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Buffalo
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo wrestling team improved to 3-0 in Mid-American Conference action with a 22-13 win over Kent State on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Arena. It was a close dual early before the Bulls won five of the last six matches of the day to secure the victory.

After dropping the first match of the day, Tommy Maddox got the Bulls going with a 7-5 decision over Jacob Houpt at 133. Jack Marlow followed with a 7-6 decision over Pable Castro IV. Marlow was able to ride out Castro for the entire third period and the riding time point proved to be the difference.

Michael Petite, who had missed the previous two duals with an injury, was back in the lineup and earned an 8-5 decision over Keegan Knapp. Noah Grover was up next and cruised to a 15-3 major decision over Dillon Carlson.

Jay Nivison earned a tough 7-5 sudden victory over Michael Ferree at 174. Trailing for much of the match, Nivison earned two takedowns in the third period to force OT. In overtime, Nivison was able to secure a takedown with just two seconds left to earn the sudden victory.

At 184, Giuseppe Hoose earned his 12^th dual win of the season with a 14-8 decision over Tyler Bates.

Eli Sheeren was bumped up to heavyweight for the day and responded by earning a 6-2 decision over Jacob Cover. Sheeren got a takedown and four-point nearfall in the first period to set the tone.

"Great team win today," head coach John Stutzman said. "That was our 16^th different lineup this year and it was great getting a win at home."

Central Michigan
BUIS CREEK, N.C. – The Central Michigan wrestling team went 0-3 on Sunday in the second annual Chippewa Challenge at Campbell's Gore Arena.
 
The Chippewas (3-8) return to Mid-American Conference competition with a dual meet at Ohio on Sunday, Jan. 29. The Bobcats are 3-6, 3-1 MAC. CMU is 2-1 in MAC duals.
 
The Chippewa Challenge brought together four programs – CMU, Campbell, Cal State Bakersfield and American -- in honor of legendary CMU coach Tom Borrelli.
 
Campbell, CSU Bakersfield and American are led by former CMU wrestlers who wrestled for Borrelli, who is in his 32^nd season in charge of the Chippewa program.
 
Borrelli's son, Jason, heads the program at American; Scotti Sentes is the head man at Campbell; and Luke Smith coaches CSU Bakersfield.
 
Tom Borrelli led the Chippewas to three wins and the title last season in the inaugural Challenge at McGuirk Arena.
 
On Sunday, the Chippewas fell, 21-16, to Smith's CSU Bakersfield squad; 18-17 to Jason Borrelli's American team; and 23-15 to Sentes' Fighting Camels.
 
Three Chippewas went undefeated on the day, led by Alex Cramer at 174 pounds.
 
Cramer opened with a 7-2 win over CSU Bakersfield and then followed with an 18-5 major-decision victory over American and closed with a 16-1 technical fall against Campbell.
 
Cramer's technical fall came with 3 seconds remaining in the first period. It was his ninth consecutive victory as he improved to 21-8 on the season. He has scored bonus points in four of those nine straight wins.
 
CMU's Corbyn Munson (157) and Johnny Lovett (149) also went unbeaten on Sunday.
 
Munson finished 3-0 to run his win streak to nine and improve to 21-8. He opened with a 4-2 win over CSU Bakersfield and then posted an 11-4 win over American. He closed with an 11-2 major against Campbell.
 
Lovett went 2-0, opening with a 10-1 major against American and closing with a 6-3 victory against Campbell, upping his record to 11-9 on the year.
 
The Chippewas' Tracy Hubbard (165) and Bryan Caves (285) both finished 2-1 on the day. Hubbard's wins came on a 10-2 major against CSU Bakersfield and a 10-3 decision against American.
 
Caves, a redshirt freshman, won 9-2 against CSU Bakersfield and 3-1 against American. He dropped an 8-5 decision to Campbell's Taye Ghadiali, a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier who is ranked 15^th nationally.

Clarion
CLARION, Pa. --- The Golden Eagle wrestling team put together a string of six wins in seven bouts to secure a come-from-behind victory on Sunday afternoon, with Clarion beating longtime rival Lock Haven 22-14 in front of a rabid crowd in Tippin Gymnasium. Clarion has now won five straight duals, including two straight to kick off a three-match homestand.
 
