2019 NCAA All-American Matt Stencel (Photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com)Central Michigan Chippewas
"My thoughts for the season are to get back to a normal environment where we have fans at our duals, in season tournaments, and the postseason tournaments. Our goals are to improve upon last seasons MAC Tournament and NCAA Tournament finishes. We will have some very interesting conference regular season dual match-ups with Rider, NIU, Edinboro, and the remainder of our conference schedule. We are also looking forward to being the MAC representative at the National Duals as well as wrestling at the Midlands and non-conference in state duals with MSU and UM. We will also be hosting a quad at CMU we will call the Chippewa Challenge with American, Campbell, and Cal. Bakersfield. Each university's current head coach wrestled at CMU, so we should have a great homecoming weekend for wrestling." - Head Coach Thomas Borrelli
TOP RETURNERS
The Chippewas have five returning national qualifiers returning to their line-up from previous seasons.
• Matt Stencel - NCAA All-American, 4x MAC champion, 4x NCAA qualifier
• Dresden Simon - 2x MAC champion, 2x NCAA qualifier
• Johnny Lovett - NCAA qualifier, MAC 3rd place finisher
• Alex Cramer - NCAA at large berth, MAC 3rd place finisher
• Drew Martin - NCAA qualifier, MAC 3rd place finisher
KEY DEPARTURES
Central Michigan University will be losing two of their starters this upcoming season.
• Drew Hildebrandt (125) - NCAA 4th place finisher
• Landon Pelham (197) - NCAA qualifier
NEWCOMERS
Coach Borrelli stated, "We expect our starters at 125 and 197 to have breakout seasons in 2021-22. We will have spirited competition at both weight classes but also consider Brock Bergelin and Aaron Bolo as frontrunners. Both have wrestled competitively during their time at CMU and we look for them to be very capable replacements for both Drew Hildebrandt and Landon Pelham."
WRESTLERS TO WATCH
"We have five wrestlers who have previously represented us at the MAC Championships and we expect each to improve considerably this season. These five are Corbyn Munson, Tracy Hubbard, Bret Fedewa, Jake Lowell, and Ben Cushman. Three of the five have been MAC Tournament placers and their improvement will determine the strength of our roster as we progress through this season" stated Coach Borrelli.
POTENTIAL LINEUP
125: Brock Bergelin (JR)
133: Drew Marten (JR)
141: Dresden Simon (SR)
149: Corbyn Munson (SO)
157: Johnny Lovett (FR)
165: Tracy Hubbard (SO) (Alex Cramer possible redshirt)
174: Jake Lowell (JR)
184: Ben Cushman (SO)
197: Aaron Bolo (JR)
285: Matt Stencel (SR)
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