Central Michigan University Athletics
Friday, December 29
Hoffman Estates, Ill.
10:30 a.m./8 p.m.
Central Michigan University
at
Midlands Championships
Photo by: Sam Janicki
Three Chippewas Reach Semifinals at Midlands Championships
12/29/2023 11:12:00 PM | Wrestling
CMU, with six wrestlers still in the hunt for placings, stand second in 30-team field
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Three Central Michigan wrestlers are in the hunt for individual championships at the Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern, at NOW Arena.
CMU's Jimmy Nugent (141 pounds), Corbyn Munson (149) and Johnny Lovett (157) are scheduled to wrestle in semifinal matches on Saturday afternoon. The finals are set for Saturday night.
Nugent went 3-0 on Friday, while Munson and Lovett both went 4-0 to punch their respective tickets to the semis. The trio led a strong showing by the Chippewas, who are in second place with 65 points.
Penn (72) leads the 30-team field. West Virginia (57) is third, followed by Wisconsin (52) and Princeton (51.5).
Three other Chippewas – Sean Spidle (125), Tracy Hubbard (165) and Alex Cramer (174) – remain alive in the consolation brackets of their respective weight classes.
• Nugent, a sophomore who entered the tournament with a 7-5 record and was unseeded, pinned his first two opponents, Buffalo's Sam Ewing and Virginia's Jack Gioffre, the fourth seed who is ranked 20th nationally.
Nugent then upset fifth-seeded Dylan Layton, 8-4, in the quarterfinals. Layton is ranked second in the MAC in the weight class.
Nugent is scheduled to face top-seeded CJ Composto of Penn, who is ranked 11thnationally, in the semifinals.
• Munson, who was seeded third, is set to face Ty Watters of West Virginia in a semifinal on Saturday. Munson is ranked 14th nationally; Watters is 19th.
With his four wins on Friday, Munson ran his win streak to nine matches and improved to 13-2.
He opened a pin, his sixth of the season, of Michigan State's Clayton Jones, and then posted a 4-0 win over Andy Troczynski of Penn. He downed Jaivon Jones of Northern Illinois, 9-3, and then topped Caleb Tyus of SIU Edwardsville, 6-3, in overtime in a quarterfinal.
• Lovett, the seventh seed at 157, is set to face third-seeded Trevor Chumbley of Northwestern in a semifinal on Saturday. Chumbley is ranked 14th nationally; Lovett is 26th.
Lovett (14-2) opened with a 19-2 technical fall, his first of the season, over Patrick Downing of Ohio State. He then rolled to two major decision victories, the first 12-2 over Kade Law of Purdue, and the second 18-5 over Kailan Keith of Thomas More.
He then downed Chase Saldate of Michigan State, 9-6, breaking a 6-6 with a takedown with 6 seconds remaining.
Lovett upped his season bonus-point victory total to seven.
• Spidle, who was seeded 10th, opened with a 4-0 win over Derick Navarro of Northwestern and then won by injury default over Michigan State's Nick Corday.
In the quarterfinals, Spidle dropped a 4-1 TB-1 heartbreaker to Cooper Flynn of Virginia Tech, the No. 2 seed.
Spidle is set to take on Michigan State's Tristan Lujan, the ninth seed, in a consolation-bracket match on Saturday.
• Hubbard dropped his opening bout, 4-2, to Jack Stiles of Northern Illinois and then rebounded to win three consecutive matches.
He first posted a 16-4 major decision win over Rafael Knapp of Buffalo, and then beat teammate Tyler Swiderski, 9-6. He closed the day with an 8-2 win over Hunter Mays of Lehigh.
• Cramer, who was seeded fifth and ranked 18th nationally, opened with a 16-0 technical fall of Northern Illinois' Austin Stewart and then posted a 6-3 SV-1 win over Cael Valencia of Arizona State.
Cramer dropped a 9-7 decision to 12th-ranked Nick Incontrera of Penn, who was seeded fourth.
