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Wrestler of the Week

Senior Josh States (Lockport, NY/Lockport) earned UB Male Athlete of the Week honors with his perfect 4-0 mark in UB's matches at Clarion and the Buckeye Duals.

States, wrestling at 184 pounds, earned a 4-2 decision over his Clarion opponent on Friday and then pinned Cleveland State's Brian Hassenen 1:01 into the match to lead the Bulls to a 34-10 win over the Vikings Saturday in the opening round of the Buckeye Duals. States then continued his impressive weekend with an 11-6 decision over Chattanooga's Adam Duncan followed by a 5-2 win over Ohio State's Anton Talamantes.

For the season, States is 16-3 overall and 8-1 in dual meet competion. In his four-year career, he has compiled a 91-46 overall mark and is now tied for second on the Bulls' career wins list with Bill Stanbro (1987-91). States is also in position to become the school's all-time leader in career wins needing just five to eclipse John Stutzman's record of 95.

Bulls Split Weekend Trip to Clarion, Columbus

The University at Buffalo wrestling team concluded a busy weekend with a 2-2 dual meet record after traveling to Clarion and Columbus, OH to compete in events.

The Bulls opened their weekend action on Friday night at traditional power Clarion, and the host Golden Eagles were ready to avenge a narrow loss to Buffalo last year. After a win by senior Josh States at 184 pounds (4-2 decision) to open the match, Clarion took the next four bouts to take control of the match. Ryan Bentley (Ripley, NY/Ripley), temporarily broke Clarion's momentum with an 8-6 decision over Frank Edgar at 141 pounds, but Clarion rebounded to win at 149 and 157 pounds to take control of the match and go on to a 25-9 victory handing the Bulls their first dual meet loss of the season.

David Guarino (Derby, NY/Lake Shore) posted the Bulls' only other win with a 4-1 win at 165 pounds over Pete Korshefskie.

After the match with Clarion, the Bulls traveled to Columbus, OH to take part in the Buckeye Duals hosted by Ohio State. Buffalo finished 2-1 on the day, handily defeating Cleveland State (34-10) and Chattanooga (36-6) before bowing to the host Buckeyes (31-6) in the final match of the day.

The two standouts on the day for the Bulls were States and freshman Labe Black (Ventnor, NJ/Absegami) at 157 pounds. Both States and Black won all three of their matches on the day, with each posting a win by fall.

In UB's win over Cleveland State, the Bulls got pins from States, Shawn Kegel (Wantagh, NY/MacArthur) and Bentley in a 34-10 win. Kegel won two matches on the day to improve to 21-3 overall on the season.

Against Chattanooga, the Bulls won five of the seven matches that were contested as the Moccasins forfeited three weight classes. UB got a pin from Black at 157 to close the match in a 36-6 win, while Guarino, States, Kegel and Bentley all won by decision.

In the day's final match, the Bulls were beaten by 15th-ranked Ohio State, 31-6, without three starters as Charlie Voorhees (Warsaw, NY/Warsaw) (125), Kegel (133) and Joe Downey (Norwich, NY/Norwich) (197) didn't go for Buffalo. States and Black were the only UB wrestlers able to put points on the board.