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Frerichs Headed to Nationals, Wrestling Finishes Fourth
March 4, 2007
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sophomore Jake Frerichs earned a wildcard birth to the NCAA Championship and redshirt freshman Jacob Ison was named a second alternate as the Ohio wrestling team finished in fourth place at the Mid-American Conference Wrestling Championship Sunday at Alumni Arena. "I'm darn proud of the guys on this team," Head Coach Joel Greenlee said. "We didn't have as great a MAC Championship that we could have, but I thought we rebounded nicely in the second day. We're preparing to send both (Frerichs and Ison) to the national tournament." The Bobcats took fourth place out of six teams with a total of 37.00 team points. Central Michigan earned its sixth-consecutive MAC Championship title with 106.50 points. Kent State took second place followed by Northern Illinois, Ohio, Eastern Michigan, and Buffalo. Frerichs (Uniontown, Ohio) posted the best finish for the Bobcats as he earned second place at the event at 157 pounds. He opened his day with a 4-2 win over Eastern Michigan's Corey Mancuso in the third-place match and then won a wrestle-back over Central Michigan's Andy Keller by a score of 2-0 to take second place. Frerichs was named a wildcard for the NCAA Championship and will wrestle at the event in Auburn Hills, Mich. March 15-17. He is now 19-8 on the season. "Jake is the kind of guy where the bigger the competition is the better he does," Greenlee said. "He's smart and he's been in big competitions before. I think he can go (to nationals) and win matches." Ison (Batavia, Ohio) finished the day 1-1 and took third place at 165 pounds. He defeated Eastern Michigan's Nick Conklin 8-5 in the third place match and lost a wrestle-back with Northern Illinois' Johnny Galloway, 5-3, for second place. Ison was named a second alternate for national competition. He is 31-12 in his first season of varsity competition. "(Ison) had a great year," Greenlee said. "He ended up winning more than 30 matches. I think he deserves to go to the national tournament." Senior heavyweight Marcus Adelman (Alliance, Ohio) also finished with a third place finish in the final match of his Bobcat career. Adelman won decisively over Northern Illinois' Dave Benner, earning an 11-0 major decision victory. He finished the season with a 21-9 overall record and went 13-2 since Dec. 29. Adelman posted a 53-39 record in his career with Ohio. "I'm happy to see him finish his career on a high note," Greenlee said. "Obviously I would have liked to see him get to the national tournament. I think if he had been able to wrestle a full season, other than this year, he would have won this tournament. He really turned it on the second half of the season. In 2007, he has lost only two matches. That's pretty darn good." Junior Antione Love (Gahanna, Ohio) won his only match of the day to earn third place in the 174-pound bracket. Love defeated Josh Lewis of Eastern Michigan 5-3. He posted a 23-8 record on the season. Sophomore Terry Jackson (Uhrichsville, Ohio), redshirt freshman Clay Tucker (Martins Ferry, Ohio) and true freshman Seth Morton (Canal Winchester, Ohio) each lost their only match of the day to finish in fourth place in their respective brackets. Jackson took fourth place at 133 pounds, Tucker at 149 pounds and Morton at 125 pounds. Next up for Ohio will be the NCAA Championship on March 15-17 in Auburn Hills, Mich. 125: Luke Smith (CMU) maj. dec. Seth Morton (Ohio), 9-0 133: Conor Beebe (CMU) dec. Terry Jackson (Ohio), 12-6 149: Brandon Carter (CMU) dec. Clay Tucker (Ohio), 9-5
157: Jake Frerichs (Ohio) dec. Corey Mancuso (EMU), 4-2
165: Jacob Ison (Ohio) dec. Nick Conklin (EMU), 8-5 174: Antione Love (Ohio) dec. Josh Lewis (EMU), 5-3 HWT: Marcus Adelman (Ohio) maj. dec. Dave Benner (NIU), 11-0 |
