Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – It came down to two men from Wisconsin to determine a big dual meet in the state of Michigan.
Central Michigan’s Newton Smerchek held on for a 1-0 win over Ayoola Olapo in the heavyweight bout Thursday night, giving the 17th-ranked Chippewas a 19-18 upset of 10th-ranked Michigan in a nonconference wrestling dual before a raucous crowd of 1,187 at McGuirk Arena.
It was the Chippewas’ first dual win over the Wolverines in four years. Michigan (7-5) was coming off a weekend in which won dual meets against Rutgers and Lehigh, two teams that were ranked higher than the Wolverines.