Central Michigan University Athletics
Friday, February 21
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
7 p.m.
Central Michigan University
vs
Michigan State
Photo by: Allissa Rusco
Chippewa Wrestlers Celebrate Senior Night Against Michigan State
2/20/2020 7:39:00β―PM | Wrestling
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. β The Central Michigan wrestling team closes the dual-meet portion of its season on Friday (7 p.m.) when it entertains Michigan State at McGuirk Arena.
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The Chippewas are 7-4 in duals β they finished 7-2 in the Mid-American Conference β and have won five consecutive, capped by 27-12 victory over Kent State two weeks ago.
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The Chippewas will mark Senior Night and honor Logan Parks, the lone senior on the squad.
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It also marks the final dual of the season for Michigan State, which is 8-9 and finished 2-7 in the Big Ten. The Spartans, who are unranked, defeated MAC member Cleveland State, 25-9, last weekend. The week before, they knocked off fourth-ranked Wisconsin, 19-17, in a Big Ten dual in Madison, Wis.
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The Chippewas
Four CMU wrestlers are ranked nationally. Matt Stencel (285 pounds) is fourth, Drew Hildebrandt (125) is eighth, Dresden Simon (141) is 12th, and Parks (157) is 16th.
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β’ Hildebrandt, who is 27-3 on the season, has won eight-consecutive matches, four of them by pin. Hildebrandt, who is 11-0 in duals, has scored bonus points in 13 of his victories this season, seven pins, six major decisions. Hildebrandt's 27 wins tie him for eighth most nationally.
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β’ Stencel (25-4) shares the national lead with 14 pins and he is also riding an eight-match win streak. He has recorded a pin in three of his last four victories. His last loss came to third-ranked Tony Cassioppi, 5-1, in the title match at the Midlands Championships on Dec. 29.
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Stencel's other three losses this season have come to Michigan's Mason Parris, who is ranked second nationally. Stencel is 10-1 in duals.
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β’ Parks (17-10), who will wrestle for the final time in front of the home crowd on Friday, has won three-consecutive matches and eight of his last 11.
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β’ Simon (24-8) is tied for second nationally with 10 major-decision victories. He has won five of his last six matches, capped by a pin against Kent State two weeks ago. It was his third fall of the season.
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Scouting the Spartans
Three Spartans are ranked. Jake Tucker (157) is 25th, Layne Malczewski (174) is 24th, and Cameron Caffey (184) is ninth. Caffey is 24-6, Malczewski is 21-11, and Tucker is 24-7.
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Caffey is 15-2 in duals and has won nine consecutive dual-meet matches and 22 of his last 26 matches overall. He has posted a team-high eight pins this season.
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The Chippewas are 7-4 in duals β they finished 7-2 in the Mid-American Conference β and have won five consecutive, capped by 27-12 victory over Kent State two weeks ago.
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The Chippewas will mark Senior Night and honor Logan Parks, the lone senior on the squad.
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It also marks the final dual of the season for Michigan State, which is 8-9 and finished 2-7 in the Big Ten. The Spartans, who are unranked, defeated MAC member Cleveland State, 25-9, last weekend. The week before, they knocked off fourth-ranked Wisconsin, 19-17, in a Big Ten dual in Madison, Wis.
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The Chippewas
Four CMU wrestlers are ranked nationally. Matt Stencel (285 pounds) is fourth, Drew Hildebrandt (125) is eighth, Dresden Simon (141) is 12th, and Parks (157) is 16th.
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β’ Hildebrandt, who is 27-3 on the season, has won eight-consecutive matches, four of them by pin. Hildebrandt, who is 11-0 in duals, has scored bonus points in 13 of his victories this season, seven pins, six major decisions. Hildebrandt's 27 wins tie him for eighth most nationally.
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β’ Stencel (25-4) shares the national lead with 14 pins and he is also riding an eight-match win streak. He has recorded a pin in three of his last four victories. His last loss came to third-ranked Tony Cassioppi, 5-1, in the title match at the Midlands Championships on Dec. 29.
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Stencel's other three losses this season have come to Michigan's Mason Parris, who is ranked second nationally. Stencel is 10-1 in duals.
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β’ Parks (17-10), who will wrestle for the final time in front of the home crowd on Friday, has won three-consecutive matches and eight of his last 11.
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β’ Simon (24-8) is tied for second nationally with 10 major-decision victories. He has won five of his last six matches, capped by a pin against Kent State two weeks ago. It was his third fall of the season.
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Scouting the Spartans
Three Spartans are ranked. Jake Tucker (157) is 25th, Layne Malczewski (174) is 24th, and Cameron Caffey (184) is ninth. Caffey is 24-6, Malczewski is 21-11, and Tucker is 24-7.
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Caffey is 15-2 in duals and has won nine consecutive dual-meet matches and 22 of his last 26 matches overall. He has posted a team-high eight pins this season.
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