2017-18 Ohio Bobcats Wrestling

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Current Record: 4-8 (2-4)

Current Rank: None

11/5 @ Hokie Open - 7th/12
11/12 @ Bearcat Open - No Team Score (1 - 1st place)
11/18 @ Navy Classic - 7th/12
11/25 @ Buffalo - L 27-9
12/2 vs. Appalachian State - L 18-14
12/10 @ #4 Missouri - L 36-6
12/18 @ Chattanooga - L 22-19
12/29-30 @ Midlands Classic - No Team Score
1/5 vs. Eastern Michigan - W 21-17
1/7 @ #21 Central Michigan - L 29-9
1/14 @ VMI - W 37-6
1/19 vs. Kent State - L 18-13
1/21 vs. Northern Illinois - W 34-6
2/4 vs. Gardner-Webb - W 28-10
2/17 @ American - L 20-17
2/18 @ Maryland - L 33-14
3/3-4 @ MAC Championships - 5th/8

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The Bobcats open up their season at the Southeast Open in Roanoke, Virginia this coming Sunday. After a sub-par wrestling season and an 8th place finish in the MAC last year, the Bobcats will look to get back to their winning ways on the wrestling mats. In a preseason coaches poll, OU was projected to finish 4th in the MAC.

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Today at the Hokie Open, hosted by Virginia Tech, the Bobcats ended in an eighth place finish on the afternoon. Although it wasn't a tournament riddled with victories, there were two bright spots for the Bobcat wrestlers. Junior Cameron Kelly took a 2nd place finish in the 133lb weight class. While Junior Zack Parker took a fourth place finish in the 285lb weight class. North Carolina won the team event with a score of 155.5, followed by Appalachian State (118), Stanford (109), Army (107), Chattanooga (96), Virginia Tech (83), Old Dominion (68), Ohio (41), Campbell (31), Duke (30.5), Citadel (26) and Gardner-Webb (25).

OU is back in action next Sunday when they travel to Binghamton, NY for the Bearcat Open.

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On Sunday, OU traveled to the Bearcat Open in Binghamton, NY, where no team score was recorded. Cameron Kelly took the overall first place finish in the 133lb weight class. Mario Guillen took 3rd in the 125lb weight class. Up next for the Bobcats, they travel to to Navy Classic in Annapolis, Md on Saturday.

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Competing at the 40th annual Navy Classic on Saturday, the Bobcats claimed 7th place as a team, while putting four wrestlers in the top five of their weight classes. Host Navy took the team title with 112.5 points followed by Purdue (100.5), Old Dominion (98.5), Indiana (81.5), Princeton (74.5), American (72.5), Ohio (69), Campbell (62.5), Kent State (61.5), Brown (61.5), Oregon State (56.5) and Columbia (52).

Next up, OU will travel to Buffalo next Satruday for a MAC dual match.

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Competing in their first dual match of the season, the Bobcats traveled to Buffalo, and ultimately were dominated in their first MAC match 27-9. OU will look to get back on track when they host Appalachian State next Saturday in another MAC dual.

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Wrestling in their second dual of the season, the Bobcats lost an extremely close match with conference foe Appalachian State 18-14. Next up for Ohio, they will travel to Missouri next Sunday.

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Taking on their second conference opponent of the season, the Bobcats were no match for the 4th ranked Missouri Tigers, losing on the road 36-6. The Bobcats are still nowhere near full strength, as they are still missing several of their key starting lineup wrestlers. Ohio won two matches today though, Alec Hagan (141lbs) and Zack Parker (285lbs) took home victories.

The next match for OU is a non-conference battle as they will travel to Chattanooga next Monday.

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Another dual match resulted in another loss for the Bobcats wrestlers on Monday, although this one was a bit closer. OU traveled to Chattanooga on Monday night and fell short by a score of 22-19. Ohio did win matches at 133, 149, 157, 174 and 285 though. For now, the Bobcats have no more dual matches until after the new year. But, they will head to the 55th annual Midlands Classic in Evanston, Ill set for December 29 and 30.

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It was a bit of a rough weekend tournament for the Bobcats at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships. Zack Parker (285) won two individual matches making it all the way to the third round before falling to 2nd seed Sam Stoll of Iowa in a 5-3 decision. Cullen Cummings earned a bye through the first two rounds, and eventually fell in the 3rd round to the 2nd overall seed, Joshua Shields of Arizona State by an 18-2 decision.

OU will be back in action on Friday in Athens as they will host Eastern Michigan in a MAC duel.

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The Bobcats finally picked up their first dual win of the season last night, defeating Eastern Michigan 21-17. More importantly, it was a conference win. OU picked up match wins at 133, 141, 149, 157 and 197.

Now that they have picked up their first win, the Bobcats will look to build some momentum and a win streak when they travel to Central Michigan tomorrow.

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It was a tough day of wrestling for the Bobcats today, but they put up a good fight. They traveled to #21 Central Michigan and were sent home with a 29-9 loss on their hands. Although they lost by quite a bit, there were two bright spots on the day, as OU came home with two individual match wins: Cameron Kelly (133) and Zack Parker (285).

OU is now off until Saturday when they travel to VMI.

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The Bobcats picked up a key non-conference win on Saturday, as they traveled to VMI and came home with a dominating 37-6 victory. It's been a tough season so far for OU and it's good to see that they are still hanging in there and getting back from injuries. Ohio won 9 of the 10 matches on the day, winning all but one at the 141 pound weight class.

OU will now get back into their MAC schedule on Friday when they host Kent State.

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Opening up a crucial weekend in MAC play last night as they hosted Kent State and ultimately lost 18-13. The Bobcats did manage to win a couple individual matches though: Cameron Kelly (133), Hunter Yeargan (184), Aaron Naples (197) and Zack Parker (285) all won their individual matches.

OU is back in action on tomorrow when they host another MAC opponent, Northern Illinois.

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The Bobcats got back in the win column in a dominant way this afternoon against Northern Illinois, winning 34-6. OU earned wins in every weight class except for 125 and 197.

Ohio is back in action in two weeks from today when they host Gardner Webb.

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Yesterday afternoon, the Bobcats posted a big non-conference win over Gardner Webb 28-10. OU picked up wins at 125, 133, 141, 149, 174, 184 and 285.

Next up for Ohio is some more MACtion as they host Old Dominion on Sunday.

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OU's matchup with MAC opponent Old Dominion was canceled after 165lb match. ODU had taken a lead in the match before the entire thing was called off due to an undisclosed medical incident. The match will not be made up.

Next up for the Bobcats will be an away dual at American University on Saturday.

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On Saturday, the Bobcats dropped a non-conference dual match to American 20-17. The individual match victories were split nearly right down the middle in this one.

OU will wrap up their regular season on Sunday when they travel to Maryland.

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The Bobcats wrapped up their regular season today on the road, by falling to Maryland, 33-14. It wasn't all bad for OU as they did win a few individual bouts at 133, 141 and 184.

Ohio is now off until March 3rd when they travel to the MAC Championships in Mt. Pleasant.

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After day one of the MAC Championships, the Bobcats sit in tied for 6th place as a team. Ohio's only wrestler to advance to Sunday's final was Sophomore Kade Kowalski in the 149 pound class.