Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Central Michigan wrestling team won 16 of 20 matches on Monday in sweeping a pair of nonconference duals at Purdue to close a road trip during which the Chippewas were dominant.
The 23rd-ranked Chippewas won nine matches in downing Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 42-3, and then won seven bouts in upending the 19th-ranked Boilermakers, 24-10. The double-dual sweep came two days after the Chippewas rolled to a 34-6 win over Northern Illinois in their Mid-American Conference opener.
The weekend tally: CMU won 24 of 30 matches, and it scored bonus points in 14 of those 24 wins.