From the student paper at Central Michigan
Stouffer gets his revenge
By David Harris
Central Michigan Life
January 10, 2005
Senior heavyweight Bill Stouffer didn’t take long to get revenge on Pennsylvania’s Matt Feast.
After Feast soundly beat Stouffer 12-5 at Midlands Dec. 29, Stouffer used a takedown in overtime to beat Feast 6-4 in the rematch Friday at Rose Arena.
The No. 14 Chippewas won the dual match 34-3 against No. 23 Pennsylvania to improve to 3-1.
“I knew I was just as good as him,” Stouffer said. “I just wrestled a horrible match at Midlands.”
Freshman Eric Neil, 157 pounds, set the tone for the meet in the first match. He used 10 takedowns and a three point near-fall in a 24-9 win to get a five point technical fall for Central.
“I was really happy with Eric,” said coach Tom Borrelli. “He really went out there and got right after him.”
Senior David Bolyard rebounded at 165 pounds after losing three of his last four matches to beat Richard Ferguson in a 19-6 major decision.
CMU senior Mitch Hancock won an 8-7 decision at 174 pounds, giving CMU an 18-0.
Senior Alex Lammers, ranked No. 20 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, pinned Jack Kitchen of Penn just a little more than four minutes into the match.
Borrelli said he liked the team’s enthusiasm during the meet.
“I was happy with our fight in every match and our aggressiveness in every match,” Borrelli said.
Freshman Wynn Michalak won his third consecutive dual match with a 9-6 decision against No. 16 Marcus Schontube.
Central’s Luke Smith, 125 pounds, used an escape with eight seconds left in double overtime to beat Mason Lenhard in the most entertaining match of the meet.
As the CMU faithful rose in appreciation, Smith pumped his fist in jubilation.
“I was just looking at him knowing that he did not work harder than me,” Smith said. “I knew I wanted it more than he did.”
The Chippewas lone loss came at the 141-pound weight class.
Penn’s No. 14 ranked Doug McGraw used a late two-point near fall to beat freshman Brandon Carter 4-2.
Junior Jason Borrelli continued his winning ways at 133 pounds with a 5-3 decision, while junior Mark DiSalvo posted a 10-1 major decision.
Borrelli was pleased the way his team bounced back after a disappointing meet against Michigan, where the Chippewas were both tired and banged up after the Midlands.
“In the Michigan match we were a little tentative,” Borrelli said. “I think our guys wanted to redeem themselves after the loss.”
Stouffer said he also was happy how the team came back from Michigan.
“I knew we were better than what we wrestled at Michigan,” Stouffer said. “I felt like we kind of got our sweet revenge.”
The Chippewas compete next at the Wendy’s Classic in Ashland, Ohio Jan. 16.
CMU will wrestle Purdue, Ashland and Cleveland Sate.
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