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Central Michigan University
NCAA Tournament (First Session)
Three Wrestlers Advance at NCAA Championships
3/18/2004 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
March 18, 2004
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Central Michigan University wrestling team (12-4; 5-0 Mid-American Conference) had three individuals win their opening round matches and advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships.
The championships are being held in St. Louis, Mo., from Thursday, March 18, until Saturday, March 19. The second session of the championships begin tonight at 6:30 p.m. The winner's from this session will compete in championship second round matches during session two while loser will compete in consolation first round matches.
The first wrestler to compete in the championship first round was 133-pounder Jordan Webster (Washington, Ill./Sr.). Webster, the 12th seed, took on Sean Markey of The Citadel. Markey took an early lead with a takedown 1:30 into the first period, and he extended his lead by scoring three nearfall points off the takedown. Webster cut into Markey's lead with a takedown late in the second period, but Markey extended it back to four with an escape early in the third. Webster got within one point with a takedown with 30 seconds left in the match, but that was as close as he would get, falling 6-4.
No. 4-seed Jason Mester (Mineral Point, Wis./Sr.) took on Rob Becker of George Mason in his opening round match. Mester, an All-American last season, held a two-point lead after the first period with a takedown a minute in as he rode Becker out the rest of the period. Backer got on the board early in the second with an escape, but Mester quickly took him back down for a three-point lead. Mester scored an escape 45 seconds into the third and added a late takedown to give him an 8-1 victory.
First-time national qualifier Adam Cunningham (Maple Ridge) battled No. 12 seed Mike Maney of Lock Haven at 149. Cunningham wasted little time before getting his first takedown, notching one 15 seconds into the match. Maney earned an escape 30 seconds later, making the score at the end of the first period, 2-1. Cunningham earn a reversal 55 seconds into the second to give him a three-point lead. Maney scored an escape at the end of the second and another at the beginning of the third to pull within one point. The Lock Haven wrestler then took the lead with a takedown with 30 seconds left in the match and rode Cunningham out the rest of the match for the victory, 5-4.
No. 7-seed David Bolyard (Akron, Ohio/Jr.) battled Nebraska's Jacob Klein. The match entered the second period tied at one after both wrestlers got called for stalling twice in the first. Bolyard scored an escape early in the second to take the lead and then extended that lead with the lone takedown of the match, which he scored midway through the period. The match then experienced a long delay because of blood, but after it restarted, the only point scored was an escape by Klein. Bolyard added the riding-time point to make the final score 5-3.
Mitch Hancock (Royal Oak/Jr.) took on Andrew Roy of Rutgers in his first-ever national tournament match. Roy took the lead with a takedown a minute into the match, riding Hancock for just over a minute before the Chippewa escaped. Roy pushed his lead up with an escape early in the second and it entered the third that way. Hancock got within one with an escape 20 seconds into the third to get with one, but Roy secured his riding-time point midway through the period to go back up by two. Hancock got a takedown with 10 seconds left to tie the score and was then awarded a point when Roy was given his third false-start warning, giving Hancock the victory, 5-4.
The final wrestler to go was heavyweight Bill Stouffer (Lowell/Jr.) taking on top-seeded Tom Rowlands of Ohio State. Rowlands went to work early, taking a lead he would never relinquish with a takedown 40 seconds into the match. Rowlands led 6-2 after the first period, racking up three takedowns. He would add two more takedown in the second, and two takedowns and a reversal in the third to make the final score, 18-7. Stouffer receives a bye in the consolation first round, so he will advance to tomorrow, Friday, to the consolation second round.
Central Michigan University Individual Results
133 - No. 12-seed Jordan Webster - Washington, Ill. - Sr. - (0-1)Champ. First Round - L, Sean Markey (The Citadel), 6-4Consol. First Round - vs. Matt Ciasulli (Lehigh)
141 - No. 4-seed Jason Mester - Mineral Point, Wis. - Sr. - (1-0)Champ. First Round - W, Rob Becker (George Mason), 8-1Champ. Second Round - vs. Max Meltzer (Harvard),
149 -Adam Cunningham - Maple Ridge - Fr. - (0-1)Champ. First Round - L, No. 12-seed Mike Maney (Lock Haven), 5-4Consol. First Round - vs. No. 5-seed Travis Paulson (Iowa State),
165 - No. 7-seed David Bolyard - Akron, Ohio - Jr. - (1-0)Champ. First Round - W, Jacob Klein (Nebraska), 5-3Champ. Second Round - vs. No. 10-seed John Clark (Ohio State)
174 -Mitch Hancock - Royal Oak - Jr. - (1-0)Champ. First Round - W, No. 8-seed Andrew Roy (Rutgers), 5-4Champ. Second Round - vs. Pete Frield (Illinois)
285 -Bill Stouffer - Lowell - Jr. - (0-1)Champ. First Round - No. 1-seed Tommy Rowlands (Ohio State), 18-6Consol. First Round - ByeConsol. Second Round -
