Missouri wins eighth straight MAC title, with Central Michigan second and host Northern Illinois third
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Graphic courtesy of @MizzouWrestling Twitter
DEKALB, Ill. – The Mizzou streak continues!!!
Brian Smith’s Tigers claimed their eighth straight MAC title, and their ninth straight conference title (as they won their final year in the Big 12).
Mizzou was led by one individual champion, No. 1 seed Brock Mauller (149), and three runners-up: Allan Hart (133), Jarrett Jacques (157) and Dylan Wisman (184). Mauller, who is ranked in the top five at his weight nationals, defeated Clarion’s Brock Zacherl, 5-2 in the finals, to repeat as MAC champion.
The Tigers scored 142 points, 21 points ahead of second place Central Michigan.
Tom Borrelli’s Chippewas secured three individual titles, all from nationally ranked wrestlers who came in as the No. 1 seed: Drew Hildebrandt (125), Dresden Simon (141) and Matt Stencel (285). CMU had the most individual champions in the MAC this year. Stencel repeated as MAC champion.
Host Northern Illinois was a solid third with 90.5, led by champion Brit Wilson (184) and a runner-up, Izzak Olejnik (165).
The 2020 season marked the first of the expanded MAC, which now has 15 team, bringing in the programs that were previously in the EWL.
Repeating as MAC champion was Buffalo’s Troy Keller at 165 pounds.
Other individual MAC champions were Tim Rooney of Kent State (133) , Jesse Dellavecchia of Rider (157), Jared Siegrist of Lock Haven (174) and Greg Bulsak of Clarion (197).
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
At DeKalb, Ill.
125 (3 qualifiers)
1st - Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) RS Jr. over Kilian Cardinale (Old Dominion) RS So. (Dec 2-0)
3rd - Luke Werner (Lock Haven) Jr. over Jonathan Tropea (Rider) RS Jr. (Dec 9-7)
5th - Cameron Valdiviez (Missouri) RS So. over Logan Heil (Cleveland State) Fr. (Fall 1:17)
7th - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) RS So. over Christian Gannone (Bloomsburg) Fr. (Dec 9-7)
133 (5 qualifiers)
1st - Tim Rooney (Kent State) RS Fr. over Allan Hart (Missouri) RS So. (SV-1 3-1)
3rd - Andrew Marten (Central Michigan) RS So. over Derek Spann (Buffalo) RS Jr. (M. For.)
5th - DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven) RS Sr. over Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) RS Fr. (Dec 9-8)
7th - Justin Patrick (Cleveland State) 19-13, RS Sr. over Josh Jones (George Mason) 18-13, Fr. (Dec 8-1)
141 (5 qualifiers)
1st - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) RS Jr. over Evan Cheek (Cleveland State) RS Sr. (Dec 6-1)
3rd - Grant Leeth (Missouri) RS Jr. over Sa`Derian Perry (Old Dominion) RS Sr. (Dec 4-3)
5th - Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) RS Sr. over Alex Madrigal (George Mason) RS Jr. (Dec 7-0)
7th - Marcus Robinson (Buffalo) RS Fr. over Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) RS Fr. (Dec 7-5)
149 (5 qualifiers)
1st - Brock Mauller (Missouri) So. over Brock Zacherl (Clarion) (Dec 5-2)
3rd - Alec Hagan (Ohio) Jr. over Tyshawn Williams (SIU Edwardsville) RS Sr. (Inj. 4:26)
5th - Colston DiBlasi (George Mason) RS Sr. over Kenan Carter (Old Dominion) RS Sr. (Dec 4-3)
7th - McCoy Kent (Northern Illinois) RS Sr. over Brock Port (Lock Haven) RS So. (MD 11-2)
157 (6 qualifiers)
1st - Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) RS Sr. over Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) So. (Dec 4-0)
3rd - Larry Early (Old Dominion) RS Sr. over Justin Ruffin (SIU Edwardsville) So. (SV-1 11-9)
5th - Logan Parks (Central Michigan) RS Sr. over Zac Carson (Ohio) RS Sr. (SV-1 5-3)
7th - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) So. over Michael Petite (Buffalo) RS Fr. (Dec 3-1)
165 (2 qualifiers)
1st - Troy Keller (Buffalo) Sr. over Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) RS Fr. (Dec 10-5)
3rd - Peyton Mocco (Missouri) RS Fr. over Joseph Terry (Ohio) RS Jr. (MD 9-1)
5th - Riley Smucker (Cleveland State) RS Fr. over Neil Schuster (George Mason) RS So. (Dec 8-2)
7th - Austin Bell (Lock Haven) RS Jr. over Derek Ciavarro (Edinboro) Jr. (MD 14-4)
174 (4 qualifiers)
1st - Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) RS Sr. over Andrew McNally (Kent State) RS Jr. (Dec 10-9)
3rd - Connor Flynn (Missouri) RS Sr. over Kenny Moore (Northern Illinois) RS Sr. (Dec 7-0)
5th - Dean Sherry (Rider) RS Sr. over Jake Lowell (Central Michigan) RS So. (MD 15-5)
7th - Jacob Oliver (Edinboro) Jr. over Alex Cramer (Old Dominion) Fr. (Fall 3:28)
184 (3 qualifiers)
1st - Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) RS So. over Dylan Wisman (Missouri) RS Sr. (Dec 8-5)
3rd - Antonio Agee (Old Dominion) Sr. over George Walton (Rider) RS So. (TB-2 7-6)
5th - Trevor Allard (Bloomsburg) RS Sr. over Corey Hazel (Lock Haven) RS Sr. (Dec 6-5)
7th - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) over Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) So. (Dec 3-2)
197 (4 qualifiers)
1st - Greg Bulsak (Clarion) RS Jr. over Ethan Laird (Rider) Jr. (M. For.)
