Scotti Sentes (Fort Myers, Fla./Riverdale HS) and Ben Bennett (Rockford, Mich./Rockford HS) won titles at 125 pounds and 171 pounds, respectively. A third CMU signee, Eric Cubberly (Pemberville, Ohio/Eastwood HS) placed third at 160 pounds.
Bennett was selected as the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. CMU and Minnesota were the only programs to have two of their signees win individual titles at the tournament.
Sentes was a four-time high school state champion and posted a career record of 213-3 with 152 pins at Riverdale High School. He recently was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd.
Bennett was a three-time Michigan state champion at Rockford High School. He matched Sentes with an identical 213-3 career record. Bennett recorded 125 career falls.
Fans can log on to flowrestling.com for video of all of the tournament's matches and interviews with selected wrestlers.
CMU finished tied for the seventh as a team at the 2008 NCAA Championships. Four Chippewas claimed All-America honors, including 197-pound national runner-up Wynn Michalak. CMU has won 10 consecutive MAC titles and seven straight conference tournament championships.
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