2009 Eastern Michigan Open‏

OSU and CSU Start Season‏

Kevin Schlosser; www.buckeyewrestling.com

While Kent State and Ohio University headed south to start the season at Virginia Tech and the Hokie Open, a number of wrestlers from Cleveland State and Ohio State headed north to compete at the Eastern Michigan Open on Saturday. With over 400 wrestlers in action, the EMU Open includes two separate tournaments; a freshmen and sophomore division and open division that wrestlers of any class rank can enter.

Ohio State Results:

Nikko Triggas was the only Buckeye letterman in action over the weekend and he was the highest placer in the open tournament. Triggas placed sixth with a 3-3 record at 125 pounds. He won his first match and lost by fall in the championship quarterfinals to Purdue junior Matt Fields. Nikko picked up two pins in the consolations before losing a 10-9 decision in the semifinals. He lost a 6-5 decision to Fields for sixth. Jared Kusar was the only other Buckeye to place in the open tournament with a 2-2 record and a seventh place finish at 149 pounds. AJ Agazarm and TC Pendleton had wins at 165 and 174 pounds.

Ohio State had a lot more success in the freshmen-sophomore tournament with three individual champions and seven place winners overall. Winning titles for the Buckeyes were true freshman Mike Fee at 149 and Peter Capone at 174; redshirt freshman Johnny Hiles won the heavyweight title. Additional place winners for OSU included true freshmen Zack Tinch, fifth at 125, and Jake Vaughan, fifth at 133; redshirt freshmen Tony Jameson took second at 157 pounds and Dom Jontony was seventh at heavyweight.

OSU in the EMU Open Tournament:

125 Nikko Triggas (3-3; sixth)
125 Bo Touris (0-2; DNP)
133 Pat Zamaria (0-2; DNP)
149 Jared Kusar (2-2: seventh)
165 AJ Agazarm (1-2; DNP)
174 TC Pendleton (1-2; DNP)
174 Max Sall (0-2; DNP)
197 Zach Stolarsky (0-2; DNP)

OSU in the EMU FR/SO Tournament

125 Zach Tinch (4-3; Sixth)
133 Garrett Henry (0-1; DNP) Injured
133 Jake Vaughan (6-2; Fifth)
149 Mike Fee (5-0; First)
157 Tony Jameson (4-1; Second)
174 Peter Capone (4-0; First)
285 Johnny Hiles (4-0; First)
285 Dom Jontony (4-2; Seventh)

Cleveland State Results:

The Vikings took over twenty wrestlers to Ypsilanti and returned with two place winners. Redshirt junior Robbie Michaels led the CSU contingent with a fourth place finish at 165 pounds. Michaels won his first match and lost a 9-5 decision to Jarrod King in the championship quartfinals; King is the defending national champion. Robbie won three in a row in the consolations before dropping his last match 6-5 to Michigan State’s Kyle Bounds. Marcus Effner was the second place winner for Cleveland State, placing sixth at 174 pounds. After missing last season recovering from knee surgery, Effner was limited to four matches by the coaching staff and defaulted his sixth place match.

“I think this weekend was a good test to see where we are at as a team,” said CSU head coach Ben Stehura. “With the tournament we can identify some of the things we are doing well and some of the things we want to fix. I think we wrestled hard and showed some progress. We just have to keep getting better and building towards the end of the year.”

CMU in the EMU Open Tournament:

125 Jordan Keller (2-2; DNP)
141 Lawrence Cavello (1-2; DNP)
141 Mike Mencini (1-2; DNP)
149 Danny Castillo (2-2: DNP)
149 Josh Palivoda (2-2: DNP)
149 Collin McCreary (0-2: DNP)
157 Corey Carlo (0-2; DNP)
157 Dustin Doty (0-2; DNP)
165 Robbie Michaels (5-2; Fourth)
174 Marcus Effner (3-2; Sixth) Injured
174 Drew Graber (0-2; DNP)
184 Nick Anthony (1-2; DNP)
197 Gahad Sulleman (0-2; DNP)
285 Chris Weber (1-2; DNP)
285 Will Fletcher (0-2; DNP)
285 Ricky Willams (0-2; DNP)

CSU in the EMU FR/SO Tournament

125 Matt Peters (1-2; DNP)
133 Zech Huff (2-2; DNP)
157 Shayne Stewart (3-2; DNP)
184 Corbin Boone (2-2; DNP)
197 Ryan Houchens (0-2; DNP)

Tournament Brackets

2009 Eastern Michigan Open – Open Tournament
2009 Eastern Michigan Open – Freshmen/Sophomore Tournament