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Four Greyhounds place at Michigan State Open

COMPLETE RESULTS

EAST LANSING, Mich. -  The University of Indianapolis placed four wrestlers in the top six in their respective weight brackets at the Michigan State Open on Sunday.  #J.T. Jenkins# led the Hounds with a second-place finish in the freshman/sophomore 174-pound class, while Ethan Harris, Nick Walpole, and David Lopez all placed fourth in their weight brackets.

Jenkins earned an 8-3 decision over Andrew Wiseman and topped Eastern Michigan's Khodar Hoballah before falling to Bryant Craft of Michigan State in the title bout.

Harris (pictured) earned four victories in the freshman/sophomore 133-pound bracket earning a 3-1 decision over Bret Marsh of Michigan before falling to Dan Osterman of Michigan State in his second match.  Harris them earned wins over Jake Brown of Michigan, Central Michigan's Justin Zimmerman, and Jordan Dix from the Citadel.  Ohio's Tim Silvers ended the afternoon for Harris after posting a 6-0 decision in the third-place match.

Walpole won his opening round bout in the open division at 149 with an impressive 46 second pin over Appalachian State's Richard Dehnz and then continued through the bracket with decisions over Dan Castillo of Cleveland State and Dan Ruettiger of Northern Illinois.  Walpole suffered his first defeat at the hands of Michigan State's David Cheza before pinning Donnie Corby of Central Michigan at the 3:53 mark.  Walpole then faced Ruettiger for a second time in the third-place bout, falling 6-3.

Lopez finished the day with four wins, the first one coming via a 12-3 decision over Findlay's Alex Betts.  Lopez was then defeated by Brian Stephens of Virginia Tech before earning a trip to to the third-place match with wins over Kyle Mays of Cleveland State, Eric Luna of North Idaho, and Drew Leonard of Kent State.  Trine's Elias Larson ended Lopez's hopes of a top-three finish after earning an 11-4 decision.

The Greyhound grapplers will be back in action next Sunday when they travel to Columbia, Missouri to compete in the Missouri Open.  Action is slated to begin at 9:00 AM.


GREYHOUND RESULTS

Alex Johns (2-2 at Fresh./Soph. 125)
Johns (Unattached) def. Zach Crim (Michigan State), 5-0
Joe Roth (Central Michigan) def. Johns, 5-2
Johns def. Casey Kenney (UIndy), 2-1
Justin Brooks (Indiana) def. Johns, 3-2

Casey Kenney (1-2 at Fresh./Soph. 125)
Gabe Ramos (Ohio Univ.) def. Kenney (UIndy), 11-4
Kenney def. Brett Boston (Appalachian State), 10-3
Alex Johns (Unattached) def. Kenney, 2-1

Ethan Harris (4th at Fresh./Soph. 133)
Harris (UIndy) def. Bret Marsh (Michigan), 3-1
Dan Osterman (Michigan State) pinned Harris, 6:10
Harris def. Jake Brown (Michigan) by major decision, 14-2
Harris def. Justin Zimmerman (Central Michigan) by major decision, 11-1
Harris def. Jordan Dix (Citadel), 3-2
Tom Silvers (Ohio Univ.) def. Harris, 6-0

Trey Weliver (2-2 at Fresh./Soph. 141)
Sean Turner (Unattached) def. Weliver (UIndy), 9-5
Weliver pinned Kevin Vanderpool (Oakland), 4:04
Weliver def. Greg Roberts (Olivet College), 2-1
Matt Smith (Allegan HS) pinned Weliver, 1:45

Blake Harvey (0-2 at Fresh./Soph. 141)
Mike Leholm (Eastern Michigan) def. Harvey (UIndy) by tech. fall, 17-2
Scott Mattingly (Central Michigan) pinned Harvey, 1:21

Johnny Henry (1-2 at Fresh./Soph. 141)
Chad Channel (Findlay) def. Henry (UIndy), 8-4
Henry def. Grant Anglemyer (Unattached), 3-2
David Ivashchenko (Citadel) def. Henry, 12-6

Nick Smith (0-2 at Fresh./Soph. 149)
Mike Fee (Ohio State) def. Smith (UIndy), 7-1
Garrett Schaner (Unattached) def. Smith, 6-2

David Lopez (4th at Fresh./Soph. 149)
Lopez (UIndy) def. Alex Betts (Findlay) by major decision, 12-3
Brian Stephens (Virginia Tech) def. Lopez, 14-7
Lopez def. Kyle Mays (Cleveland State), 5-3
Lopez def. Eric Luna (North Idaho) by major decision, 11-3
Lopez def. Drew Leonard (Kent State), 7-3
Elias Larson (Trine) def. Lopez, 11-4

Matt Clark (0-2 at Fresh./Soph. 157)
Joey Pierotti (North Idaho) def. Clark (UIndy), 7-0
Cameron Childs (Citadel) def. Clark, 8-1

Shelby Mappes (1-2 at Fresh./Soph. 174)
Bryant Craft (Michigan State) def. Mappes (UIndy), 6-5
Mappes def. Dan Burk (Northern Illinois), 5-1
Brandonn Johnson (Kent State) def. Mappes by major decision, 15-3

J.T. Jenkins (2nd at Fresh./Soph. 174)
Jenkins (UIndy) def. Andrew Wiseman (Unattached), 8-3
Jenkins def. Khodar Hoballah (Eastern Michigan), 4-3
Bryant Craft (Michigan State) def. Jenkins, 4-2

Billy Walls (0-2 at Fresh./Soph. 184)
Josh Villareal (Oakland) def. Walls (UIndy), 7-2
Neil Hyska (Michigan State) def. Walls, 4-3

Nick Peppler (1-2 at Fresh./Soph. 197)
Peppler (Unattached) def. Austin Pickering (Port Huron Northern), 9-8
Trevor Parlberg (Northern Illinois) def. Peppler by major decision, 12-3
Ryan Crabtree (Cleveland State) def. Peppler, 4-3 OT

Nick Walpole (4th at Open 149)
Walpole (Unattached) pinned Richard Dehnz (Appalachian State), 0:46
Walpole def. Dan Castillo (Cleveland State), 7-0
Walpole def. Dan Ruettiger (Northern Illinois), 5-3 2OT
David Cheza (Michigan State) def. Walpole, 9-0
Walpole pinned Donnie Corby (Central Michigan), 3:53

Corey Zollinger (0-2 at Open 157)
Kurt Kinser (Indiana) pinned Zollinger (UIndy), 2:29
Travis Puckett (Appalachian State) pinned Zollinger, 4:41

Jake Holler (0-2 at Open 165)
Kyle Bounds (Michigan State) pinned Holler (UIndy), 7:00
AJ Agazarm (Unattached) def. Holler, 4-1

Keith Smith (0-2 at Open 197)

Oddie Delaney (Citadel) def. Smith (UIndy), 9-1
Josh Fox (Findlay) def. Smith, 6-2
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