Freshmen Abbie Rush (125) and C.J. Inglin (165), sophomore Carlo Ferrandino (141) and junior Joey Whitaker (133) all won both of their matches on the day.
BU opened its dual with Binghamton by posting three bonus wins for an early 14-0 advantage, but the Bearcats won six of the final seven bouts, including crucial back-to-back pins at 174 and 184 to come away with a 25-17 win.
The Terriers, however, made sure that they closed out their home slate on a winning note against Brown. BU won the first four matches against the Bears and picked up three more victories en route to an impressive 22-12 win.
Against Binghamton, Rush got things started with a solid 19-4 technical fall over Mike Kleeman, using a riding-time point to reach the necessary 15-point margin. Whitaker picked up where Rush left off, recording nine takedowns in a commanding 22-10 major decision against Corey Sullivan. The Terriers continued their great start when Ferrandino capped a 22-4 technical fall over Kareem Naguib with a five-point move.
At 149, sophomore Mike Roberts tied the match on a takedown with 20 seconds left in regulation, but allowed Kyle Fried to escape in a tough 8-7 loss. Binghamton's Nate Patterson followed with an 8-0 shutout over sophomore Mike Cubillos to make it a 14-7 score in BU's favor.
Inglin came through with a thrilling 10-8 overtime victory at 165 against Sam Sirotta to give the Terriers a double-digit edge at 17-7, but the Bearcats finished off the match with four straight wins.
Freshman A.J. Detwiler suffered a pin in the second minute of his 174-pound match against Josh Patterson and sophomore Eli Vidal had a late 13-8 lead before being pinned by Corey Waite with only 37 seconds left in regualtion. The pins gave the visitors their first lead of the day at 19-17.
The Bearcats' Ed Backus posted an 8-3 win over BU sophomore Jim Connors at 197 and Mike Patterson sealed the dual for the visitors with a 6-2 decision over sophomore Orey Hall at 285.
In the nightcap against Brown, Rush and Whitaker opened with narrow one-point wins before Ferrandino followed with an 18-10 major decision. The Bears were hit with a unsportsmanlike conduct penalty following the 125-pound match, resulting in the loss of a team point.
Roberts gave the Terriers a commanding 14-point lead when he came through with a 9-2 victory over Stephen DeLorenzo at 149.
The Bears got back into the match when Tom Fazio pinned Cubillos with just 10 seconds left in the 157-pound bout, but Inglin prevented the visitors from building up any more momentum when he nailed a takedown with 20 seconds left the third period in his match with Bran Crudden to take a 3-1 victory.
After battling to a 3-3 draw with Chris Musser through regulation of the 174-pound match, Detwiler snuck in a takedown just 11 seconds into the sudden-victory period to push BU's lead to 19-5.
Matt Gerelinger tried to kickstart a comeback for the Bears with a 14-6 major decision over Vidal at 184, but Connors sealed the victory for the Terriers with a strong 7-3 decision over Josh Serene.
In the final match of the day, Hall was the victim of a stalling call in the last second of regulation before eventually dropping a tough-luck 5-3 overtime loss to Zach Zdrada.
The Terriers will close out their regular season when they return to action with a road dual at Rider on Friday, Feb. 16.
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