Armdrag.com: Back-To-Back: Lock Haven Wins Second Consecutive MAC Championship

The 2023 MAC Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler is @NIUWrestling?s @izzakolejnik! 🏆

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FAIRFAX, Va. -- The Lock Haven University men's wrestling team brought home the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship for the second straight year today at the 2023 MAC Championships hosted by George Mason.

The reigning champions will bring the MAC team trophy The Haven. Buoyed by two individual champions and seven total place winners the Bald Eagles tallied 112.5 points, edging out Central Michigan's 110. The Bald Eagles have now won the team title in two of four years since their introduction to the MAC in 2019.

Central Michigan's Tom Borrelli was named MAC Coach of the Year, while NIU's Izzak Olejnik earned the Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler honor.

The 2023 NCAA Division I National Championships will take place March 16-18 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The NCAA will release additional at-large NCAA tournament qualifiers on Wednesday, March 8.

MAC Coach of the Year: Tom Borrelli, Central Michigan
Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler: Izzak Olejnik, Northern Illinois

Final Team Results
1. Lock Haven -- 112.5
2. Central Michigan -- 110
3. Clarion -- 92
4. Ohio -- 87.5
5. Rider -- 86.0
6. George Mason -- 83.0
7. Cleveland State - 81.5
8. Northern Illinois -- 77.5
9. Kent State -- 68.0
10. SIU Edwardsville -- 63.5
11. Buffalo -- 48.5
12. Edinboro -- 32.5
13. Bloomsburg -- 20.5

2023 MAC Wrestling Championship Matches
125: No. 1 seed Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) def.No. 2 seed Jake Ferri (Kent State)
133: No. 1 seed Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) def. No. 3 seed Richie Koehler (Rider)
141: No. 3 seed Seth Koleno (Clarion) def. No. 4 seed Josh Mason (Bloomsburg)
149: No. 5 seed Johnny Lovett (Central Michgan) def. NR Nate Higley (George Mason)
157: No. 5 seed Peter Pappas (George Mason) def. No. 7 seed Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven)
165: No. 1 seed Izzak Olejnik (NIU) def. No. 6 seed Enrique Munguia (Kent State)
174: No. 1 seed Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) def. No. 6 seed John Worthing (Clarion)
184: No. 1 seed Will Feldkamp (Clarion) def. No. 3 seed Zayne Lehman (Ohio)
197: No. 1 seed Ethan Laird (Rider) def. No. 6 seed Carston Brewer (Ohio)
285: No. 1 seed Colton McKiernan (SIU-Edwardsville) def. NR Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois)