MAC Wrestling Scoreboard:
Friday, Dec. 8
Michigan State 18, Buffalo 17
South Dakota State 23, Central Michigan 16
Eastern Michigan 29, Cleveland State 13
Sunday, Dec. 10
Buffalo 16, Kent State 15
North Dakota State 19, No. 19 Central Michigan 16
No. 4 Missouri 36, Ohio 6
Buffalo:
Bulls Improve To 2-0 in the MAC with 16-15 Win at Kent State
The University at Buffalo wrestling team turned a 15-9 deficit into a 16-15 victory at Kent State on Sunday afternoon. The Bulls have now started 2-0 in Mid-American Conference competition for the first time since the 1999-00 season. Trailing 15-9, things looked grim for the Bulls. In fact, in the penultimate match, Brett Perry trailed 4-0. However, the redshirt-junior rallied to take the match to overtime. In overtime, it was all Perry as he outscored Colin McCracken, 13-3, to not only win the match, but get the major decision and pull the Bulls to within 15-13. In the final match, Joe Ariola earned a 5-3 decision over Kyle Conel to complete the comeback and earn the 16-15 victory.
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Bulls Rally But Fall To Michigan State, 18-17
The University at Buffalo wrestling team rallied to win their last three matches to tie Michigan State, 17-17, but total points gave the Spartans the 18-17 victory at Alumni Arena on Friday night. Bryan Lantry got the Bulls' first win with a major decision over Nathan Ellis at 133. His win gave Buffalo a 4-3 lead. After 18th-ranked Javier Gasca answered with a major decision over Blake Retell, Jason Estevez earned a late takedown to win a 4-3 decision over Jwan Britton and tie the dual at 7.
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Central Michigan:
Wrestling Drops Dual at North Dakota
North Dakota State’s Daniel Stibral topped Matt Stencel, 3-1, in the final bout of the day on Sunday as the Bison handed Central Michigan a 19-16 loss in a nonconference dual at NDSU’s Scheels Center. The 19th-ranked Chippewas dropped a 23-16 dual on Friday at South Dakota State. CMU (1-3), just as it did on Friday at South Dakota State, won four matches on Sunday, including at 141 pounds where sophomore Mason Smith continued his early season dominance with a pin in 4:14.
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Chippewas Fall at South Dakota State
The Central Michigan wrestling team surrendered bonus points in three of its six losses on Friday in dropping a 23-16 nonconference dual to South Dakota State. The 19th-ranked Chippewas (1-2) are scheduled to wrestle on Sunday (3 p.m.) at North Dakota State. South Dakota State, which is ranked 17th, improved to 4-2. The Chippewas got a pin from sophomore Logan Parks at 165 pounds and a 10-2 major-decision victory from junior Justin Oliver (149). CMU’s Mason Smith (141) and Jordan Ellingwood (184) both won by decision.
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Eastern Michigan:
Eagles Dominate Cleveland State, 29-13
The Eastern Michigan University wrestling team capped the 2017 calendar year dual schedule with a 29-13 win over Cleveland State University Friday night, Dec. 8, at Woodling Gym. The Eagles moved to 4-3 on the season with the third straight win over the Vikings (1-5). EMU won seven out of ten bouts, including the final five, to run away with the victory. Three bonus point wins aided the 16-point margin, including pins from redshirt senior Kyle Springer and redshirt junior Kayne MacCallum, as well as a technical fall from redshirt junior Armando Torres in front of his hometown crowd. It was Springer's third pin on the year, while MacCallum and Torres picked up their first pin and tech fall of the season, respectively.
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Kent State:
Bulls Slip Past Kent State, 16-15
An unlikely major decision in overtime made the difference in Buffalo's 16-15 victory over Kent State Sunday afternoon at the M.A.C. Center. The Golden Flashes (6-2, 0-1 MAC) and Bulls (3-3, 2-0) both won five matches, but Brett Perry piled up eight points in the tiebreaker period to claim a 16-8 victory over freshman Colin McCracken at 184. From heavyweight to 133, Buffalo won the first three bouts to take a 9-0 lead. Sophomore Tim Rooney then sparked a five-match winning streak for the Flashes. Rooney scored a quick opening takedown and piled up 3:21 of riding time on the way to a 4-1 decision.
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Missouri:
No. 4 Missouri Rolls Past Ohio, 36-6
Five Tigers scored bonus point wins to lead No. 4 Mizzou Wrestling (8-0, 2-0 MAC) to a 36-3 win over Ohio (0-3, 0-2 MAC) on Saturday afternoon at the Hearnes Center. Mizzou won eight of 10 bouts in the dual, and received its bonus point victories in five consecutive matches from 157 to 197 pounds. With the win, Mizzou improves to 8-0 on the season and 2-0 in conference duals. In Mizzou's eight wins in dual competition this season, it has outscored the opposition, 298-52. The 8-0 start is the eighth time Mizzou has begun its season with eight victories under head coach Brian Smith, and the ninth 8-0 start overall in program history.
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Ohio:
Bobcats Suffer 36-6 Loss at Missouri
The Ohio wrestling team (0-3) continued the 2017-18 schedule suffering a 36-6 loss to Missouri (8-0) on Sunday (Dec. 10) in Columbia, Missouri.
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