17th-ranked Chippewas pound NIU, go 2-0 on weekend

CMU’s eighth-ranked Colin Heffernan rolled to a 9-1 major decision Sunday at McGuirk Arena and is now 22-5 for the season. (Sun Photos by JIM LAHDE_CMU’s CJ Brucki scored a 15-0 technical fall in a matter of three minutes and 20 seconds Sunday.There’s winning and there’s dominating.

The 17th-ranked Central Michigan University wrestling team did both over the weekend as it nailed down two Mid-American Conference victories by pounding Old Dominion 28-9 on Friday before crushing visiting Northern Illinois 33-6 Sunday at McGuirk Arena.

In all the Chippewas (5-2, 3-2) won 15 of the 20 bouts they competed in and scored 30 takedowns to their opponents’ eight while securing two pins, two technical…