Bulls Drop Close Dual with Cleveland State, 19-17

Friday, December 6

Buffalo, NY

7:00 pm

Cleveland State

Bulls Drop Close Dual with Cleveland State, 19-17

12/6/2019 9:22:00 PM | Wrestling

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo wrestling team dropped a tight dual with Cleveland State, 19-17, at Alumni Arena on Friday night. The Vikings won the last two matches of the night to escape with the two-point victory.

Derek Spann got the Bulls on the board first with a 21-2 technical fall victory over Justin Patrick at 133 lbs. Spann used three four-point nearfalls to improve to 5-1 in duals on the season.

After the Bulls fell behind, 10-5, John Arceri earned a 3-0 decision over Gus Sutton to cut the Vikings' lead to 10-8. Arceri did all of his scoring in the third period with a takedown and the riding time point.

Michael Petite followed with a win a 157 lbs. Petite, wrestling in his first career dual, earned a takedown in the closing seconds of the match to pull out the 6-4 victory and put the Bulls ahead, 11-10.

At 165, Troy Keller won a 7-3 decision over Riley Smucker. Smucker got an early takedown, but it was all Keller after that as the senior improved to 5-1 in duals with the win.

After Cleveland State won at 174, to cut the UB lead to 14-13, Pete Acciardi earned a thrilling decision at 184 to put UB ahead, 17-13. Tied, 1-1, late in the match, Acciardi earned a takedown with just five seconds left to pull out the 3-1 decision.

However, the Bulls dropped bouts at both 197 and 285, allowing Cleveland State to escape with the 19-17 win.

The Bulls are back in action on Sunday afternoon at West Virginia.

Cleveland State 19, Buffalo 17
125 - Logan Heil (CSU) won by major decision over Jordan Reyes (UB), 15-2
133 - Derek Spann? (UB) won by technical fall over Justin Patrick (CSU), 21-2
141 - Evan Cheek (CSU) won by fall over Marcus Robinson (UB), 2:58
149 - John Arceri (UB) won by decision over Gus Sutton (CSU), 3-0
157 - Michael Petite (UB) won by decision over Nico O'Dor (CSU), 6-4
165 - Troy Keller (UB) won by decision over Riley Smucker (CSU), 7-3
174 - Chase Archangelo (CSU) won decision over Jake Lanning (UB), 7-3
184 - Pete Acciardi (UB) won by decision over DeAndre Nassar (CSU), 3-1
197 - Ben Smith (CSU) won by decision over Sam Schuyler (UB), 7-6
285 - John Kelbly (CSU) won by decision over Nolan Terrance (UB), 2-0