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No. 19 Michigan
Chippewa Wrestlers Go To Michigan For Dual-Meet Opener
11/23/2019 11:36:00β―AM | Wrestling
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. β Now, it's on to dual meets.
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The Central Michigan wrestling team will wrestle at Michigan on Sunday in its first dual meet of the season. The meet, set for U-M's Cliff Keen Arena, is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
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The Chippewas have wrestled in three events this season, two invitationals and one open. They finished third at the eight-team Black Knight Invitational, hosted by Army, last weekend.
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"It (wrestling a dual) changes things a little bit," CMU coach Tom Borrelli said. "Some guys like wrestling tournaments; they like building into the tournament, match by match by match. Other guys like wrestling dual meets; they like the attention being on them, they like the team aspect of it. So there's a different psychology to it."
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The Matchup
The Wolverines, who are ranked 19th by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, are 0-1 with their loss coming to No. 17 North Carolina, 19-17. CMU is unranked.
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Michigan finished one spot behind the Chippewas at the Black Knight Invitational.
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The projected match-by-match lineups (CMU wrestler listed first): 125 pounds: Drew Hildebrandt vs. Jack Medley; 133: Brock Bergelin vs. Austin Assad; 141: Dresden Simon vs. Ben Freeman or Cole Mattin; 149: Corbyn Munson vs. Nick Freeman or Ben Lamantia; 157: Logan Parks vs. Will Lewan; 165: Tracy Hubbard vs. Layne Van Anrooy; 174: Jake Lowell vs. Max Maylor; 184: Ben Cushman vs. Jelani Embree; 197: Landon Pelham vs. Jackson Striggow; HWT: Matt Stencel vs. Mason Parris.
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"I think it will be a real entertaining duel," Borrelli said. "We have two evenly matched teams. I really feel like it might go five-and-five and if someone wins the tossup matches, they're probably going to win the dual meet. Or it might come down to bonus points."
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Premier Battle
The premier match is at 285, where CMU's Stencel is scheduled to face Parris. Stencel is 11-2 with seven pins, while Parris is 9-0. Stencel is ranked seventh nationally by flowrestling.org, while Parris is ranked sixth.
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The two have faced each other five times as collegians. Parris holds a 3-2 edge and has won the last two, the last of which was a 4-0 victory in the title match at the Black Knight Invitational. Stencel's last victory over Parris, a first-period pin, came during the NCAA Championships in March.
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Rankings
Hildebrandt is ranked ninth at 125 and Simon is ranked 21st. Lewan is 10th at 157 and Embree is 16th at 184.
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Next
The Chippewas are off until the weekend of Dec. 6-8 when they travel to Mid-American Conference newcomers Lock Haven (Dec. 6) and Rider (Dec. 8) for a pair of duals. Β
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The Central Michigan wrestling team will wrestle at Michigan on Sunday in its first dual meet of the season. The meet, set for U-M's Cliff Keen Arena, is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
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The Chippewas have wrestled in three events this season, two invitationals and one open. They finished third at the eight-team Black Knight Invitational, hosted by Army, last weekend.
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"It (wrestling a dual) changes things a little bit," CMU coach Tom Borrelli said. "Some guys like wrestling tournaments; they like building into the tournament, match by match by match. Other guys like wrestling dual meets; they like the attention being on them, they like the team aspect of it. So there's a different psychology to it."
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The Matchup
The Wolverines, who are ranked 19th by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, are 0-1 with their loss coming to No. 17 North Carolina, 19-17. CMU is unranked.
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Michigan finished one spot behind the Chippewas at the Black Knight Invitational.
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The projected match-by-match lineups (CMU wrestler listed first): 125 pounds: Drew Hildebrandt vs. Jack Medley; 133: Brock Bergelin vs. Austin Assad; 141: Dresden Simon vs. Ben Freeman or Cole Mattin; 149: Corbyn Munson vs. Nick Freeman or Ben Lamantia; 157: Logan Parks vs. Will Lewan; 165: Tracy Hubbard vs. Layne Van Anrooy; 174: Jake Lowell vs. Max Maylor; 184: Ben Cushman vs. Jelani Embree; 197: Landon Pelham vs. Jackson Striggow; HWT: Matt Stencel vs. Mason Parris.
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"I think it will be a real entertaining duel," Borrelli said. "We have two evenly matched teams. I really feel like it might go five-and-five and if someone wins the tossup matches, they're probably going to win the dual meet. Or it might come down to bonus points."
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Premier Battle
The premier match is at 285, where CMU's Stencel is scheduled to face Parris. Stencel is 11-2 with seven pins, while Parris is 9-0. Stencel is ranked seventh nationally by flowrestling.org, while Parris is ranked sixth.
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The two have faced each other five times as collegians. Parris holds a 3-2 edge and has won the last two, the last of which was a 4-0 victory in the title match at the Black Knight Invitational. Stencel's last victory over Parris, a first-period pin, came during the NCAA Championships in March.
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Rankings
Hildebrandt is ranked ninth at 125 and Simon is ranked 21st. Lewan is 10th at 157 and Embree is 16th at 184.
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Next
The Chippewas are off until the weekend of Dec. 6-8 when they travel to Mid-American Conference newcomers Lock Haven (Dec. 6) and Rider (Dec. 8) for a pair of duals. Β
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