3rd - Gage Braun (Northern Illinois) RS Fr. over Landon Pelham (Central Michigan) RS Jr. (Dec 9-8)
5th - Colin McCracken (Kent State) Jr. over Dylan Reynolds (Edinboro) Sr. (Dec 3-2)
7th - Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State) So. over Jake Walker (Ohio) Sr. (MD 10-0)
285 (4 qualifiers)
1st - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) RS Jr. over Jon Spaulding (Edinboro) Jr. (MD 11-0)
3rd - Jordan Earnest (Ohio) So. over Ryan Cloud (Rider) RS Sr. (Dec 5-2)
5th - Max Ihry (Northern Illinois) RS Jr. over John Kelbly (Cleveland State) RS So. (Dec 3-2)
7th - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) So. over Jacob Bohlken (Missouri) Sr. (Dec 3-1)
157 True 6th
Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) over Zac Carson (Ohio) (Dec 6-4)
174 True 4th
Dean Sherry (Rider) over Kenny Moore (Northern Illinois) (Fall 4:14)
Team Standings
1 Missouri, 142.0
2 Central Michigan, 121.0
3 Northern Illinois, 90.5
4 Rider, 84.5
5 Lock Haven, 82.0
6 Old Dominion, 68.0
7 Cleveland State, 64.0
8 Ohio, 58.5
9 Kent State, 51.5
10 Buffalo, 49.5
11 Edinboro, 45.5
12 Clarion, 39.5
13 George Mason, 39.0
14 Bloomsburg, 32.5
15 SIU Edwardsville, 31.0
DEKALB, Ill. – The Mizzou streak continues!!!
Brian Smith’s Tigers claimed their eighth straight MAC title, and their ninth straight conference title (as they won their final year in the Big 12).
Mizzou was led by one individual champion, No. 1 seed Brock Mauller (149), and three runners-up: Allan Hart (133), Jarrett Jacques (157) and Dylan Wisman (184). Mauller, who is ranked in the top five at his weight nationals, defeated Clarion’s Brock Zacherl, 5-2 in the finals, to repeat as MAC champion.
The Tigers scored 142 points, 21 points ahead of second place Central Michigan.
Tom Borrelli’s Chippewas secured three individual titles, all from nationally ranked wrestlers who came in as the No. 1 seed: Drew Hildebrandt (125), Dresden Simon (141) and Matt Stencel (285). CMU had the most individual champions in the MAC this year. Stencel repeated as MAC champion.
Host Northern Illinois was a solid third with 90.5, led by champion Brit Wilson (184) and a runner-up, Izzak Olejnik (165).
The 2020 season marked the first of the expanded MAC, which now has 15 team, bringing in the programs that were previously in the EWL.
Repeating as MAC champion was Buffalo’s Troy Keller at 165 pounds.
Other individual MAC champions were Tim Rooney of Kent State (133) , Jesse Dellavecchia of Rider (157), Jared Siegrist of Lock Haven (174) and Greg Bulsak of Clarion (197).
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
At DeKalb, Ill.
125 (3 qualifiers)
1st - Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) RS Jr. over Kilian Cardinale (Old Dominion) RS So. (Dec 2-0)
3rd - Luke Werner (Lock Haven) Jr. over Jonathan Tropea (Rider) RS Jr. (Dec 9-7)
5th - Cameron Valdiviez (Missouri) RS So. over Logan Heil (Cleveland State) Fr. (Fall 1:17)
7th - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) RS So. over Christian Gannone (Bloomsburg) Fr. (Dec 9-7)
133 (5 qualifiers)
1st - Tim Rooney (Kent State) RS Fr. over Allan Hart (Missouri) RS So. (SV-1 3-1)
3rd - Andrew Marten (Central Michigan) RS So. over Derek Spann (Buffalo) RS Jr. (M. For.)
