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 11:12:00β―PM | Wrestling
CMU, with six wrestlers still in the hunt for placings, stand second in 30-team field
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. βΒ Three Central Michigan wrestlers are in the hunt for individual championships at the Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern, at NOW Arena.
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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.
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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.
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Penn (72) leads the 30-team field. West Virginia (57) is third, followed by Wisconsin (52) and Princeton (51.5).
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Three other Chippewas β Sean Spidle (125), Tracy Hubbard (165) and Alex Cramer (174) β remain alive in the consolation brackets of their respective weight classes.
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β’ 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 20thΒ nationally.
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Nugent then upset fifth-seeded Dylan Layton, 8-4, in the quarterfinals. Layton is ranked second in the MAC in the weight class.
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Nugent is scheduled to face top-seeded CJ Composto of Penn, who is ranked 11thnationally, in the semifinals.
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β’ Munson, who was seeded third, is set to face Ty Watters of West Virginia in a semifinal on Saturday. Munson is ranked 14thΒ nationally; Watters is 19th.
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With his four wins on Friday, Munson ran his win streak to nine matches and improved to 13-2.
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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.
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β’ Lovett, the seventh seed at 157, is set to face third-seeded Trevor Chumbley of Northwestern in a semifinal on Saturday. Chumbley is ranked 14thΒ nationally; Lovett is 26th.
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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.Β
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He then downed Chase Saldate of Michigan State, 9-6, breaking a 6-6 with a takedown with 6 seconds remaining.
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Lovett upped his season bonus-point victory total to seven.
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β’ 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.
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In the quarterfinals, Spidle dropped a 4-1 TB-1 heartbreaker to Cooper Flynn of Virginia Tech, the No. 2 seed.Β
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Spidle is set to take on Michigan State's Tristan Lujan, the ninth seed, in a consolation-bracket match on Saturday.
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β’ Hubbard dropped his opening bout, 4-2, to Jack Stiles of Northern Illinois and then rebounded to win three consecutive matches.
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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.
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β’ Cramer, who was seeded fifth and ranked 18thΒ 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.
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Cramer dropped a 9-7 decision to 12th-ranked Nick Incontrera of Penn, who was seeded fourth.
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Match-by-match results for other Chippewas:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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149 Trenton Wachter (0-2)
Kelly Dunnigan, Penn, major dec. Trenton Wachter, 16-4
Christopher Coates, unattached, dec. Wachter, 4-2
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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Penn (72) leads the 30-team field. West Virginia (57) is third, followed by Wisconsin (52) and Princeton (51.5).
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Three other Chippewas β Sean Spidle (125), Tracy Hubbard (165) and Alex Cramer (174) β remain alive in the consolation brackets of their respective weight classes.
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β’ 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 20thΒ nationally.
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Nugent then upset fifth-seeded Dylan Layton, 8-4, in the quarterfinals. Layton is ranked second in the MAC in the weight class.
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Nugent is scheduled to face top-seeded CJ Composto of Penn, who is ranked 11thnationally, in the semifinals.
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β’ Munson, who was seeded third, is set to face Ty Watters of West Virginia in a semifinal on Saturday. Munson is ranked 14thΒ nationally; Watters is 19th.
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With his four wins on Friday, Munson ran his win streak to nine matches and improved to 13-2.
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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.
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β’ Lovett, the seventh seed at 157, is set to face third-seeded Trevor Chumbley of Northwestern in a semifinal on Saturday. Chumbley is ranked 14thΒ nationally; Lovett is 26th.
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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.Β
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He then downed Chase Saldate of Michigan State, 9-6, breaking a 6-6 with a takedown with 6 seconds remaining.
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Lovett upped his season bonus-point victory total to seven.
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β’ 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.
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In the quarterfinals, Spidle dropped a 4-1 TB-1 heartbreaker to Cooper Flynn of Virginia Tech, the No. 2 seed.Β
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Spidle is set to take on Michigan State's Tristan Lujan, the ninth seed, in a consolation-bracket match on Saturday.
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β’ Hubbard dropped his opening bout, 4-2, to Jack Stiles of Northern Illinois and then rebounded to win three consecutive matches.
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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.
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β’ Cramer, who was seeded fifth and ranked 18thΒ 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.
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Cramer dropped a 9-7 decision to 12th-ranked Nick Incontrera of Penn, who was seeded fourth.
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Match-by-match results for other Chippewas:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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149 Trenton Wachter (0-2)
Kelly Dunnigan, Penn, major dec. Trenton Wachter, 16-4
Christopher Coates, unattached, dec. Wachter, 4-2
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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