Match-by-match results for other Chippewas:
125 Kaden Chinavare (2-2)
Chinavare pinnned Nick Molchak, Cleveland State, 5:38
Ashton Jackson, Purdue, dec. Chinavare, 10-8
Chinavare dec. Luqman Masud, Missouri, 14-12
Tristan Lujan, Michigan State, tech. fall Chinavare, 15-0
133 Andrew Austin (1-2)
Austin dec. Nicholas Kayal, Princeton, 10-3
Sam Latona, Virginia Tech, dec. Austin, 10-3
Coleman Nogle, Harvard, major dec. Austin, 14-3
133 Vince Perez (3-2)
Andre Gonzales, Ohio State, major dec. Perez, 18-4
Perez pinned Andrew Hampton, Michigan State, 3:46
Perez pinned Davin Rhoads, West Virginia, 4:13
Perez def. Patrick Adams, Northwestern, MFF
Jake Manley, Cleveland State, dec. Perez, 8-2
141 Ja'Kerion Merritt (1-2)
Pat Phillips, Franklin & Marshall, major dec. Ja'Kerion Merritt, 14-3
Merritt major dec. Danny Curran, Northern Illinois, 14-3
Brandon Cannon, Ohio State, tech. fall Merritt, 19-1
149 Trenton Wachter (0-2)
Kelly Dunnigan, Penn, major dec. Trenton Wachter, 16-4
Christopher Coates, unattached, dec. Wachter, 4-2
165 Tyler Swiderski (1-2)
Swiderski major dec. Hunter Shaut, Buffalo, 11-1
Peyton Hall, West Virginia, tech. fall Swiderski, 16-1
Tracy Hubbard, Central Michigan, dec. Swiderski, 9-6
184 Cody Brenner (0-2)
James Conway, Franklin & Marshall, major dec. Cody Brenner, 17-4
Nathan Haas, California Baptist, major dec. Cody Brenner, 17-4
184 Adrien Cramer (3-2)
Kendall La Rosa, Cal Poly, dec, Adrien Cramer, 7-5
Cramer dec. Aaron Cramer, SIUE, 5-3
Cramer dec. Andrew Wenzel, Air Force, 5-1
Cramer def. Dylan Connell, Illinois, MFF
Neil Antrassian, Penn, dec. Cramer, 10-8
197 Cameron Wood (2-2)
Cameron Caffey, Michigan State, dec. Cam Wood, 10-3
Wood major dec. Lonnell Pabon-Owens, Buffalo, 17-3
Wood tech. fall Nolan Pozzobon, Chicago, 17-2
Evan Bates, Northwestern, tech. fall Wood, 19-3
197 Luke Cochran (2-2)
Austin Cooley, West Virginia, major dec. Luke Cochran, 12-3
Cochran dec. Chase Waggoner, Illinois, 6-4
Cochran dec. Mason Christiansen, Oregon State, 15-10
Kale Wisler, Michigan State, dec. Cochran, 7-2
285 Bryan Caves (0-2)
Jacob Bullock, Indiana, dec. Bryan Caves, 9-3
Ryan Catka, Virginia, major dec. Caves, 16-4
CMU's Jimmy Nugent (141 pounds), Corbyn Munson (149) and Johnny Lovett (157) are scheduled to wrestle in semifinal matches on Saturday afternoon. The finals are set for Saturday night.
Nugent went 3-0 on Friday, while Munson and Lovett both went 4-0 to punch their respective tickets to the semis. The trio led a strong showing by the Chippewas, who are in second place with 65 points.
Penn (72) leads the 30-team field. West Virginia (57) is third, followed by Wisconsin (52) and Princeton (51.5).
Three other Chippewas – Sean Spidle (125), Tracy Hubbard (165) and Alex Cramer (174) – remain alive in the consolation brackets of their respective weight classes.
• Nugent, a sophomore who entered the tournament with a 7-5 record and was unseeded, pinned his first two opponents, Buffalo's Sam Ewing and Virginia's Jack Gioffre, the fourth seed who is ranked 20th nationally.
Nugent then upset fifth-seeded Dylan Layton, 8-4, in the quarterfinals. Layton is ranked second in the MAC in the weight class.
Nugent is scheduled to face top-seeded CJ Composto of Penn, who is ranked 11thnationally, in the semifinals.
• Munson, who was seeded third, is set to face Ty Watters of West Virginia in a semifinal on Saturday. Munson is ranked 14th nationally; Watters is 19th.
With his four wins on Friday, Munson ran his win streak to nine matches and improved to 13-2.
He opened a pin, his sixth of the season, of Michigan State's Clayton Jones, and then posted a 4-0 win over Andy Troczynski of Penn. He downed Jaivon Jones of Northern Illinois, 9-3, and then topped Caleb Tyus of SIU Edwardsville, 6-3, in overtime in a quarterfinal.
• Lovett, the seventh seed at 157, is set to face third-seeded Trevor Chumbley of Northwestern in a semifinal on Saturday. Chumbley is ranked 14th nationally; Lovett is 26th.
