Cam Catrabone was a problem yesterday at the MSU Open.
— Justin Basch (@JustinJBasch) November 8, 2026
The Michigan sophomore won the 165 title with three pins and a win over the #2 wrestler in the country:
Catrabone pinned Finn Shepard (Oklahoma), 4:06
Catrabone pinned Kody Routledge (Oklahoma State), 2:41
Catrabone pinned Dee Lockett (Oklahoma State), 8:38 (OT)
Catrabone dec. #2 Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State), 9-5
He pinned both Cowboys at 165, including Lockett in sudden-victory, before handling Ruiz in the final.
Stock up for the Wolverine?! ???
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team claimed more than half the open-division weights at the Michigan State Open on Saturday (Nov. 7), crowning six champions and boasting 17 total placewinners at the Spartans' Jenison Field House.
Michigan earned individual titles from four freshmen and two returning All-Americans -- Henry Aslikyan (125 pounds), Moses Mendoza (133), Haakon Peterson (157), Cameron Catrabone (165), Brock Mantanona (184) and Niko Sahakian (Hwt). The winning contingent combined for a 27-0 record with 16 bonus wins.
In all, against outside competition, Michigan went 70-23 with 13 pins, nine technical falls and nine major decisions.
Aslikyan went 5-0 to win the 125-pound title, opening with three straight technical falls before defeating back-to-back Buckeyes in the semifinals and final. He edged Ohio State's Antonio Mills 6-3 in overtime of the former bout, wrapping up both ankles on a shot and adjusting until he secured the score with 16 seconds left in sudden victory. He won by forfeit over OSU's Dom Munaretto in the championship bout.
Mendoza pinned Central Michigan's Cameron Chinavare at the 2:37 of the 133-pound championship final off a dump and a half. But his biggest win of the day came a round earlier in the semifinals, when he used a big first period with a single-leg takedown and four-point tilt to edge Northern Illinois' No. 8-ranked Markel Baker 8-7. Mendoza went 4-0 with the finals pin, two techs and the top-10 win.
Peterson posted a 5-0 record to win at 157 pounds, highlighted by a third-period fall over Michigan State's Clayton Jones in the quarterfinals. He grinded out wins in his final two bouts, using a go-behind takedown early in the second to beat Central Michigan's Seth Larson 4-2 in the semifinals and won the final over Northern Illinois' Tyler Turzinski 2-1 after a rideout in the tiebreaker.
Catrabone, ranked eighth at 165 pounds, knocked off Arizona State's No. 2-ranked Nicco Ruiz 9-5 in the final after busting open a 1-1 match with a seven-point crusher early in the third period. He pinned his way into the championship match, upping his season total to four, including an overtime fall against Oklahoma State's Dee Lockett; he scrambled out of a duck attempt to put Lockett, who had been ranked No. 5 nationally before losing his wrestle-off match last week, on his back at the 8:39 mark.
Mantanona, ranked fifth nationally, led early, then used an overtime single leg to beat Oklahoma State's No. 10-ranked Bennett Berge, 8-5, in the 184-pound final. He went 5-0 on the day, opening with two falls and a technical fall before beating Bucknell's Tyler Bieuns, 7-3, on a pair of takedowns in the semifinals.
Sahakian cruised to an 11-2 major decision over Wisconsin's Connor Diemel in the heavyweight final, scoring a takedown per period and accumulating in 1:45 in riding-time advantage. He went 4-0 on the day with three bonus wins, including a pin and a tech fall in the opening two rounds.
In the freshman/sophomore division, Mikey Wilson reached the 149-pound final in his first collegiate action but narrowly fell to Purdue's Drake Hooiman 2-0 in the final. Wyatt Lees wrestled back to take third, while Cooper Hinz placed fourth at 141 pounds.
Kellen Wolbert and Cooper Hilton claimed third place at 141 and 157 pounds, respectively, in the open division, while Chris Kiser (125), Bodie Abbey (141) and Hayden Walters (197) all placed fourth.
Michigan returns to action next Friday (Nov. 13), when it hosts Columbia at 7 p.m. at Clif Keen Arena. Tickets for the home opener are available through the U-M Ticket Office.