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CMU Wrestling Sits in Third After Day One of Midlands
12/29/2003 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Dec. 29, 2003
EVANSTON, ILL - - Eight members of the Central Michigan University wrestling team (2-2, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) advanced to the second day of competition at the Midlands on Monday, January 29.
The Chippewas sit in third-place after the first day of competition with 55 points. There was a mistake with the team standings after Monday's session. These are the correct team standings.
The tournament is one of the top individual tournaments in the nation with many of the top teams in the nation competing in the tournament. It is being held at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Jason Mester (Mineral Point, Wis./Sr.), ranked third in the nation, advanced to the championship semifinals at 141 with a victory over Anthony Coleman of Cleveland State, 6-0. He will face fourth-ranked Cliff Moore of Iowa in the semifinals tomorrow morning.
David Bolyard (Akron, Ohio/Jr.), seeded second, also advanced to the championship semifinals with a decision over No. 7-seed Joe Mazzurco (Cornell), 5-2. Bolyard, ranked fourth in the nation, will face No. 3-seed Nick Passalano of Iowa in the semifinals.
Winning in the third-round of consolation to advance to tomorrow and the consolation fourth-round were: Kyle Stoffer (Olmsted Falls, Ohio/So) at 125; Jordan Webster (Washington, Ill/Sr.) at 133; Ty Morgan (Huber Heights, Ohio/Sr.) at 157; Matt McCartney (Roseville/So.) at 184; Joe Yager (Fulton/Sr.) at 197; and Bill Stouffer (Lowell/Jr.) at 285.
CMU sat in fifth-place after the first session and was the only school to have all 10 of its point-scoring wrestlers still alive heading into the second session.
Two CMU wrestlers won their championship second round match to advance to the quarterfinals. They were: Jason Mester over DeWitt Driscoll of Penn State, 3-2, and David Bolyard by technical fall over Frank Beasley of Lincoln College, 15-0 in 4:08.
CMU wrestlers went 13-3 in the championship first round and pigtails. Picking up important victories in the round were Mitch Hancock, Andy Keller and Alex Lammers. Hancock defeated Tyler Baier of Cornell, seeded ninth, in triple overtime, 3-1. Keller defeated Ryan Derr of Ohio State in the pigtail round, 2-0 in overtime, and Lammers pinned MAC-placer Ed Magrys of Eastern Michigan 1:08 in the first period.
The second day of competition is set to begin at noon CST tomorrow, Dec. 30. The championship semifinals, consolations and seventh place match will take place during the noon session. The second session, which will include the first, third and fifth-place matches, is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. CST.
Team Standings - Points1. Iowa State - 66.52. Iowa - 57.53. Central Michigan - 554. Hofstra - 525. Illinois - 516. Northern Iowa - 50.57. Penn - 488. Penn State - 46(There was a mistake with the team standings after Monday's session. These are the correct team standings.)
125 - No. 7-seed Kyle Stoffer - Olmsted Falls, Ohio - So. - (3-1 tournament record)Champ. First round - defeated Curry Pickard (North Carolina-Pembrook), 8-6Champ. Second round - lost to No. 10-seed Matt Smith (Penn State), 3-0Consol. Second round - defeated Andy Gleixner (MacMurry College), 12-1Consol. Third round - defeated Jermaine Jones (Ohio State), 5-1Consol. Fourth round - vs. Adam Smith (Penn State)
133 - No. 5-seed Jordan Webster - Washington, Ill. - Sr. - (3-1)Champ. First round - defeated Kevin Linich (Cleveland State), 9-3Champ. Second round - lost to No. 12-seed Sam Hiatt (Northern Illinois), 5-1 3OTConsol. Second round - defeated Dan Quintela (Northwestern), 3-1 OTConsol. Third round - defeated Matt Eveleth (Penn), 5-1Consol. Fourth round - vs. No. 6-seed Ricky LaForge (Hofstra)
