College season kicks off with Eastern Michigan Open
Phillips, Osterman, Collins, Beebe win EMU Open Titles
11/8 - The college season got started this weekend with the Eastern Michigan Open.
Most of Michigan's colleges were well represented and 4 grapplers from Michigan
schools came away with titles.
The only Michigander to win in the Open division was University of Michigan senior
Eddie Phillips, who won the 285lb weight class with a win over Eastern Michigan's
David Wade. Phillips scored a 3-1 decision over Wade in the finals.
Michigan State, Michigan, and Central Michigan all boasted a champ each out of the
Freshman/Sophomore division. Spartan true freshman Dan Osterman won the 133lb
weight with a 14-6 major decision in the finals over Corey Duncan of Lindenwood.
Osterman scored two falls and a 10-8 decision to make the finals.
University of Michigan redshirt freshman Hunter Collins won the 184lb title with a 7-4
finals win over EMU redshirt freshman and Bedford native Nick Whitenburg. Fowlerville
native and CMU true freshman Dillon Kern fell 11-3 to Collins in the semfinals but
came back to finish 3rd.
Central Michigan true freshman Jeff Beebe, an Allendale native, won the 197lb Freshman/Sophomore division with a 5-4 win over Spencer Daniels of Lindenwood.
Three Wolverines made the finals in the open division and finished runners-up in
their weights. Former 4x state champ Mark Weber of Goodrich scored a 5-4
decision over MSU starter Collin Dozier to make the finals, but fell to Juan Archuleta
of Purdue 2-0. Kearsley native Aaron Hynes finished 2nd at 165lbs, losing to
returning NCAA Champ Jarrod King of Edinboro in the finals 12-2. Anthony Biondo,
who is ranked 17th in the country, lost to 14th ranked Logan Brown of Purdue 4-3
in the 197lb finals.
Michigan State had one wrestler make the Open Division finals as Nick Palmeiri
finished 2nd at 184lbs, losing by fall to Chris Honeycutt of Edinboro.
Click below to view the full brackets from the EMU Open and read below for a full
list of placewinners with Michigan ties.
EMU Open Placewinners (Michigan wrestlers)
Open Division
125 - Chris Jenkins (EMU) - 3rd
133 - Andrew Novak (EMU) - 3rd
133 - Zac Stevens (UM) - 6th
133 - Sean Clair (EMU) - 7th
141 - Mark Weber (UM) - 2nd
141 - Corey Phillips (EMU) - 5th
141 - Collin Dozier (MSU) - 6th
149 - Andrew Nadhir (Northwestern/DCC High School) - 4th
149 - JJ Johnson (EMU) - 7th
157 - Aaron Sulzer (EMU) - 7th
165 - Aaron Hynes (UM) - 2nd
165 - Kyle Bounds (MSU) - 3rd
165 - Justin Brandel (EMU) - 5th
165 - Ben Boudro (MSU) - 6th
174 - Justin Zeerip (UM) - 3rd
174 - Ian Hinton (MSU) - 5th
174 - Nick Hendrick (EMU) - 7th
184 - Nick Palmeieri (MSU) - 2nd
184 - Curran Jacobs (MSU) - 7th
197 - Anthony Biondo (UM) - 2nd
285 - Eddie Phillips (UM) - 1st
285 - David Wade (EMU) - 2nd
285 - Wes Schroeder (EMU) - 6th
285 - Chad Bleske (UM) - 7th
285 - Steve Andrus (MSU) - 7th
Freshman/Sophomore Division
125 - Sean Boyle (UM) - 3rd
125 - Joe Roth (CMU) - 5th
125 - Greg Egbert (EMU) - 7th
125 - Jeremiah Austin (MSU) - 7th
133 - Dan Osterman (MSU) - 1st
133 - Justin Zimmerman (CMU) - 7th
141 - Scott Mattingly (CMU) - 2nd
141 - MIke LeHolm (EMU) - 3rd
149 - Zach Johnson (Grand Valley) - 6th
149 - Mark Boyer (UM) - 7th
157 - Robert Nash (Lindsey Wilson/Roseville HS) - 5th
165 - Dan Yates (UM) - 3rd
165 - Peter Waskiewicz (Oakland) - 5th
174 - Phil Joseph (EMU) - 4th
174 - Jake Hyde (Oakland) - 5th
184 - Hunter Collins (UM) - 1st
184 - Nick Whitenburg (EMU) - 2nd
184 - Dillon Kern (CMU) - 3rd
184 - Josh Villareal (Oakland) - 7th
197 - Jeff Beebe (CMU) - 1st
197 - Michael Byrd (Mott) - 3rd
285 - Michael McClure (MSU) - 2nd
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285lb Open champ Eddie Phililps of Michigan
MSU freshman Dan Osterman started his college career off with an EMU open title at 133lbs in the Fresh/Soph division