The Golden Eagles held the bonus point advantage on the afternoon, racking up a tech fall and two major decisions compared to just one tech fall for Lock Haven. Three of Clarion's bonus point victories came in a four-match stretch, allowing the Golden Eagles to clinch the team match with Ty Bagoly's win in the 197-pound bout. The redshirt senior worked over Brad Morrison for a yeomanlike major decision, tilting him a handful of times for a 12-0 score.
 
While the turning point of the match may not have come at 165 pounds, that bout was the one that allowed the Golden Eagles full entry back into the competition. Cam Pine went up 7-0 on James Hogan through one period and held a 14-0 advantage through two, but was unable to bring Hogan all the way over for a fall. His riding time advantage granted him a tech fall, though, tying the team match at 11-11.
 
The emotional core of the afternoon proved to be the 174-pound bout, with John Worthing winning a 15-8 decision over Tyler Stoltzfus. The two grapplers exchanged loads of points in the first period, with Worthing back-tripping Stoltzfus early in the second period for a takedown to take a 6-5 lead. A two-point near fall and an escape by Stoltzfus kept Worthing on top 8-6, but Worthing came in late with a takedown and a four-point near fall to up the ante to 14-6. Though he didn't come away with the major, Worthing's win gave the Golden Eagles their first lead of the afternoon.
 
As it turned out, that lead was built to last. Will Feldkamp worked Colin Fegley for a 12-2 major decision, making it an 18-11 lead in the team bout, and Bagoly clinched the win with his major at 197.
 
The Bald Eagles struck first with wins in each of the first two bouts and in three of the first five, building an 11-6 advantage blunted only by Golden Eagle wins at 141 and 149 pounds. Seth Koleno led Tyler Dilley 3-0 but the match was knotted up at 3-3 well into the third period. Koleno came in for a double-leg but Dilley escaped and went to a scramble, cutting the former's lead to 5-4, but an injury timeout called by Dilley with 32 seconds remaining quashed any chances of a comeback. At 149 pounds, Schickel very nearly got his second pin in as many bouts, picking up a takedown and a four-point near fall in the first period against Nick Stonecheck en route to a 9-4 decision.

Cleveland State
ATHENS, Ohio – The Vikings (3-6, 2-3) suffered a 27-18 setback against Ohio (2-6, 2-1) on Sunday afternoon.

The Bobcats grabbed the first three points of the match with a 4-1 decision at 125-pounds. Jake Manley evened the score at three-apiece with a 10-4 victory at 133-pounds.

The Bobcats regained the lead quickly behind a medical forfeit and a fall at 149-pounds to make it 15-3.

Cleveland State received six points after Marcus Robinson received a forfeit at 157-pounds as the Green and White trailed 15-9.

Ohio came right back with a tech fall, major decision, and decision to extend their advantage to 27-9 with two matches remaining.

Anthony Perrine remained unbeaten in MAC matches after registering a 3-2 win at 197-pounds as the scoreboard read 27-12.

Daniel Bucknavich capped off the match with a fall in 1:45, but the Vikings came up short in the match, 27-18.

Edinboro
Edinboro, Pa. – The Edinboro wrestling team dropped a 21-12 decision to visiting George Mason Saturday night at McComb Fieldhouse.
 
The Patriots jumped out to 9-0 lead on the backs of decisions from Markell Baker, Josh Jones and Anthony Glasl.
 
Ryan Burgos got the Scots on the board in a big way when he scored a fall at the 6:27 mark of the match over Nate Higley.
 
Luke Kemerer dropped a 7-3 decision to Peter Pappas at 157 and Drew Dickson scored an 11-4 decision over Max Kirby to extend the Patriot lead to 15-6. Logan Messer scored a 3-1 decision over Jared McGill and Tyler Kocak toped Jack Kilner 7-2.
 
The Scots finished the night with a pair of victories. Cody Mulligan scored a first period takedown to lead 2-0 after the first building 1:10 in riding time. He escaped to start the second extending his lead to 3-0. Jon List would score an escape, but not before Mulligan locked in the riding time point to score a 4-1 decision.
 
At 285, Nick Lodato scored a takedown late in the first to take a 2-0 lead over Donovan Sprouce. Sprouce escaped to start the second trimming the lead to 2-1. Lodato scored a reversal 20 seconds into the third and held off a late charge to win 4-2.

George Mason
Fairfax, Va.— The George Mason wrestling team earned a 21-12 decision against Edinboro Saturday night at McComb Fieldhouse.
 
Mason (9-3, 1-1) won seven of the 10 matches to win its first MAC dual. The Patriots have won two straight and four of the last five matches against the Fighting Scots in the all-time series.

The Patriots jumped out to 9-0 lead on the backs of decisions from Markel Baker, Josh Jones and Anthony Glasl.

Edinboro's Ryan Burgos earned a fall against Nate Higley to get the Fighting Scots on the board, 9-6, but the Patriots responded with four straight decisions to secure the win.

After not wrestling since mid-December, grad student Peter Pappas (157) earned his eighth straight win to improve to 14-1.

Sophomore Logan Messer wins his 20th match of the season, a 3-1 win against Edinboro's Jared Mcgill.

Kent State
BUFFALO, NY- Blake Schaffer earned his first collegiate pin and Jake Ferri won by major decision, highlighting a 22-13 setback at Buffalo in Sunday's conference dual.

Ferri earned his 12^th win of the season to start the dual, knocking off Mason Bush 13-4 to earn the bonus point with a major decision victory. Ferri had five takedowns total in the match and amassed over two minutes of riding time in the decisive victory.

Jacob Houpt made his varsity debut on Sunday, taking on Buffalo's Tommy Maddox. Maddox took an early lead thanks to a late takedown in the first but Houpt was not to be denied. The freshman earned a pair of escapes to keep pace with Maddox through two periods. Houpt would get an escape and takedown in the third but Maddox hung on for a 7-5 victory.

Pablo Castro IV also made his varsity debut battling Jack Marlow of Buffalo. Castro earned a pair of first-period takedowns and added an escape to lead 5-3 after the opening three minutes. Marlow battled back with a takedown and escape to gain a 6-5 edge, but Castro would escape to tie the bout at six. However, Castro couldn't get one more takedown to flip the bout in his favor, Marlow got the riding time bonus point to win 7-6.

At 149 pounds, Kody Komara and Matt Ryan went down to the wire. Komara led 2-1 after one with a takedown followed by a Ryan escape. The wrestlers traded escapes at the start of the second and the third periods before Ryan had a late takedown to go up 4-3. Komara got the escape and used that momentum for a late takedown in regulation to earn the 6-4 victory.

Buffalo would win matches at 157 and 165 to take a 13-7 lead. Keegan Knapp nearly completed a comeback against Michael Pettite but was on the wrong end of a 8-5 decision. Dillon Carlson made a step up in weight to 165 to make his varsity debut against Noah Grover. Carlson battled with a trio of escapes but dropped a major decision to Grover.

The match at 174 between Michael Ferree and Jay Nivison mirrored the on at 149 pounds. Ferree started with an early takedown and led 2-0 after the first. After trading escapes, Nivison tied the match at three with a takedown. A second takedown by Nivison was matched by a pair of Ferree escapes to send the match to overtime tied at five. Neither wrestler could gain an advantage through most of the extra period until Nivison landed a shot for a late takedown to win 7-5.

Tyler Bates and Giuseppe Hoose got into a shootout at 184 pounds. Bates hit an early takedown but was met with an escape out of the takedown and at the start of the second. Hoose registered a pair of takedowns in the second, only to see Bates escape each time. The pace picked in the third with Hoose and Bates trading scores. Bates couldn't make up the difference and ultimately fell 14-8.

Schaffer dominated his match with Sam Mitchell, who came into the dual as the MAC's second-ranked wrestler at 197 pounds. The freshman recorded a trio of takedowns through two-plus periods. Schaffer then caught an over-aggressive Mitchell and turned it into his first collegiate win by pinfall, securing the pin with a little over a minute remaining.

