Bulls Finish Seventh at Virginia Duals
1/13/2012 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
HAMPTON, VA - Thanks to a 2-1 record on the day, the Buffalo wrestling team placed seventh at the Virginia Duals, held Friday and Saturday in Hampton. The Bulls finished the tournament 3-2 and earned wins over Bucknell, Rider and The Citadel.
In the opening round, Buffalo drew a scrappy Bucknell team in the opening round and fought through to a 19-13 win thanks to six wins. Just Farmer and Kevin Smith earned clutch wins of 3-2 and 3-1, respectively, but the Bisons held a 7-6 lead after the first four bouts of the match. The Bulls responded in a big way and streaked to four straight wins and a 19-7 lead that would be too much to handle, starting with a dominating 13-2 major decision from Wally Maziarz in his 157-pound match. Mark Lewandowski (5-0), Jake Waste (2-0) and Zach Ward (4-0) then followed suit with impressive shutouts.
Next up was a familiar opponent, as UB took on Mid-American Conference rival Kent State in the ensuing round. The Golden Flashes punched its ticket to the second round thanks to a win over The Citadel and quickly built an 11-3 lead through the first four matches, with Farmer providing the only early win. The Bulls charged back thanks again to Maziarz, who won 9-7 to spark another win streak. Mark Lewandowski got a 1-0 win at 165 and Jake Waste followed with a 5-1 win to put the Bulls ahead 12-11, a lead it would let slip away in the final three bouts to drop the dual 21-12.
Now having to fight to stay alive in the double-elimination tournament, the Bulls drew Rider, a team it beat at the very same tournament 30-9 last season. Sean Walton started the match off on the highest of notes, pinning his opponent in the waning seconds of the first period after working to turn him for most of the three-minute opening period. Farmer followed and earned a early 4-1 lead, but his aggressive mentality got the best of him as his opponent got a quick pin that knotted the match back up at 6-6. Kevin Smith almost got a pin of his own, but instead had to settle for a 7-4 decision. Blake Roulo followed and earned his first win of the tournament, 4-3 thanks to solid defense in the final seconds of the match to hold off his opponent's flurry. Wrestling just under two hours from his home in Petersburg, Roulo pulled out the crucial win in front of family and friends.
With the match sitting at 12-6 in Buffalo's favor, Maziarz came to the mat hoping to again earn the big decision, but could not hold on to a late lead and lost in sudden-death overtime 10-8 to bring Rider within three. Needing to pad the lead heading into the final half of the match, the Bulls got just that in the 165- and 174-pound matches. Lewandowski earned his third tech fall of the duals season with a 15-0 shutout, buoyed by 12 first-period points. Lewandowski now has six tech falls and a pin in his last 12 overall matches. Waste looked to also get a tech but had to settle instead for an 18-5 major decision that gave Buffalo a 21-8 lead. Rider won the next two matches, but trailing by seven points heading into the heavyweight bout it forfeited to Jedd Mason to give UB a 27-14 win and secured at least a top-eight finish.
The Bulls had its hands full in the next match, facing Rutgers. Mark Lewandowski's 17-4 major decision and Jedd Mason's dominant pin in the first period were the team's only win. Adding in a late forfeit from the Scarlet Knights, the Bulls fell 22-16. Despite the setback, UB responded in a big way to secure a seventh-place finish, improving on last season's slot in eighth.
The Citadel had lost to Kent State in the first round but put together impressive wins over Bucknell and North Carolina before losing on criteria to North Dakota State and drawing the Bulls in the seventh-place match. Max Soria started the match with a 2-0 win, but the Bulldogs answered back to tie the match at 3-3 early on. Kevin Smith proved to be the one who would spark UB this time around, getting a pin just before the end of the period that started a five-match streak that brought the lead all the way to 20-3 before Citadel could get another win. Lewandowski got yet another tech fall win while Blake Roulo got another win and Clay Reeb made his Virginia Duals debut with a 3-1 win at 157 pounds. The Bulls capped the win with a major decision from Jake Waste and it cruised to a 24-15 win.
