The NCAA released the first round matchups for the NCAA wrestling Championships Wednesday evening.
Central Michigan will send nine wrestlers to the event, including junior Brent Fleetwood, senior Austin Severn and Newton Smerchek, who were all at-large selections.
Fleetwood will face top ranked Thomas Gilman from Iowa at 125 pounds. Severn (197) will face Steban Cervantes of Navy, while Smerchek will face No. 16 ranked Garrett Ryan from Columbia.
Senior Corey Keener (133) will face No. 6 ranked Dom Forys of Pittsburgh. Freshman Mason Smith (141) will face No. 5 ranked Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers.
Sophomore Justin Oliver (149) will face Eric Barone of Illinois.