Northern Illinois
Ohio
ATHENS, Ohio—The Ohio wrestling team (3-6, 3-1 MAC) defeated the Cleveland State Vikings (3-6, 2-3 MAC) at the Convocation Center Sunday afternoon (Jan. 22), 27-18. 
 
Redshirt junior Oscar Sanchez (Genoa, Ohio) opened the match with a 4-1 decision at 125 pounds. After a medical forfeit secured graduate student Kyran Hagan's (Eureka, Mo.) win at 141 pounds, graduate student Alec Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) quickly pinned his opponent at 149 pounds. 
 
The Bobcats continued to dominate—at 165 pounds, redshirt junior Jordan Slivka (Indianapolis, Ind.) won by technical fall, followed by redshirt freshman Garrett Thompson (Murrysville, Pa.) winning with a 9-1 major decision at 174 pounds. Sophomore Zayne Lehman (Akron, Ohio) wrapped up with a 3-1 decision at 184 pounds. 

Rider
PRINCETON, NJ-  Rider snapped it's losing streak to cross-town rival Princeton as the Broncs would take down the Tigers, 19-18, at Jadwin Gym. Rider won based on the criteria D, total near fall points, which the Broncs got by way of victories late by #33 McKenzie Bell and #23 Quinn Kinner.

At the end of all 10 bouts, there was an even tie in matches won 5-5. The next category to win was most amount of wins by pin, forfeits, defaults and disqualifications, which there was none of. Total points, criteria C, came out even as well, at 66-66, moving the decision on to criteria D, near-fall points which Rider would be able to take the dual with 18 near-fall points. Kinner accounted for 14 of those in his tech-fall win at 149 to help squeeze the Broncs past Princeton.

Michael Wilson was able to get Rider their first victory of the dual as he took a 3-1 decision over Kole Mulhauser at 174.

Ethan Laird was able to stay perfect in duals with another ranked win as he took down #20 Luke Stout. Laird was able to pick up a huge scoop slam takedown in the third period to secure the 8-3 decision at 197. 

Tyler Klinsky was able to get his 10th win of the season with a slim 6-4 victory over Nick Kayal at 125. Klinsky was able to take a 4-3 lead into the third period but a Kayal escape early in the third would lead us to sudden victory, where Klinsky would pull away, scoring the takedown with less than 45 seconds left in the overtime period.

Bell was able to battle the Broncs back into the dual with a huge major decision victory  over Sean Pierson, 11-1, at 141 to help cut the dual scoring to two. Bell would control the bout from the opening whistle with an early first period takedown. Bell would add a second takedown in the second however conceding the escape taking a 10-1 advantage into the final period following a four-point near fall late in the third. 

The other Kingsway alumnus, Quinn Kinner, would give the Broncs the lead heading into the final bout as he dominated at 149 with an 18-0 tech fall win over Marshall Keller. Kinner would score a take down early in the first and proceed to ride Keller down scoring back points to take a 8-0 advantage into the second period. In the second period, Kinner would almost finish it with a fall but would take the back points to go up 12-0 into the third period. Kinner would round things out with another four-point near fall to end the bout by way of tech fall.

SIUE
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - With four falls and two technical falls, SIUE wrestling overpowered Lindenwood Sunday 47-0 at First Community Arena.

The Cougars picked up first-period pins from Caine Tyus at 157 pounds and Sergio Villalobos at 184 pounds as well as second-period pins from Saul Ervin at 141 pounds and Ryan Yarnell at 197 pounds.

"We talked about beforehand that we wrestle a lot of different competition," said SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates. "We have to come out and compete the same way against everybody."

Caleb Tyus recorded a technical fall at 149 pounds and fellow nationally-ranked wrestler Colton McKiernan closed out the dual meet with an 18-3 technical fall at heavyweight.

"We have been talking about bonus points," said Spates. "That's what helped us in get a good place at Midlands.

"We had a nice crowd," added Spates. "We had a lot of our alums, who are always great about supporting us."

SIUE is now 3-5 overall in dual meets and next heads to Kent State for a Mid-American Conference dual Friday in Kent, Ohio. The Cougars also face George Mason and Cleveland State next Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio.