Michigan
Michigan State Open
Parris Captures Heavyweight Title, Eight Wolverines Place at MSU Open
11/2/2019 11:45:00 PM | Wrestling
» Michigan crowned one champion -- heavyweight Mason Parris -- and earned eight total placewinners at the season-opening Michigan State Open.
» Parris knocked off two top-10 opponents en route to the heavyweight title, including a decisive 9-2 win against Central Michigan's fifth-ranked Matt Stencel in the final.
» Cole Mattin and Cameron Amine placed top-five at 141 and 165 pounds, respectively, in their collegiate debuts.
Site: East Lansing, Mich. (Jenison Field House)
Event: Michigan State Open
Team Score: Non-scoring
Next U-M Event: Friday, Nov. 8 -- vs. North Carolina (Cliff Keen Arena), 7 p.m.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Sophomore Mason Parris captured the heavyweight crown for the second straight year as the No. 19-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team posted eight total placewinners at the annual Michigan State Open on Saturday (Nov. 2) at the Spartans' Jenison Field House.
Parris, ranked seventh nationally, went 5-0 to pace the Wolverines, and, removing a second-round fall, he outscored his competition, 41-7. He defeated a pair of top-10 opponents, including a lopsided 9-2 decision against Central Michigan's fifth-ranked Matt Stencel in the champion bout. Parris scored six out of an early first-period fireman's carry before icing the bout with a single-leg takedown in the third. It was Parris' second MSU Open finals win against Stencel in as many years; the Chippewa ended his season last year in the NCAA Round of 12.
Parris, who captured a junior world freestyle title in August, also earned a dominant 15-3 win against Pittsburgh's ninth-ranked Demetrius Thomas in the semifinals, scoring on two takedowns and eight back points -- four apiece in the first and third frames.
Senior/junior Kanen Storr, who competed unattached while currently in an Olympic redshirt, and junior/sophomore Jelani Embree also reached the finals but dropped championship matches at 149 and 184 pounds, respectively. Storr fell to Ohio State's eighth-ranked Sammy Sasso, 19-4, after using a third-period takedown and 1:56 riding-time advantage to defeat another Buckeye, Ke-Shawn Hayes, 4-3, in the semifinals. Storr went 4-1 up a weight class from his previous three years.
Embree fell to Pittsburgh's fifth-ranked Nino Bonaccorsi, 7-1, in the 184-pound final after giving up a pair of first-period takedowns. The Wolverine avenged a loss from last season with a gritty 10-8 tiebreaker win against Michigan State's 12th-ranked Cameron Caffey in the semifinals. Embree jumped out to a big six-point lead midway through the second period, but after Caffey rallied to force overtime, and used a last-second takedown on the edge to end it in the tiebreaker. Embree also defeated Purdue's 17th-ranked Max Lyon, 5-4, in the quarterfinals behind a first-period takedown and a late escape and locked-hands penalty in the third.
Freshmen Cole Mattin and Cameron Amine placed top-five at 141 and 165 pounds, respectively, in their collegiate debuts. Mattin went 3-2 en route to fourth place in the freshman/sophomore division, while Amine posted a 4-2 mark to claim fifth in the open division. Between the pair, three of their four losses came in overtime, while Amine also dropped a narrow 3-2 semifinal decision to a fellow highly-touted true freshman in Ohio State's Carson Kharchla -- the eventual champion at 165 pounds.
Graduate student Ben Lamantia, freshman Will Lewan and fifth-year senior Jackson Striggow rounded out the Wolverines' placewinners with top-five finishes at 149, 157 and 197 pounds, respectively. Lewan and Striggow went 5-1 on the day but were both unable to compete for third place after reaching their match limit for the day. Lewan, like Parris, defeated a pair of top-10 opponents in his final two bouts, using a first-period takedown to beat Pitt's fifth-ranked Taleb Rahmani, 3-2, and three seconds of riding time to make the difference in a 3-3 second-tiebreaker win against Oklahoma's 10th-ranked Justin Thomas.
The Wolverines will kick off the dual-meet portion of their 2019-20 season at home next Friday (Nov. 8) when they host North Carolina at 7 p.m. at Cliff Keen Arena. Tickets are available through the U-M Ticket Office.
Michigan Results
Freshman/Sophomore Division
141 Pounds -- Cole Mattin
First Round -- Bye
Second Round -- dec. Luke Wymer (Ashland), 6-1
Quarterfinal - pinned Michael Gunther (Illinois), 2:26
Semifinal -- dec. by Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh), 6-4 SV
Consolations -- major dec. Klay Reeves (Ohio State), 12-3
Third Place -- dec. by Asa Garcia (Indiana), 6-4 SV
Finished in fourth place with a 3-2 record
Heavyweight -- Blake Querio
First Round -- Bye
Second Round -- dec. by Mitchell Bischoff (Akron), 14-9
Consolations -- dec. Johnny Shafer (Northern Illinois), 5-3
Consolations -- major dec. by Greg Hagan (Indiana), 20-10
Eliminated with a 1-2 record
Open Division
125 Pounds -- Jack Medley
First Round -- Bye
Second Round -- dec. by Michael Colaiocco (Penn), 11-5
Consolations -- tech fall Zach Collinso (Findlay), 22-5
Consolations -- major dec. Julian Saldana (Michigan State), 12-1
Consolations -- dec. Christian Moody (Oklahoma), 11-9 SV
Consolations -- dec. by Devin Schroder (Purdue), 5-0
Eliminated with a 3-2 record
133 Pounds -- Austin Assad
First Round -- Bye
Second Round -- dec. by Quinn Kinner (Ohio State), 6-4
Consolations -- dec. Marshall Craig (Purdue), 4-1
Withdrew with a 1-1 record
141 Pounds -- Ben Freeman
First Round -- Bye
Second Round -- dec. by Doug Zapf (Penn), 4-3
Consolations -- dec. by Alec White (Purdue), 3-1
Eliminated with a 0-2 record
141 Pounds -- Drew Mattin
First Round -- Bye
Second Round -- dec. Drew Marten (Central Michigan), 6-2
Quarterfinals -- dec. by Parker Filius (Purdue), 3-1
Consolations -- dec. by Dresden Simon (Central Michigan), 7-1
Eliminated with a 1-2 record
149 Pounds -- Ben Lamantia
First Round -- dec. McCoy Kent (Northern Illinois), 8-3
Second Round -- dec. Sam Dover (Oklahoma), 4-1
Quarterfinals -- dec. Jon Errico (Penn), 2-0
Semifinals -- pinned by Sammy Sasso (Ohio State), 1:56
Consolations -- dec. by Alec Hagan (Ohio), 3-1 SV
Fifth Place -- medical forfeit over Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State)
Finished in fifth place with a 4-2 record
149 Pounds -- Nick Freeman
Pigtail -- dec. by Luke Hernandez (Mount Union), 9-4
First Round -- pinned by Niko Derain (Northern Illinois), 4:07
Eliminated with a 0-2 record
149 Pounds -- Nick Lombard
First Round -- dec. by Jaden Enriquez (Michigan State), 3-1
Consolations -- dec. Zack Zeamer (Oklahoma), 5-1
Consolations -- dec. by Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois), 8-3
Eliminated with a 1-2 record
157 Pounds -- Ameen Hamdan
First Round -- major dec. by Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois), 11-3
Consolations -- dec. by Baan Rachel (Illinois), 6-4
Eliminated with a 0-2 record
157 Pounds -- Tyler Meisinger
First Round -- dec. by Anthony Artalona (Penn), 10-3
Consolations -- dec. Eddie Ordonez (Illinois), 7-1
Consolations -- major dec. James Wimer (Findlay), 15-1
Consolations -- dec. Elijiah Cleary (Ohio State), 9-7
Consolations -- pinned by Will Lewan (Michigan), 0:25
Eliminated with a 3-2 record
157 Pounds -- Will Lewan
First Round -- dec. Fernando Silva (Indiana), 6-5
Second Round -- pinned Anthony Colello (Pitt), 4:03
