Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
DeKALB, Ill. – Perhaps there was a little residual frustration and maybe something to prove.
Whatever the motivation, the Central Michigan wrestling team rebounded on Saturday with a 34-6 victory over Northern Illinois in the Chippewas’ Mid-American Conference-opening dual at the Huskies’ Convocation Center.
The victory, during which the Chippewas won eight matches and scored bonus points in five of those wins, came a week after CMU dropped two duals, the first to 17th-ranked South Dakota State and the second to North Dakota State.
“It was more about just wrestling harder, wrestling with more energy and trying to score more points, all those things we’ve been emphasizing,” CMU coach Tom Borrelli said.