BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo closed its home meet season in fine fashion on Tuesday night by downing visiting Slippery Rock, 33-9, in a non-conference match at Alumni Arena.

The Bulls - now 8-3 on the season - dominated a match that featured a forfeit, a medical forfeit and a disqualification for stalling. Buffalo jumped on top 10-0 as freshman Mike Sebaaly (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) scored a come-from-behind win and junior Mike Trotta (Oceanside, NY/Oceanside) won by forfeit at 133 pounds.

Sebaaly was taken down early, but twice scored reversals as well as a trio of near-falls to post a 12-2 victory in the night's opening match at 125 pounds.

Slippery Rock rallied behind back-to-back wins by D.J. Clark and Brad Cieleski. Clark used a riding time point to edge Cliff Smith (Merrick, NY/Merrick), 6-5, while Cieleski downed Ryan Bentley by an 8-1 score at 149 pounds.

The Bulls, as they have done all season, put the match away from 157 to 197 pounds with five straight wins.

Garrett Bontempo

157-pounder Labe Black (Ventnor, NJ/Absegami) scored an impressive 9-0 win over Jason Cardillo, getting two near-falls and a reversal, before Tom Paladino (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) scored a solid 9-4 win at 165 pounds.

At 174 pounds, Buffalo senior Gary Cooper (Adams, NY/South Jefferson) moved to 11-0 in dual meets this season with a medical forfeit victory when Justin Stamm could not continue in the second period. Cooper led 8-2 at the time. At 184 pounds, junior co-captain Garrett Bontempo (DuBois, PA/DuBois) dominated John Opfar, scoring his 100th career takedown early in the match and recording a pair of three-point near falls en route to a 17-3 win.

Buffalo's final win of the night belonged to sophomore Kyle Cerminara (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter) who earned a stalling disqualification over Corey Hart, who was warned the maximum four times. Cerminara led the match 5-0 when the match was called.

Buffalo will close its dual meet season with four straight Mid-American Conference road matches, starting this Friday versus Top 20-ranked Central Michigan.

Buffalo 33, Slippery Rock 9

Weight Winner Team Dec. Loser Score/Time Match

125 Mike Sebaaly UB MD Adam Renner 12-2 4-0

133 Mike Trotta UB Forfeit 10-0

141 D.J. Clark SRU D Cliff Smith 6-5 10-3

149 Brad Cieleski SRU D Ryan Bentley 8-1 10-6

157 Labe Black UB MD Jason Cardillo 9-0 14-6

165 Tom Paladino UB D Jason Smith 9-4 17-6

174 Gary Cooper UB MF Justin Stamm medical forf. 23-6

184 Garrett Bontempo UB MD John Opfar 17-3 27-6

197 Kyle Cerminara UB DQ Corey Hart stalling 33-6

Hwt Bob McKillop SRU D Tom Curl 10-4 33-9