2013 MAC Wrestling Tournament Preliminary Seedings Released
3/5/2013 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
CLEVELAND, OH - The Mid-American Conference announced the preliminary seeds for the 2013 MAC Wrestling Championship on Sunday, March 10 on the campus of the University at Buffalo at Alumni Arena.
The Bulls have wrestlers in the top three at three different weights. Erik Galloway ranks second at 141, Mark Lewandowski is ranked third at 165, and John-Martin Cannon sits as the fourth seed at 174.
Four schools boast at least one top-seeded wrestler, with Missouri leading the way with six top seeds, while Central Michigan will bring two top seeds and Kent State and Northern Iowa each with one top seed. Missouri holds six No. 1 seeds with 125-pounder Alan Waters, 133-pounder Nathan McCormick, 149-pounder Drake Houdasheldt, 157-pounder Kyle Bradley, 174-pounder Todd Porter and 285-pounder Dom Bradley.
The pre-seeds were voted on by the conference's coaches and rank the top eight wrestlers in each weight class.
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125 lbs. 1) Alan Waters, Missouri 2) Christian Cullinan, Central Michigan 3) Steve Mitcheff, Kent State 4) Jared Germaine, Eastern Michigan 5) Max Soria, Buffalo 6) Ryan Jauch, Northern Iowa 7) Kevon Powell, Ohio 8) Derek Elmore, Northern Illinois |
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133 lbs. 1) Nathan McCormick, Mizzouri 2) Scotti Sentes, Central Michigan 3) Levi Wolfensperger, Northern Iowa 4) Nick Smith, Northern Illinois 5) Mackenzie McGuire, Kent State 6) Vince Pizzuto, Eastern Michigan 7) Justin Farmer, Buffalo 8) Joey Munoz, Ohio |
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141 lbs. 1) Joey Lazor, Northern Iowa 2) Erik Galloway, Buffalo 3) Kevin Fanta, Northern Illinois 4) Nick Hucke, Missouri 5) Scott Mattingly, Central Michigan 6) Seth Schaner, Eastern Michigan 7) Dillon Kern, Kent State 8) Kagan Squire, Ohio |
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149 lbs. 1) Drake Houdasheldt, Missouri 2) Donnie Corby, Central Michigan 3) Bart Reiter, Northern Iowa 4) Andrew Romanchik, Ohio 5) Rob Jillard, Northern Illinois 6) Blake Roulo, Buffalo 7) Mike Shaw, Eastern Michigan 8) Andrew Candillo, Kent State |
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157 lbs. 1) Kyle Bradley, Missouri 2) David Bonin, Northern Iowa 3) Aaron Sulzer, Eastern Michigan 4) Spartak Chino, Ohio 5) Luke Smith, Central Michigan 6) Andrew Morse, Northern Illinois 7) Wally Maziarz, Buffalo 8) Tommy Sasfy, Kent State |
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165 lbs. 1) Mike Ottinger, Central Michigan 2) Zach Toal, Missouri 3) Mark Lewandowski, Buffalo 4) Caleb Marsh, Kent State 5) Harrison Hightower, Ohio 6) Jake Davis, Eastern Michigan 7) Sam Bennett, Northern Illinois 8) Jarrett Jensen, Northern Iowa |
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174 lbs. 1) Todd Porter, Missouri 2) Cody Walters, Ohio 3) Sam Wheeler, Kent State 4) John-Martin Cannon, Buffalo 5) Craig Kelliher, Central Michigan 6) Cody Caldwell, Northern Iowa 7) Matt Mougin, Northern Illinois 8) Phillip Joseph, Eastern Michiga |
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184 lbs. 1) Ben Bennett, Central Michigan 2) Ryan Loder, Northern Iowa 3) Mike Larson, Missouri 4) Casey Newburg, Kent State 5) Michael Duckworth, Ohio 6) Khodor Hoballah, Eastern Michigan 7) Tony Lock, Buffalo 8) Bryan Loughlin, Northern Illinois |
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197 lbs. 1) Dustin Kilgore, Kent State 2) Brent Haynes, Missouri 3) Nick Whitenburg, Eastern Michigan 4) Phillip Wellington, Ohio 5) Angelo Malvestuto, Buffalo 6) Parker Settecase, Northern Illinois 7) Taylor Ketteman, Northern Iowa 8) Jackson Lewis, Central Michigan |
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285 lbs. 1) Dom Bradley, Missouri 2) Jared Trice, Central Michigan 3) Jeremy Johnson, Ohio 4) Blayne Beale, Northern Iowa 5) Jared Torrence, Northern Illinois 6) Keith Witt, Kent State 7) Justin Heiserman, Buffalo 8) Chris Eggert, Eastern Michigan |
Schedule of Events
10:00am Quarterfinals (3 Mats)
1:00pm Consolation Round 1 (1 Mat) & Championship Semifinals (2 Mats)
* Consolation Round 1 moves to all three (3) mats once Championship Semifinals conclude
Consolation Semifinals
5:00pm Championship Finals Parade
5:10pm National Anthem
5:13pm Face Off Introductions
5:20pm 5th Place Matches (1 Mat), 3rd Place Matches (1 Mat) & Championship Matches (1 Mat)
* True Placing to follow if necessary (only if qualifying spot is available)
