The 23rd-ranked Chippewas won nine matches in downing Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 42-3, and then won seven bouts in upending the 19th-ranked Boilermakers, 24-10. The double-dual sweep came two days after the Chippewas rolled to a 34-6 win over Northern Illinois in their Mid-American Conference opener.
The weekend tally: CMU won 24 of 30 matches, and it scored bonus points in 14 of those 24 wins.
“We did that without one of our better wrestlers (Colin Heffernan), who's been out (injured) for more than two weeks,†CMU coach Tom Borrelli said. “I really feel like we're improving, but we've got to keep the pedal down. We've got a good week to train this week.â€
The Chippewas wrestle in the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Evanston, Ill., Dec. 29-30.
On Monday against SIU-Edwardsville, CMU won two matches by pin, two by technical fall. and two more by major decision. The Chippewas posted three major-decision victories and won seven of the final eight matches in beating Purdue on the Boilermakers' home mat at Holloway Gymnasium.
Justin Oliver (149 pounds), Logan Parks (165) and Jordan Ellingwood (184) won by major decision against Purdue. CMU's biggest wins came from CJ Brucki (174) and Matt Stencel (285).
Brucki, who is ranked 15th, defeated 14th-ranked Dylan Lydy, 7-3. Stencel, an unranked redshirt freshman, took a 4-3 decision from 14th-ranked Shawn Streck.
Streck had defeated Stencel twice earlier this season in the Michigan State Open. Streck's second win in that tournament over Stencel came via a pin. On Monday, Stencel rallied from a 3-2 deficit with a takedown with under 10 seconds remaining to pull ahead for good.
Brucki dropped a 7-5 decision to Lydy earlier this season at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Brucki trailed, 3-1, in the second period on Monday and knotted the match, 3-3, with a takedown with 16 seconds remaining in the period.
Brucki then got an escape, a takedown and a riding point in the third period in posting the victory.
“Those were two big matches for us,†Borrelli said. “And those guys really performed well. In both of those matches we came back in the third period which is what we've been really emphasizing.â€
Among the other highlights:
• Parks (165) won both of his matches on Monday by major decision. The sophomore posted an 11-4 win on Saturday at Northern Illinois.
“Parks really wrestled well this weekend, I mean really well,†Borrelli said. “He's really coming on.â€
• Jordan Ellingwood scored bonus points in all three of his wins on the weekend. On Monday, he won by major decision against Purdue and by pin against SIU-Edwardsville.
• Redshirt freshman Blake Montrie, Heffernan's replacement at 157 pounds, posted his first dual-meet victory when he beat Karstan Van Velsor of SIU-Edwardsville, 8-3.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 24, PURDUE 10
125: Luke Welch (P) major dec. Drew Hildebrandt, 10-2
133: Ben Thornton (P) dec. Dresden Simon, 6-3
141: Mason Smith (CMU) dec. Nate Limmex, 3-0
149: Justin Oliver (CMU) major dec. Koby Reyes, 15-6
157: Cole Wysocki (P) dec. Blake Montrie, 1-0
165: Logan Parks (CMU) major dec. Jacob Morrissey, 14-1
174: CJ Brucki (CMU) dec. Dylan Lydy, 7-3
184: Jordan Ellingwood (CMU) major dec. Max Lyon, 11-3
197: Jordan Atienza (CMU) dec. Christian Brunner, 10-6
285: Matt Stencel (CMU) dec. Shawn Streck, 4-3
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 42, SIUE 3
125: Drew Hildebrandt (CMU) dec. Zach Genztler, 3-2
133: Dresden Simon (CMU) pinned Joe Antonelli, 2:40
141: Mason Smith (CMU) tech. fall John Muldoon, 16-0, 1:57
149: Justin Oliver (CMU) tech. fall Tyshawn Williams, 25-10, 5:00
157: Blake Montrie (CMU) dec. Karstan Van Velsor, 8-3
165: Logan Parks (CMU) major dec. Nate Higgins, 13-5
174: Hunter Rollins (CMU) major dec. Mason McDaniel, 9-1
184: Jordan Ellingsood (CMU) pinned Jake Godinez, 3:22
197: Christian Dulaney (SIUE) dec. Landon Pelham, 8-4
285: Matt Stencel (CMU) won by forfeit
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