Midlands
Bulls Complete Day One at Midlands
12/29/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
EVANSTON, IL – The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York wrestling team completed the first day of action at the 53rd annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Tuesday at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Bulls currently sit in 23rd place with 17.5 points.
"We competed well today," head coach John Stutzman said. "As a team, you can see improvement. The best thing about this tournament, you can see where you're good and what can improve you."
Tyler Rill was the Bulls most successful wrestler. The 165 pounder beat #5 Cooper Moore of Northern Iowa by injury default in the second round before losing a close 6-5 decision to Iowa's Patrick Rhoads. However, Rill is going strong in the consolation bracket, defeating Kent State's Tyler Buckwalter (7-1) and Jordan Pagano of Rutgers (5-3). A win tomorrow and Rill will place.
After losing a 12-8 decision to Grand View's Jacob Colon in the second round, Bryan Lantry rattled off three straight wins over Garrett Pepple (Indiana), Nicolas Colunga (North Dakota State) and Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) to advance to the fifth round of the consolation bracket. His day ended with an 11-2 major decision loss to Oregon State's Joey Palmer.
Also advancing to the fourth round of the consolation bracket were Tim Schaefer (157), Jake Ariola (184) and Jake Gunning (285).
Midlands 125
Champ. Round 1 - Sean McCabe (Rutgers) won by decision over Kyle Akins (Buffalo) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Kyle Akins (Buffalo) won by fall over Armando Torres (Eastern Michigan) (Fall 6:29)
Cons. Round 2 - Kyle Akins (Buffalo) won by decision over Johnny Jimenez (Wisconsin) (Dec 7-6)
Cons. Round 3 - Kris Williams (Nebraska) won by decision over Kyle Akins (Buffalo) (Dec 5-3)
Midlands 133
Champ. Round 1 - Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Jacob Colon (Grand View) won by decision over Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) (Dec 12-8)
Cons. Round 2 - Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) won by decision over Garrett Pepple (Indiana) (Dec 10-3)
Cons. Round 3 - Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) won by decision over Nicolas Colunga (North Dakota State) (Dec 11-4)
Cons. Round 4 - Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) won by decision over Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Round 5 - Joey Palmer (Oregon St.) won by major decision over Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) (Maj 11-2)
Midlands 141
Champ. Round 1 - Paul Glynn (Iowa) won by decision over Brandon Lapi (Buffalo) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Brandon Lapi (Buffalo) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Brandon Lapi (Buffalo) won by decision over Jimmy Morris (Rider) (Dec 6-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Jake Koethe (Northern Iowa) won by major decision over Brandon Lapi (Buffalo) (Maj 12-1)
Midlands 157
Champ. Round 1 - Bryce Steiert (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Tim Schaefer (Buffalo) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Tim Schaefer (Buffalo) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 - Tim Schaefer (Buffalo) won by decision over Erik Travers (SIU-Edwardsville) (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Round 3 – Tim Schaefer (Buffalo) won in sudden victory - 1 over Austin Culton (Northern Illinois) (SV-1 3-1)
Cons. Round 4 - Shayne Tucker (Oklahoma) won in tie breaker - 1 over Tim Schaefer (Buffalo) (TB-1 5-4)
Midlands 165
Champ. Round 1 - Derek Holcomb (Buffalo) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Clark Glass (Oklahoma) won by major decision over Derek Holcomb (Buffalo) (Maj 12-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Luke Norland (Northwestern) won by fall over Derek Holcomb (Buffalo) (Fall 6:45)
Midlands 165
Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Rill (Buffalo) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Tyler Rill (Buffalo) won by injury default over Cooper Moore (Northern Iowa) (Inj. 1:35)
Champ. Round 3 - Patrick Rhoads (Iowa) won by decision over Tyler Rill (Buffalo) (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Round 4 - Tyler Rill (Buffalo) won by decision over Tyler Buckwalter (Kent St.) (Dec 7-1)
Cons. Round 5 - Tyler Rill (Buffalo) won by decision over Jordan Pagano (Rutgers) (Dec 5-3)
Midlands 174
Champ. Round 1 - MIcah Barnes (Nebraska) won by decision over Austin Weigel (Buffalo) (Dec 6-1)
Cons. Round 1 - Austin Weigel (Buffalo) won by decision over Tyler Harrington (North Dakota State) (Dec 8-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Jason Grimes (American U.) won by decision over Austin Weigel (Buffalo) (Dec 2-1)
Midlands 184
Champ. Round 1 - Joe Ariola (Buffalo) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Joe Ariola (Buffalo) won by major decision over Corey Hazel (Lock Haven) (Maj 19-7)
Champ. Round 3 - Hayden Zillmer (North Dakota State) won by decision over Joe Ariola (Buffalo) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Corey Griego (Oregon St.) won by decision over Joe Ariola (Buffalo) (Dec 7-2)
Midlands 197
Champ. Round 1 - Brett Harner (Princeton) won by fall over James Benjamin (Buffalo) (Fall 1:32)
Cons. Round 1 - Drake Stein (Purdue) won by fall over James Benjamin (Buffalo) (Fall 3:35)
Midlands 285
Champ. Round 1 - Jake Gunning (Buffalo) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Jake Gunning (Buffalo) won by decision over Youssif Hemida (Maryland) (Dec 5-2)
Champ. Round 3 - Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon St.) won by decision over Jake Gunning (Buffalo) (Dec 14-8)
Cons. Round 4 - Gage Hutchison (Eastern Michigan) won by fall over Jake Gunning (Buffalo) (Fall 4:06)
