Kent State University
Northern Illinois
Kent State Wrestling Drops Hard-Fought Conference Battle To NIU
1/23/2026 7:10:00 PM | Wrestling
DeKalb, Illinois- The Kent State Wrestling team dropped a Mid-American Conference Dual Meet to the Northern Illinois Huskies on Friday in a highly competitive battle by a score of 19-17
The Flashes started out hot winning four of the first five bouts, but the Huskies stormed back to win by winning the final five. Earning the most points on the day for the Blue and Gold was Ethan Barr(174), who recorded a pin in the second round of his match over Tommy Bennett.
Blake Schaffer(197) earned an impressive five team points for the Flashes with an 18-2 Technical Fall victory over Dominic Heim. Ronnie Dimmerling and Reese Stephen each grinded out one-point Decision victories by scores of 7-6 and 3-2 respectively.
Kent State vs. Northern Illinois Results (17-19)
125: Blake West (NIU) over Nico Calello (KENT) (Dec 5-2)
133: Markel Baker (NIU) over Nick Molchak (KENT) (Dec 4-2)
141: Charles Curtis (NIU) over Landen Duncan (KENT) (MD 16-4)
149: Collin Arch (NIU) over Silas Stits (KENT) (Dec 7-3)
157: Reese Stephen (KENT) over Landen Johnson (NIU) (Dec 3-2)
165: Brett Smith (NIU) over Chris Earnest (KENT) (SV-1 4-1)
174: Ethan Barr (KENT) over Tommy Bennett (NIU) (Fall 3:50)
184: Ronald Dimmerling (KENT) over Caleb Roe (NIU) (Dec 7-6)
197: Blake Schaffer (KENT) over Dominic Heim (NIU) (TF 18-2 5:27)
285: Devon Dawson (NIU) over Brentan Simmerman (KENT) (SV-1 7-4)
Up Next
The Flashes(5-5; 1-3) will get on a bus to hit the road south for another MAC Dual on Saturday against the SIUE Cougars at 8 P.M. SIUE is currently tied for first place in the conference.
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