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Bulls Earn Comeback Win On Senior Day, 20-16

Jeff Parker

Binghamton's Tyler Malmberg opened the dual with a 6-2 victory at 125 pounds. Dan Bishop (Whitehall, NY/Whitehall) scored a takedown of Malmberg in the opening period but the Binghamton 125-pounder responded with the final six points of the match, giving Binghamton the early 3-0 lead.

Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson (Chester, NY/Monroe-Woodbury) quickly erased the Bearcat lead at 133 pounds when he scored a pinfall at 2:39. The fall gave UB a 6-3 advantage in the dual.

Binghamton then scored a pair of one-point victories at 141 and 149 pounds. Anwar Goeres used a third period reversal to edge Andrew Stella (Tonawanda, NY/Sweet Home) at 141 and Kyle Fried, the 18th-ranked wrestler in the nation at 149 pounds, was able to score the only escape during an overtime tiebreaker against Ryan Needle (Newfane, NY/Newfane) to earn a 2-1 decision. Binghamton increased their lead even further, to 12-6, with Nate Patterson's 4-1 decision victory over Pat Lloyd (Montgomery, NY/Valley Central) at 157 pounds.

In the 165 pounds bout, John Cummings (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) won a cagey affair with Binghamton's Brett Nelson, 1-0. Cummings scored the only point of the match on an escape in the third period.

Josh Patterson scored a major decision victory over Mike Ragusa (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro) at 174 pounds to give Binghamton a 16-9 lead going to the final three matches of the dual.

Mickey Moran

Mickey Moran (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler Area) answered with a major decision victory for Buffalo in the next match at 184. Moran scored six takedowns in his victory over Anthony Esposito. Jimmy Hamel (Natick, MA/Natick) then tied the dual at 16-16 with a decision victory over Binghamton's Corey Waite at 197 pounds. Hamel scored a late takedown in the third period to break a 1-1 tie and, with one riding time point added, earned a 4-1 win.

With the dual all tied, Buffalo fifth-year senior co-captain Jeff Parker (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro) and Mike Patterson of Binghamton took to the mat knowing that a match victory would also result in a team dual meet victory. Parker took control early, scoring two takedowns in the first period to lead 4-1 after three minutes. Parker scored the only points of the second period on a reversal and entered the final two minutes with a 6-1 advantage. Another takedown and reversal, as well as a riding time point, gave Parker an 11-3 victory and gave UB a 20-16 match win.

Prior to the dual, Buffalo honored seniors John Cummings, Dana Gingerich (Spring Grove, PA/Delone Catholic), Pat Lloyd, Ryan Needle, Jeff Parker, Mike Ragusa and Scott Rendos (Brockway, PA/Brockway), who were making their final appearance in the blue and white at Alumni Arena.

Up next for the Bulls is the Mid-American Conference Championship, hosted by Kent State University in Kent, OH. The two-day event will take place on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8.

Buffalo 20, Binghamton 16
Feb. 24 - Buffalo, NY

125: Malmberg (BU) dec. Bishop (UB), 6-2 (BU, 3-0)
133: Wilson (UB) fall Kleeman (BU) at 2:39 (UB, 6-3)
141: Goeres (BU) dec. Stella (UB), 4-3 (tie, 6-6)
149: #18 Fried (BU) dec. Needle (UB), 2-1 tb, (BU, 9-6)
157: Nate Patterson (BU) dec. Lloyd (UB), 4-1 (BU, 12-6)
165: Cummings (UB) dec. Nemson (BU), 1-0 (BU, 12-9)
174: Josh Patterson (BU) maj dec. Ragusa (UB), 12-2 (BU, 16-9)
184: Moran (UB) maj dec. Esposito (BU), 14-6 (BU, 16-13)
197: Hamel (UB) dec. Waite (BU), 4-1 (tie, 16-16)
285: Parker (UB) maj dec. Mike Patterson (BU), 11-3 (UB, 20-16)