Michigan
NCAA Championships
Amine, Parris Advance to NCAA Quarterfinals
3/18/2021 11:45:00 PM | Wrestling
» Myles Amine (197 pounds) and Mason Parris (Hwt) advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal round; Amine reached the quarters for the fourth time in his career.
» With Michigan's other six qualifiers all still alive in the wrestlebacks, U-M is in eighth place (16 points) after the first day of NCAA Championships competition.
» Michigan earned four bonus wins, including pins from Logan Massa (174) and Parris.
Site: St. Louis, Mo. (Enterprise Center)
Event: NCAAÂ Championships (Day 1 of 3)
U-M Team Standing: 8th Place (16 points)
Next U-M Event: Friday, March 19 -- NCAA Championships - Day 2 (St. Louis, Mo.), 10 a.m. CDT
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- University of Michigan graduate student Myles Amine and junior Mason Parris advanced into the quarterfinal round at the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday (March 18) at the Enterprise Center. With their other six qualifiers all still alive in the wrestlebacks, the Wolverines are in eighth place (16 points) after the first day of competition.
Amine, the No. 1 seed at 197 pounds and previously a three-time NCAA All-American at 174 pounds, advanced to the quarterfinals for the fourth time in his career with a pair of wins, including an 8-0 major decision against Rutgers' Billy Janzer in the opening round. Amine pushed the bout into bonus territory with a late takedown and two near-fall points in the final 10 seconds of the third. The Wolverine also earned a 4-2 decision against Lehigh's 16th-seeded Jake Jakobsen in the second round, scoring on a double leg off the whistle and accumulating 1:16 in riding-time advantage. Amine is 8-0 on the season.
Parris, seeded second at heavyweight, scored big bonus points in both of his day-one victories with a first-round pin -- his team-best fifth of the season -- and a technical fall in the evening second round. The Wolverine cruised to a 17-1 win against Northern Iowa's 15th-seeded Carter Isley in the latter bout, breaking it open in the second period with six points from neutral danger and a four-point leg turk at the buzzer. He ended the match with a counter takedown at the 5:22 mark. Parris pinned North Carolina's Andrew Gunning with an arm bar to a half at 4:43. Parris has earned bonus points in all 10 of his wins this season.
Amine and Parris were the bright spots in an otherwise tough evening session for the Wolverines, who dropped five of their seven second-round matches -- four of them by three points or less.
Freshman Dylan Ragusin, seeded 11th at 125 pounds, fell to North Carolina State's sixth-seeded Jakob Camacho, 10-8, in the second round. After giving up three takedowns -- one in each period -- Ragusin reversed Camacho to his back for four points in the third to take a temporary lead, but Camacho earned a reversal of his own and despite an escape to narrow the score, Ragusin could not score again. The Wolverine won a wild one, 13-10, over South Dakota State's Daniel Vega in the first round with four takedowns.
Fifth-year senior Kanen Storr, seeded 11th at 149 pounds, scored a reversal and a takedown in the third but could not complete the comeback in a 10-7 loss to Virginia Tech's Bryce Andonian. The Hokie wrestler scored the bulk of his points off a two-and-two cradle out of a scramble in the closing seconds of the middle period. Storr defeated Lehigh's Jimmy Hoffman, 3-2, on a first-period single leg in the opening round.
Junior/sophomore Will Lewan, seeded 14th at 157 pounds, used an overtime go-behind to earn a 3-1 sudden-victory decision against Hofstra's Holden Heller before falling to third-seeded David Carr of Iowa State, 10-2, in the evening session.
Sophomore/freshman Cameron Amine, seeded 11th at 165, also came up just short in an upset bid against Missouri's sixth-seeded Keegan O'Toole in the second round. Amine trailed by one point late -- after giving up a first-period single -- and spent much of the final 10 seconds of the third trying to spin behind O'Toole but could never gain control, instead giving up a single out of the late scramble to ice it. Amine rallied to defeat North Carolina's Kennedy Monday, 5-3, in the first round, pushing the pace to earn a third-period stall point to force overtime, then dropped down to a single leg from a bodylock to score the winning takedown.
Sixth-year senior Logan Massa, seeded fifth at 174 pounds, lost his overtime bout in the second round, similarly giving up a single leg while trying to spin behind in a 3-1 defeat to Cal Poly's 12th-seeded Bernie Truax. Massa earned bonus points with a first-round pin against American's Tim Fitzpatrick, turning the Eagle wrestler with a bow and arrow before transitioning to a turk for the fall at 4:56 -- his second pin of the season.
Senior/junior Drew Mattin, seeded 25th at 141 pounds, rounds out the Wolverines in the wrestlebacks but bounced back from a narrow 8-8 first-round loss to Nebraska's eighth-seeded Chad Red -- after a third-period rally fell short -- with a solid 7-3 decision over Lehigh's Connor McGonagle. Mattin broke a scoreless tie with a four-point tilt in the second period and added a reversal in the third.
Michigan will resume competition at the NCAA Championships on Friday (March 19) at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo. The morning session will begin at 10 a.m. CDT and will feature quarterfinal matches and continued wrestleback competition.
Top 10 Teams (After Day 1)
1. Iowa                33.5 2. Penn State          28 3. Missouri            23.5 4. NC State            21 5. Oklahoma State      20 6. Arizona State       19.5 7. Minnesota           16.5 8. MICHIGAN            16 9. Nebraska            14.5    Virginia Tech       14.5
Michigan Results (Day 1)
Numbers listed are tournament seeds
125 Pounds -- #11 Dylan Ragusin
First Round -- dec. #22 Daniel Vega (South Dakota State), 13-10
Second Round -- dec. by #6 Jakob Camacho (North Carolina State), 10-8
Consolations -- vs. #21 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State)
141 Pounds -- #25 Drew Mattin
First Round -- dec. by #8 Chad Red (Nebraska), 8-6
Consolations -- dec. #24 Connor McGonagle (Lehigh), 7-3
Consolations -- vs. #26 Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern)
149 Pounds -- #11 Kanen Storr
First Round -- dec. #22 Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh), 3-2
Second Round -- dec. by #6 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech), 10-7
Consolations -- vs. #21 Graham Rooks (Indiana)
157 Pounds -- #14 Will Lewan
First Round -- dec. #19 Holden Heller (Hofstra), 3-1 SV
Second Round -- major dec. by #3 David Carr (Iowa State), 10-2
Consolations -- vs. #29 Joshua McClure (North Carolina)
165 Pounds -- #11 Cameron Amine
First Round -- dec. #22 Kennedy Monday (North Carolina), 5-3 SV
Second Round -- dec. by #6 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri), 5-2
Consolations -- vs. #28 Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb)
174 Pounds -- #5 Logan Massa
First Round -- pinned #29 Tim Fitzpatrick (American), 4:56
Second Round -- dec. by #12 Bernie Truax (Cal Poly), 3-1 SV
Consolations -- vs. #22 Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois)
197 Pounds -- #1 Myles Amine
First Round -- major dec. #32 Billy Janzer (Rutgers), 8-0
Second Round -- dec. #16 Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh), 4-2
Quarterfinals -- vs. #8 Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming)
Heavyweight -- #2 Mason Parris
First Round -- pinned #31 Andrew Gunning (North Carolina), 4:43
Second Round -- tech. fall #15 Carter Isley (Northern Iowa), 17-1 (5:22)
Quarterfinals -- vs. #7 Ethan Laird (Rider)
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