Youth gain experience at Eastern Michigan Open
The first tournament of the 2010 season provided an opportunity for the youth of the CMU wrestling team to gain some experience.
Sophomore Cristian Cullinan finished second in the 125-pound class at the Eastern Michigan Open in Ypsilanti, while redshirt freshmen Scott Mattingly and Zack Cline finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Michigan’s Sean Boyle beat Cullinan 6-4 in the finals.
Cullinan started the tournament with a 16-0 decision against Lindenwood’s Andrew McArthur. He then went on to beat Indian’s Zach Zimmer and Navy’s Allan Stein before advancing to the finals.
Three other wrestlers competed unattached in the 125-pound class from CMU. Redshirt Joe Roth won his first round matchup 15-0 against Cumberland redshirt junior Eddie Ortiz before losing in the second round. Redshirt freshman Chad Deno used a bye to move into the second round before losing 11-2 to Boyle, who went on to win the weight class.
Boyle’s next defeat was in the third round against CMU redshirt freshman Kyle Waldo, who pinned Eastern Michigan’s Greg Egbert in 2:51 in the second round. Waldo finished fourth in the 125-pound class, losing the third place match 8-2 to Navy’s Aaron Kalil.
Redshirt freshman Scott Mattingly was defeated by Michigan’s Kellen Russell (unattached) and finished fifth in the 141-pound class.
CMU’s Ryan Cubberly wrestled unattached and finished sixth in the 149-pound weight class.
Redshirt freshman Zack Cline used an 8-3 overtime decision and a 9-1 third round decision to get to the fourth round of the 157-pound division before losing 12-3 to the division champ, Bryce Saddoris (Navy). He finished sixth in his weight class.
Redshirt freshman Adam Miller and sophomore Dillon Kern each wrestled unattached and lost their first matches after having first-round byes.
Craig Kelliher finished fourth in the 197-pound division, winning three matches.
The team will take part in the Michigan State Open on Sunday in East Lansing.
