Michigan, Michigan State kick off Big 10 season this weekend

January 25-27, 2008
1/25 - The Big 10 dual season kicks off tonight for Michigan and Michigan State as they begin a weekend of home duals.  Tonight Michigan will host Purdue while MSU will host #4 Minnesota.  Purdue will then venture to East Lansing for a sunday afternoon dual with the Spartans while Michigan will battle instate EMU in Ypsilanti on saturday.

What to watch for:
Rankings from AWN 1/21
#6 Michigan vs. Purdue
Friday 1/25, 7:00pm, Ann Arbor, MI - Cliff Keen Arena
149lbs - #8 Josh Churella (UM) vs #15 Jake Patascil (Purdue)

Michigan State vs. #4 Minnesota
Friday 1/25, 7:00pm, East Lansing, MI - Jenison Fieldhouse
133lbs - #2 Franklin Gomez (MSU) vs #3 Mack Reiter (Minnesota)
174lbs - John Murphy (MSU) vs #11 Gabe Dretsch (Minnesota)


#9 Central Michigan 21, #4 Michigan 13
(Individual rankings from NWCA/InterMat)
125 -- #14 Luke Smith (CMU) tech. fall Jason Lara, 18-3 CMU, 5-0
133 -- Connor Beebe (CMU) dec. Chris Diehl, 5-2 CMU, 8-0
141 -- #3 Kellen Russell (U-M) dec. #12 Eric Kruger, 3-0 CMU, 8-3
149 -- #7 Josh Churella (U-M) major dec. Nathaniel Hold, 14-6 CMU, 8-7
157 -- Jeff Marsh (U-M) dec. Tyler Grayson, 3-2 U-M, 10-8
165 -- #11 Trevor Stewart (CMU) dec. #2 Eric Tannenbaum, 5-3 CMU, 11-10
174 -- #7 Brandon Sinnott (CMU) dec. #4 Steve Luke, 4-4 TB2 CMU, 14-10
184 -- #2 Tyrel Todd (U-M) dec. #4 Christian Sinnott, 5-4 CMU, 14-13
197 -- #5 Wynn Michalak (CMU) major dec. #18 Anthony Biondo, 9-1 CMU, 18-13
Hwt -- #8 Bubba Gritter (CMU) dec. Eddie Phillips, 6-1 CMU, 21-13


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