Bobcats finished 3rd out of 8 teams behind Missouri and Old Dominion in a much improved MAC tournament over the weekend. If it was the MAC of a few years ago they would have won it as they finished ahead of Kent and Central Michigan which ruled the conference before the expansion. They had one champ, a runner up, three 3rds and two 4th place finishers and automatically qualified 5 for the NCAA. They could get more wrestlers in when the wildcards are announced.

http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/030815a...

Six Ohio wrestlers are competing in the NCAA tournament that began today:
At 149, Tywan Claxton, seeded 11th, has won twice to reach the quarterfinals.
At 157, Spartak Chino upset the #16 seed but lost to the #1 seed.
At 165, #16 seed Harrison Hightower got beat in the first round, but won his first consolation match.
At 174, #9 Cody Walters won his first match but lost to the #8 seed in the 2nd round.
At 184, Andrew Romanchik lost 2-0 to the #7 seed in the first round and then was eliminated in his first consolation match.
At 197, #14 Phillip Wellington had an OT loss, but won his first consolation match.

Five of Ohio's six wrestlers are still in it after the first day. Wrestling continues Friday and Saturday.

All three remaining Ohio wrestlers lost in the fourth consolation round. Claxton lost in overtime, Chino lost 4-3 and Walters lost 3-0, so all three came up a win shy of placing. The positive is that all six national qualifiers are juniors except for Hightower, who is a senior.

First poll for the new season is out and OU is ranked 15th in the nation in preseason. WIN magazine has MAC schools Missouri at #7, Ohio 15th, Old Dominion 16th and Kent 20th in the team rankings. The team rankings are based on how many individuals each team has ranked in each of the 10 weight classes.

The Bobcat individuals ranked in the national top twenty in their respective weight classes are as follows. Spartak Chino at 157 and Phil Wellington at 197 are both ranked 6th, Cody Walters is 7th at 174, Tywan Claxton is 11th at 149 and Andrew Romanchik is 20th at 184.

http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/10151...