Central Michigan University Athletics
Thursday, March 20
Philadelphia, Pa.
7 p.m. ET
Central Michigan University
at
NCAA Championships Session 2
Spidle, Amaker, Lovett Remain in the Hunt at NCAA Championships
3/20/2025 11:22:00β―PM | Wrestling
PHILADELPHIA β Three Central Michigan wrestlers will continue in their quest for All-America honors after opening day on Thursday at the NCAA Championships at the Wells Fargo Center.
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CMU's Sean Spidle (133 pounds), Johnny Lovett (157) and Chandler Amaker (165) are in their respective weight class consolation brackets and each is scheduled to wrestle early on Friday.
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The Chippewas' Mason Shrader (149) and Alex Cramer (174) each went 0-2 on Thursday and were eliminated from the tournament.
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Spidle, Lovett and Amaker must win three consecutive matches in the consolation bracket on Friday to earn a place on the podium and become an All-American.
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Spidle, who entered the tournament as the 23rd seed, opened with a 4-1 upset victory over 10th-seeded Dylan Sawver of Rutgers, a returning All-American, on Thursday before falling to No. 7 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State, 9-4.
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On Friday, Spidle, a redshirt junior who is in the NCAA Championships for the first time, will wrestle No. 25 Kurt Phipps of Bucknell on Friday.
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Lovett, the No. 15 seed, opened with an 11-3 major decision win over Iowa's Jacori Teemer, the 18th seed who is a four-time All-American who last season finished as the national runner-up. Lovett then dropped a 10-4 decision to Cornell's Meyer Shapiro, the No. 2 seed.
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Lovett, a graduate student who is wrestling in the NCAA Championships for the fifth titme, will face 17th-seeded DJ McGee of George Mason on Friday. McGee defeated Lovett in the Mid-American Conference Championships title match two weeks ago.
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The 33rd-seeded Amaker posted an 8-5 sudden victory win over No. 32 Jared Keslar of Pitt in their opening-bout pigtail match and then lost to top-seeded Mitchell Messenbrink of Penn State on a 16-0 technical fall.
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Amaker, a redshirt junior who is making his first NCAA appearance, rebounded with an 8-6 win over 17th-seeded Noah Mulvaney of Bucknell and is scheduled to face Northwestern's Maxx Mayfield, the 18th seed, on Friday.
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Shrader, a redshirt junior who was seeded 24th, was pinned by Penn's Cross Wasilewski, the No. 9 seed, in 6:03 in his opening bout and then dropped a 7-3 decision to Lehigh's Malyke Hines, the 25th seed.
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Cramer, a graduate student who was seeded 10th, dropped a 13-2 major decision to MJ Gaitan of Iowa State, the 23rd seed, in his opening bout. He then dropped a 3-2 decision to Brody Baumann of Purdue, the 26th seed.
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Cramer, a four-time NCAA qualifier and a two-time MAC champion, closed his career with a 106-51 record. He is one of just 28 wrestlers in program history to have registered 100 wins.
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CMU's Sean Spidle (133 pounds), Johnny Lovett (157) and Chandler Amaker (165) are in their respective weight class consolation brackets and each is scheduled to wrestle early on Friday.
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The Chippewas' Mason Shrader (149) and Alex Cramer (174) each went 0-2 on Thursday and were eliminated from the tournament.
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Spidle, Lovett and Amaker must win three consecutive matches in the consolation bracket on Friday to earn a place on the podium and become an All-American.
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Spidle, who entered the tournament as the 23rd seed, opened with a 4-1 upset victory over 10th-seeded Dylan Sawver of Rutgers, a returning All-American, on Thursday before falling to No. 7 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State, 9-4.
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On Friday, Spidle, a redshirt junior who is in the NCAA Championships for the first time, will wrestle No. 25 Kurt Phipps of Bucknell on Friday.
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Lovett, the No. 15 seed, opened with an 11-3 major decision win over Iowa's Jacori Teemer, the 18th seed who is a four-time All-American who last season finished as the national runner-up. Lovett then dropped a 10-4 decision to Cornell's Meyer Shapiro, the No. 2 seed.
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Lovett, a graduate student who is wrestling in the NCAA Championships for the fifth titme, will face 17th-seeded DJ McGee of George Mason on Friday. McGee defeated Lovett in the Mid-American Conference Championships title match two weeks ago.
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The 33rd-seeded Amaker posted an 8-5 sudden victory win over No. 32 Jared Keslar of Pitt in their opening-bout pigtail match and then lost to top-seeded Mitchell Messenbrink of Penn State on a 16-0 technical fall.
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Amaker, a redshirt junior who is making his first NCAA appearance, rebounded with an 8-6 win over 17th-seeded Noah Mulvaney of Bucknell and is scheduled to face Northwestern's Maxx Mayfield, the 18th seed, on Friday.
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Shrader, a redshirt junior who was seeded 24th, was pinned by Penn's Cross Wasilewski, the No. 9 seed, in 6:03 in his opening bout and then dropped a 7-3 decision to Lehigh's Malyke Hines, the 25th seed.
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Cramer, a graduate student who was seeded 10th, dropped a 13-2 major decision to MJ Gaitan of Iowa State, the 23rd seed, in his opening bout. He then dropped a 3-2 decision to Brody Baumann of Purdue, the 26th seed.
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Cramer, a four-time NCAA qualifier and a two-time MAC champion, closed his career with a 106-51 record. He is one of just 28 wrestlers in program history to have registered 100 wins.
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