Michigan
NCAA Championships
Champ Suriano, Five More All-Americans Lead U-M to Second Place at NCAAs
3/19/2022 10:15:00 PM | Wrestling
» Michigan took second place (95 points) in the NCAA Championships team race -- behind Penn State (131.5) -- to tie the program's best NCAA finish and its best since 2005.
» Nick Suriano defeated Princeton's Patrick Glory, 5-3, to capture the 125-pound NCAA title, earning his second NCAA individual title and U-M's first since 2012.
» Michigan tied a program record with six All-Americans; Myles Amine was the NCAA runner-up at 184 pounds, Cameron Amine (165) placed fourth, and Will Lewan (157), Logan Massa (174) and Mason Parris (Hwt) all took fifth place.
Site: Detroit, Mich. (Little Caesars Arena)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 3 of 3)
U-M Team Finish: 2nd place (95 points)
Next U-M Event: Season completed
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DETROIT, Mich. -- Graduate student Nick Suriano captured the 125-pound title to kick off the championship finals at the 2022 NCAA Championships on Saturday (March 19) in front of 18,164 fans at Little Caesars Arena, while the University of Michigan wrestling team finished runner-up in the team standings with 95 points -- behind champion Penn State (131.5) -- for its best NCAA finish in 17 years.
Suriano defeated Princeton's third-seeded Patrick Glory 5-3 en route to his second NCAA individual title and Michigan's first since 2012. He built up an early lead with a reattack single and rideout in the first period and scored a reversal with another rideout in the second. Glory required an injury timeout at the end of the second period, which gave Suriano choice, and the Wolverine started down in the third. The Tiger wrestler chipped away with a caution point and two stalls before Suriano escaped to re-claim the final two-point advantage.
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Suriano is the Wolverines' 23rd NCAA champion in program history and its first at 125 pounds. He is the first to win since Kellen Russell captured his second straight crown at 141 pounds. Suriano previously captured the NCAA 133-pound title in 2019 while at Rutgers and finished his career as a three-time NCAA finalist.
Graduate student Myles Amine fell short in his bid for an NCAA title at 184 pounds, dropping a 5-3 decision to Penn State's Aaron Brooks in the season rubber-match between the two. Brooks, the defending NCAA champion at 184 pounds, scored on a rear-standing flash takedown in the first period and rode out the frame to build an early lead. He rode out the second period then scored a reversal in the third to continue to accumulate riding-time advantage. Amine escaped and scored on a late takedown but could not overcome the deficit.
Amine finished his career with NCAA finishes of 4-3-3-3-2 to become the first and only five-time All-American in NCAA wrestling history to achieve the feat through his placements at the NCAA Championships. Four other wrestlers reached five All-America honors this weekend when factoring in the NWCA's COVID All-America awards from 2020.
Michigan's four wrestlers in the morning medal round all split their consolation matches as junior/sophomore Cameron Amine claimed fourth place at 165 pounds, and senior/junior Will Lewan, graduate student Logan Massa and senior Mason Parris all placed fifth at 157 and 174 pounds and heavyweight, respectively.
Lewan, seeded eighth at 157 pounds, earned a 4-2 overtime win against Arizona State's third-seeded Jacori Teemer in the fifth-place contest. Lewan used a pair of escapes to rally from an initial deficit after Teemer scored on a first-period takedown on the edge and, with time ticking down in the sudden-victory frame, locked up a bodylock and threw the Sun Devils for the winning takedown. He dropped a close 6-3 decision to Iowa State's top-seeded David Carr, 6-3, in the consolation semifinals on takedowns in the first and third periods. It was Lewan's second All-America citation; he also earned NWCA second-team honors during the COVID-interrupted 2019-20 season.
Cameron Amine, seeded sixth at 165 pounds, opened with a 7-5 win over Wisconsin's fourth-seeded Dean Hamiti in the consolation semifinals, finishing on a single leg in the air in the first period, adding a reversal in the second, and icing it in the third with another single leg and 1:32 of riding-time advantage. Amine fell to Cal Poly's top-seeded Evan Wick, 3-2, in the third-place match despite scoring the bout's only takedown in the second period. Wick earned a point for an illegal move -- a figure four around the head -- in the first and earned escapes in the second and third. Amine placed seventh at NCAAs last season as a freshman.
Massa, seeded third at 174 pounds, closed out his stellar collegiate career with a 5-1 decision over Oklahoma State's sixth-seeded Dustin Plott in the fifth-place match -- his second win over the Cowboy this tournament. After a scoreless first period, Massa scored on a single in the waning seconds of the second and added a reversal and rideout in the third to accumulate 1:55 in time advantage. He dropped a 6-4 heartbreaker in overtime to Iowa's fifth-seeded Michael Kemerer in the consolation semifinals after sacrificing a third-period lead; Kemerer finished on a single leg off the opening whistle in the extra frame. Massa finished as a three-time NCAA All-American at 165 and 174 pounds for the Wolverines.
Parris, seeded seventh at heavyweight, earned an 8-5 decision against Northwestern's ninth-seeded Lucas Davison in the fifth-place bout. He scored points in every period, finishing on a single leg in the first, tacking to two near-fall points in the second, and icing it with another single in the third with 1:33 riding-time advantage. Parris fell to Penn State's fourth-seeded Greg Kerkvliet, 6-1, in the consolation semis on a pair of PSU takedowns. It was Parris' second straight top-five NCAA finish and third All-America honor.
U-M's six All-Americans bring the program's total count to 205 over its 100-year history. Michigan has boasted at least one All-American in 25 of the last 27 NCAA tournaments, including three or more in each of the last seven. Michigan tied a program record this year with its six All-Americans; U-M also boasted six in 1965.
Michigan's runner-up team finish matches its best NCAA performance in program history. U-M also placed second in 1928, 1929, 1967, 1974 and 2005.
Michigan Results (Day 3)
Numbers listed are tournament seeds
125 Pounds -- #1 Nick Suriano
Final - dec. #3 Pat Glory (Princeton), 5-3
Finished as the 125-pound champion with a 5-0 record
157 Pounds -- #8 Will Lewan
Consolations - dec. by #1 David Carr (Iowa State), 6-3
Fifth Place - dec. #3 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State), 4-2 SV
Finished in fifth place with a 4-2 record
165 Pounds -- #6 Cameron Amine
Consolations - dec. #4 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin), 7-5
Third Place - dec. by #1 Evan Wick (Cal Poly), 3-2
Finished in fourth place with a 4-2 record
174 Pounds -- #3 Logan Massa
Consolations - dec. by #5 Michael Kemerer (Iowa), 6-4 SV
Fifth Place - dec. #6 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State), 5-1
Finished in fifth place with a 4-2 record
184 Pounds -- #1 Myles Amine
Final - dec. by #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State), 5-3
Finished in second place with a 4-1 record
Heavyweight -- #7 Mason Parris
Consolations - dec. by #4 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State), 6-1
Fifth Place - dec. #9 Lucas Davison (Northwestern), 8-5
Finished in fifth place with a 4-2 record
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