5th - DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven) RS Sr. over Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) RS Fr. (Dec 9-8)
7th - Justin Patrick (Cleveland State) 19-13, RS Sr. over Josh Jones (George Mason) 18-13, Fr. (Dec 8-1)
141 (5 qualifiers)
1st - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) RS Jr. over Evan Cheek (Cleveland State) RS Sr. (Dec 6-1)
3rd - Grant Leeth (Missouri) RS Jr. over Sa`Derian Perry (Old Dominion) RS Sr. (Dec 4-3)
5th - Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) RS Sr. over Alex Madrigal (George Mason) RS Jr. (Dec 7-0)
7th - Marcus Robinson (Buffalo) RS Fr. over Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) RS Fr. (Dec 7-5)
149 (5 qualifiers)
1st - Brock Mauller (Missouri) So. over Brock Zacherl (Clarion) (Dec 5-2)
3rd - Alec Hagan (Ohio) Jr. over Tyshawn Williams (SIU Edwardsville) RS Sr. (Inj. 4:26)
5th - Colston DiBlasi (George Mason) RS Sr. over Kenan Carter (Old Dominion) RS Sr. (Dec 4-3)
7th - McCoy Kent (Northern Illinois) RS Sr. over Brock Port (Lock Haven) RS So. (MD 11-2)
157 (6 qualifiers)
1st - Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) RS Sr. over Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) So. (Dec 4-0)
3rd - Larry Early (Old Dominion) RS Sr. over Justin Ruffin (SIU Edwardsville) So. (SV-1 11-9)
5th - Logan Parks (Central Michigan) RS Sr. over Zac Carson (Ohio) RS Sr. (SV-1 5-3)
7th - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) So. over Michael Petite (Buffalo) RS Fr. (Dec 3-1)
165 (2 qualifiers)
1st - Troy Keller (Buffalo) Sr. over Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) RS Fr. (Dec 10-5)
3rd - Peyton Mocco (Missouri) RS Fr. over Joseph Terry (Ohio) RS Jr. (MD 9-1)
5th - Riley Smucker (Cleveland State) RS Fr. over Neil Schuster (George Mason) RS So. (Dec 8-2)
7th - Austin Bell (Lock Haven) RS Jr. over Derek Ciavarro (Edinboro) Jr. (MD 14-4)
174 (4 qualifiers)
1st - Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) RS Sr. over Andrew McNally (Kent State) RS Jr. (Dec 10-9)
3rd - Connor Flynn (Missouri) RS Sr. over Kenny Moore (Northern Illinois) RS Sr. (Dec 7-0)
5th - Dean Sherry (Rider) RS Sr. over Jake Lowell (Central Michigan) RS So. (MD 15-5)
7th - Jacob Oliver (Edinboro) Jr. over Alex Cramer (Old Dominion) Fr. (Fall 3:28)
184 (3 qualifiers)
1st - Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) RS So. over Dylan Wisman (Missouri) RS Sr. (Dec 8-5)
3rd - Antonio Agee (Old Dominion) Sr. over George Walton (Rider) RS So. (TB-2 7-6)
5th - Trevor Allard (Bloomsburg) RS Sr. over Corey Hazel (Lock Haven) RS Sr. (Dec 6-5)
7th - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) over Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) So. (Dec 3-2)
197 (4 qualifiers)
1st - Greg Bulsak (Clarion) RS Jr. over Ethan Laird (Rider) Jr. (M. For.)
3rd - Gage Braun (Northern Illinois) RS Fr. over Landon Pelham (Central Michigan) RS Jr. (Dec 9-8)
5th - Colin McCracken (Kent State) Jr. over Dylan Reynolds (Edinboro) Sr. (Dec 3-2)
7th - Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State) So. over Jake Walker (Ohio) Sr. (MD 10-0)
285 (4 qualifiers)
1st - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) RS Jr. over Jon Spaulding (Edinboro) Jr. (MD 11-0)
3rd - Jordan Earnest (Ohio) So. over Ryan Cloud (Rider) RS Sr. (Dec 5-2)
5th - Max Ihry (Northern Illinois) RS Jr. over John Kelbly (Cleveland State) RS So. (Dec 3-2)
7th - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) So. over Jacob Bohlken (Missouri) Sr. (Dec 3-1)
157 True 6th
Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) over Zac Carson (Ohio) (Dec 6-4)
174 True 4th
Dean Sherry (Rider) over Kenny Moore (Northern Illinois) (Fall 4:14)
Team Standings
1 Missouri, 142.0
2 Central Michigan, 121.0
3 Northern Illinois, 90.5
4 Rider, 84.5
5 Lock Haven, 82.0
6 Old Dominion, 68.0
7 Cleveland State, 64.0
8 Ohio, 58.5
9 Kent State, 51.5
10 Buffalo, 49.5
11 Edinboro, 45.5
12 Clarion, 39.5
13 George Mason, 39.0
14 Bloomsburg, 32.5
15 SIU Edwardsville, 31.0
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