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Cleveland State Open
Six Spartans Place at Cleveland State Open
12/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
CLEVELAND â€" Six Michigan State wrestlers placed at the Cleveland State Open on Saturday, including sophomore Mitch Rogaliner, who led the Spartans with a third-place showing at 125 pounds. More than 30 teams competed in the tournament.
Rogaliner reached the semifinals at 125 following wins over Steven Simpson of Old Dominion, 5-4, and Derek Gulotta of Lock Haven, 7-2, but fell in the semifinals to Michigan's Austin Assad, 3-0. Rogaliner ended up taking third after Central Michigan's Carter Ballinger missed the third-place match due to a medical forfeit.
Garth Yenter won his first three matches at 141, but following a 3-1 sudden victory over CMU's Adam Nichols in the quarterfinals, Yenter sat out his next two matches due to medical forfeit. He still ended up in fourth place.
Nick Trimble, who is redshirting this season, competed at 157 pounds and placed fourth. Trimble was victorious in his first three matches, including a 4-0 shutout over Edinboro's Chase Delande in the quarterfinals, but narrowly fell to Jordan Kutler of Lehigh, 4-3, in the semifinals. Casey Sparkman of Kent State defeated Trimble in the third-place match, 5-3.
Joe Johnson took sixth in the 157-pound bracket with four wins on the day.
Although Shwan Shadaia lost his first match at 184 pounds, he bounced back with three straight wins in the consolation bracket to finish in sixth. Wesley Maskill also won three in a row at 184 following a first-round defeat to place sixth. Shadaia and Maskill did not wrestle each other in the fifth-place match.
Complete results of the Cleveland State Open are available at TrackWrestling.com.
Michigan State returns to action for the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Jan. 1-2.
