Chippewas Fall In Dual Finale

Sunday, February 19

Madison, Wis.

1:00 PM

Central Michigan University

Wisconsin

C.J. Brucki (right) was one of six CMU wrestlers to be crowned a champion Sunday at the Michigan State Open.

2/19/2017 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling

Feb. 19, 2017

Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com

MADISON, Wis. - The matches were split at five apiece and each team recorded a technical fall.

But Wisconsin managed two major decisions while Central Michigan had none on Sunday as the Badgers defeated CMU, 19-17, in a nonconference regular-season-ending dual at UW Field House.

The loss ended CMU's dual-meet win streak at six. The 14th-ranked Chippewas finished 9-3 in duals. Wisconsin, which is ranked 18th, is 7-5. CMU's next competition is the Mid-American Conference Championships, March 4-5, at Northern Iowa.

CMU got a technical pin victory from CJ Brucki (174 pounds) and wins by decision from Corey Keener (133), Mason Smith (141), Colin Heffernan (157) and Jordan Ellingwood (184) against the Badgers.

CMU's Justin Oliver (149) and Logan Parks (165) lost by major decision. The Chippewas' Brent Fleetwood (125) dropped a 2-0 decision in overtime, and the Chippewas' Austin Severn fell, 1-0, at 197.

The meet was decided at heavyweight, where No. 2-ranked Connor Medbery scored a 16-0 technical fall over Tyrus Kemp.

The losses at 125 and at 197 were particularly difficult to swallow, CMU coach Tom Borrelli said.

"Disappointed that we didn't do enough to win those matches and that was the difference in the dual meet," he said. "You can't not score in a match and think you're going to win.

"We had a couple matches in that dual where (Wisconsin) really made us wrestle, kept the heat on us and we figured out how to survive and win the match. We need to be in competitive matches to get ourselves ready for the grind of the end of the year, the MAC tournament and the NCAA Championships."

WISCONSIN 19, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 17
125: Johnny Jimenez (UW) dec. Brent Fleetwood, 2-0, SV-1
133: Corey Keener (CMU) dec. Eli Stickley, 6-3
141: Mason Smith (CMU) dec. Cole Martin, 7-4
149: Andrew Crone (UW) major dec. Justin Oliver, 14-5
157: Colin Heffernan (CMU) dec. Timothy Ruschell, 9-7, SV-1
165: Isaac Jordan (UW) major dec. Logan Parks, 19-6
174: CJ Brucki (CMU) tech. fall Jared Scharenbrock, 17-2, 7:00
184: Jordan Ellingwood (CMU) dec. Hunter Ritter, 4-2.
197: Ricky Robertson (UW) dec. Austin Severn, 1-0
HWT: Connor Medbery (UW) tech. fall Tyrus Kemp, 16-0, 3:18