Lovett, Cramer Reach Semifinals at Midlands Championships

Sunday, December 29

Hoffman Estates, Ill.

10:30 a.m. ET

Central Michigan University

Midlands Championships

12/29/2024 10:02:00 PM | Wrestling

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Nine CMU wrestlers remain alive; Chippewas sixth in 25-team field

By: Andy Sneddon

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Nine Central Michigan wrestlers remain alive after day one of the Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern, at NOW Arena.

Two Chippewas, Johnny Lovett and Alex Cramer, went unbeaten on Sunday and will wrestle in the semifinals of their respective championship brackets on Monday.

Seven other Chippewas will wrestle on Monday in the consolation bracket of their respective weight class.

Wrestling begins on Monday at noon (ET). The final session of the prestigious two-day tournament is scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. Monday (ET). The final session features the place matches in all 10 weight classes.

Lovett, the No. 2 seed at 157 pounds, will wrestle sixth-seeded Dylan Evans of Pitt in a semifinal bout on Monday. Cramer, the No. 3 seed at 174, will wrestle No. 2-seed Lorenzo Norman of Stanford on Monday.

Lovett went 2-0, winning both matches by major decision, on Sunday; Cramer went 3-0.

Lovett opened with an 11-3 win over Cade Wirnsberger of Bucknell and then defeated JT Chance of George Mason, 17-5. Cramer posted a 19-3 technical fall victory over Jake Evans of Northern Illinois, and then defeated Michigan's Connor Owens, 5-2, and Myles Takats of Bucknell, 6-4.

CMU's Sean Spidle (133), Mason Shrader (149), Tyler Swiderski (165), Mason Alessio (174), Adrien Cramer (184), Luke Cochran (197) and Bryan Caves (285) will wrestle on Monday in consolation brackets.

Below are match-by-match results for the 18 Chippewa wrestlers who competed on Sunday at the Midlands Championships. Wrestlers are listed with their won-loss record.

125 pounds Grant Stahl, 3-7
W        Talan Parsons          Northern Illinois     Dec.    7-3
L          Jacob Moran            Indiana          Inj. Default   4:35
L          Kaden Chinavare    Central Michigan    MFF

125 Kaden Chinavare, 7-8
L          Isaiah Quintero       Purdue          Dec.    4-1
W        Drew Davis   SIU Edwardsville     Dec.    8-6
W        Grant Stahl   Central Michigan    MFF
L          Brady Pruett Penn Dec.    8-5 SV

133 Andrew Austin, 9-7
W        Drew Heethuis        Princeton      Dec.    9-5
L          Ben Davino   Ohio State    MD     10-2
L          Marcel Lopez           SIU Edwardsville     Dec.    8-3

133 Vince Perez, 4-5
W        Lucian Brink Northern Illinois     Dec.    5-0
L          Dylan Shawver        Rutgers          Dec.    4-3
L          Massey Odiotti        Northwestern          MD     12-4

133 Sean Spidle, 5-6
W        Massey Odiotti        Northwestern          MD     12-0
W        Angelo Rini   Indiana          Dec.    1-0
L          Ryan Miller   Penn Dec.    4-0

141 Kellan Aure, 7-8
L          Jason Miranda         Stanford        TF        15-0
W        Cole Solomey          Purdue          Dec.    2-1
L          Jameson Garcia      Harvard         Dec.    8-2

141 Nick Blackburn, 10-4
L          Nathan Jerore         Michigan       Dec.    12-6
L          William Baysinger Illinois            Dec.    6-0

149 Mason Shrader, 9-5
W        Kelvin Griffin            Lehigh            Dec.    7-0
W        Jaden Pepe   Harvard         Dec.    9-2
L          Cross Wasilewski    Penn Dec.    4-1 SV

157 Johnny Lovett, 9-3
W        Cade Wirnsberger Bucknell        MD     11-3
W        JT Chance     George Mason        MD     17-5

165 Chandler Amaker, 7-7
L          Bradley Gillum        SIU Edwardsville     Dec.    5-1
L          Cael Berg      Harvard         MD     11-3

165 Tyler Swiderski, 3-3
W        Andy Troczynski      Penn Dec.    9-5
L          Drayden Morton     Cal Baptist    Dec.    2-1 TB-1
W        Caden Ernd Illinois            MD     11-3
W        Jared Keslar Pitt      Fall      5:00

174 Mason Alessio, 10-5
W        Tommy Bennett      Northern Illinois     Dec.    10-8
L          Collin Guffey            Stanford        Dec.    7-3
W        Riley Hackworth     George Mason        TF        17-2
W        Alex Whitworth      Harvard         MD     16-2

174 Alex Cramer, 9-1
W        Jake Evans    Northern Illinois     TF        19-3
W        Connor Owens        Michigan       Dec.    5-2
W        Myles Takats            Bucknell        Dec.    6-4

184 Cody Brenner, 6-9
W        Spencer Steiner      Northern Illinois     MD     11-1
L          Brian Soldano          Rutgers          Fall      2:03
L          Ian Bush        West Virginia           MD     15-5

184 Adrien Cramer, 8-6
W        Matthew Walsh      Harvard         Dec.    4-3
L          Nathan Haas            Cal Baptist    Dec.    10-3
W        Lucas Daly    Michigan State        MD     10-2
W        Chase Kranitz           Pitt      Dec.    4-3

197 Luke Cochran, 8-5
W        Josh LaBarbera        Penn MD     18-6
L          Mac Stout     Pitt      Dec.    15-8

197 Cameron Wood, 7-6
W        Mason Pellegri        Harvard         Fall      4:37
L          Josh Poznanski        Rutgers          TF        22-6
W        Hudson Skove         Harvard         Dec.    6-5 SV
L          Tyler Kocak   George Mason        Dec.    4-3

285 Bryan Caves, 9-5
W        Bryson Buhk SIU Edwardsville     MD     8-0
W        Cole Jackson Cal Poly         Fall      2:31
L          Logan Shephard      Bucknell        Dec.    9-3