Kent State University
MAC Championships
Flashes Gearing Up for MAC Championships
3/6/2020 12:00:00 PM | Wrestling
DeKALB, IL- Kent State is set to head to DeKalb for the 2020 Mid-American Conference wrestling championships, a two-day event held on the campus of Northern Illinois.
The double-elimination tournament will have the opening rounds on Saturday and the championship rounds on Sunday. The Flashes are coming off a nice break, having last wrestled on February 14th in a dual against Clarion.
The MAC Championships will work in a similar format to the Cliff Keen Invitational that the Flashes were a part of in December. There will be 10 double-elimination tournaments, one at each weight class. Kent State will gain team points depending on how each wrestler finishes in their respective weight tournament. The tournament finish for each wrestler will also determine who will represent Kent State and the Mid-American Conference at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis. As a whole, the MAC received 41 total spots for the NCAA Championships, the full allocation list is below.
Three Kent State wrestlers earned a tournament seed at their respective weight classes. Tim Rooney earned the top seed at 133 after a 6-2 conference mark that saw wins over the #2 seed (Derek Spann, Buffalo) and the #3 seed (Allan Hart, Missouri). Andrew McNally is seeded third at 174 pounds after an impressive 8-1 conference record. Colin McCracken is the seventh seed at 197. He went 2-3 against the top eight wrestlers at 197, with none of the losses by more than two points. Outside of the top-eight seeds, the conference will randomly draw to fill out the 16-man bracket at each weight.
The Flashes will field this 10-man lineup for the championships that start Saturday along with their seed, overall record and conference record.
125: Tomas Gutierrez (6-11, 3-5)
133: #1 Tim Rooney (22-9, 6-2)
141: Cory Simpson (6-18, 1-5)
149: Kody Komara (14-17, 4-5)
157: Brady Chrisman (9-15, 1-3)
165: Kade Byland (13-19, 3-6)
174: #3 Andrew McNally (29-7, 8-1)
184: Shane Mast (17-11,1-4)
197: #7 Colin McCracken (20-12, 5-4)
285: Spencer Berthold (13-19, 2-7)
Following the MAC Tournament the Kent State wrestlers that qualify will move on to the NCAA Wrestling Championships. The 2020 NCAAs will take place March 19-21 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Below is the breakdown of available spots for the Mid-American Conference.
|
NCAA Allocations |
|||||||||||
|
Conference |
125 |
133 |
141 |
149 |
157 |
165 |
174 |
184 |
197 |
285 |
TOT |
|
ACC |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
35 |
|
Big 12 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
54 |
|
Big Ten |
8 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
79 |
|
EIWA |
7 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
44 |
|
MAC |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
41 |
|
Pac-12 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
|
Southern |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
|
Total |
28 |
29 |
29 |
29 |
28 |
27 |
29 |
28 |
27 |
29 |
283 |
The two-day event will take place at Northern Illinois inside their convocation center. Below is the schedule for the weekend, if you can't make the trip out to DeKalb, the tournament will be streamed on ESPN +.
Saturday, March 7, 2020
• 9:00 a.m. Doors open to public
• 9:57 a.m. National Anthem
• 10:00 a.m. Opening Round (70 Matches, 4 Mats)
• 12:30 p.m. Championship Quarterfinals (40 Matches, 4 Mats)
Consolation Round 1 (40 Matches, 2 Mats)
• 4:00 p.m. Championship Semifinals (20 Matches, 2 Mats)
Consolation Round 2 (40 Matches, 2 Mats)
(Consolation Round 2 moves to all four mats once Semifinals are concluded)
Sunday, March 8, 2020
• 11:00 a.m. Doors open to public
• 11:57 a.m. National Anthem
• 12:00 p.m. Consolation Quarterfinals (20 Matches, 4 Mats)
• 12:45 p.m. Consolation Semifinals (20 Matches, 4 Mats)
• 1:30 p.m. Championship Finals parade and face off introductions
• 1:40 p.m. Championship Finals, 3rd Place, 5th Place, 7th Place Matches and
9th Places matches where applicable (4 mats)
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