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BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo continued their perfection at Alumni Arena on Saturday by posting a dominating 38-3 victory over visiting Bucknell University.

The Bulls dropped just one match in improving to 9-3 overall and a perfect 6-0 at home this season. Bucknell dropped to 4-6 on the season with the loss with heavyweight Brian Falciglia posting the only win of the day for the Bison.

Buffalo was led by sophomore Gary Cooper (Adams, NY/South Jefferson) who improved his record to 31-9 on the season with day's only fall in 3:21 over Jason Von Volkenburg. Other outstanding efforts were turned in by 133-pounder Shawn Kegel (Wantagh, NY/MacArthur), 149-pounder Ryan Bentley (Ripley, NY/Ripley), freshman 197-pounder Joe Downey (Norwich, NY/Norwich) and senior 157-pounder Jake Partlow (Kennonsburg, OH/Shenandoah).

Kegel improved to 24-9 on the season with a technical fall (20-4) win over Tommy Doerr and Bentley posted a 14-5 win over Adam Webb to improve to 23-13 on the season. Downey, meanwhile, defeated Carl Perrone, 15-5, to improve to 20-11 on the season and Partlow hung a 14-4 defeat on Ryan Fasnacht to improve to 21-9 on the season.

The Bulls, who host the Mid-American Conference championships on March 4-5, will travel to Slippery Rock on Tuesday before returning home next Saturday to battle defending MAC champion and nationally-ranked Central Michigan at 1:00 pm.

Match results:

Weight Winner/Loser Score/Fall Time Match Score

133 Shawn Kegel (Buff) def. Tom Doerr (Buck.) WBTF, 20-4 (6:35) 5-0

141 Bill Jacoutot (Buff.) def. Rocky Miller (Buck.) 4-2 8-0

149 Ryan Bentley (Buff.) def. Adam Webb (Buck.) 14-5 12-0

157 Jake Partlow (Buff.) def. Ryan Fasnacht (Buck.) 14-4 16-0

165 Gary Cooper (Buff.) def. Jason Von Volkenburg WBF, 3:21 22-0

174 Ben Cooper (Buff.) def. Brock Hostetter (Buck.) 7-2 25-0

184 Josh States (Buff.) def. Gbenga Akinnagbe (Buck.) 5-3 28-0

197 Joe Downey (Buff.) def. Carl Perrone (Buck.) 15-5 32-0

Hwt. Brian Falciglia (Buck.) def. Charlie Pessa (Buff.) 4-1 32-3

125 Charlie Voorhees (Buff.) forfeit win n/a 38-3