141 - No.2-seed Jason Mester - Mineral Point, Wis. - Sr. - (4-0)Champ. Pigtail - defeated Joe Mavins (Lassen College), 5-2Champ. First round - defeated Mike Baria (Harvard), 4-2Champ. Second round - defeated DeWitt Driscoll (Penn State), 3-2Champ. Quarterfinals - defeated No. 7-seedAnthony Coleman (Cleveland State) - 6-0Champ. Semifinals - vs. No. 3-seed Cliff Moore (Iowa)
149 - Andy Keller - Rogers City - Fr. - (2-2)Champ. Pigtail - defeated Ryan Derr (Ohio State), 2-0 OTChamp. First round - defeated Wayne French (Chattanooga Takedown Club), 11-5Champ. Second round - lost to Jon Garvin (Northern Iowa), 5-2Consol. Second round - loss, by fall, to Tony Hook (Oregon State), 3:31
157 - No. 7-seed Ty Morgan - Huber Heights, Ohio - Sr. - (3-1)Champ. First round - defeated Amir Khan (Rutgers), 9-3Champ. Second round - lost to No. 10-seed Brian Cobb (Cal Bakerfields), 4-3Consol. Second round - defeated Stryder Davis (Montana State Northern), 7-3Consol. Third round - defeated No. 6-seed Travis Paulson (Iowa State), 3-1Consol. Fourth round - vs. No. 8-seed Paul Siemon (Hofstra)
157 - Josh Mester - Mineral Point, Wis - Fr. - (1-2)Champ. First round - lost to No. 4-seed Matt Gentry (Stanford), 6-2Consol. Pigtail - defeated, by major decision, Mike Parziele (Franklin & Marshall), 12-3Consol. First round - lost to Stryder Davis (Montana State Northern), 3-1
165 - No. 2-seed David Bolyard - Akron, Ohio - Jr. - (3-0)Champ. First round - defeated, by major decision, Nolan Walther (Northwestern), 10-1Champ. Second round - defeated, by technical fall, Frank Beasley (Lincoln College), 15-0 4:08Champ. Quarterfinals - defeated No. 7-seed Joe Mazzurco (Cornell), 5-2Champ. Semifinals - vs. No. 3-seed Nick Passolano (Iowa State)
165 - Brad Anderson - Grand Rapids - Jr. - (2-2)Champ. First round - defeated Matthew Oivia (Southern Illinois-Edwardsburg), 11-3Champ. Second round - lost to Johnny Clark (Ohio State), 5-3Consol. Second round - defeated Nolan Walther (Northwestern),7-0Consol. Third round - lost to Anthony Castillo (Illinois), 6-0
174 - Mitch Hancock - Royal Oak - Jr. - (1-2)Champ. First round - defeated No. 9-seed Tyler Baier (Cornell), 4-2 3OTChamp. Second round - lost to No. 8-seed Andrew Roy (Rutgers), 8-1Consol. Second round -lost to James Yonushonis (Penn State), 5-3
174 - Russ Vanderheyden - Rockton, Ill. - Jr. - (1-2)Champ. First round - lost to No. 7-seed Matt Herrington (Penn), 10-4Consol. First round - defeated Jesse Juarez (Montana State Northern), 7-6Consol. Second round - lost to Bryce Hasseman (Bloomsburg WC), 5-2
184 - Matt McCartney - Roseville - So. - (2-2)Champ. First round - defeated Octavius Bellamy (Kennedy-King College), 6-4 OTChamp. Second round - lost to Blake Kaplan (Ohio State), 10-0Consol. Second round - defeated Rudy Medini (Rutgers), 7-6Consol. Third round - defeated David Helfrich (Lehigh), 2-2 (win by referee's decision)Consol. Fourth round - vs. No. 6-seed Brian Glynn (Illinois)
184 - Alex Lammers - Huber Heights, Ohio - Jr. - (2-2)Champ. First round - defeated, by fall, Ed Magrys (Eastern Michigan), 1:08Champ. Second round - lost to Ben Heizer (Northern Illinois), 7-0Consol. Second round - defeated No. 9-seed Brad Christie (Hofstra), 2-1Consol. Third round - lost to Randy Stout (Cornell), 5-3
197 - Joe Yager - Fulton - Sr. - (3-1)Champ. First round - lost to No. 6-seed Nate Patrick (Schultz Wrestling Club), 5-2Consol. First round - defeated, by major decision, Woodley Milord (Iowa State), 10-0Consol. Second round - defeated Trevor Smith (Iowa State), 3-2Consol. Third round - defeated Brent Meyers (Peacock WC), 3-1Consol. Fourth round - vs. No. 7-seed Morgan Horner (Lock Haven)
285 - Bill Stouffer - Lowell - Jr. - (3-1)Champ. First round -defeated, by major decision, Chad Barkalow (Iowa), 14-3Champ. Second round - lost to #4 Matt Feast (Penn), 6-3Consol. Second round - defeated, by fall, Adam Cooney (Penn), 2:26Consol. Third round - defeated, by major decision, Chris Little (Illinois), 12-3Consol. Fourth round - vs. No. 3-seed Mitch Clark (Ohio International WC)
