Sunday, January 19
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
2 p.m.
Central Michigan University
29
vs
10
Cleveland State
CMU's Vince Perez (right) posted a 15-5 major decision win on Sunday at McGuirk Arena.
Photo by: Sydney Kline '26 - @sydney.kline.photography
CMU Wrestlers Complete Perfect MAC-Opening Weekend With 29-10 Win Over Cleveland State
1/19/2025 5:11:00 PM | Wrestling
Chippewas score bonus points in five of their seven wins
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Central Michigan scored bonus points in five of its seven victories on Sunday in rolling to a 29-10 Mid-American Conference dual wrestling victory over Cleveland State at McGuirk Arena.
It was the Chippewas' third consecutive win as they improved to 4-5, 2-0 MAC. They opened the weekend with a 29-11 MAC win at home over Northern Illinois.
CMU takes a break next weekend from MAC competition when it goes to American in Washington, D.C. for the fourth annual Chippewa Challenge where it faces the Eagles, Campbell and UC Bakersfield.
The Chippewas won 15 of their 20 matches on the weekend in its victories over NIU and Cleveland State. All told, CMU scored bonus points in eight of those wins.
"Overall it was a good weekend," CMU coach Ben Bennett said. "Today we had guys fighting for bonus points when they had those opportunities and that's what you want to see. When you need to start separating yourself a little bit the next step is to start fighting for those bonus points and we had guys do that.
"We're heading in the right direction. We're not where we want to be, but there's a lot of positives. I always tell our guys, 'When you perform well, be happy with your performance, but also understand there's always things to work on, things to improve on.'
"Our ultimate goals are in March, not right now, so we can't be complacent."
The Chippewas got technical fall wins on Sunday from Mason Shrader (149 pounds), Tyler Swiderski (165) and Alex Cramer (174). CMU's Vince Perez (133) and Adrien Cramer (184) posted wins by major decision.
The Chippewas' other victories, by decision, came from Johnny Lovett (157) and Luke Cochran (197).
In the lone matchup between ranked wrestlers, Cleveland State's Daniel Bucknavich took a 2-0 win from Bryan Caves at 285. Bucknavich is ranked No. 1 in the MAC, and 30th nationally by InterMat and 25th by FloWrestling. Caves is third in the MAC and 32nd in the InterMat national poll.
Central Michigan 29, Cleveland State 10
125: Ben Arada (CSU) dec. Grant Stahl, 10-3, CSU 3, CMU 0
133: Vince Perez (CMU) major dec. Nick Molchak, 15-5, CMU 4, CSU 3
141: Landen Duncan (CSU) major dec. Andrew Austin, 12-3, CSU 7, CMU 4
149: No. 30 Mason Shrader (CMU) tech. fall Connor Saylor, 19-4, 6:27, CMU 9, CSU 7
157: No. 18 Johnny Lovett (CMU) dec. Reese Stephen, 5-1, CMU 12, CSU 7
165: Tyler Swiderski (CMU) tech. fall Tate Geiser, 20-4, 5:55, CMU 17, CSU 7
174: Alex Cramer (CMU) tech. fall Gavin Ricketts, 19-4, 7:00, CMU 22, CSU 7
184: Adrien Cramer (CMU) major dec. JR Reed, 8-0, CMU 26, CSU 7
197: Luke Cochran (CMU) dec. Joey Lyons, 9-5, CMU 29, CSU 7
285: No. 25 Daniel Bucknavich (CSU) dec. Bryan Caves, 2-0, CMU 29, CSU 10
*Rankings by FloWrestling
It was the Chippewas' third consecutive win as they improved to 4-5, 2-0 MAC. They opened the weekend with a 29-11 MAC win at home over Northern Illinois.
CMU takes a break next weekend from MAC competition when it goes to American in Washington, D.C. for the fourth annual Chippewa Challenge where it faces the Eagles, Campbell and UC Bakersfield.
The Chippewas won 15 of their 20 matches on the weekend in its victories over NIU and Cleveland State. All told, CMU scored bonus points in eight of those wins.
"Overall it was a good weekend," CMU coach Ben Bennett said. "Today we had guys fighting for bonus points when they had those opportunities and that's what you want to see. When you need to start separating yourself a little bit the next step is to start fighting for those bonus points and we had guys do that.
"We're heading in the right direction. We're not where we want to be, but there's a lot of positives. I always tell our guys, 'When you perform well, be happy with your performance, but also understand there's always things to work on, things to improve on.'
"Our ultimate goals are in March, not right now, so we can't be complacent."
The Chippewas got technical fall wins on Sunday from Mason Shrader (149 pounds), Tyler Swiderski (165) and Alex Cramer (174). CMU's Vince Perez (133) and Adrien Cramer (184) posted wins by major decision.
The Chippewas' other victories, by decision, came from Johnny Lovett (157) and Luke Cochran (197).
In the lone matchup between ranked wrestlers, Cleveland State's Daniel Bucknavich took a 2-0 win from Bryan Caves at 285. Bucknavich is ranked No. 1 in the MAC, and 30th nationally by InterMat and 25th by FloWrestling. Caves is third in the MAC and 32nd in the InterMat national poll.
Central Michigan 29, Cleveland State 10
125: Ben Arada (CSU) dec. Grant Stahl, 10-3, CSU 3, CMU 0
133: Vince Perez (CMU) major dec. Nick Molchak, 15-5, CMU 4, CSU 3
141: Landen Duncan (CSU) major dec. Andrew Austin, 12-3, CSU 7, CMU 4
149: No. 30 Mason Shrader (CMU) tech. fall Connor Saylor, 19-4, 6:27, CMU 9, CSU 7
157: No. 18 Johnny Lovett (CMU) dec. Reese Stephen, 5-1, CMU 12, CSU 7
165: Tyler Swiderski (CMU) tech. fall Tate Geiser, 20-4, 5:55, CMU 17, CSU 7
174: Alex Cramer (CMU) tech. fall Gavin Ricketts, 19-4, 7:00, CMU 22, CSU 7
184: Adrien Cramer (CMU) major dec. JR Reed, 8-0, CMU 26, CSU 7
197: Luke Cochran (CMU) dec. Joey Lyons, 9-5, CMU 29, CSU 7
285: No. 25 Daniel Bucknavich (CSU) dec. Bryan Caves, 2-0, CMU 29, CSU 10
*Rankings by FloWrestling
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