; Kevin Carr (Warsaw, Ind./Sr) at 165; and Joe Yager (Fulton/Sr.) at 197. Finishing fourth were: Jason Borrelli (Mount Pleasant/Jr.) wrestling unattached at 133; Ty Morgan (Huber Heights, Ohio/Sr.) at 157; Alex Lammers (Huber Heights, Ohio/Jr.) at 197; and Bill Stouffer (Lowell/Sr.) at 285.
The five other Chippewas who placed were: Matt McCartney (Roseville/So.) fifth at 184; Brad Anderson (Grand Rapids/Jr.) sixth at 165; Nate Edwards (Port Huron/So.) seventh at 165. True freshmen Wynn Michalak (Caro) and Brandon Carter (Swartz Creek) both wrestled unattached with Michalak taking seventh at 184, and Carter taking eighth at 141.
Stoffer, ranked 17th, fell in his first match of the day to Mark Moos, who won the tournament. Stoffer bounced back to defeat sixth-ranked Tom Clum of Wisconsin in the consolation semifinals, 3-1, and beat John Velez of Northwestern in the third-place match, 2-1. He went 5-1 in the tournament.
Webster, ranked 12th, fell in overtime to former Michigan All-American A.J Grant in the championship semifinals, 3-1. He moved on to the third-place match with a victory over ninth-ranked Ed Gutnik of Wisconsin, 8-3, and in the third-place match, Webster defeated teammate Jason Borrelli, 1-0.
Another match of note for Webster was a meeting between the last two MAC champions at 133, Webster and Sam Hiatt of Northern Illinois, with Webster picking up the victory in double overtime, 5-4. This was the first competition for Webster in almost 18 month after sitting out last season with an injury. He went 5-1 in the tournament.
Carr, ranked 12th, won six straight matches in the tournament after an early defeat. Carr beat a pair of Michigan State wrestlers to earn third place. He defeated 19th-ranked Anton Hall in the consolation semifinals, 3-1, and Joe Williams in the third-place match, 8-3. Carr finished 9-1 in the tournament.
Yager had another impressive tournament after winning a title at the Eastern Michigan Open last weekend. He defeated Joel Weimer of Ohio, picked to win the MAC at 197, twice in the tournament. The second meeting between the two was in the consolation quarterfinal with Yager winning, 1-0. In his third-place match, he faced teammate Alex Lammers, winning in double overtime, 2-1. He went 7-1 in the tournament.
Morgan, ranked eighth, had a solid tournament in this first action at 157. He has wrestled at 149 in his first three seasons at CMU. Morgan fell to All-American and current Northern Illinois graduate assistant coach Scott Owen in the championship semifinals, 9-6. He defeated Mike Tolar of Kent State, a national qualifier, in the consolation semifinals, 5-1, before falling in his third-place match. He went 5-2 in the tournament.
Lammers shook off an early loss to earn a fourth place finish. In the consolation semifinals, he beat William Breyer of Michigan, 5-1, before falling to Yager in the third place match. He finished the tournament 7-2.
Stouffer, ranked 19th, advanced to the championship semifinals before falling to top-ranked Tommy Rowlands of Ohio State, 14-4. He beat 19th-ranked Mike Keenan, 5-3, in the championship quarterfinals to advance. Stouffer advanced to the third-place match by defeating Pete Ziminski of Eastern Illinois, 3-1, where he fell to Raphael Davis, an assistant coach for Northern Illinois.
CMU will begin its dual meet season in two weeks when its takes on No. 5 Michigan and No. 2 Lehigh in Ann Arbor. The matches are set to place on Sunday, Nov. 23, with CMU versus Lehigh at noon and versus Michigan at 2 p.m.