The busy weekend moves the team's overall dual record to 5-11. Next will be the New York State Collegiate Championships, to be held January 21 and 22
Championship - Buffalo is guaranteed 7th place
Match #1 Champ. Round 1: Buffalo defeated Bucknell 19-13
125 - Austin Miller (Bucknell) over Max Soria (Buffalo) Maj 11-3
133 - Justin Farmer (Buffalo) over Shawn Armato (Bucknell) Dec 3-2
141 - Kevin Smith (Buffalo) over Derrik Russell (Bucknell) Dec 3-1
149 - John Regan (Bucknell) over Chris Conti (Buffalo) Dec 7-2
157 - Wally Maziarz (Buffalo) over Ray Schlitt (Bucknell) Maj 13-2
165 - Mark Lewandowski (Buffalo) over Corey Lear (Bucknell) Dec 5-0
174 - Jake Waste (Buffalo) over Stephen McPeek (Bucknell) Dec 2-0
184 - Zach Ward (Buffalo) over Jamie Westwood (Bucknell) Dec 4-0
197 - Joe McMullan (Bucknell) over Justin Heiserman (Buffalo) Dec 6-3
HWT - Tyler Lyster (Bucknell) over Jedd Mason (Buffalo) Dec 6-2
Match #2 Quarterfinal: Kent State University defeated Buffalo 22-12
125 - Nic Bedelyon (Kent State University) over Sean Walton (Buffalo) Maj 9-1
133 - Justin Farmer (Buffalo) over Troy Opfer (Kent State University) Dec 3-0
141 - Tyler Small (Kent State University) over Kevin Smith (Buffalo) Dec 3-2
149 - Ian Miller (Kent State University) over Blake Roulo (Buffalo) Maj 15-4
157 - Wally Maziarz (Buffalo) over Mallie Shuster (Kent State University) Dec 9-7
165 - Mark Lewandowski (Buffalo) over Ross Tice (Kent State University) Dec 1-0
174 - Jake Waste (Buffalo) over Brandonn Johnson (Kent State University) Dec 5-1
184 - Casey Newburg (Kent State University) over Zach Ward (Buffalo) Maj 10-2
197 - Ryan Buckner (Kent State University) over Justin Heiserman (Buffalo) Dec 3-2
HWT - Brendan Barlow (Kent State University) over Jedd Mason (Buffalo) Maj 12-2
Match #3 Cons. Round 2: Buffalo defeated Rider University 27-14
125 - Sean Walton (Buffalo) over Chuck Zeisloft (Rider University) Pin 2:52
133 - Jimmy Morris (Rider University) over Justin Farmer (Buffalo) Pin 3:06
141 - Kevin Smith (Buffalo) over Vinny Fava (Rider University) Dec 7-4
149 - Blake Roulo (Buffalo) over Conor Brennan (Rider University) Dec 4-3
157 - Patrick Sabatini (Rider University) over Wally Maziarz (Buffalo) Dec 10-8
165 - Mark Lewandowski (Buffalo) over James Brundage (Rider University) TF 15-0
174 - Jake Waste (Buffalo) over Brandon Lintner (Rider University) Maj 18-5
184 - Clint Morrison (Rider University) over Zach Ward (Buffalo) Dec 8-2
197 - Donald McNeil (Rider University) over Justin Heiserman (Buffalo) Dec 12-5
HWT - Jedd Mason (Buffalo) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
Rider University's team score was adjusted by -1.000 for unsportsmanlike conduct
Match #4 Cons. Semi: Rutgers University defeated Buffalo 22-16
125 - Vincent Dellefave (Rutgers University) over Sean Walton (Buffalo) Dec 7-3
133 - Michael DeMarco (Rutgers University) over Justin Farmer (Buffalo) Dec 6-1
141 - Billy Ashnault (Rutgers University) over Kevin Smith (Buffalo) Dec 5-3
149 - Mario Mason (Rutgers University) over Blake Roulo (Buffalo) Dec 3-2
157 - Anthony Volpe (Rutgers University) over Wally Maziarz (Buffalo) Dec 3-0
165 - Mark Lewandowski (Buffalo) over Douglas Hamann (Rutgers University) Maj 17-4
174 - Gregory Zannetti (Rutgers University) over Jake Waste (Buffalo) Dec 4-2
184 - Daniel Seidenberg (Rutgers University) over Zach Ward (Buffalo) Maj 8-0
197 - Justin Heiserman (Buffalo) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
HWT - Jedd Mason (Buffalo) over Jesse Boyden (Rutgers University) Pin 1:59
Match #5 7th Place Match: Buffalo defeated Citadel 24-15
125 - Max Soria (Buffalo) over Richard Alarcon (Citadel) Dec 2-0
133 - Kyle Casaletto (Citadel) over Justin Farmer (Buffalo) Dec 6-4
141 - Kevin Smith (Buffalo) over Jordan Dix (Citadel) Pin 2:59
149 - Blake Roulo (Buffalo) over Seth Vernon (Citadel) Dec 3-2
157 - Clay Reeb (Buffalo) over Pierre Frazile (Citadel) Dec 3-1
165 - Mark Lewandowski (Buffalo) over William Connell (Citadel) TF 16-0
174 - Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (Citadel) over Dom Montesanti (Buffalo) Dec 4-3
184 - Jake Waste (Buffalo) over Josh Tuck (Citadel) Maj 9-1
197 - Kelby Smith (Citadel) over Justin Heiserman (Buffalo) Dec 6-4
HWT - Odie Delaney (Citadel) over Jedd Mason (Buffalo) Pin 0:42
