Caves, Cochran Earn 5th-Place Finishes at Midlands Championships

Tuesday, December 30

Evanston, Ill.

10:30 a.m. ET

Central Michigan University

Midlands Championships

CMU's Bryan Caves (right) wrestled his way to a fifth-place finish at 285 pounds at the Midlands Championships on Tuesday in Evanston, Ill. Teammate Luke Cochran (197) also placed fifth.

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Caves, Cochran Earn 5th-Place Finishes at Midlands Championships

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By: Andy Sneddon

EVANSTON, Ill. – Central Michigan's Luke Cochran and Bryan Caves each placed fifth in their respective weight classes on Tuesday during the final day of the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships at Ryan Fieldhouse on the campus of Northwestern University.

The Chippewas finished 13^th with 38 points in the 30-team field.

Caves, a redshirt senior, placed fifth at 285 pounds while Cochran, a redshirt sophomore, was fifth at 197. Both won three of their four Tuesday matches to finish the tournament 4-2.

Four other Chippewas -- Andrew Austin (133), Chandler Amaker (165), Cody Brenner (184), and Aidan Fockler (285) – lost their respective matches on Tuesday and were eliminated from the tournament.

Caves opened on Tuesday with a 5-1 victory over Bryson Buhk of SIUE and then followed with a 4-1 win over Josh Harkless of Rochester Institute of Technology.

Caves then lost to Bucknell's Lucas Lawler, 9-3, to reach the fifth-place match where he won by medical forfeit over Trevor Tinker of Cal Poly.

Cochran also won his first two matches on Tuesday, the first 14-7 over Luke Duthie of Stanford and the second over Dylan Connell of Illinois, 8-5.

He then dropped a 4-0 decision to Gabe Sollars of Indiana to reach the fifth-place match where he won by medical forfeit over Jude Correa of Spartan Combat Regional Training Center.

Austin bowed on a 15-4 major decision to Dylan Shawver of Rutgers; Amaker was pinned by Ryan Ford of Rutgers in 4:22; Brenner dropped a 5-1 decision to Roman Rogotzke of Indiana; and Fockler was eliminated on an 8-2 decision by Harkless.

The Chippewas are scheduled to partake in the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Duals on Jan. 9-10 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and then go to Northern Illinois for their first Mid-American Conference dual meet of the season on Jan. 16.

Match-by-match results for Central Michigan wrestlers with their tournament record:

133 Andrew Austin, 2-2
L Sean Spidle, Northwestern, 10-1 MD
W Jackson Blum, Indiana, 9-4 dec.
W Wyatt Richter, Stanford, 17-4 MD
L Dylan Shawver, Rutgers, 15-4 MD

133 Cameron Chinavare, 2-2
W Luis Bazan, Northwestern, 8-5 dec.
L Isaiah Cortez, Spartan Combat, 8-3 dec.
W Joe Ruzic, Illinois, 7-2 dec.
L Markel Baker, Northern Illinois, 10-2 MD

141 Nick Blackburn
L Billy Dekraker, Northwestern, 8-2 dec.
L Alec Peralta, SIUE, 5-4 dec.

149 Jimmy Nugent, 0-2
L Owen Reinsel, Lehigh, 15-0 TF, 1:41
L Noah Tapia, Hofstra, fall, 1:41

149 Colin Kacena, 1-2
W Anthony Evanitsky, Lehigh, 8-1 dec.
L Joey Buttler, Indiana, 5-4 dec.
L Noah Tapia, Hofstra, 11-4 dec.

157 Seth Larson
L Conner Harer, Rutgers, 19-3 TF, 5:37
L Hayden Whidden, SIUE, 8-3 dec.

157 Mason Shrader, 1-2
L Anthony Berg, Cal Poly, fall, 5:46
W PJ Murphy, SIUE, 9-4 dec.
L Gunnar Myers, Northwestern, MFF

165 Chandler Amaker, 2-2
W Owen Segorski, Michigan State, 7-2 dec.
W Brock Woodcock, SIUE, 7-3 dec.
L e'Than Birden, Ohio State, 18-3 TF, 7:00
L Ryan Ford, Rutgers, fall 4:22

174 Brayden Gautreau, 1-2
L Myles Takats, Bucknell, Fall, 1:37
W Ben Smith, Harvard, 8-5 dec.
L Caleb Neal, SIUE, 3-0 dec.

174 Nick Marienfeld, 1-2
L Caleb Neal, SIUE, fall, 4:12
W Andre Rocker, Northwestern, fall, 6:14
L Orlando Cruz, Indiana, 4-1 dec.

184 Cody Brenner, 2-2
W Ian Smith, Northern Illinois, 5-0 dec.
W Luke Daly, Pitt, 7-3 dec.
L Chris Moore, Illinois, 9-2 dec.
L Roman Rogotzke, Indiana, 5-1 dec.

184 Adrian Cramer, 1-2
W Ali Adel, Northern Illinois, 15-0 TF, 7:00
L Joseph Walker, Michigan, 4-1 dec.
L Roman Rogotzke, Indiana, 2-1 dec.

184 Wyatt Ferguson, 0-2
L Shane Cartegena-Walsh, Rutgers, 20-5 TF, 7:00
L Amare Overton, SIUE, 19-12 dec.

197 Luke Cochran, 4-2
W Demond Harrison, Michigan State, 21-5 TF, 5:50
L Jude Correa, Spartan Combat RTC, 12-5 dec.
W Luke Duthie, Stanford, 14-7 dec.
W Dylan Connell, Illinois, 8-5 dec.
L Gabe Sollars, Indiana, 4-0 dec.
W Jude Correa, Spartan Combat RTC, MFF

285 Aidan Fockler, 2-2
L Sean Carroll, Northern Illinois, 4-2 dec.
W Dirk Morley, Northwestern, 4-1 SV dec.
W Lance Trost, Michigan, fall, 4:18
L Josh Harkless, Rochester Institute of Technology, 8-2 dec.

285 Bryan Caves, 4-2
W Dirk Morley, Northwestern, 5-1 dec.
L Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly, 17-2 TF, 6:08
W Bryson Buhk, SIUE, 5-1 dec.
W Josh Harkless, Rochester Institute of Technology, 4-1 dec.
L Lucas Lawler, Bucknell, 9-3 dec.
W Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly, MFF

285 Simon Lato, 2-2
W Logan Shephard, Bucknell, 7-5 dec.
L Josh Harkless, Rochester Institute Technology, 5-2 dec.
W Caleb Marzolino, Indiana, 7-1 dec.
L Bryson Buhk, SIUE, 2-0