Ben Bennett
Head coachCentral Michigan, NCAA tournaments 2025–2026 (2)
NCAA championship record, 2010–2013. Regular-season results are not included.
Ben Bennett wrestled for Central Michigan at four NCAA championships, 2010–2013, and went 16–11. Bennett placed sixth at 174 lb in 2010, eighth at 174 lb in 2011, sixth at 184 lb in 2012 and fourth at 184 lb in 2013.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Central Michigan | 184 | 2 | 4th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
| 2012 | Central Michigan | 184 | 3 | 6th | 4–3 | 7 bouts |
| 2011 | Central Michigan | 174 | 6 | 8th | 3–3 | 6 bouts |
| 2010 | Central Michigan | 174 | 7 | 6th | 5–3 | 8 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 27
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Tony Dallago · Illinois | 2 | No seed listed | Dec 6–3 |
| Round of 16 | W | Alex Utley · North Carolina | 2 | No seed listed | MD 10–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Jimmy Sheptock · Maryland | 2 | 7 | Dec 1–0 |
| Semifinal | L | Robert Hamlin · Lehigh (PA) | 2 | 3 | Dec 2–3 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Ethen Lofthouse · Iowa | 2 | 12 | Dec 3–2 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | Steve Bosak · Cornell (NY) | 2 | 4 | Dec 0–2 |
| 2012 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Erich Schmidtke · Oklahoma | 3 | No seed listed | MD 9–1 |
| Round of 16 | W | Vic Avery · Edinboro (PA) | 3 | No seed listed | MD 9–0 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Quentin Wright · Penn State | 3 | 6 | Fall 2:35 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Jon Fausey · Virginia | 3 | 12 | Dec 2–0 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Josh Ihnen · Nebraska | 3 | 7 | Default |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Austin Trotman · Appalachian State (NC) | 3 | 9 | Dec 1–2 |
| 5th-place bout | L | Kevin Steinhaus · Minnesota | 3 | 5 | Dec 1–3 |
| 2011 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Alex Caruso · Rutgers (NJ) | 6 | No seed listed | MD 8–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Curran Jacobs · Michigan State | 6 | No seed listed | MD 16–2 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Mack Lewnes · Cornell (NY) | 6 | 3 | Dec 3–7 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Mike Benefiel · Oklahoma State | 6 | 12 | Dec 8–5 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Ed Ruth · Penn State | 6 | 2 | Fall 0:42 |
| 7th-place bout | L | Mike Letts · Maryland | 6 | 8 | Dec 2–7 |
| 2010 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Robert Hamlin · Lehigh (PA) | 7 | No seed listed | Dec 4–2 |
| Round of 16 | L | Jordan Blanton · Illinois | 7 | 10 | Dec 2–5 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Brad Darrington · Utah Valley | 7 | No seed listed | Dec 4–3 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Scott Glasser · Minnesota | 7 | 5 | Dec 7–3 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Colby Covington · Oregon State | 7 | 8 | Fall 0:44 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Jarion Beets · Northern Iowa | 7 | No seed listed | Fall 1:23 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Chris Henrich · Virginia | 7 | 3 | Dec 3–5 |
| 5th-place bout | L | Jordan Blanton · Illinois | 7 | 10 | Dec 2–3 |
Scoring · 2012 to 2013
The scoring record begins in 2012; earlier bouts are in the table above.
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Dallago · Illinois | Round of 32 | W Decision | 6–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Sheet |
| Alex Utley · North Carolina | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 10–0 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Sheet |
| Jimmy Sheptock · Maryland | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 1–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sheet |
| Robert Hamlin · Lehigh (PA) | Semifinal | L Decision | 2–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Sheet |
| Ethen Lofthouse · Iowa | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 3–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Sheet |
| Steve Bosak · Cornell (NY) | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 0–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Sheet |
| 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Erich Schmidtke · Oklahoma | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 9–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Sheet |
| Vic Avery · Edinboro (PA) | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 9–0 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Sheet |
| Quentin Wright · Penn State | Quarterfinal | L Fall | – | 2:35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Sheet |
| Jon Fausey · Virginia | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 2–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Josh Ihnen · Nebraska | Consolation round 5 | W Default | – | – | Needs review | Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Austin Trotman · Appalachian State (NC) | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 1–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Sheet |
| Kevin Steinhaus · Minnesota | 5th-place bout | L Decision | 1–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Ben Bennett”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_mn7rfjeivmzgjt3k/ben-bennett