Junior Ben Bennett won the open 184-pound division, while freshman Nick Hodgkins was the champion in the freshman/sophomore 149-pound division. Bennett and Hodgkins were among nine Chippewas, all competing unattached, who placed in the top six of their respective weight classes on Saturday.
Bennett was dominant in his run through the 184-pound bracket, posting a major decision and three consecutive pins to win the title. He pinned Michigan State's Ian Hinton in just 2:34 in the finals.
Hodgkins, meanwhile, recorded four straight major decisions before besting Illinois' Caleb Ervin, 8-3, in the freshman/sophomore 149-pound final. In five matches, Hodgkins out-scored his opponents by a combined total of 58-11.
Finishing runner-up were sophomore Scott Mattingly (open 141-pound division) and freshman Mike Ottinger (freshman/sophomore 165-pound division). Mattingly won four matches to advance to the final, where he was edged by defending national champion Kellen Russell (Michigan), 5-2. Ottinger won four straight bouts before falling in the final, 3-2, to Michigan State's Nick Proctor.
CMU opens the dual meet season next Sunday (Nov. 20), traveling to Chattanooga to face Stanford at noon and Chattanooga at 3 p.m.
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