Lovett (14-2) opened with a 19-2 technical fall, his first of the season, over Patrick Downing of Ohio State. He then rolled to two major decision victories, the first 12-2 over Kade Law of Purdue, and the second 18-5 over Kailan Keith of Thomas More.
He then downed Chase Saldate of Michigan State, 9-6, breaking a 6-6 with a takedown with 6 seconds remaining.
Lovett upped his season bonus-point victory total to seven.
• Spidle, who was seeded 10th, opened with a 4-0 win over Derick Navarro of Northwestern and then won by injury default over Michigan State's Nick Corday.
In the quarterfinals, Spidle dropped a 4-1 TB-1 heartbreaker to Cooper Flynn of Virginia Tech, the No. 2 seed.
Spidle is set to take on Michigan State's Tristan Lujan, the ninth seed, in a consolation-bracket match on Saturday.
• Hubbard dropped his opening bout, 4-2, to Jack Stiles of Northern Illinois and then rebounded to win three consecutive matches.
He first posted a 16-4 major decision win over Rafael Knapp of Buffalo, and then beat teammate Tyler Swiderski, 9-6. He closed the day with an 8-2 win over Hunter Mays of Lehigh.
• Cramer, who was seeded fifth and ranked 18th nationally, opened with a 16-0 technical fall of Northern Illinois' Austin Stewart and then posted a 6-3 SV-1 win over Cael Valencia of Arizona State.
Cramer dropped a 9-7 decision to 12th-ranked Nick Incontrera of Penn, who was seeded fourth.
Match-by-match results for other Chippewas:
125 Kaden Chinavare (2-2)
Chinavare pinnned Nick Molchak, Cleveland State, 5:38
Ashton Jackson, Purdue, dec. Chinavare, 10-8
Chinavare dec. Luqman Masud, Missouri, 14-12
Tristan Lujan, Michigan State, tech. fall Chinavare, 15-0
133 Andrew Austin (1-2)
Austin dec. Nicholas Kayal, Princeton, 10-3
Sam Latona, Virginia Tech, dec. Austin, 10-3
Coleman Nogle, Harvard, major dec. Austin, 14-3
133 Vince Perez (3-2)
Andre Gonzales, Ohio State, major dec. Perez, 18-4
Perez pinned Andrew Hampton, Michigan State, 3:46
Perez pinned Davin Rhoads, West Virginia, 4:13
Perez def. Patrick Adams, Northwestern, MFF
Jake Manley, Cleveland State, dec. Perez, 8-2
141 Ja'Kerion Merritt (1-2)
Pat Phillips, Franklin & Marshall, major dec. Ja'Kerion Merritt, 14-3
Merritt major dec. Danny Curran, Northern Illinois, 14-3
Brandon Cannon, Ohio State, tech. fall Merritt, 19-1
149 Trenton Wachter (0-2)
Kelly Dunnigan, Penn, major dec. Trenton Wachter, 16-4
Christopher Coates, unattached, dec. Wachter, 4-2
165 Tyler Swiderski (1-2)
Swiderski major dec. Hunter Shaut, Buffalo, 11-1
Peyton Hall, West Virginia, tech. fall Swiderski, 16-1
Tracy Hubbard, Central Michigan, dec. Swiderski, 9-6
184 Cody Brenner (0-2)
James Conway, Franklin & Marshall, major dec. Cody Brenner, 17-4
Nathan Haas, California Baptist, major dec. Cody Brenner, 17-4
184 Adrien Cramer (3-2)
Kendall La Rosa, Cal Poly, dec, Adrien Cramer, 7-5
Cramer dec. Aaron Cramer, SIUE, 5-3
Cramer dec. Andrew Wenzel, Air Force, 5-1
Cramer def. Dylan Connell, Illinois, MFF
Neil Antrassian, Penn, dec. Cramer, 10-8
197 Cameron Wood (2-2)
Cameron Caffey, Michigan State, dec. Cam Wood, 10-3
Wood major dec. Lonnell Pabon-Owens, Buffalo, 17-3
Wood tech. fall Nolan Pozzobon, Chicago, 17-2
Evan Bates, Northwestern, tech. fall Wood, 19-3
197 Luke Cochran (2-2)
Austin Cooley, West Virginia, major dec. Luke Cochran, 12-3
Cochran dec. Chase Waggoner, Illinois, 6-4
Cochran dec. Mason Christiansen, Oregon State, 15-10
Kale Wisler, Michigan State, dec. Cochran, 7-2
285 Bryan Caves (0-2)
Jacob Bullock, Indiana, dec. Bryan Caves, 9-3
Ryan Catka, Virginia, major dec. Caves, 16-4
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