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SAINT LOUIS, MO - During Saturday morning's session at the NCAA Championships, University at Buffalo junior Kyle Cerminara (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter) lost a 6-2 decision in the seventh-place match within the 197-pound bracket to Cornell's Matt Greenburg. The loss concluded Cerminara's run at the NCAA Championships, which on Friday included him earning the first-ever Division I All-America honors for a UB male athlete.

Greenburg, a senior at Cornell, earned a seventh-place finish with his win. Meanwhile, Cerminara placed eighth.

All-American Kyle Cerminara

On the season, Cerminara finished with a 41-6 record. His 41 victories shattered UB's previous single-season wins record of 37 set by Gary Cooper during the 1999-2000 season. Cerminara's eighth-place finish was the highest ever by a UB wrestler at the Division I NCAA Championships.

"Kyle has worked very hard over a long period of time to achieve this," said UB head coach Jim Beichner. "I can't begin to express how proud I am of him accomplishing what he has. He absolutely deserves what he was worked so hard for."

Buffalo's two other wrestlers who qualified for the NCAA Championships, freshman 125-pounder Mark McKnight (McDonald, PA/South Fayette) and senior 174-pounder Ed Pawlak (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern), both lost during Friday's All-America Round.

"The three guys we had wrestle at the NCAA Championships showed more heart and determination than any wrestlers I have ever coached," Beichner said.

The Bulls' 11.5 team points earned them a 33rd place finish. Oklahoma State won the tournament with 123.5 points.

Previously, Buffalo's best finish at the Division I NCAA Championships was 48th in 2001.

Visit http://www.ncaasports.com/wrestling/mens/brackets for a complete look at the NCAA Championships brackets.