Budd picked up right where he left off before the holiday break, as the nationally-12th ranked 133-pounder scored a pin over Gardner-Webb's Rob Tate at 4:32. The match highlighted a string of eight straight victories over the Bulldogs (3-8-1). Redshirt freshmen Andrew Stella (Tonawanda, NY/Sweet Home) and Jason Hilliard (Genoa, NY/Southern Cayuga) continued the trend by landing consecutive pinfalls to add six dual meet points to the Bulls' score. Stella pinned Chaz Franz in 3:22, while Hilliard scored a fall over Josh Lowe in 2:45. The 42-3 landslide victory is the third time this season that the Bulls have scored more than 40 points on their opposition, and the second time in as many lifetime meetings that UB scored 40-plus points on Gardner-Webb.
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Dan Bishop
The second bout of the afternoon versus Appalachian State (4-9) proved to carry a more competitive atmosphere, but Buffalo would take the lead early and never look back. Redshirt freshman Dan Bishop (Whitehall, NY/Whitehall) picked up his first career pin against Frank Celorrio in the 125-lb. bout, while Mark Budd claimed his second pin of the afternoon over Corey Hulsey. The early 12-point lead would slowly be chiseled away, as the Mountaineers earned three consecutive victories to make the score 12-10. Scott Ervin, nationally-ranked 16th at 149 pounds, overmatched Jason Hilliard in a 13-0 technical fall. Junior Mike Ragusa (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro) fought back to his winning ways by taking his second victory of the afternoon. Ragusa took App State's Tommy Hutchinson into overtime, and managed to come away with a 9-7 decision. The Bulls' heavy hitters of senior Ray Lamb (Vineland, NJ/Absegami) and redshirt freshman Ricky Scott (Walden, NY/Valley Central) were too much for the Mountaineers, as Lamb scored a 9-1 major decision over Dan Carrasco, and Scott pinned Brandon Brothers in 3:29. Buffalo will look to finish its North Carolina road swing 3-0, as it travels to Greensboro to tangle with the Spartans. The Spartans defeated the Bulls last season in Alumni Arena, 22-20, in both team's only career meeting. The meet is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
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