Quarterfinals -- dec. by Kendall Coleman (Purdue), 3-1 SV
Consolations -- pinned Tyler Meisinger (Michigan), 0:25
Consolations -- dec. Taleb Rahmani (Pitt), 3-2
Consolations -- dec. Justin Thomas (Oklahoma), 3-3 TB2
Finished in fourth place with a 5-1 record
165 Pounds -- Reece Hughes
First Round -- dec. Ethan Smith (Ohio State), 6-4
Second Round -- major dec. Ben Schneider (Ohio), 13-0
Quarterfinals -- dec. by Emil Soehnlen (Purdue), 5-2
Consolations -- dec. by Davey Tunon (Indiana), 1-0
Eliminated with a 2-2 record
165 Pounds -- Cameron Amine
First Round -- dec. Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois), 2-1 TB
Second Round -- dec. Jacob Lizak (Penn), 12-5
Quarterfinals -- pinned Derek Gross (Tiffin), 2:03
Semifinals -- dec. by Carson Kharchla (Ohio State), 3-2
Consolations -- dec. by Danny Braunagel (Illinois), 7-5 SV
Fifth Place -- medical forfeit Jake Wentzel (Pitt)
Finished in fifth place with a 4-2 record
165 Pounds -- Layne Van Anrooy
First Round -- dec. by Danny Braunagel (Illinois), 12-5
Consolations -- dec. by Austin Hiles (Michigan State), 9-7 SV
Eliminated with a 0-2 record
184 Pounds -- Bobby Striggow
First Round -- dec. Nikita Nepomnyashchiy (Illinois), 6-0
Second Round -- major dec. by Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt), 14-3
Consolations -- dec. Ruston Duke (Oklahoma), 6-5
Consolations -- dec. by Jared Florell (Purdue), 4-1
Eliminated with a 2-2 record
184 Pounds -- Jelani Embree
First Round -- dec. Mason Kroening (Ohio), 14-7
Second Round -- pinned Jakob Hinz (Indiana), 6:59
Quarterfinals -- dec. Max Lyon (Purdue), 5-4
Semifinals -- dec. Cameron Caffey (Michigan State), 10-8 TB
Final -- dec. by Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt), 7-1
Finished in second place with a 4-1 record
184 Pounds -- JT Correll
First Round -- Bye
Second Round -- major dec. by Cameron Caffey (Michigan State), 18-9
Consolations -- dec. Nikita Nepomnyashchiy (Illinois), 10-9
Consolations -- dec. by Peter Acciardi (Buffalo), 9-5
Eliminated with a 1-2 record
197 Pounds -- Jackson Striggow
First Round -- pinned Gregory Bensley-Dobish (Penn), 4:03
Second Round -- dec. by Landon Pelham (Central Michigan), 3-1
Consolations -- dec. Danny Kruse (Michigan State), 7-4
Consolations -- dec. Kevin Snyder (Ohio State), 4-2
Consolations -- dec. Matt Wroblewski (Illinois), 5-1
Consolations -- dec. Jake Walker (Ohio), 3-1
Finished in fourth place with a 6-1 record
197 Pounds -- Andrew Davison
First Round -- dec. Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan), 6-3
Second Round -- dec. by Sam Schulyer (Buffalo), 6-3
Consolations -- major dec. Brenden McRill (Michigan State), 11-3
Consolations -- dec. by Gage Braun (Northern Illinois), 5-3
Eliminated with a 2-2 record
Heavyweight -- Mason Parris
First Round -- dec. Max Ihry (Northern Illinois), 9-2
Second Round -- pinned Kian Thompson (Tiffin), 1:40
Quarterfinals -- major dec. Benjamin Goldin (Penn), 8-0
Semifinals -- major dec. Demetrius Thomas (Pitt), 14-3
First Place -- dec. Matt Stencel (Central Michigan), 9-2
Finished as the heavyweight champion with a 5-0 record
Heavyweight -- Zachery Nemec
First Round -- dec. by Michael Leyland (Oklahoma), 3-2
Consolations -- dec. by Matt Lloyd (Michigan State), 3-2
Eliminated with a 0-2 record
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